Cannes Star Wars, Mark Hamill to close critical week
Mark Hamill, known worldwide to embody Luke Skywalker in the saga Star Wars, will have the honor to close the 56th edition of Criticism Week, designed to reward young talents.
The iconic Star Wars actor will be present on the Cannes steps. He will be at the side of Claire Danes for the film « Brigsby Bear« , but not only. Mark Hamill will also have the honour of closing the Critical Week competition. The purpose of this event is to crown the new talents, authors of a first or second feature film. This year, France and l‘Latin America present four and three films respectively, and Italy, Japan, Iran and United States are also competing.
Mark Hamill at the close of the 56th Criticism Week with Brigsby Bear
The emblematic actor of the saga Star Wars will be on the poster of Brigsby Bear alongside Claire Danes to close this competition dedicated to new talents
Already presented at the 2017 Sundance Festival, here is a red carpet video of the event!
56th Criticism Week in Cannes
Parallel section of the 70th Cannes Festival, which will take place from 17 to 28 May, the Week of Criticism is dedicated to the discovery of new talents. Created in 1962, it presents only first or second feature films. Of the 1,250 feature films screened this year, eleven were selected, seven of which were in competition, selected by a jury chaired by the Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho.
Feature films in competition
- Ava of Lea Mysius
- Family of Gustavo Rondón Córdova
- Gabriel a Montanha of Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
- Makala d-Emmanuel Gras
- Oh, Lucy! d-Atsuko Hirayanagi
- Los perros by Marcela Said
- Tehran Taboo Ali Soozandeh
The opening film
- Sicilian Ghost Story by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza
The closing film
- Brigsby Bear by Dave McCary
Feature films in special sessions
- Small farmer by Hubert Charuel
- Violent Life by Thierry de Perretti
Short films in competition
- The poor by Laura Ferrés
- Ela – Sketches on a Departure Oliver Adam Kusio
- Children leave at dawn Manon Coubia
- Jodilerks dela Cruz, Employee of the Month by Carlo Francisco Manatad
- Möbius by Sam Kuhn
- The Best Fireworks Ever d
- Real Gods Need Blood of Moin Hussain
- Selva de Sofía Quirós Ubeda
- Tesla: World Light by Matthew Rankin
- The face of Salvatore Lista
Short films in special sessions
- After School Knife Fight by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel
- Bad rabbit Carlos Conceição
- Islands by Yann Gonzalez
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