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19 May 2008

Competition: "Lorna's Silence" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Palme d'Or laureates for Rosetta in 1999 and L’Enfant (The Child) in 2005, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne return to Festival Competition with Lorna's Silence. The filmmaking brothers have also...

Press Conference: "Lorna's Silence"

In conjunction with the in-Competition screening of Lorna's Silence, the film's Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, producer Denis Freyd, and actors Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier,...

Competition: "Two Lovers" by James Gray

Premiering in Competition, Two Lovers by James Gray is the third film the American director has brought to Cannes, eight years after The Yards and one year after We Own the Night. Set in Brooklyn,...

Un Certain Regard: "Versailles" by Pierre Schoeller

Today's Un Certain Regard screenings begin with the presentation of Versailles, a first feature film by Pierre Schoeller. The director, in the running for the Caméra d’Or, treats the...

Un Certain Regard: "Involuntary" by Ruben Östlund

Presented in the Un Certain Regard program, Involuntary, by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, is a tale of summer and its many opportunities for youthful misbehavior and mischief. With hormones...

Special Screening: "Sanguepazzo" (Crazy Blood) by Marco Tullio Giordana

Sanguepazzo ("Crazy Blood"), by Marco Tullio Giordana, is being shown today in the Special Screenings program at this 61st Festival de Cannes. The Milanese director had been pondering...

Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony for Manoel De Oliveira

The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, received a lively acclaim from Gilles Jacob, who awarded him the Palme d’Or for his lifetime career...

Cannes Classics: "Let's Get Lost" by Bruce Weber

Today's Cannes Classics offerings are screenings of restored copies of the 1964 Turkish film Susuz Yaz (at 3pm) and the 1972 Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (5pm), directed by...

6th Europe Day

The European Ministers met this morning on this 6th Europe Day to discuss “building a world of exchanges.” Commissioner Viviane Reding characterized the intent of today’s meetings, “We are...

Cinéfondation Atelier: Léa Fehner - "Qu’un seul tienne et les autres suivront"

Focus on another filmmaker with a project in the Cinéfondation Atelier: Léa Fehner from France. She has brought a project to Cannes which, once funding secured, will be her first feature film:...

Cinéma de la Plage: "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang" by Mervyn Leroy / Concert: François-Eudes Chanfrault / Scratch Massive Live featuring Zoé Cassavetes

As part of a tribute to electronic music in films, Macé beach will welcome François-Eudes Chanfrault, composer of the original soundtrack for Qui a Tué Bambi?, presented out...

Actors in Cannes today

The following actors are here in Cannes today: Aure Atika, Saleh Bakri, Guy Bedos, Monica Bellucci, Richard Bennett, Jean-Marie Bigard, Yavuz Bingol, Cate Blanchett, Alessio Boni, Nicolas Bro,...

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