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Film meet-up in Paris

During the festival, Cannes is the absolute capital of the movie business. One of the reasons is the unparalleled networking. On Sept 4, a networking event will be held at Le Fumoir in Paris. I’m a firm beleiver in networking, as nothing beats picking up info and tips from people in the business (and of [...]

Pan-African film fest, April 18-23

The other film festival in Cannes, the International Pan-African Film festival, will kick off this year on April 18 with a special reception on the beach of the Noga Hotel. Guests this year include Marie-Ange Banbancourt, Emile Abossolo MBO, Roger Cantin, Wyoma, Oxaï Roura and Serge Diantantu. The line-up includes films from across the African [...]

Attending screenings at Cannes

Attending screenings at Cannes

One of the most recurrent questions we receive this time of the year is, “How can I attend screenings at Cannes?” If you’ve looked around the net, you probably came up with a blank on this one. So here’s the inside deal: there are ways, but it’s not quite the glamorous process you think it [...]

Iron Maiden singer to unveil film at Cannes

Looks like it’s that time of the year already, when the offbeat and unusual get their headlines by virtue of turning up at Cannes. According to a report in the BBC, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson will unveil a film at this year’s Cannes festival. “Chemical Wedding” stars Simon Callow as Professor Haddo, the reincarnation [...]

Winners of the 4th Pan-African film festival in Cannes

The jury of the Fourth Edition of the Cannes Pan African Film Festival, presided by Mrs. Pascale OBOLO, made the following awards: The DIKALO award for best feature film to Sergio Bianchi for his film “What is it worth ?”(Brazil) The Pan African Award for the best feature (jury creation) to Sol de Carvalho for [...]

Mr Bean does Cannes

Mr Bean does Cannes

Although not many people actually noticed it, a film was being shot at last year’s Cannes festival: “Mr Bean’s Holiday”, the second feature from Rowan Atkinson’s comic character. In the film, Mr Bean buys a raffle ticket and through a series of tricks and mishaps finds himself on a train to Cannes with a video [...]

4th pan-African film festival in Cannes

Now referred to as “the other” festival in Cannes, the Festival of Pan-African Film will kick off in Cannes on April 11-15 at the Espace Miramar. As the name implies, all 50 films reflect African and African-related themes, with films coming from Africa itself, of course, Europe and the US. 15 films are in competition [...]

"Paris je t'aime": divorce, French-style

Legal proceedings are again creating a cloud over Cannes this year. The Chinese film “Summer Palace” by Lou Ye is being held up by the Chinese censorship authorities, although the festival has vowed to screen the film anyway. Meawhile, French producer Emmanuel Benbihy has asked for a court injunction to block “Paris, je t’aime”, a [...]

Da Vinco code to open Cannes festival

<span style=”font-style: italic;”>Originally posted March 10, 2006. </span>Despite the ongoing lawsuit, The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard , is still slated to open the Festival de Cannes on Wednesday May 17, 2006. The film will be presented Out of Competition. The Da Vinci Code was adapted from Dan Brown’s esoteric thriller with more [...]

Pan-African film fest makes Cannes award

<span style=”font-style: italic;”>Originally posted Feb 21, 2006. </span><img src=”http://racinescultures.jexiste.fr/img/flyersaveclogo.JPG” hspce=”4″ width=”140″ align=”left” height=”180″ hspace=”6″ />DIKALO AWARDS – 2006   The winners of the third edition of the Panafrican Film Festival 11th to 19th February – Cannes, France The Jury of the third edition of the Panafrican Film Festival, led by Mrs Jeanne ROMANA granted the following [...]