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Cannes Film Festival 2012: the big party list
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Cannes Film Festival 2012: the big party list
Come on, I know you. you all wax lyrical about ‘le cinéma’ and Lars Von Trier, when deep down you are really asking “Where are the parties at the Cannes Film Festival 2012″? I have an answer. The party scene in Cannes has grown to become a sideline entertainment of its own. I’ve often sat [...]
ACID: 20 years of supporting indie production
The French indie support group ACID is celebrating 20 years of activity this year. The association was created by filmmakers as an alternative to the bottleneck of physical distribution in France (although the situation is even worse in the UK). It supports auto-produced movies and productions without a traditional distributor. However, their palette is large [...]
“Producers on the Move” announced in Cannes
The movie and entertainment industries need new blood, particularly as whole new ways of distributing and enjoying filmed content are coming to maturity. For 13 years already, European Film Promotion has been organising Producers on the Move, a workshop/networking event for 25 upcoming European producers. Meeting at Cannes 2012 Like the film market, Producers on [...]
Cannes 2012 line-up announced
So after all the speculation and an April Fool’s Day hoax, the festival announced its films for 2012. It’s interesting that there are so many heavyweight titles here that are already the subject of speculation. Opening Film: Wes ANDERSON MOONRISE KINGDOM 1h34 *** Jacques AUDIARD DE ROUILLE ET D’OS 1h55 Leos CARAX HOLY MOTORS 1h50 [...]
Towards new European rules for film funding
The news for European producers – and indeed their international co-production partners – is that the rules governing film funding are about to change – again. The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe, has announced that its annual Cannes workshop will focus this year on the current discussions on film funding rules [...]
Cannes festival announces 2012 short film line-up
Ten films have been selected from among the staggering 4,500 films that were submitted to the 2012 Short Film Palme d’or selection committee. For the first time, both a Syrian and a Puerto Rican film-maker are participating in the competition, which also welcomes a French artist best known in the world of music: rapper Hamé [...]
Quinzaine unveils its 2012 poster
The Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) has unveiled the 2012 poster. Jean-Luc Cramatte’s photo of a girl looking off-screen against a background of bookshelves in a messy office contrasts starkly with the glamour of the Cannes 2012 main poster of Marilyn Monroe. The Quinzaine is one of several sidebars at Cannes. It is devoted to [...]
Scriptwriters to make a mark at Cannes 2012
A bunch of French scriptwriters have been running special events at the Cannes Film Festival for several years, and will be back with lots of activities in 2012. The “Maison des Scénaristes” brings together filmmakers, producers and broadcasters around scriptwriting. From a villa about 15 mins from the Palais, they host discussions, script services, cocktails [...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne to Preside Cinefondation and Short Films Jury
Jean-Pierre Dardenne will be at Cannes again this year, this time presiding the jury of the Cinefondation and Short Films. Last year, Belgium’s Dardenne won the Grand Prix with his brother Luc for “The Kid with a Bike”, after winning two Palmes d’Or, first in 1999 for “Rosetta” and then in 2005 for “The Child”. [...]
Film Finance Forum returns to Cannes
For the third time, Cannes will be the host for the Film Finance Forum at the Majestic Hotel on May 18 2012. The Film Finance Forum was originally set up in Los Angeles and New York when the financial markets first collapsed in the hopes of bridging the gap between Hollywood and Wall Street. It [...]