The Daily 2009

Charles Aznavour, the voice talent in the French version of the Pixar feature Up, and the young actress Hafsia Herzi had the honors of calling this 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival officially open in the Grand Théâtre Lumière. It was then Edouard Baer who came on stage as Master of Ceremonies for the second...

The Feature Film Jury gathered today for the traditional press conference at the onset of the Festival. The President Isabelle Huppert and jury members Asia Argento, Shu Qi, Sharmila Tagore, Robin Wright Penn, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, James Gray, Hanif Kureishi and Lee Changdong talked about their impressions and motivations in accepting...

For its opening show tonight at 8:30 pm, the Cinéma de la Plage outdoor theater will offer viewers a 45-minute concert prior to the screening, conducted by the renowned Danish composers Karsten Fundal, Flemming Nordkrog, and Jorgen Lauritsen. Fundal, winner of the Danish Academy's best soundtrack award in 2007 for The Art of...

Directors Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, along with producers John Lasseter and Jonas Rivera, fielded questions from journalists concerning Pixar's tenth animated feature, over four years in the making. Highlights from the Up press conference: John Lasseter on the origins of the film: We are a filmmaker-led studio. All of our...

Spotted or expected in Cannes today: Charles Aznavour, Samuel Le Bihan, Jean Rochefort, Elsa Zylberstein, Aishwarya Rai, Elizabeth Banks, Claudine Auger, Hafsia Herzi, Sarah Marshall, Saïd Taghmaoui, Frédérique Bel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Edouard Baer, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabrielle Lazure, Anne Alvaro and Rona Hartner.

This is the first time in the history of the Cannes Festival that a 3D cartoon is being screened as the keynote motion picture at the opening ceremonies, a sign that animation is coming into its own. Up, the tenth movie produced by Disney-Pixar studios, features a crotchety old man, who narrates the wondrous tale, and a little boy...