1927, USA
JERRY SCHATZBERG
PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD

Artist of the photo on the 64^th Cannes Film Festival poster, Jerry Schatzberg (Palme d’Or for The Scarecrow in 1974) will present his first film, Puzzle of A Downfall Child, accompanied by Faye Dunaway. Rarely seen on the big screen, the film will be presented in a new print struck by the studio Universal Pictures. In France, Carlotta Films will release the film next fall.


TRIBUTE TO JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO

Tuesday May 17^th, one of the most prominent actors and most famous in French cinema (six films In Competition at Cannes) will receive a tribute by the world
of cinema on the occasion of his visit to the Red Carpet. On this occasion, the documentary Belmondo… Itineraire by Vincent Perrot and Jeff Domenech (2011)
will be screened and new prints of The Magnificent Secret Agent by Philippe de Broca (1973) and Greed In The Sun by Henri Verneuil (1973), will be screened at the Cinema de la Plage.


(1928-1999), USA
STANLEY KUBRICK
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

A restored print for the 40th anniversary of the film. After several cities in the world, the Stanley Kubrick exhibition is in Paris this spring at the French Cinematheque. The Cannes Film Festival continues the Kubrick event and will screen, thanks to Warner Bros., a restored print of Clockwork Orange, which will also benefit from the presence of its star, Malcolm McDowell. Also present: Christiane Kubrick, widow of the director, Jan Harlan, Kubrick's former collaborator and author, in 2000, of "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures".
The screening will take place Thursday, May 19th and the following day, Malcolm McDowell will give a Masterclass to be moderated by Michel Ciment, a renowned expert on Stanley Kubrick. The Masterclass will be followed by the premiere screening of Once Upon a Time... Clockwork Orange, a film by Antoine de Gaudemar and Michel Ciment, produced by Folamour Productions by Marie Genin and Serge July.


1940, ITALY
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
IL CONFORMISTA / THE CONFORMIST

Bernardo Bertolucci, to whom the Festival will present the Palme d’Or of Honor at the opening ceremony, will present The Conformist, a restored print by the
Cineteca di Bologna, Immagine Ritrovata and Minerva Rarovideo.


1958, FRANCE
EUZHAN PALCY: A LIGHT FOR HISTORY
RUE CASES-NÈGRES / SUGAR CANE ALLEY

1983. Euzhan Palcy, a young woman from Martinique adapts and directs Sugar Cane Alley, based on the eponymous novel, thus putting the French West Indies on the Film world map. This directorial debut is a first step on her journey to become the first black female director to be produced by a major Hollywood studio. May 2011, the French Ministry of Culture, alongside the Cannes Film Festival, pays tribute to her.


TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AND THE JURY PRESIDENT

Famous actor, active producer and noted director, Robert De Niro, President of the Jury of the 64th Cannes Film Festival, is also the cofounder of Tribeca Film Festival, born in response to the attacks of September 11th. It is therefore as colleagues that Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, one of the co-founders, as well as the whole Tribeca team are welcomed by the Cannes Film Festival to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the event.
A Special evening on Saturday May 14th, with a screening of A Bronx Tale, in the presence of Robert DeNiro and the Tribeca team.


(1861-1938) FRANCE
GEORGES MÉLIÈS
FOUND: A TRIP TO THE MOON

The color version of Georges Méliès’ most famous film, A Trip to the Moon (1902) is visible again 109 years after its release: having been long considered lost, this version was found in 1993 in Barcelona. In 2010, a full restoration is initiated by Lobster Films, Gan Foundation for Cinema and Technicolor Foundation for Heritage Cinema. The digital tools of today allows them to re-assemble the fragments of 13 375 images from the film and restore them one by one. The premiere of the film will take place in May 2011 with an original soundtrack by AIR.


EGYPT, GUEST COUNTRY

In the framework of the tribute to the Egyptian cinema, which will be the occasion of many screenings and events at the Festival, Cannes Classics will welcome the screening of a new copy of Facteur (Al Bostagui) by Hussein Kamal (Egypt, 1968)