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If you’re on the Croisette, you have to stand out

In: Uncategorized| cannes| excess

9 Mar 2010

I’ve seen some pretty funky delegate bags in Cannes. I’ve also seen some bags that fall apart after a few weeks. But in either case, who wants to walk around town with the same bag as everyone else? Come on, you’ve come this far to melt into the masses? I thought not.
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Special hotel offer for Cannes Film Festival 2010

In: Cannes festival| accommodation| cannes| early bird rate| hotels

25 Feb 2010

Here’s a deal for exhibitors attending the Cannes Film Festival 2010. Cannes or Bust has a special deal with the Eden, located just 10 minutes by foot from the Palais. A 10-night stay for €4,100 TTC for 1 or 2 people (in a single, double or twin room) includes buffet breakfast, free access [...]

Cannes Independent Film Festival open for submissions

In: Cannes festival| awards| cannes| festival

16 Feb 2010

The Cannes Independent Film Festival (which is not officially affiliated with the Cannes festival itself) presents selections during the Marché du Film, the international film marketplace where films are bought and sold in Cannes. Several films from CIFF 2009 were sold in the Marché du Film and went on to international release, including I AM [...]

Snow in Cannes

In: cannes

31 Jan 2010

Everything seemed to slow down on Sunday January 31, when huge snowflakes started falling on Cannes. This shot of the beach with the Carlton in the background is from Mikael Rousson, via Twitter.
Last May, the Carlton was turned into a winter wonderland to promote “A Christmas Tale”. But no, this wasn’t another publicity stung. It [...]

Euro Commission offers chance to win €10,000 and MIPTV entrance

In: MIPTV| cannes| events

31 Dec 2009

The European Commission is inviting audiovisual professionals as well as individuals to compete in the production of a video clip of maximum 3 minutes, presenting an original vision of Europe based on EU archive material mixed with new or remixed images produced by the participant.
The clip should express a personal vision of Europe and be [...]

Wifi in Cannes: are you being watched?

In: cannes| phones

5 Dec 2009

In all the years I’ve been travelling to Cannes and using cyber-cafes and later WiFi, I can’t remember ever having to show ID. Simon Glynn of RiveriaOne, however, posted an interesting item on his company’s blog. RiveriaOne provides IT, network and security systems during the trade fairs and also in private residences. He pointed to [...]

MySpace’s CEO to keynote at MidemNet 2010

In: Midem| cannes| people

19 Nov 2009

Monetisation will be the buzzword this year at MidemNet. And topping the list of must-attend conferences will be the keynote address by Owen Van Natta CEO of MySpace.  He will be there to outline MySpace’s vision of the future of musical content on digital platforms, the evolution of [...]

Mipcom and Mipcom Jr kick off in Cannes

In: cannes| mipcom

5 Oct 2009

The 25th MIPCOM has kicked off, preceded by MIP Junior. According to a report in Variety the Junior version was dominated by short-format fiction, with a strong accent on live action and comedy. The recession is pushing broadcasters to look for established characters, which is not such good news for people promoting new ideas. There [...]

Cannes and African cinema

In: cannes| festival| movies| people

9 Sep 2009

It’s easy to forget that Cannes is also an important hub for African cinema. Each year, it hosts the International Festival of Pan-African cinema. The same organisers are now also hosting regular events throughout the year, such as the upcoming screening of a Togolese film on September 25. The event will feature a showing of [...]

Taxis to Cannes from Nice airport

In: Uncategorized| cannes| taxis

14 Jan 2007

I used to be quite intimidated by taking taxis around Cannes, which is not normal. Most people arriving at any strange airport always have a sneaking feeling they are going to be ripped off. How true is this at Nice airport? I’ve no figures. What I do have is a few words of advice:
* Start [...]


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