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2015 Cannes Check #3 - Jacques Audiard
This is not the first Cannes Check I do for one of my most admired contemporary French directors. As a matter of fact he was covered in my first experiment about the Directors and their films in Cannes...
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47th Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Lineup
Today, Edouard Waintrop, Artistic Director, announced at a press conference at the Forum des Images in Paris, the Directors' Fortnight selection with 19 feature films out of the 1,623 films that were...
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23rd L'ACID Selection
Today the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (ACID) announced the usual nine (9) films in the selection that promotes diffusion of independent films in movie theaters and encourages...
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Cannes 2015 Jury Members
This year jury members really surprised me so will give them one post just to enjoy talking about them.As we know the co Presidents are Joel Coen and Ethan Coen but take a look at the eclectic jury...
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8th La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde
The Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde is a professional program helping talented young directors from emerging countries increase their international exposure. Each year this program, developed by the...
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2015 Cannes Check #4 - Jia Zhangke
Hard to believe that I haven't so a post about Jia Zhangke and his movies but seems that no, this will the first one for one of my most admired contemporary Chinese filmmakers, one that I recently...
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2015 Cannes Check #5 - The Italians Part 1
A very strong Italian presence this year Cannes main competition with three "Gods" of Italian cinema. Already talked about one, Nanni Moretti and now is time to talk about the other two, Paolo...
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6th Queer Palm Lineup
While the award site is still down, news were released via Yagg, that also sponsors the award. Believe that organizers wanted to shock everyone as there are some HUGE news for this year that will make...
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2015 Cannes Check #5 - The Italians Part 2
From the three Italian directors in the main competition, Matteo Garrone is the one I know least even when he has more feature films than Paolo Sorrentino. Matteo GarroneBorn on October 15, 1968 in...
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2015 Cannes Check #6 - The French Part 1
France has the largest presence in Cannes Official Selection this year and French directors also are have the highest number with 5 of the19 films directed by French directors. Already talked about...
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2015 Cannes Check #6 - The French Part 2
Let's continue with the French male directors in the competition, Guillaume Nicloux and Stéphane Brizé. Remember that Jacques Audiard already has his own post.Guillaume NiclouxBorn in August 3, 1966....
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2015 Cannes Check #7 - The Asians
Asian directors also have significant presence among the 19 films in the main competition as three films come from that side of the world. Already talked about Jia Zhangke and now is time to review Hou...
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2015 Cannes Check #8 - The Americans
For the purpose of this exercise I call America to the continent that goes from Alaska down to Chile; but also when talking about a group of people living in one country, refers to those born in USA ....
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2015 Cannes Check #9 - The Europeans
Already talked about French and Italian directors but there are three more that complete the European invasion to 2015 Cannes main competition as out of 19 films, 11 are by European directors. The last...
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2015 Cannes Classics Lineup
As there are too many films and wish not to make even more larger the official selection post decided to do one post just for today's announcement with all the films in Cannes Classics, including those...
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2015 Cannes Check #10- The Man from Oceania
Oceania is a continent with 15 countries; Australia is the largest country. The last directors check is about a new director, a filmmaker on the rise, a diamond in the rough, a man born in...
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Cannes 2015 Red Carpet Game
Let's play an entertainment game full of possibilities. The Cannes Red Carpet Game. 2015 looks pretty starry as many Hollywood stars and European cinema icons will walk the famous carpet but there are...
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2015 Cannes Cinéfondation News - Update
Ten days before the festival begins and no news about the Cinéfondation jury members. Imagine next week will be busy as usually eight (8) days before the fest opening day data becomes available for all...
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2015 Cannes Camera d'Or Lineup
With the announcement of the Camera d'Or jury came the number of first films that will be considered for this award in the current edition. There are twenty-six (26) films that will be considered by...
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2015 Cannes Short Films Selection - Update
A few minutes ago the complete jury for these two sections was announced and no doubt the best news are: Cécile de France is back once again to Cannes! Unfortunately not as a host (why? she did so good...
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