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The mystery of the Festival poster unveiled
Thursday evening, on the red-carpeted steps, the Cannes Festival will be revealing the artist who posed for David Lynch and whom the Festival chose as an emblem for its 61st edition. A dancer... -
Gilles Jacob decorated with the Gold Medal of European Merit
Festival de Cannes President Gilles Jacob was decorated with the Gold Medal of European Merit today. The highest distinction awarded by the European Union was bestowed on him by European... -
Competition: "The Headless Woman" by Lucrecia Martel
The Competition continues today with the presentation of The Headless Woman, the latest offering from Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel. The director, who was a member of the Official... -
Press Conference: "The Headless Woman" by Lucrecia Martel
Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel, flanked by actress María Onetto and producers Agustín Almodovar, Enrique Piñeyro, Veronica Cura, and Marianne Slot, fielded questions from the press about... -
Out of Competition: "Surveillance" by Jennifer Lynch
Director Jennifer Lynch is in Cannes for her first presentation, an out-of-Competition screening of Surveillance. It is her second feature-length film, after Boxing Helena (1993). Surveillance... -
Press Conference: "Surveillance"
For the Surveillance press conference, director Jennifer Lynch, along with actors Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman and producer Marco Mehlitz, fielded questions from the journalists. Excerpts follow.... -
Competition: "Che" by Steven Soderbergh
1989 Palme d'Or laureate for Sex, Lies, and Videotape Steven Soderbergh is competing again this year with Che, his all-embracing biography of Ernesto Guevara, lasting a total of 4'28". Part... -
Un Certain Regard: "O'Horten" by Bent Hamer
The Un Certain Regard section is featuring Norwegian director Bent Hamer's new film O’Horten today. Hamer has been acclaimed in the past for Factotum (2005), Kitchen Stories (2003), and Eggs... -
Un Certain Regard: "The Dead Girl's Feast" by Matheus Nachtergaele
Showing in Un Certain Regard, The Dead Girl’s Feast is a first film from director Matheus Nachtergaele, thereby qualifying for the Caméra d’Or competition. He is an acclaimed actor in Brazil,... -
The Cinéfondation Selection
Today was the start of the three-day program of short films selected by Cinéfondation, an agency created by the Festival de Cannes in 1998 to support cinematographic creation throughout the world... -
Cinéfondation Atelier: Razvan Radulescu & Melissa De Raaf - "First of All, Felicia"
Today’s Cinefondation Atelier spotlight is on Romanian Razvan Radulescu and his Dutch co-director, Melissa de Raaf. First of All, Felicia is the first feature-length project they have worked on... -
Cannes Classics: "Santa Sangre" by Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Cannes Classics program invites festival-goers to discover or rediscover a newly restored print of the film Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), by Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, a 1989 Un... -
Cannes Classics: "You Must Remember This" by Richard Schickel
At 7pm in Salle Buñuel, Cannes Classics continued its celebration of Warner Brothers studios' 85th birthday (also playing at Cinéma de la Plage) by screening a new documentary by... -
Cinéma de la Plage: "Blazing Saddles" by Mel Brooks / Concert: Tchéky Karyo / Movie Songs
The musical preludes to the Cinéma de la Plage screenings continue to take us on a journey through a century of original movie soundtracks, with a concert at 8:30pm by Tchéky Karyo,... -
Actors present in Cannes
The following actors are here in Cannes today:Victoria Abril, Saleh Bakri, Guy Bedos, Richard Bennett, Charles Berling, Ondasyn Besikbasov, Jean-Marie Bigard, Yavuz Bingol, Rachel Blanchard, Dany... -
Producers' Network
Initiated in 2004, the Producers Network is a Festival de Cannes event that links producers, to help finalize international co-productions. This fifth "Network of Networks" will welcome 500...