We will be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty, they will know who we are. 1b2y1c
Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt): we re in the killing nazi business and, cousin, business is booming! Lt. Aldo Raine : Frankly watchin Donny bezat Nazi's to death is the closest we ever get to goin to the movies Lt. Aldo Raine: got a german here wants to die for country. Oblige him Gen. Ed Fenech (Mike Myers) drinking! Down with Hitler Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) All the way down sir Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt): "My name is Lt. Aldo Raine, and I'm p...
A festival Wife final chapter revealed in Cannes 6j151t
Do not miss the final chapter 12 of Rex Weiner's "A Festival Wife" which has just been published on fest21.com it will also be launched may 21st at 5.30 from Film Pavillon in the International Village in Cannes...up in the air, with 12 balloons off croisette to a luck reader who will get to read the full version of the novel. Filmfestivals.com, the leading online source for global film festival news and resources, is posting the final chapter of "A Festival Wife...
New EFP President and Board of Directors elected and announced in Cannes 4i671
Éva Vezér takes over Presidency - Claudia Landsberger stays on as Vice-President The of European Film Promotion (EFP) today elected a new Board of Directors, including President and Vice-President at its General Assembly meeting at the Cannes International Film Festival. After 12 years, Claudia Landsberger, Managing Director of Holland Film, hands over the Presidency to Éva Vezér, General Manager at Magyar Filmunió, Hungary, and will stay on a...
"Inglorious Basterds" Press Conference 3t4v1p
Having taken eight years to write, yet only eight months to edit, Quintin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds has finally hit Cannes with a very big bang. After the screening of the most anticipated movie of the festival, press and photographers frantically dashed out doors and up the stairs to wait in line for the arrival of the cast including Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Til Schweiger, Eii Roth, and the notorious "Bastereds" director h...
Some got lucky at the Tarantino's press screening and conference 574t1v
Sketches of Tarantino, Brad Pitt and the actresses (Mélanie Laurent and Diane Kruger) of Inglourious Basterds by Nesta Morgan. Nesta managed to get Tarantino to sign her sketch. Brad said nice AND signed it too! ...
Programme : Wednesday May 20TH 6q4u20
COMPETITION - Grand Théâtre Lumière 8:30 am, 12:15 noon and 7:00 am : INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS by Quentin Tarantino – 2h40 4:00 am : LES HERBES FOLLES ( Wild Grass) by Alain Resnais– 1h44 UN CERTAIN REGARD - Salle Debussy 11:30 am and 5:00 pm: EINAYM PKUHOT (Eyes Wide Open) by Haim Tabakman – 1h31 2:00 am and 10:30 pm: NANG MAI by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang - 1h49 CANNES CLASSICS - Salle Buñuel 4:30 am: PRINCE YEONSAN* by Sang-Ok Shin – 2h13 7:15 am: L’AVVENTURA...
The Cannes Film Market hosts 10,000 professionals 605qk
The Cannes Film Market, one of the biggest screening exhibitions on the festival circuit, is once again open for business, from May 13 to 23. Approximately 10,000 participants from the four corners of the planet will sort through the 4,500 films, both in-the-making and completed, in the huge 140,000-square-foot area of the Palais des Festivals. Film Market director Jérôme Paillard deemed this year’s edition “par” despite the economic slump. "Attendance at ...
Un Certain Regard: "Tomorrow at Dawn" by Denis Dercourt 4i5f69
Music-loving director Denis Dercourt is back in Cannes three years after The Page Turner, to compete in Un Certain Regard with Tomorrow at Dawn. It's the story of two brothers: the younger is so fascinated by reenacting historical battles that he is no longer dealing with reality. Their mother has asked the elder brother to try to cure the younger of this addiction... In this film, which explores the world of role-playing games, the two brothers are played by Vincen...
In Competition: "Vincere" by Marco Bellochio 2i622w
About the film: Marco Bellocchio and the Cannes Festival have loved one another for years. Nine of his features have been selected here, the two most recent being My Mother's Smile in 2002 and The Wedding Director in 2006. In 2007, he served on the Jury. Now, the Italian filmmaker returns to the Competition to present Vincere, which sheds light on an obscure aspect of Mussolini's private life. Before the outbreak of World War I, the future fascist dictator, an Italian sol...
In competition: "Broken Embraces" by Almodóvar k6p24
About the film: The Cannes Festival Official Selection is glad to welcome Pedro Almodóvar to the Competition with Broken Embraces. After Volver (Best Screenplay, in 2006) and All About my Mother (Best Director, 1999), the filmmaking Spaniard is returning with a new homage to the seventh art. "I feel it's the first time I've made such an express declaration of love to cinema," Almodóvar says. "Not with a specific sequence, but with a whole film. To cinema, its materials, to...
Marco Bellochio's "Vincere", In competition tonight -- Trailer 4c295n
Tonight at 10:30, Marco Bellochio's "Vincere" premiers. The film is the exagerated story of Benito Mussolini's secret wife and son. The film is very "Italian" with plenty of dramatic orchestral music and over-the-top kissing and steamy sex scenes. It incorporates original footage from Mussolini's time along with an extraordinary acting performances by Giovanna Mezzorgiorno and Filippo Timi. ...
The Wine Country Film Festival ez5t
CALL FOR ENTRIES 2009 DEADLINE JUNE 15, 2009 "ONE OF THE BEST REGIONAL FESTIVALS" "UNIQUE PROGRAMMING and PRESENTATION" "WORTH THE PRICE OF THE ENTRY FEE" The Wine Country Film Festival, established in 1986, is a premier showcase of international feature films, short films and documentaries. The Festival includes theatrical presentations as well as the popular "Films al Fresco" screenings under the stars in spectacular vineya...
Coming Soon to a 'Youtube' Near You... 3f6b63
Youtube is expanding? ...What's new?We're particularly intrigued and excited by the latest expansion of youtube, its first full-length film. Luc Besson's and Yann-Arthus Betrand's 90-minute environmental awareness film Home will be the first full-length film to be available on youtube in its entirety. The youtube release date will occur simultaneously with the theatrical and DVD release dats on June 5, World Environment Day. All releases will be free of charge except for DVDs, which...
Programme : Tuesday May 19TH 577330
COMPETITION - Grand Théâtre Lumière 8:30 am, 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm: LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces) by Pedro Almodovar– 2h09 12:00 noon and 10:30 pm: VINCERE by Marco Bellocchio – 2h08 UN CERTAIN REGARD - Salle Debussy 11 :00 am and 4:30 pm: AMINTIRI DIN EPOCA DE AUR ( Tales from the Golden Age) by Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Christian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu and Iona Uricaru - 2h18 2:00 pm and 10:00 pm: DEMAIN DÈS L’AUBE (Tomorrow at Dawn) by Denis De...
Mariam's Amazing Race to Cannes and back to Cambodia: Day 13 5r65b
Vic had to leave for work so I said my goodbye early. She suggested I might want to skip Galway because it would make a tough day. This was always a "Plan B" that I was hoping I wouldn't have to do, but I can also be flexible and adapt when necessary. Jim and I spent the morning checking out options for going to Belfast and catching the ferry. I decided to take the 12pm Bus Eireann to Belfast ($15 Euros) arriving around 3pm to catch the 5pm ferry to Stanraer, Scotland ($35 ...
Mariam's Amazing Race to Cannes and back to Cambodia: Day 12 5ub28
Breakfast was a healthy serving of muesli with fresh banana, pear, yogurt and milk. The coffee tasted sooo good. Jim had to cater an event and left early. Nathan and I looked at photos I brought in my computer of Cambodia, America, my family, and other places. Being Sunday, it was Vic's day off so she chose to spend it relaxing while I went with Nathan by bus to meet up with Jim in Blessington for a ride through the mountains. We got to Blessington at 12:30pm, but Jim wasn't going be finishe...
Mariam's Amazing Race to Cannes: Day 11 part 2 2t6iu
I have never been on a airline like Ryan Air. Getting on the plane was pretty much standard, but once I sat down, I knew it was going to be different. After all the carry-on luggage was placed in the overhead bins and the attendants closed the doors, I could see ments down the length of the plane, like on a public bus. Half way through the flight, there was an announcement and the attendants walked through the plane offering special Ryan Air scratch-off lotto tickets for $1 Euro each....
Officer honors for Hong Kong director Johnnie To 1n5917
In Cannes for his latest detective film screening in Competition, Vengeance, Hong Kong director Johnnie To was made an officer in the Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres by French Cultural Minister Christine Albanel at the Café des Palmes today, attended by Johnny Hallyday, lead actor in Vengeance. "You have set the tone of the cinema territory Hong Kong, and conveyed to us all your original vision of your hometown.", said Ms Albanel, who further elaborated by say...
Un Certain Regard: "Irène" by Alain Cavalier 2r4j3v
Cineaste Alain Cavalier will be screening his new film-confession, Irène, at Un Certain Regard. It explores the same inner terrain as his 2005 film Le Filmeur, which garnered the Prix de l’Intimité that year. Small digital camera in hand, Cavalier dives into the memories he set down in his diaries from the early 1970s, in search of the essence of Irène, the love of his life, who was killed in a car crash… "She's at the door," Alain Cavalier confesses. "For years, I’ve...
Un Certain Regard : “Dogtooth” by Yorgos Lanthimos 2l2448
Un Certain Regard opens its doors to a Greek film today, Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos. This second feature, following debut film Kinetta in 2005, portrays a deranged, dysfunctional family cut off from the outside world. Living a recluse existence, the three children have no choice but to abide by the rules their father has imposed. The only person allowed to visit is Christina, an employee at the father’s business, to satisfy the sexual urges of the son… Yorgos Lanthim...
Un Certain Regard: "Independencia" by Raya Martin 4z5a2h
Filipino cinema is making a triple-barreled return to the Cannes Festival, with the presentation of Kinatay by Brillante Mendoza, in Competition, and Independencia by Un Certain Regard. The latter feature is set in the early 20th century, during the Philippine-American war, when the newly independent republic was annexed by the United States. It is one of two films director Raya Martin is presenting in Cannes this year, the second being the Out-of-Competition Manila. In Indepen...
In competition: "Antechrist" by Lars Von Trier i1x36
About the film: Today's in-Competition presentation of Antichrist is the occasion for the Danish director and veteran of many Cannes Festivals Lars von Trier to return. In 2000, Von Trier walked away with the Palme d'Or for Dancers in the Dark, and in 1996, he obtained the Grand Prix du Jury for Breaking the Waves. Europa garnered a Prix du Jury in 1991. To round out the history of the awards, Element of Crime (1984) was given the Grand Prix de la Commission Supérieure Techniqu...
In competition: "Looking for Eric" by Ken Loach 4t60o
About the film: The Cannes Film Festival loves football… One year after having Maradona on the Croisette for the Out-of-Competition documentary, Maradona by Kusturica, the Festival clearly shows its love of soccer by including a film featuring another legend, Eric Cantona in the company of the director, Ken Loach with the Competition feature Looking for Eric. Other cast member Steve Evets plays the postman from Manchester whose life is in upheaval, and who attempts to ward o...
Guest and stars at the Ischia press conference event this monday in Cannes k54l
Malin Akerman and Pascal Vicedomini hosted the Ischia Fest conference at the Italian Village on la croisette. Thery announced a robust line up of stars and blockbusters including Sting, Christian Slater, Angela Bassett, Heather Graham, Matt Dillon and Italian stars Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Martina Stella and Franco Nero among expected guests on Ischia Pascal Videcomini with Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.sitesdebloques.org) ...
Festival Market Trends in Tougher Times 57322h
Everyone’s a critic? In times of financial turmoil, apparently everyone is also an economic analyst… Throughout the festival, market veterans, journalists, and onlookers alike have been trying to decipher what impact the world financial crisis, economic recession, or whatever term you prefer has had on the Cannes market. Everyone has an opinion on this sensitive subject and of course not everyone agrees on the issues-- To what degree has the Cannes market been effected? What are the ...
