The Daily 2008

15 May

Cannes Classics: Claude Ventura's "Cinéma Cinémas" TV series

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2008 at 12:53 PM

Every year, the Cannes Festival features masterpieces from the history of film in his program called Cannes Classics. The great works from the past may be drawn from recently restored copies, theater re-releases, or notable DVD releases. This 61st year, the festivities will begin with La Collection Cinéma Cinémas, in...
Red Carpet: Arrivals: "Hunger"

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2008 at 11:43 PM

The Un Certain Regard selection was inaugurated this evening with the opening feature, Hunger by UK director Steve McQueen. Thierry Frémaux introduced the jurors: president Fatih Akin, journalists Anupama Chopra (India) and Catherine Mtsitouridze (Russia), film critic Yasser Moheb (Egypt), and Spanish Cinematheque Director...
Cannes Classics: "Peppermint Frappé" by Carlos Saura

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 15.05.2008 at 7:18 PM

The Cannes Classics program continues with the screening of Peppermint Frappé in Salle Buñuel. Trivia buffs will revel in the knowledge that in May 1968, this was the film being screened In Competition when a group of New Wave cineastes led by François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard burst into the auditorium, demanding a show of...
Press Conference: "Kung Fu Panda"

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 15.05.2008 at 6:29 PM

For the Out-of-Competition presentation of the animated feature "Kung Fu Panda," members of the film crew were in Cannes for a press conference. They included directors Mark Osborne and John Stevenson, actors Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Dustin Hoffman, and producer Jeffrey Katzenberg. Highlights follow. On the film's...
The Film Market Opens

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 23.05.2008 at 6:33 PM

An important yearly event for film professionals, the Cannes Film Market will be welcoming 10,000 participants from 93 countries from May 14th to 23rd. It is expected to generate an estimated one billion euros in sales. The 140,000-square-foot space (14,000 m²) will serve as a showroom for some 5,500 films, both finished and...
The Un Certain Regard Jury

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 15.05.2008 at 3:21 PM

This year, the Un Certain Regard Jury is chaired by German director Fatih Akin, winner in 2007 of the Best Screenplay award for The Edge of Heaven. In 2005, he served as a juror on the Official Selection panel. To award the Un Certain Regard Prize at the end of this year's Festival, Akin will be conferring with jurors José Maria...
Un Certain Regard: "Tokyo!" by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-Ho

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2008 at 8:39 PM

Tokyo! producers Masa Sawada and Michiko Yoshitake describe their Un Certain Regard presentation as "a fantasy in three movements". "It doesn't matter whether each piece seems at odds with the others - when they are put together, they form a unique work. A Tokyo Rhapsody, to be precise." To compose this triptych about Japan's capital...
In Competition: "Lion's Den" by Pablo Trapero

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2008 at 2:44 PM

Argentinian director Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den is among today's Cannes Festival Competition features. This is Trapero's third journey to the Croisette: in 2002, the director was invited to present his feature El Bonaerense in the Un Certain Regard selection, and two years later, he was one of the outstanding members of the...
Press Conference: "Lion's Den"

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 15.05.2008 at 2:51 PM

The crew of "Lion's Den," an Argentinian film presented in Competition today, invited the media to a press conference. Director Pablo Trapero was accompanied by actors Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros and Rodrigo Santoro. Pablo Trapero, on the meaning of the film's title: "Leonera [the film's Spanish title] is a place of transit. It's...
Press Conference: "Waltz with Bashir"

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 15.05.2008 at 6:07 PM

For the presentation in Competition of Waltz with Bashir, Israeli director Ari Folman along with crew members elaborated on the making of the personal animated feature film. Joining the director at the press conference were animation director Yoni Goodman and art director David Polonsky. Also present were producers Serge Lalou, Gerhard...
Cinéma de la Plage: "Bonnie and Clyde" preceded by a concert by Nadara, playing Gypsy music from films

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2008 at 1:51 PM

Every year since 2001, the outdoor movie theater Cinéma de la Plage has given the general public the opportunity to enjoy a themed program related to the Cannes Festival and to rediscover masterpieces from the past. This year, to mark the 85th anniversary of Warner Brothers studios, the Hollywood institution will be honored...
Opening speech of the 61st Festival de Cannes

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 15.05.2008 at 8:01 PM

"Seeing me arrive, trembling in front of you on this prestigious stage, you must be as stunned as I was when Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux let me know that they had chosen me to declare open, on this evening of May 14th, 2008, the 61st Festival de Cannes. After a first instant of disbelief, I thought that I owed this...
Competition : "Waltz with Bashir" by Ari Folman

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2008 at 8:46 PM

Last year in Competition was "Persépolis", a new style of animated film dealing with certain Middle East topics which won the Jury Prize. This year there is another animated film up for the Palme d’Or which also explores themes in the Middle East based on personal experiences: Waltz with Bashir by Israeli...
Out of Competition: "Kung Fu Panda" by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 18.05.2008 at 8:49 PM

The fourth animated feature produced by DreamWorks and presented in Cannes, following Shrek and Shrek 2 (in Competition in 2001 and 2004) and Over the Hedge (Out of Competition 2006), Kung Fu Panda is about the adventures of Po, a panda who dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master. While Po is still just a rank beginner in the martial arts,...
Un Certain Regard Opening Film: "Hunger" by Steve McQueen

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2008 at 1:23 PM

The Un Certain Regard selection of the 61st Festival of Cannes opens today with the presentation of Hunger by Steve McQueen. Eligible for a Golden Camera award, Hunger, the first film by this British director, tells the story of Bobby Sands, the IRA political prisoner who was an emblematic figure in the Blanket Protest of the late...
Actors present in Cannes

the 15.05.2008 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 15.05.2008 at 10:50 PM

Present on the Croisette today: Karen Allen, Mathieu Amalric, Santiago Amigorena, Hatice Aslan, Claudine Auger, Saleh Bakri, Guy Bedos, Richard Bennett, Jean-Marie Bigard, Yavuz Bingol, Jack Black, Nicolas Bro, Laurent Capelluto, Amira Casar, Joan Chen, Liam Cunningham, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Devos, Faye Dunaway, Eriq Ebouaney,...