CANNES 2011 BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI WILL RECOGNIZE A PALME OF HONOUR FOR OPENING!
New to the Cannes Film Festival: from 2011, the organizers will award each year a Palme d'or d'honneur, which will be presented at the opening ceremony. This recognition will be attributed to an important director, whose work is authoritative but who has never obtained Palme Gold. In the recent past, Woody Allen, in 2002, or Clint Eastwood, in 2009, was awarded this distinction by President Gilles Jacob, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Cannes Film Festival. From now on, the act becomes tradition, will be annual and will take place at the opening of the event. For 2011, it was Italian Bernardo Bertolucci who was appointed. The filmmaker has marked the Italian cinema of intimate masterpieces as monumental frescoes Last Tango in Paris, Novecento (1976), from the Conformist (1970) to the Last Emperor (1987), his political and social involvement, carried by profound lyricism and a precise and elegant staging, gives his films a singular place in the history of world cinema. Article sharing
MICHEL DRUCKER AT MAJESTIC 64 FOR ONE SHOT
Michel Drucker will present a special film show on occasion 64th Festival. This one-shot will be broadcast shortly after the closing ceremony on Sunday, May 22, in the second part of the evening on France 2. The filming of this program will take place on May 14. To best fit the prestigious setting of the Cannes Film Festival, Michel Drucker and Wendy Bouchard will invest the famous Majestic Barrière and Majestic Beach 64. Michel Drucker is very interested in cinema. For cause, he is currently looking for an actor to interpret his role in adapting his autobiographical work, but what are we going to do with you? The filming is planned for this summer, under the direction of Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe. Article sharing
SOIREE CHOPARD 19 MAY 2011 CANNES FESTIVAL
Every year the most popular evening of the Festival is undoubtedly the one where reigns, luxury, glamour and all the happy few of the earth:Mick jagger, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek... The famous Chopard evening that will take place on May 19, 2011 during the International Film Festival, where the cane festival blog has just been accredited. Chopard is the creator of the Palme d'Or, a supreme award awarded to the best feature film in competition at the Festival, which will be made for the 14th consecutive year, and presented at the closing ceremony on May 22. Designed by Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele in 1998, the Palme weighs 118 gr of yellow gold and 1248 gr of rock crystal; It measures 13.5cmx9cmx9cm. Good luck with the films that will compete from May 11 to 22! Article sharing
AFFICHE MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Woody Allen Opening of the 64th Cannes Festival Wednesday, May 11
Festival de Cannes 2011: press conference 14 April.
It is probably, as every year at the Grand Hôtel Paris, in front of the Opéra Garnier that Messrs Thierry Frémeaux and Gilles Jacob will announce the long-awaited list of films present for this 64th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival 2011. We already know that the « Midnight in Paris » Woody Allen will open the out-of-competition festival on May 11, 2011, but what will be the masterpieces or misses that will feed our film debates during the 15th Cannoese. « Tree of life » by Térence Malick, who had little missed his presence last year will certainly be at the appointment for the official selection, due to his date of release on May 18, other familiar directors like Pedro Almodovar with his thriller « The piel that habito », or the brothers Dardenne, Wong Kar-wai or Lars Von Trier, will certainly be among the favorites. Gus Van Sant, Walter Salles, David Cronenberg are also among the hypotheticals present and on French films, we could see in Cannes Robert Guédiguian, Christophe Honoré, Bruno Dumont or Dominik Moll. Madonna with her » W.E. » and André Téchiné with « Unforgivable », should favor the Mostra in Venice to preview their respective films . But it's not to mention a good last minute surprise... THE BLOG OF THE CANNES FESTIVAL GIVES YOU APRIL 14 FOR THE LEVEL OF THE SECRET... Photo: Life – Article: Olive Hell for the blog of the Cannes festival. Article sharing
LAURENT MELANIA Master of ceremonies Cannes 2011
MELANE LAURENT, the pretty actress will be the hostess of the 64th International Film Festival in Cannes. The young and talented 28-year-old actress who was seen in «The Concert», by Radu Mihaileanu, French film which was best exported, in «Inglorious Bastards» of Quentin Tarantino in competition in Cannes in 2009 and last year, in the very historical film «The Rafle» Roselyne Bosch, succeeds Kristin Scott Thomas. Gilles Jacob said this edition of the festival would be light and fun to the image of the young woman. Mélanie Laurent directed her first feature film at the end of the year, «Adopted», which she interprets alongside Florence Foresti. She starts a career as a singer with her first album, «Waiting», which has 12 titles that she has co-written and co-composed and will release on 2 May . Article: Olive for LeBlogreporter Article Share
Michel Gondry, President of the Short Film Jury and Cinéfondation 2011
A few days ago, Cocorico... It is MICHEL GONDRY, the French director present in the selection in 2001 with Human Nature, in 2008 with his triptych Tokyo! at Certain Regard, and in 2009 out of competition with the documentary portrait L Michel Gondry, also videographer and musician, sketched in seven feature films, some shorts and seventy music clips a deeply original work, tinted with brownness and doutopia. Oscar for Best Scenario in 2004, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was followed in 2006 by Science of Dreams, then Be Kind, Rewind in 2008. The Green Hornet (The Green Frelon), currently on French screens since January 2011, is to date its greatest success in theaters. The filmmaker has just opened at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, his « Factory of amateur films », both creative studio and DIY workshop, where everyone can make a short film in three hours. This gifted illusionist, with a generous imagination, will award the three Cinéfondation awards with his team on Friday, May 20, before presenting the Palme d'Or of the short film during the ceremony of the Palmarès on May 22, 2011. Article sharing
Robert De Niro President of the 2011 Cane Festival
American actor Robert De Niro, also director and producer, will chair the Jury of the 64th Cannes Festival, which will take place from May 11 to 22, 2011. In accepting the invitation, Robert de Niro said: « For me, the Cannes Festival is a rare occasion, because it is one of the oldest and best festivals in the world. » Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux, President and General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, said: « Robert De Niro has entered the history of the Cannes Film Festival since his first appearance, with Taxi Driver who wins the Palme d'Or. His name will remain associated with Martin Scorsese, as was Mastroianni in Fellini. Equipped with chameleon plasticity, he composes his characters without knowing whether he is measuring the role or whether the role adapts to his measurements. His precise and nuanced interpretations, more true than nature, invite to identify: he is forever the last nabab, Vito Corleone, Jack la Motta, Sam "Ace" Rothstein... » Article sharing
Interview with Antoine Dray (ADR) in charge of Majestic beach 63
Anniversary of Christian Audigier at VIP Cannes (50cts, Lenny Kravitz)
Birthday of Christian Audigier Yesterday evening, after 10 days of events organized at VIP ROOM by Jean-Roch, the most anticipated event, the most coveted finally took place ! Thursday 21 May, last night, Jean-Roch received his friend, the French designer Christian Audigier, to celebrate his 51th birthday. Shortly before an hour in the morning, Christian Audigier made his arrival at VIP ROOM in a white Maybach, greeted by a huge crowd, under a fire of confetti. After greeting the crowd, meeting friends and making numerous interviews and photos in the VIP ROOM entrance, Christian Audigier and Ira as well as Crystal, Christian's daughter, entered the red carpet of more than 12 meters where they were waiting for more than 70 televisions and 60 photographers from all over the world. After an hour and a half spent answering journalists' questions and asking for the photographers' objectives, Christian Audigier and Ira finally entered a VIP ROOM completely transformed and decorated for the occasion. Meanwhile, the red carpet hosted a shower of stars... Eva Herzigova came to the arms of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Solange Knowles, Kerry Washington, the son of John Lennon, Julian Lennon, Paris Hilton and his boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, the creators of the brand DSquared, Dean and Dan Caten, Jean-Claude Van Damme, the founder of the brand Diesel, Renzo Rosso, Jean-Roch in the arms of his partner Alek, the jeweller Fawaz Gruosi, the co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Dave Stewart... Ashton Kutcher accompanied by Vahina Giocante, Car
