The Daily 2012

25 May

Bernard-Henri Lévy: "We have to try to take up the challenge of making cinema through History or that of making History through cinema." »

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 2:15 PM

Bernard-Henri Lévy and Marc Roussel were accompanied by some of the film cast to give a press conference on the film Le Serment de Tobrouk (The Oath of Tobruk), prior to it being shown as a Special Screening. Selected extracts. Mansour Saif An-Nasr, representative of the National Transitional Council of Libya, thinks that...
The 15th Cinéfondation award winners revealed today by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and his Jury

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 8:18 PM

The Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury headed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and including Arsinée Khanjian, Karim Aïnouz, Emmanuel Carrère and Yu Lik-Wai, has awarded the 2012 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of...
Sergei Loznitsa: "In the film I show that a man can't do everything"

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 11:30 AM

Sergei Loznitsa presents his In Competition film In the Fog. The films tells the story of a railway worker who during World War II, is accused of treason and hunted down by two resistance members. The Ukrainian director, accompanied by his film crew, answered questions from journalists. Sergei Loznitsa on the content of his...
David Cronenberg: "The essence of cinema is a human face speaking"

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 5:04 PM

The entire crew of Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg's latest film - featuring In Competition, appeared before journalists for a press conference:David Cronenberg on the film:"The last twenty-two minutes of this film are like a play. It's as if the film contains a short film within it. The camera gets closer, then moves away from the...
In attendance at Cannes

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 11:23 AM

The actors and directors expected to be in attendance in Cannes today are:
A Masterclass with Philip Kaufman

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 3:24 PM

American director Philip Kaufman will be giving the lesson on directing, hosted by Michel Ciment, this Friday. Screenwriter, director and producer, Philip Kaufman has built his career on both independent and studio films, as well as genre and big budget films. His first film Goldstein, is a satirical and personal film, that he wrote,...
Philip Kaufman brings Martha Gellhorn back to life

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 9:50 AM

Presented Out of Competition, the latest film by Philip Kaufman, Hemingway & Gellhorn is a prestige televised production by HBO films, with Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman in the title roles. Hemingway & Gellhorn marks the return of the director of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, ten years after Twisted. It was the American director's...
Quote of the Day

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 9:19 AM

"You just need to remove one of an actor's five senses to intensify his acting"(Norman Lloyd)
A Great Day in Harlem: the best of jazz in a photo

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 5:03 PM

The first photo Art Kane took influenced his career as a photographer forever. On behalf of Esquire magazine, he gathered together the greatest names in jazz in the 1960s for a shot which has since passed into legend. Forty years later, director Jean Bach would shoot A Great Day In Harlem (1994), a documentary dedicated to this...
Sergei Loznitsa: cinema with a social dimension

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 11:30 AM

Sergei Loznitsa returns to Cannes after My Joy which featured In Competition two years ago. In the Fog is the Ukrainian director's second fiction and is an adaptation of the book by Vasil Bykov. Sergei Loznitsa began his career as a documentary filmmaker. After studying engineering, he graduated from the National Institute of...
The true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, heroes of the star-spangled banner

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 11:23 AM

On the occasion of its penultimate screening, the Cinéma de la Plage will be showing Red Tails, Anthony Hemingway's first feature film that was released in January. Anthony Hemingway is far from being an unknown stranger for the fans of television series. The American film director has made countless contributions to some of the...
Bernard-Henri Lévy and Marc Roussel in the wings of the war on Libya

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 11:26 AM

The French philosopher and novelist Bernard-Henri Lévy became interested in Libya from the very first confrontations on Tahrir Square. During his first journeys, he took notes on everything he saw, in a country both ablaze and awash with blood. The idea of a film gradually formed in his mind, and thus was born The Oath of Tobruk, ...
Un Certain Regard Q&A: Koji Wakamatsu on 11.25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 11:35 AM

Nothing predestined Koji Wakamatsu to become a director. A former yakuza, he was introduced to the world of film when he was in charge of watching over film sets. His initiation as a director was in pinku eiga, a Japanese erotic and aesthetic cinema genre. In Japan, Koji Wakamatsu is known for having been one of the best directors of...
Did you know? The 65th Anniversary album

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 9:18 AM

"The Festival Goes Back in Time", the 65th Festival album, is in the stores now.The album showcases 65 years of movie news, juries, awards and stars walking the renowned red carpet under the eyes of the entire world, plus often unpublished archives and more than 350 rare photos. The album is available in bookshops, FNAC and Relais...
The end of capitalism, seen by David Cronenberg…

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 30.05.2012 at 6:10 PM

David Cronenberg, the Canadian visionary film-maker, often analyses the failings of our society and human relations. This year, he deals with the very topical subject of the end of capitalism with his film Cosmopolis, presented in the In Competition section. The film is an adaptation of the book by American writer, Don DeLillo,...
Ewan McGregor: "I use my instinct when I act"

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 5:05 PM

Ewan McGregor was discovered in the mid Nineties by the British film-maker, Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting). The Scottish actor has built himself a reputation as a chameleon actor thanks to his work with the greatest film directors. He is currently developing his talent with blockbusters, experimental films and TV ...
The Cinéfondation Selection

the 25.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 31.05.2012 at 3:47 PM

The Cinéfondation invites the very best from film schools world-wide to the Festival de Cannes. This year, fifteen directors have been selected and their work submitted to a Jury chaired by Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Their short films will be screened on 23rd, 24th and 25th May. Programme 1 will be screened on Wednesday 23rd May at...