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The 62nd Cannes Film Festival got underway on Wednesday 13 May and will be running until 24 May. A bit of an A List magnet and a major event in the film industry calendar, this in film circles is regarded by most as the biggest film festival. It’s in effect a film festival and film competition with the prestigious Palm D’Or award going to the Best Film and Best director amongst other categories which will be announced on May 24.
Needless to say the winner of this award will have film... Read Full Story
Directors Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee and Pedro Almodovar (Getty Images) Cannes Film Festival officials put speculations to rest today when they revealed the official selection of films to be screened at the event. Interestingly, director Quentin Tarantino will be the only American director to show his work, the WWII epic Inglourious Basterds starring Brad Pitt . Basterds is one of 20 films that will be competing for the grand prize, the Palme d'Or -- which Tarantino won for 1994's Pulp... Read Full Story
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Fiona 13 May, 2009
No animated pic has ever opened Cannes Film Festival before but at the opening ceremony of the 62nd edition of the fest on May 13, 2009 animated 3D comedy “ Up ” directed by Pete Docter will have its world premiere.
At the press screening this morning in Cannes, fest chief Thierry Fremaux stood on stage with a small digital camera to welcome critics and journalists and snap a photo of everyone wearing... Read Full Story
PARIS - Johnnie To's new thriller, a wartime saga by Quentin Tarantino and a trip to Woodstock with Ang Lee are competing for the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival, organisers said Thursday.
Asian and European heavyweights, from New Zealand's Jane Campion to Spain's Pedro Almodovar, dominate the list of 20 movies competing for the coveted Palme d'Or at the Riviera festival running from May 13 to May 24.
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Heavyweights of world cinema dominate this year's Cannes Film Festival: Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, Ken Loach, Lars von Trier. But first, the adventures of a cranky old man and a stowaway kid in a flying house. Cannes has lightened up for Wednesday's opening night as the festival's 62nd edition takes to the sky with Disney and Pixar Animation's "Up," the story of a curmudgeonly widower, voiced by Edward Asner, who sets off to South America in a house carried... Read Full Story
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival opens on Wednesday with 3D animation comedy "Up," but with studios cutting back due to the recession the "feel good" factor at the famously extravagant cinema showcase may quickly fade. Vanity Fair's exclusive party has been canceled, luxury yachts moored at the picturesque harbor remain unchartered and movie executives are sounding a note of caution on the eve of the world's biggest film festival. "Like every business now, we really have... Read Full Story
CANNES, France (Reuters Life!) - Light on A-list stars, extravagant parties and celebrity stunts, this year's Cannes film festival has not escaped the global economic downturn. That, many say, has been a blessing in disguise, allowing thousands of reporters, executives and Hollywood hopefuls in the French Riviera resort to concentrate on the movies themselves rather than the off-screen distractions. Reaction to the 20-strong competition has been positive as Cannes hit the halfway stage on... Read Full Story
Cannes kicks off Wednesday with a 3D crowd-pleaser cartoon as a bevy of auteur directors and megastars, from Quentin Tarantino to Brad Pitt, jet in for the annual film festival frenzy. The notoriously extravagant event has toned down the glitz for this year's crisis-era bash, but a galaxy of top-notch movie celebrities are expected to walk up the red carpet by the palm-fringed beachfront over the next 12 days. Tarantino's long-awaited "Inglourious Basterds" -- a blood-and-guts World War II... Read Full Story
The French Riviera shrugs off economic gloom to reel in a bevy of auteur directors and megastars, from Quentin Tarantino to Brad Pitt, for its annual Cannes film festival frenzy. The notoriously extravagant event has toned down the glitz for this year's crisis-era bash, but a galaxy of top-notch movie celebrities were jetting in for the gala opening on the palm-fringed beachfront. Tarantino's long-awaited war movie "Inglourious Basterds" is one of the 20 films vying for the Palme d'Or top... Read Full Story
Cannes lifted off Wednesday with 3D cartoon comedy "Up" as Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino and a bevy of auteur directors and megastars lined up for the French Riviera film festival frenzy. The notoriously extravagant event has toned down the glitz in this time of economic crisis, but there was little gloom here as the crowds gathered to cheer celebrities sashaying up the red carpet for the gala opening. "Film-makers ... tell us who we are and perhaps who we will become," said Isabelle... Read Full Story
