The Daily 2006

On the occasion of the press conference for Silk, presented out of competition, the entire crew fielded questions from journalists. Among those present: director Chao Pin Su, actors Karena Lam, Barbie Hsu and Cheng Chang, as well as producer Ming Tu. Highlights. On the belief in ghosts: Chao Pin Su: "Even if I...

Presented out of competition, Silk by Chao Pin Su is a suspense film in which a team of scientists succeeds in capturing the energy of a child ghost, thanks to the cube invented by the brilliant Hashimoto. The child, isolated in a deserted apartment, mumbles incomprehensible words. Hashimoto enlists the agent Ye, who reads...

With more than 130 films to her credit, shot under the direction of the greatest of the great (from Claude Autant-Lara to François Ozon, Max OphÂÂls, Claude Chabrol and Benoît Jacquot), she was the queen of director Henri Decoin who offered her the leading role in many of his feature films -...

The section Cannes Classics, dedicated to the work of national archives, studios and cinematheques, and devoted to the discovery and rediscovery of masterpieces and rarities of the world film heritage, carries on with, in the Salle Buñuel, its homage to British director and producer Carol Reed on the occasion of his...

Venezuela is the 5th nation to be honoured by the programme All the Cinemas of the World whose goal is to highlight the diversity and dynamism of cinematic creation in various countries. "Over recent years an important group of young filmmakers has come to the forefront, who have already directed mature and revealing works,...

Suburban Mayhem makes its entrance today into the Official Selection of Un Certain Regard. Directed by Paul Goldman, this film explores the perfect crime and if it really and truly exists. For such is the question that Katrina Skinner asks herself, a young 19-year-old unmarried mother who lives in a world of small-time...

Presented in the section Un Certain Regard, The Violin by Francisco Vargas competes for the Camera d'Or as a debut film. "I've always wanted to write a script about the secret reality of Mexico, about those who Luis Buñuel in 1950 called 'Los Olvidados'", explains the director. "To make themselves heard, these forgotten...

The press conference for the competition feature Marie Antoinette took place in the presence of director Sofia Coppola, actors Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan, Marianne Faithfull and Aurore Clément, as well as costume designer Milena Canonero and producer Ross Katz. Highlights. Sofia Coppola on...

Thomas Mars, Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman

Patrick Descamps, Gilbert Melki, Lucas Belvaux, Natacha Régnier, Elie Belvaux, Eric Caravaca and Claude Semal

Surrounded by actors Eric Caravaca, Patrick Descamps, Natacha Régnier and Claude Semal, and producers Diana Elbaum and Patrick Sobelman, Lucas Belvaux answered the questions of journalists about his film The Right of the Weakest, at the press conference held on Wednesday. Highlights. Lucas Belvaux, on the film...

Having come several times already to the Festival de Cannes as actor - featuring in the credits of Merry Christmas by Christian Carion, presented last year out of competition - Lucas Belvaux is once more back today on the Croisette, but, for the first time, as director. Presented Tuesday in competition, The Right of the...

On the Croisette today: Aure Atika, Fabienne Babe, Edouard Baer, Bernard Blancan, Samuel Boidin, Dany Boon, Elodie Bouchez, Patrick Braoudé, Eric Caravaca, Alain Chabat, Chen Chang, Carmen Chaplin, Aurore Clément, François Cluzet, Clotilde Courau, Penélope Cruz, Danièle Darrieux, Faye...

For three consecutive evenings, as of 8:45 pm and as a prelude to the screening at the Beach Cinema, DJ Nicolas Saada will headline the Cannes Mix programme. Every day, this electro scene artist will mix live soundtracks of films from different continents during 45 minutes. On Thursday, May 25th, Hollywood motion pictures will...

With Marie Antoinette, director Sofia Coppola presents her first feature film in competition in Cannes. This marks the third time that the American has seen one of her works screened at the Festival: in 1989, she was the screenwriter of one of the segments of New York Stories by her father Francis Ford, presented in...