Since Prince played Nice in France yesterday and followed up the show with an after party at the Palais club in Cannes, rumours have been circulating that the Minneapolis musician has plans to take over the Nice Jazz Festival. The annual event has been leaking money for some time, and it is known that the local authorities are anxious to [...]

Actor, director and all-round Hollywood legend has died in Venice, California, of cancer at the age of 74. Hopper, who first came to fame with “Easy Rider”, had a very varied career but was a regular visitor to Cannes. The above clip from French archives shows him and Dean Stockwell riding along the Croisette in Cannes. In the subsequent mini-interview, [...]

The Cannes Independent Film Festival 2010 has announced its awards, concluding a 10-day festival which showcased the best of low budget filmmaking. The festival, which runs alongside but is completely independent of the Festival de Cannes, focuses on celebrating indie filmmakers.

People come to Cannes for different reasons. Unless you’re “just hanging”, you want to meet people and pick up leads and tips at Cannes. So outside of meetings I have a tendency to check out the receptions, conferences and networking events. The American Pavilion, Kodak and UK Film Centre have great conference programmes. Over the coming days, here are some [...]

The party scene in Cannes is a whole side-business of its own. Initially what was intended as a way of giving a film a boost has become a highly-regulated industry run by professionals from the nightlife and fashion sectors. The parties have been scaled down considerably in recent years, with events in nightclubs or on the beach replacing the more [...]

The aptly-named Cinéma de la Plage is a great way to catch movies in Cannes. The public beach beside the Palais is used to show a selection of classics or Cannes-related movies. The news in 2010 is that they will also be showing some premiers (of restored films). In previous years, tickets had to obtained from the tourist office. This [...]

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 Sony World Photography Awards Amateur [...]

To answer a question I was asking myself yesterday, no I’m not the only one to be a little under-whelmed by the Cannes Festival 2010 poster. The comments I have been hearing could be summed up globally as, “Love Juliette Binoche as an actress, but…” My “but” focuses on two things. With a face as enigmatic as Binoche, why is [...]

Being shown “at Cannes” is one of the most prestigious events in a film-makers’ life. But some film-makers actually live there, and Cannes Cinephile is giving them a well-deserved spotlight. On Wednesday 24, the Espace Miramar will host an evening of short films produced by Cannes resident film-makers or shot in the town, as well as a showing of “Big [...]

Belgian singer Milow, in the charts across Europe with his version of “Ayo Technology”, was invited by Nice Airport, Kiss FM and Baboo airline to play a short set on a flight between Nice and Geneva on December 8 last. The passengers included winners of a competition on French radio Kiss FM. Baboo connects Nice to Geneva, Athens and Venice. [...]