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Attending the Cannes 2012 festival for free

Attending the Cannes 2012 festival for free

Every year, the Cannes Film festival becomes the n° 1 destination for movie fans and tourists. Inevitably, the prices shoot up. But there are ways of getting tot eh festival for free and enjoying loads of VIP treatment, red-carpet screenings and other goodies. In the run-up to the Cannes Film festival, I’ll be detailing all [...]

6 new destinations from Nice airport

6 new destinations from Nice airport

Already the second busiest airport in France, the big travel news is that Nice airport will become even busier in 2012. After EasyJet’s announcement of more flights to Nice from March, Air France is now adding more destinations with six extra direct flights to Nice one month later. The destinations are Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Athens, [...]

Von Trier drops a bomb

Von Trier drops a bomb

Intensely awkward in interviews, Lars Von Trier let his tongue run too far at the press conference for “Melancholia” on Thursday May 19. Von Trier noted that he knew Charlotte Gainsbourg “from all angles” and later made several references to making a long porn film featuring her and Kirsten Dunst. As the conference drew to [...]

Egypt to be guest of honour at Cannes 2011

Egypt to be guest of honour at Cannes 2011

In a new move, the Festival de Cannes announced on Thursday that it was inviting Egypt to be its first guest of honour at this year’s event. Egypt “has informed the world of its need to change the course of history and of its need for freedom, while demonstrating its collective strength and expressing its [...]

Film finance forum at Cannes 2011

Film finance forum at Cannes 2011

  After two years of downward trends, we are seeing some signs of recovery. This is the message from the Film Finance Forum that will be held during the Cannes Film Festival 2011. According to the organisers, traditional investors and new equity financiers are investing in Hollywood again, bankers are showing greater interest, mezzanine money [...]

Kusturica to head Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes

Kusturica to head Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes

Emir Kusturica has been chosen to head the jury for the Un Certain Regard programming of the upcoming Cannes festival 2011. This sidebar to the official competition focuses on visionary, original work looking for international exposure.”No One Knows About Persian Cats” and “Hahaha” were the most recent winners. Kusturica has twice won the Palme d’Or [...]

Cannes Independent Film Festival open for submissions

Cannes Independent Film Festival open for submissions

Nothing to do with the official festival, the Cannes Independent Film Festival is a standalone sidebar that hopes to promote indie and low budget film-making during the big event. The 4th edition promises outdoor film screenings, networking, speed-dating and enlightening panels of filmmakers and Q&As. There’s a fee to submit films, and screenings take place [...]

Film Market now open for registration

Film Market now open for registration

The countdown is on for the Cannes Film Market 2011, as the registrations have just opened. This year’s dates are from May 11-20. Entrance for the the market is €249 until February 28, and then €275 (not incl VAT).Other prices are: €279 plus VAT instead of €309  for the Producers Network 279 € plus VAT [...]

A personal selection of upcoming events at Cannes 2010

A personal selection of upcoming events at Cannes 2010

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 [...]

Last minute: badges for attending Cannes screenings

Last minute: badges for attending Cannes screenings

We often get asked about how to attend screenings at the Cannes festival. The short answer is yes, there is a way. And it’s called Cannes Cinephile, a programme that enables locals and visitors to possibly catch a screening or two. The locals are given special treatment. If they sign up for a badge by [...]