Posts Tagged ‘open-air’

Cannes firework festival 2011

Cannes firework festival 2011

Like every year, Cannes will host a firework festival that runs throughout the season. Since 1967, this has become one of the foremost attractions in the season, with some of the world’s finest firework companies offering shows that last between 25-30 minutes. The shows can be seen from the Croisette, with the hotels offering parties [...]

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 [...]

Free open-air cinema screenings in Cannes

Free open-air cinema screenings in Cannes

I can’t think of a town more suited to open-air cinema than Cannes given its connection to movies (well, OK, Rome also springs to mind). From July until late August, the city of Cannes is organising open-air screenings of family-friendly films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Wall-E”. It’s an itinerant programme, with the [...]