13 - 24 MAY 2009
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The Daily
15 May 2008
Cannes Classics: Claude Ventura's "Cinéma Cinémas" TV series
Every year, the Cannes Festival features masterpieces from the history of film in his program called Cannes Classics. The great works from the past may be drawn from recently restored copies,...
Red Carpet: Arrivals: "Hunger"
The Un Certain Regard selection was inaugurated this evening with the opening feature, Hunger by UK director Steve McQueen. Thierry Frémaux introduced the jurors: president Fatih Akin,...
Cannes Classics: "Peppermint Frappé" by Carlos Saura
The Cannes Classics program continues with the screening of Peppermint Frappé in Salle Buñuel. Trivia buffs will revel in the knowledge that in May 1968, this was the film being screened In...
Press Conference: "Kung Fu Panda"
For the Out-of-Competition presentation of the animated feature "Kung Fu Panda," members of the film crew were in Cannes for a press conference. They included directors Mark Osborne and John...
The Film Market Opens
An important yearly event for film professionals, the Cannes Film Market will be welcoming 10,000 participants from 93 countries from May 14th to 23rd. It is expected to generate an estimated one...
The Un Certain Regard Jury
This year, the Un Certain Regard Jury is chaired by German director Fatih Akin, winner in 2007 of the Best Screenplay award for The Edge of Heaven. In 2005, he served as a juror on the Official...
Un Certain Regard: "Tokyo!" by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-Ho
Tokyo! producers Masa Sawada and Michiko Yoshitake describe their Un Certain Regard presentation as "a fantasy in three movements". "It doesn't matter whether each piece seems at odds with the...
In Competition: "Lion's Den" by Pablo Trapero
Argentinian director Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den is among today's Cannes Festival Competition features. This is Trapero's third journey to the Croisette: in 2002, the director was invited to...
Press Conference: "Lion's Den"
The crew of "Lion's Den," an Argentinian film presented in Competition today, invited the media to a press conference. Director Pablo Trapero was accompanied by actors Martina Gusman, Elli...
Press Conference: "Waltz with Bashir"
For the presentation in Competition of Waltz with Bashir, Israeli director Ari Folman along with crew members elaborated on the making of the personal animated feature film. Joining the director...
Cinéma de la Plage: "Bonnie and Clyde" preceded by a concert by Nadara, playing Gypsy music from films
Every year since 2001, the outdoor movie theater Cinéma de la Plage has given the general public the opportunity to enjoy a themed program related to the Cannes Festival and to rediscover...
Opening speech of the 61st Festival de Cannes
"Seeing me arrive, trembling in front of you on this prestigious stage, you must be as stunned as I was when Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux let me know that they had chosen me to...
Competition : "Waltz with Bashir" by Ari Folman
Last year in Competition was "Persépolis", a new style of animated film dealing with certain Middle East topics which won the Jury Prize. This year there is another animated film...
Out of Competition: "Kung Fu Panda" by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
The fourth animated feature produced by DreamWorks and presented in Cannes, following Shrek and Shrek 2 (in Competition in 2001 and 2004) and Over the Hedge (Out of Competition 2006), Kung Fu...
Un Certain Regard Opening Film: "Hunger" by Steve McQueen
The Un Certain Regard selection of the 61st Festival of Cannes opens today with the presentation of Hunger by Steve McQueen. Eligible for a Golden Camera award, Hunger, the first film by this...
Actors present in Cannes
Present on the Croisette today: Karen Allen, Mathieu Amalric, Santiago Amigorena, Hatice Aslan, Claudine Auger, Saleh Bakri, Guy Bedos, Richard Bennett, Jean-Marie Bigard, Yavuz Bingol, Jack...
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