Sunday, May 28, 2017

70th 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 Pedro Almodovar
 (President), 
Maren Ade, Fan Bingbing, Park Chan-wook, Jessica Chastain, Agnès Jaoui, Will Smith, Paolo Sorrentino, Gabriel Yared.

THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION
In the Fade, dir: Fatih Akin Best Actress
The Meyerowitz Stories, dir: Noah Baumbach
120 Battements Par Minute, dir: Robin Campillo GRAND PRIX  
The Beguiled, dir: Sofia Coppola Best Director
Rodin, dir: Jacques Doillon
Happy End, dir: Michael Haneke
Wonderstruck, dir: Todd Haynes
Redoubtable, dir: Michel Hazanavicius
Okja, dir: Bong Joon-ho
Hikari (Radiance), dir: Naomi Kawase
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, dir: Yorgos Lanthimos Best Script
A Gentle Creature, dir: Sergei Loznitsa
Jupiter’s Moon, dir: Kornel Mundruczo
L’Amant Double, dir: Francois Ozon
The Square, dir: Ruben Östlund PALME D'OR
You Were Never Really Here, dir: Lynne Ramsay Best Script & Actor
Good Time, dirs: Benny and Josh Safdie
The Day After, dir: Hang Sangsoo
Loveless, dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev PRIX DU JURY 
OUT OF COMPETITION
Ismael’s Ghosts, dir: Arnaud Desplechin
Mugen Non Junin, (Blade Of The Immortal), dir: Takashi Miike
How To Talk To Girls At Parties, dir: John Cameron Mitchell
Visages, Villages, dir: Agnes Varda & JR
An Inconvenient Sequel, dirs: Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk
12 Jours, dir: Raymond Depardon
They, dir: Anahita Ghazinizadeh
Keul-Le-Eo-Ui-Ka-Me-La (Clair’s Camera), dir: Hong Sangsoo
Promised Land, dir: Eugene Jarecki
Napalm, dir: Claude Lanzmann
Demons In Paradise, dir: Jude Ratman
Sea Sorrow, dir: Vanessa Redgrave
Carne Y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible), dir: Alejandro G Inarritu
Top of the Lake: China Girl, dirs: Jane Campion & Ariel Kleiman
24 Frames, dir: Abbas Kiarostami
Twin Peaks, dir: David Lynch
Come Swim, dir: Kristen Stewart
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Barbara, dir: Mathieu Amalric (Opening Film)
La Novia Del Desierto (The Desert Bride), dirs: Cecilia Atan & Valeria Pivato
Tesnota (Closeness), dir: Kantemir Balagov
Aala Kaf Ifrit (Beauty And The Dogs), dir: Kaouther Ben Hania
L’Atélier, dir: Laurent Cantet
Fortunata (Lucky), dir: Sergio Castellitto
Las Hijas De Abril (April’s Daughter), dir: Michel Franco
Sanpo Suru Shinryakusha (Before We Vanish), dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Lerd (Dregs), dir: Mohammad Rasoulof PRIX DU CERTAIN REGARD
En Attendant Les Hirondelles (The Nature of Time), dir: Karim Moussaoui
Apres La Guerre (After The War), dir: Annarita Zambrano
Wind River, dir: Taylor Sheridan
Jeune Femme, dir: Leonor Serraille CAMERA D'OR
Western, dir: Valeska Grisebach
Posoki (Directions), dir: Stephan Komandarev
Out, dir: Gyorgy Kristof
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
AK-Nyeo (The Villainess), dir: Jung Byung-gil
Bulhandang (The Merciless), dir: Byun Sung-hyun
Prayer Before Dawn, dir: Jean-Stephane Sauvaire

For more info: www.festival-cannes.com



















Semaine de la Critique
Sicilian Ghost Story, dir: Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza (Opening Night Film)
Bloody Milk, dir: Hubert Charuel*
A Violent Life, dir: Thierry de Peretti
Ava, dir: Lea Mysius*
La Familia, dir: Gustavo Rondon Cordova*
Gabriel and the Mountain, dir: Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
Makala, dir: Emmanuel Gras GRAND PRIX 
Oh Lucy!, dir: Atsuko Hirayanagi*
Los Perros, dir: Marcela Said
Tehran Taboo, dir: Ali Soozandeh*

Brigsby Bear, dir: Dave McCary*


















La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
A CIAMBRA by Jonas Carpignano
A FABRICA DE NADA by Pedro Pinho
ALIVE IN FRANCE by Abel Ferrara
L’AMANT D’UN JOUR by Philippe Garrel
BUSHWICK by Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milott
CUORI PURI by Roberto De Paolis 
THE FLORIDA PROJECT by Sean Baker
FROST by Sharunas Bartas
I AM NOT A WITCH  by Rungano Nyoni 
JEANNETTE L’ENFANCE DE JEANNE D’ARC by Bruno Dumont
L’INTRUSA by Leonardo Di Costanzo
LA DEFENSA DEL DRAGÓN by Natalia Santa 
MARLINA SI PEMBUNUH DALAM EMPAT BABAK by Mouly Surya
MOBILE HOMES by Vladimir de Fontenay
NOTHINGWOOD by Sonia Kronlund 
ÔTEZ-MOI D’UN DOUTE by Carine Tardieu
PATTI CAKE$ by Geremy Jasper 
THE RIDER by Chloé Zhao ART CINEMA PRIX 
UN BEAU SOLEIL INTÉRIEUR by Claire Denis 
WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER (FIELD DIARY REVISITED) by Amos Gitai






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