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Italy’s Nanni Moretto to preside the Cannes jury
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Cindy Gallop to “blow shit up” at MIPcube?
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Hotel Colette: Cannes newest 4-star hotel
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Attending the Cannes 2012 festival for free
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6th Cannes airshow coincides with 100th anniversary of Cannes airport
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Archive for April, 2010
Cannes goes tango!
Gotan Project – DiferenteUploaded by Gotan-Project. – Explore more music videos. If you’re in Cannes between April 30 and May 2, polish your shoes and get ready to step out. This year, the town is celebrating the first “Rencontres Tango de Cannes”. Over three days, the town will thrill to the sound of several concerts [...]
Sony World Photography Award winners announced in Cannes
The L’Iris d’Or and professional category winners of the 2010 Sony World Photography Awards were announced on Thursday 22 April, at the Sony World Photography Awards Ceremony at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. The 12 professional winners spanned categories as diverse as fashion, architecture, current affairs and sport and were revealed alongside the [...]
Pan-African Film Festival opens in Cannes
Until April 25, Cannes is home to the annual Pan-African Film Festival. Each year it celebrates movies from Africa and the diaspora. In 2010, this includes films from South Africa, Morocco, Jamaica, Nigeria and Mozambique. The festival also celebrates fashion and features music performances most nights. Films are screened at the Cinema Star and Espace [...]
Update: hotel accommodation central Cannes during the festival
People have been booking for the festival late this year. But there comes a time when decisions have to be taken! So accommodation is now filling up, particularly in the centre of Cannes and the Croisette area. Here are our hotel tips for the Cannes Film festival. We’ve chosen central hotels within walking distance of [...]
Essential info if you’re stranded in Cannes
This article was originally written during MIPTV 2010, when thousands of people were stranded in Cannes and Nice due to the shutdown of European airports. The info remains useful in case of air or rail strikes, which is why I left it. News is added in the comments section as updates. Although many people are [...]
Official selection of the Cannes film festival 2010
The official selection of the Cannes Film Festival 2010 was announced in Paris on April 15. The selection is a combination of pure auteur works, with a smattering of celebrity. The latter includes the out of competition premiere of Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” starring Russell Crowe. This is the third Cannes appearance for Scott, whose [...]
Submit your film to Cannes in a Van
I remember trying to sell a corporate sponsor the idea of organising projections of short films in a large car or small van during the festival. It didn’t happen. But luckily someone else had the bottle to get up and do it without the corporate shilling. Cannes in a Van is billed as the world’s [...]
French railway strike
There is something depressingly familiar about strikes on France’s impressive railway network. As I’m writing this (April 7 2010), large numbers of people are hanging around stations wondering when they will be leaving. But the SNCF makes a range of information services available. Phone: Main lines-TER 0805 90 36 35; Transilien 0805 700 805 (freephone [...]
Getting to Cannes for free
Yes, everything is possible at Cannes, even getting there for free. If you enjoy contests, the good news is that Cannes is often used as a prize. Villas with pools, red carpet premieres, exclusive receptions, beach-side parties; I don’t want to rub it in, but people do actually give all these things away for free. [...]