The Daily 2006

Today takes place the presentation of shorts in competition. An international jury, presided by Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky and comprising actors Daniel BrÂÂhl and Sandrine Bonnaire, directors Tim Burton and Souleymane Cissé, and composer Zbigniew Preisner, will present the Palme d'Or for...

With 977, presented in the section Un Certain Regard, Nikolay Khomeriki competes for the Caméra d'Or. But this Russian 31-year-old director has already come to defend his work on the Croisette, walking off last year with the Cinéfondation's second Prize for his short entitled A deux. 977 is the code...

With Re-cycle, the Pang brothers come for the very first time to present a film at the Festival de Cannes. Selected to close the section Un Certain Regard, Re-cycle leans towards the fantastic with this story of Ting-yin, a young female novelist and author of a best-seller in southeast Asia, a love story which overwhelmed all...

Presented out of competition and in the running for the Caméra d'Or, The Boy on a Galloping Horse by Adam Guziñski is based on the short story by Tarjei Vesaas The Wild Rider. This is the story of Jerzy, a writer in lack of inspiration, who lives far from the city with his wife and her 7-year-old son Jasiek....

Ariadna Gil, Sergi Lopez, Guillermo Del Toro, Maribel Verdu and Ivana Baquero

The next-to-last film presented in competition at this 59th Festival de Cannes, Pan's Labyrinth marks the second appearance of Guillermo del Toro on the Croisette. In 1993 he had come with Cronos, his first feature film, which screened in a parallel section. With Pan's Labyrinth, this director of Mexican origin explores once...

The crew of Pan's Labyrinth met with the international press today to answer questions. Present were: director Guillermo del Toro, producer Alfonso Cuaron and actors Sergi Lopez, Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdu and Ariadna Gil. Guillermo del Toro on the project's preparations: "At the outset, this film was part of The...

Cannes honours Anouk Aimée this evening with the Festival's Trophy for her entire career. She came to the Croisette on numerous occasions promoting her role in numerous films. Festival President Gilles Jacob considers Anouk Aimée, "one of the most beautiful incarnations of femininity ever seen on screen." Indeed,...

Claudio Tamburrini, Oscar Kramer, Hugo Sigman, Guillermo Fern ndez, Rodrigo De la Serna, Israel Adri n Caetano, Pablo Echarri and Adri n Kochen

Uruguayan filmmaker Israel Adri n Caetano, director of Bolivia which screened in 2001 at the International Critics' Week, and The Red Bear, seen one year later in the Directors' Fortnight section, has this year for the first time received the honour of being in the Official Selection, with Buenos...

Israel Adri n Caetano fielded journalists' questions at the traditional press conference held today. He was surrounded by several members of the crew of his film Buenos Aires 1977: actors Rodrigo de la Serna and Pablo Echarri, producers Adri n Kochen, Oscar Kramer and Hugo...

To respond to journalists' questions, the crew of Election 2, made up of director Johnnie To and actors Simon Yam and Louis Koo, gathered together in the press conference room. Highlights. Johnnie To on the reason for making this film: "This kind of film is highly popular as one can include many different themes in...

Contrary to the first episode presented last year in competition, Election 2 by Johnnie To is part of the out-of-competition Official Selection. The Hong Kong director focuses once more on the rivalries which reign between triad bosses, thus reflecting on the economic situation of his country as its backdrop. Wo Sing...

The FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury awarded the International Critics' Week Prize to the following films: Climates by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, presented in the Official Competition, Hamaca Paraguaya by Paraguayan Paz Encina, presented in the section Un Certain Regard, and Bug by American...

On the Croisette today are Anouk Aimée, Ivana Baquero, Emmanuelle Béart, Dany Boon, Rachida Brakni, Patrick Bruel, Eric Caravaca, Amira Casar, Laura Chiatti, Christian Clemenson, Willem Dafoe, Emma de Caunes, Antoine de Caunes, Cécile de France, Rodrigo de la Serna, Gérard Depardieu, Franck Dubosc,...

Gilles Jacob and Pierre Viot created the Cinefondation in 1998 to help discover and reveal new generations of filmmakers. An official selection of film school works is thus screened during the Festival. Among the 17 shorts presented this year, the Jury, presided by Russian filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky and comprising actors...

The 47th Film Market has seen renewed success this year with an increase of 6% in attendance figures, spurred by Asian growth. Thus, 10,061 professionals from 91 countries were accredited, as compared to 9,476 from 83 countries in 2005. Asia presents strong progression (+ 23%) and more particularly China with 82...

Luxury Car by Chinese filmmaker Wang Chao won the Un Certain Regard-GAN Cinema Foundation Prize during the closing evening of this Official Selection in the Salle Debussy, awarded by the Jury presided by director Monte Hellman. This film follows the life of a schoolteacher close to retirement, Li Qiming, who sets off to Wuhan...

The section Cannes Classics, dedicated to the work of national archives, film studios and cinematheques, and devoted to the discovery and rediscovery of masterpieces and rarities of world film heritage, concludes its programming today with the screening of three masterpieces with restored prints in the Salle Buñuel:...