Sunday, May 23, 2010

FESTIVAL 5: Cannes, France



The mother of all festivals which makes it the most important festival in the world. Actually it's four festivals in one, besides the official competition, there are also Un Certain Regard, the Semaine Internationale de la Critique (Critic's Week) and the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Forthnight). The festival also has the biggest film market including the Producer's Network for upcoming films.

The winners will be decided by the jury that includes
Tim Burton (President
), Alberto Barbera
, Kate Beckinsale
, Emmanuel Carre
, Benicio Del Toro
, Victor Erice
, Shekhar Kapur
, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Alexadre Desplat.

The Official Competition
"Another Year," Mike Leigh (U.K.)
"Biutiful," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Spain, Mexico) Actor
"Burnt by the Sun 2," Nikita Mikhalkov (Russia)
"Certified Copy," Abbas Kiarostami (France, Iran) Actress
"Fair Game," Doug Liman (U.S.)
"Hors-la-loi," Rachid Bouchareb (France, Algeria)
"The Housemaid," Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
"La Nostra Vita," Daniele Luchetti (Italy) Actor
"La Princesse de Montpensier," Bertrand Tavernier (France)
"Of Gods and Men," Xavier Beauvois (France) Grand Prix
"Outrage," Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
"Poetry," Lee Chang-dong (South Korea) Screenplay
"A Screaming Man," Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad) Prix du Jury
"Tournee," Mathieu Amalric (France) Director
"Uncle Boonmee who can Recall his Past Lives," Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand) Palme D'Or
"You, My Joy," Sergey Loznitsa (Ukraine)
"
TENDER SON - The Frankenstein Project, " Kornél MUNDRUCZÓ (Hungary)
"Chongqing Blues," WANG Xiaoshuai (China)
"Road Irish," Ken Loach (UK)

Out of competition
"Robin Hood," Ridley Scott (U.K.) Opening
"Tamara Drewe," Stephen Frears (U.K.)
"Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," Oliver Stone (U.S.)
"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," Woody Allen (U.K., Spain)
"
The Tree," Julie BERTUCCELLI (France) Closing

Special Screenings
"Abel," Diego Luna (Mexico)
"Chantrapas," Otar Iosseliani (France)
"Draquila -- L'Italia Che Trema," Sabina Guzzanti (Italy)
"Inside Job," Charles Ferguson (U.S.)
"Nostalgia de la Luz," Patricio Guzman (France)
"Over your Cities Grass will Grow," Sophie Fiennes (Netherlands)

Midnight Screenings
"Kaboom," Gregg Araki (U.S., France)
"L'autre mMonde," Gilles Marchand (France)

Un Certain Regard
"Adrienn Pal," Agnes Kocsis (Hungary)
"Aurora," Cristi Puiu (Romania)
"Blue Valentine,"Derek Cianfrance (U.S.)
"Chatroom," Hideo Nakata (U.K.)
"Chongqing Blues," Wang Xiaoshuai (China)
"The City Below," Christoph Hochhausler (Germany)
"Film Socialisme," Jean-Luc Godard (France)
"Ha Ha Ha," Hong Sang-soo (South Korea) UCR Prix
"Les Amours imaginaires," Xavier Dolan (Canada)
"Life Above All," Oliver Schmitz (France)
"Los labios," Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza (Argentina)
"Octubre," Daniel Vega (Peru) Jury Prix
"Qu'est-il Arrive a Simon Werner?," Fabrice Gobert (France)
"Rebecca H.," Lodge Kerrigan (France)
"R U There," David Verbeek (Taiwan)
"The Strange Case of Angelica," Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal)
"Tuesday, After Christmas," Radu Muntean (Romania)
"Udaan," Vikramaditya Motwane (India)

For more info: Festival de Cannes



Semaine Internationale de la Critique

Opening
Le Nom des Gens (The Name of Loves) Michel Leclerc (France)

Competition
Armadillo Janus Metz (Denmark)
Bedevilled JANG Cheol So (South Korea)
Belle épine Rebecca Zlotowski (France)
Bi, dung so ! (Bi, Don’t Be Afraid) Phan Dang Di (Vietnam)
The Myth of the American Sleepover David Robert Mitchell (USA)
Sandcastle Boo Junfeng (Singapore)
Sound of Noise Ola Simonsson & Johannes Stjärne Nilsson (Sweden)


Special Screenings
Copacabana
Marc Fitoussi (France - Belgium)
Rubber
Quentin Dupieux (France)

For more info: http://www.semainedelacritique.com/



Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

Competition
"All Good Children," Alicia Duffy (U.K.)
"Benda Bilili!" Renaud Barret, Florent de la Tullaye (France) (opening)

"Cleveland Vs. Wall Street," Jean-Stephane Bron (France)
"Des filles en noir," Jean-Paul Civeyrac (France)
"Everything Will Be Fine," Christoffer Boe (Denmark)
"Illegal," Olivier Masset-Depasse (Belgium)
"The Invisible Eye," Diego Lerman (Argentina)
"Joy," Marina Meliande, Felipe Braganca (Brazil)
"Le quattro volte," Michelangelo Frammartino (Italy)
"Leap Year," Michael Rowe (Mexico) Caméra d'or
"The Light Thief," Aktan Arym Kubat (Kyrgyzstan)
"Lily Sometimes," Fabienne Berthaud (France) (closing)
"Little Baby Jesus of Flanders," Gust Vandenberghe (Belgium)
"Love Like Poison," Katell Quillevere (France)
"Picco," Philip Koch (Germany)
"Shit Year," Cam Archer (U.S.)
"The Silent House," Gustavo Hernandez (Uruguay)
"Tiger Factory," Woo Ming-jin (Malaysia)
"Todos vos sodes capitans," Oliver Laxe (Morocco-Spain)
"Two Gates of Sleep," Alistair Banks Griffin (U.S.)
The Wanderer," Avishai Sivan (Israel)
"We Are What We Are," Jorge Michel Grau (Mexico)

Special Screenings
"Boxing Gym," Frederick Wiseman (U.S.)
"Stones in Exile," Stephen Kijak (U.K.)

For more info: http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/

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