Archive for April, 2009

It's not ALL parties, you know

I was glad to see the article in today’s Times, entitled “Make a hit festival? Yes, we Cannes”. I’ll sum it up with one quote: “It’s not about hanging out on the beach with a glass of champagne,” [says] Clare Binns, programming director of City Screen, the UK’s largest independent film exhibitor. “It’s like a [...]

Cannes festival, excess April 30, 2009 11:11 pm 0 Comments

Cannes 2009 festival selection announced

Cannes 2009 festival selection announced

The selection of films vying for the coveted Palme d’Or for the 62nd Cannes Film festival: Ken Loach – Looking for Eric (UK) Lars von Trier – Anti-Christ (DK) Pedro Almodovar – Broken Embraces (ES) Michael Haneke – Le ruban blanc – The White Tape (AT) Marco Bellocchio – Vincere (IT) Isabel Coixet – Map [...]

Cannes festival April 23, 2009 11:10 pm 0 Comments

Mobile roaming prices down – but not until July

In a move that will be welcomed by both European and other travellers, Euro MPs have voted to enforce lower roaming fees across mobile services. The cap for a “roaming” text will fall to 11 euro cents (10p; 14 US cents), from an average of about 29 cents today. But the bad news is that [...]

phones April 23, 2009 11:09 pm 0 Comments

Will mobile coverage blossom at Cannes this year?

For about three years, I have been meaning to start blogging from my mobile phone. But I always wondered who would be interested. Although the capabilities are there, is there anyone out there really interested in reading what would be very short messages? Since then, of course, Twitter had made its appearance and seriously changed [...]

Cannes festival, phones April 20, 2009 11:08 pm 0 Comments

EFP announces "Producers on the move"

European Film Promotion has announced the producers that will take part in its 10th “Producers on the Move” programme. The members choose young(ish) producers that have made a mark with local productions and create networking opportunities and press opportunities at Cannes. There is no Belgian producer this time. The participants are:

Cannes festival, people April 16, 2009 11:07 pm 0 Comments

MIPTV 2009: Putting a perspective to the moaning

An excellent articleby Tanuj Garg in the Bollywood Hungama echoes my experience with the trade fairs at Cannes these past few months. Yes, figures are down. Yes, budgets have been cut. But there is still business to be done – and important contacts to be made for when the recovery picks up. “The doom and [...]

events, MIPTV April 15, 2009 11:06 pm 0 Comments

South African film wins Cannes award

The International Festival of Pan-African film in Cannes, which celebrates the best cinema from Africa and the African diaspora, has announced the following results. The Dikalo for the best full-length feature: “Izulu de Lami, My Secret Sky” by Madoda Ncayiyana – South Africa 2008 The Dikalo for the best fiction short: “The Birthday Party” by [...]

awards, movies April 14, 2009 11:05 pm 0 Comments