The Daily 2007

18 May

Musical Prelude: Fred Elalouf / Bollywood Sound Track Part 1

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 4:39 PM

From May 18 to 25, DJs from the electro scene have been invited to put together film sound-track mixes before screenings at the Cinema de la Plage outdoor theatre. Fred Elalouf will open the musical festivities with a live 45-minute composition based on sound tracks from Bollywood films. The theme reflects the fact that India...
Red Carpet Arrivals: "The Banishment"

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 28.05.2007 at 1:20 AM

Andrei Zvyagintsev, Maria Bonnevie, Konstantin Lavronenko Photo Copyright AFP
Cannes Classics: Dario Argento, Guest of Honor

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 8:33 AM

Dedicated to the preservation of masterpiece films of the past, the Cannes Classics program honored Italian horror-movie master Dario Argento tonight. A print of the classic Suspiria restored by Wild Side Films was screened in the Salle Buñuel. Greeted with a standing ovation, the director overcame his emotion long...
Red Carpet Arrivals: "Chansons d'Amour" ("Love Songs")

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2007 at 9:58 PM

Clotilde Hesme, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, Alice Butaud and Paulo Branco Photo Copyright AFP
Press Conference: “Boarding Gate”

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2007 at 11:23 PM

A number of the crew were present for the competition entry, Boarding Gate, and fielded questions from the journalists. Among those present were director Olivier Assayas, actresses Asia Argento, Kelly Lin and Joana Preiss, actor Carl Loong Ng and the producteur Olivier Margolin. Highlights. Olivier Assayas on Hong...
Press Conference: “The Banishment”

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2007 at 9:51 PM

As part of the presentation in Competition of the feature The Banishment, a panel of members of the film crew met journalists to answer questions and give different perspectives on the film. Director Andrei Zvyagintsev was accompanied by actors Konstantin Lavronenko and Maria Bonnevie, as well as producer Dimitri Lesnevski....
Press Conference: “Les Chansons d’Amour" (Love Songs)

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 8:46 AM

The press conference for the Competition feature, Les Chansons d’Amour (Love Songs), was attended by the director Christophe Honoré, actors Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Clothilde Hesme, Chiara Mastroianni and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, singer-composer Alex Beaupain, and producer Paulo Branco. Excerpts...
Out of Competition – Special Screening: "He Fengming, Chronicle of a Chinese Woman" by Wang Bing

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 9:01 AM

Presented Out of Competition, He Fengming, Chronicle of a Chinese Woman is one of the features on the Special Screening program of this 60th anniversary of the Festival. Director Wang Bing, who made a name for himself with the trilogy West of the Rails, explores his country's past through Fengming's story, retracing thirty...
Inauguration of the Exhibition "Starway"

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2007 at 7:08 AM

As part of the 60th-anniversary celebrations, the exhibition "Starway" was officially opened at noon. Located in the Palace gardens, "Starway" offers visitors a stroll through six decades of Cannes Festival history. Thus, during this year's event, festival-goers are invited to discover a number of shots of Brad Pitt, Ingrid...
Un Certain Regard: "Terror's Advocate," by Barbet Schroeder

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2007 at 7:06 AM

Barbet Schroeder returns to Cannes this year to present his new feature-length documentary Terror's Advocate in the section Un Certain Regard. This is the director's seventh journey to the Festival: works that were previously selected include More (1969) and Amin Dada (1974) in the parallel section; Koko, a Talking Gorilla...
Un Certain Regard: "Magnus" by Kadri Kõusaar

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 9:00 AM

Presented in the Festival's Un Certain Regard selection, Magnus is the first feature directed by Kadri Kõusaar, a 27-year-old Estonian woman. Eligible to compete for the Camera d’Or award, Magnus is also a landmark as the first motion picture to represent Estonia at the Cannes Festival. Director Kadri...
Competition: “The Banishment” by Andrey Zvyagintsev

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 8:58 AM

It has been four years since Andrey Zvyagintsev was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Festival for his first film, The Return. His second film, The Banishment, screening in Competition, brings the Russian director to Cannes for the first time. This drama was more or less adapted from the novel by William Saroyan, "The...
Six New Countries Join the International Village

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2007 at 3:04 PM

The International Village is an opportunity for all film-producing countries to present and promote their motion-picture industry, their culture, and their institutions, as well as develop trade with other countries. This year, the Village is hosting 35 nations, including six new ones: Bulgaria, the United Arab Emirates,...
Out of Competition: “Boarding Gate” by Olivier Assayas

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 8:48 AM

With the Out of Competition presentation of Boarding Gate, French director Olivier Assayas, a regular who has presented three others in the Cannes Festival Competition, Sentimental Destinies in 2000, Demonlover in 2002 and Clean in 2004, is back on the Croisette. This latest film features an international cast – Asia...
The Poster of the 60th Cannes Festival

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 12:39 PM

With the poster celebrating the 60th anniversary, the Cannes Festival looks resolutely to the future. According to Festival President Gilles Jacob, "Over a year ago, we began wondering how to celebrate our 60th anniversary. All of us shared the same desire to anticipate the future, by giving top priority to the films and their...
Competition: “Les Chansons d’Amour (Love Songs)” by Christophe Honoré

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 8:41 AM

After having presented his previous films in Cannes – 17 Fois Cécile Cassard (Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard - 2002) in Un Certain Regard and Dans Paris (Inside Paris - 2006) in the Directors’ Fortnight – French director Christophe Honoré is back on the Croisette, but this time in Competition,...
Actors Present in Cannes

the 18.05.2007 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 27.05.2007 at 8:38 AM

Today, the following actors are present in Cannes Yonathan Alster, Asia Argento, Claudine Auger, Edouard Baer, Alex Beaupain, Ramzy Bedia, Juliette Binoche, Jane Birkin, Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie, Elodie Bouchez, Michel Boujenah, Patrick Braoudé, Anne Caillon, Vincent Cassel, Sergio Castellitto, Alain Chabat,...