Sunday, May 24, 2015

Much Loved


68th Festival de Cannes


















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 including the coveted Palme D'Or will be decided by the jury that includes Ethan & Joel Cohen
 (Presidents), 
Guillermo del Toro, Sophie Marceau, Xavier Dolan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller, Rokia Traoré & Rossy de Palma


THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION
DHEEPAN, Jacques AUDIARD PALME D'OR
THE MEASURE OF A MAN , Stéphane BRIZÉ   
MARGUERITE AND JULIEN, Valérie DONZELLI   
CHRONIC, Michel FRANCO Best Script
TALE OF TALES, Matteo GARRONE
CAROL, Todd HAYNES  Best Actress
THE ASSASSIN, HOU Hsiao Hsien Best Director
MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART, JIA Zhang-Ke   
OUR LITTLE SISTER KORE-EDA Hirokazu    
MACBETH, Justin KURZEL         
THE LOBSTER, Yorgos LANTHIMOS  PRIX DU JURY    
MON ROI, MAÏWENN  Best Actress
MIA MADRE, Nanni MORETTI           
SON OF SAUL , László NEMES GRAND PRIX 
VALLEY OF LOVE , Guillaume NICLOUX
YOUTH, Paolo SORRENTINO
LOUDER THAN BOMBS, Joachim TRIER
THE SEA OF TREES, Gus VAN SANT           
SICARIO, Denis VILLENEUVE 

OUT OF COMPETITION

STANDING TALL , Emmanuelle BERCOT OPENING FILM 

IRRATIONAL MAN, Woody ALLEN 
INSIDE OUT, Pete DOCTER
MAD MAX : FURY ROAD,   George MILLER
THE LITTLE PRINCE, Mark OSBORNE
ICE AND THE SKY, Luc JACQUET CLOSING FILM

UN CERTAIN REGARD

AN, Naomi KAWASE  OPENING FILM 
Neeraj GHAYWAN MASAAN
RAMS,  Grímur HÁKONARSON UCR GRAND PRIX
JOURNEY TO THE SHORE,  KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
I AM A SOLDIER, Laurent LARIVIÈRE
THE HIGH SUN, Dalibor MATANIĆ
TAKLUB, Brillante MENDOZA
THE OTHER SIDE, Roberto MINERVINI
AFTERTHOUGHT, Radu MUNTEAN
THE SHAMELESS, OH Seung-uk
THE CHOSEN ONES, David PABLOS  
NAHID, Ida PANAHANDEH
THE TREASURE, Corneliu PORUMBOIU
ALIAS MARIA, José Luis RUGELES GRACIA
THE FOURTH DIRECTION , Gurvinder SINGH
MADONNA, SHIN Su-won
CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR, Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
MARYLAND, Alice WINOCOUR
LAMB, Yared ZELEKE

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

OFFICE , HONG Won-Chan
AMY, Asif KAPADIA    
LOVE, Gaspar NOÉ 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

ASPHALTE , Samuel BENCHETRIT
OKA, Souleymane CISSE
DON'T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD, Robert GUÉDIGUIAN      
HAYORED LEMA'ALA, Elad KEIDAN
A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS, Natalie PORTMAN
AMNESIA, Barbet SCHROEDER
PANAMA, Pavle VUCKOVIC 

For more info: www.festival-cannes.com
















Semaine de la Critique

DÉGRADÉ Arab & Tarzan Nasser 
KRISHA Trey Edward Shults 
MEDITERRANEA Jonas Carpignano 
NI LE CIEL NI LA TERRE Clément Cogitore 
PAULINA Santiago Mitre 
GRAND PRIX 
SLEEPING GIANT Andrew Cividino 
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA César Augusto Acevedo 
CAMERA D'OR

















La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs