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Monday, May 29, 2017

Cannes Film Festival 70 Years & Counting

: The Jury and the 2017 winners Image Credit : Alberto Pizzoli : AFP

Cannes Film Festival 2017 ends with just as much grandeur as the last 70 years. The thousands of films, masterclasses, and fashion on the red carpet represents the best in film and arts.

The juries enjoyed film after film. The jury members include:

: Ruben Östlund, Palme d'or - The Square Image Credit : Loic Venance : AFP

Feature Films Jury

Pedro ALM OD ÓVAR – President
(Director, Screenwriter, Producer – Spain)
Maren ADE (Director, Screenwriter, Producer - Germany)
Jessica CHASTAIN (Actress, Producer - United States)
FAN Bingbing (Actress, Producer - China)
Agnès JAOUI (Actress, Screenwriter, Director, Singer – France)
PARK Chan-wook (Director, Screenwriter, Producer - South Korea)
Will SMITH (Actor, Producer, Musician – United States
Paolo SORRENTINO (Director, Screenwriter - Italy)
Gabriel YARED (Composer – France)

: The Jury and the winners of Un Certain Regard 2017© Christophe Bouillon - FDC Cannes Film Festival

Un Certain Regard

Uma Thurman
Mohamed Diab
Reda Kateb
Joachim Lafosse
Karel Och

: The winners of the 2017 Cinéfondation © Mathilde Petit - FDC Cannes Film Festival

Cinéfondation

Cristian Mungiu
Clotilde Hesme
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Barry Jenkins
Eric Khoo

The closing ceremonies ended the festival with honoring the top films with a presentation. Nicole Kidman in regards to her honor, states (video from Nashville Tennessee) "I feel blessed to be able to work in this profession. The 70th celebration was incredible; it was the celebration of cinema and stories." This season Cannes Film Festival continued draw positive attention to the top world class film festival. Looking forward to 70 more years at Cannes.

See the photos from Cannes Film Festival here.

Feature Films

PALME D'OR
THE SQUARE by Ruben ÖSTLUND

70th Anniversary Award
Nicole KIDMAN

GRAND PRIX
120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE (BPM – Beats Per Minute)
by Robin CAMPILLO

BEST DIRECTOR
Sofia COPPOLA for THE BEGUILED

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Joaquin PHOENIX in YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE by Lynne RAMSAY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Diane KRUGER in AUS DEM NICHTS (In The Fade) by Fatih AKIN

JURY PRIZE
NELYUBOV (Loveless) by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

BEST SCREENPLAY EX-ÆQUO
Yorgos LANTHIMOS and Efthimis FILIPPOU
for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
Lynne RAMSAY
for YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

SHORT FILMS

PALME D'OR
XIAO CHENG ER YUE (A Gentle Night) by QIU Yang

MENTION DISTINCTION BY THE JURY
KATTO (The Ceiling) by Teppo AIRAKSINEN
CAMÉRA D'OR

“UN CERTAIN REGARD” PRIZE
LERD (UN HOMME INTÈGRE – A MAN OF INTEGRITY)
by Mohammad Rasoulof

PRIZE FOR BEST ACTRESS
JASMINE TRINCA for FORTUNATA by Sergio Castellitto

PRIZE FOR THE BEST POETIC NARRATIVE
BARBARA de Mathieu Amalric

PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Sheridan for WIND RIVER

JURY PRIZE
LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL (APRIL’S DAUGHTER) by Michel Franco

JEUNE FEMME (Montparnasse Bienvenüe) by Léonor SERRAILLE
presented at UN CERTAIN REGARD
The CST Jury awarded the VULCAIN PRIZE FOR ARTIST-TECHNICIAN to: Josefin ASBERG

The Cinéfondation and Short Films

First Prize
PAUL EST LÀ (Paul Is Here )
directed by Valentina MAUREL
INSAS, Belgium

Second Prize
HEYVAN (AniMal )
directed by Bahram & Bahman ARK
Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran

Third Prize
DEUX ÉGARÉS SONT MORTS (Two Youths Died)
directed by Tommaso USBERTI
La Fémis, France

Awards
€15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.
The winner of the First Prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his/her first feature film at the Festival de Cannes.

Rerun in Paris
The awarded films will be screen at Cinéma du Panthéon on May 30th at 7 p.m.
All the films of the Cinéfondation selection will screen at the Cinémathèque Française on May 31st & June 1st.

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

A Woman's World The Beguiled ~ Cannes

The Beguiled Red Carpet Cannes Film Festival

The Beguiled is one of the most anticipated film at Cannes Film Festival. Director, Sofia Coppola, brings the woman's point of view and how it was for these women during this time period. The original film was from the man's point of view. This point of view brings a new dynamic to the melodramatic remake.

Film synopsis At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women are sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events.

: The Beguiled Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

This film is a remake from (The Beguiled (1971). Both films are based on the novel The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan. The first film brings the male perspective of a wounded union soldier. Coppola brings the story back with the perspective of the women in the boarding school.

: The Beguiled Movie

The revisiting of this film creates its own dynamics. Coppola says, "I never tried to remake the film, go back and tell my story. I wanted to forget that and to imagine how I would make this film." She brings the women's stories and perspective to the forefront.

: The Beguiled Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

Coppola discusses the film being a feminist film, she states, "It is up to the audience to determine how they want to take it. I put my thoughts into film and you can determine how it affects you. I was making the film from the female point of view. The core of the story is the power struggle between the male and female." The story brings this struggle to the center of the film.

Living in a boarding school atmosphere where they are all women who are functioning well, until the new dynamic, Farrell enters the school. Kidman states about Farrell's character, "I think he comes in an ruins everything. We were fine. We only could not procreate. Good riddance to him." The dynamic changes for each person in the film.

: The Beguiled Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

Kirsten Dunst, plays Edwina Dabney in the film, says "all these people pent up together no matter male, female, or a mixture. There will always be something that comes out it is a survivalist technique. Colin just happens to be what all our aggression, energy, and emotions corseted up, lets say. They get unleashed because this new dynamic comes in." This does bring a change for the girls attending the boarding school.

: The Beguiled Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman recalls Martha Farnsworth, her character in the film, "is very maternal. Kidman states, "She is there to protect these girls in a very treacherous difficult time. Her motivation is to protect them, to guide them, to bring them, so when the war ends they are capable." Farrell's character makes it difficult for the continued protection.

Colin Farrell, John McBurney character in the film, states "It has been a journey man to get here. Many miles of roads and many corsets. It was an amazing experience shooting this film. Coppola sets a particular mood, one that is of comfort, of ease, trust, and an environment that allows you as an actor to explore and play. It was my favorite experience and shoot. Sophia is a creative beast of an engine with tenderness, elegance, and a gentility." Looking forward to this film? It will be in theaters June 20, 2017.

: The Beguiled Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

Just a few fun notes from the press conference Kidman and Coppola often swiped their hair from the left side of their faces at the same time. Kidman discusses about working through mistakes, "I try to focus on the positive. Sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. That is the journey. You just get back up. . . You fall over you brush off your knees and get back up. It is a really really hard thing to do. You cry and you feel. It is not saying don't feel, but experience it navigate and get move through it. . . I'll learn from everything."

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Cast and Crew

Colin FARRELL - McBurney

Nicole KIDMAN - Miss Martha

Kirsten DUNST - Edwina

Elle FANNING - Alicia

Oona LAURENCE - Amy

Angourie RICE - Jane

Addison RIECKE - Marie

Emma HOWARD - Emily

Sofia COPPOLA - Director

Sofia COPPOLA - Script / Dialogue

Philippe LE SOURD - Director of Photography

Sarah FLACK - Film Editor

(Groupe) PHOENIX - Music

Anne ROSS - Set decorator

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Celebrations at Cannes 70th Anniversary

: Cannes 70th Anniversary Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival Image Credit : Valery Hache : AFP

The international film community gathers at Cannes Film Festival to celebrate 70 years of influence. The talent, influence, and celebrations brings about the past with the present.

The red carpet brings the festival of fashion and film to the start of the celebration. Former and current juror members and presidents gather for once in a lifetime moment. Some attending include:

Andrea Arnold (Jury 2012)
Claudia Cardinale (Jury 1993)
Georges Miller (President in 2016)
Liv Ullmann (President in 2001)
Catherine Deneuve (President in 1994)
Isabelle Huppert (President in 2009)
Nicole Kidman (Jury 2013)
Pedro Almodóvar (President)
Maren Ade
Jessica Chastain
FAN Bingbing
Agnès Jaoui
Park Chan-wook
Will Smith
Paolo Sorrentino
Gabriel Yared
Uma Thurman (President of the Un Certain Regard Jury)
Mohamed Diab (Un Certain Regard Jury)
Reda Kateb (Un Certain Regard Jury)
Joachim Lafosse (Un Certain Regard Jury)

: Cannes Film Festival 70th Celebration Courtesy Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival started in 1947 by, Jean Zay, Minister for Education and Fine Arts, who was keen to establish an international cultural event in France to rival the Venice Film Festival.” This festival received international recognition for the films and celebrities in the mid 1950s. The first time the festival top award, Palme d’or, went to the film Marty. Today the film festival recognizes short and medium length films (Caméra d’Or), student films (Cinéfondation), best first film presentation (Un Certain Regard), and best film (Palme d’or).

Marthe Keller, actress celebrating Canes event, discussing how Cannes changed her career. She attended one evening and was introduced to John Schlesinger. This introduction lead to her work in Marathon Man, Schlesinger is the director of this film. She was on the jury in 1977. This is just one incident where Cannes Film Festival influenced film.

This festival for decades has been the top film festival in the world. The festival: launches careers, a central location for distributors and film makers to network, screens films that go on to win Oscars, provide social change and awareness, and makes a mark for directors in film history. Happy Anniversary to Cannes. Looking forward to many for years of exceptional influencing in film.

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Saturday, May 20, 2017

120 Battements Par Minute The Heartbeat At Cannes Film Festival

: 120 Battements Par Minute Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival Image Credit : Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP

120 Battements Par Minute directed by Robin Campillo brings the 1990s AIDSParis crisis to Cannes Film Festival. This film is a moving, powerful, and encouraging film that embraces love, innocence, and tragedy.

Film synopsis This film takes place in the Early 1990s in Paris. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act Up-Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean, a radical militant.

: 120 Battements Par Minute Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

The AIDS epidemic was limited in conversation and activism for patients, partners, and society. Antoine Reinartz, actor in the film, says,"There were so many young people who hopes totally dashed, no future. Their individual hopes had been totally destroyed. They engaged together in this collective struggle that is no longer called into question. They achieved something." The organization creation allowed for important conversations to take place and understanding that they were not as alone as they felt.

Developing a cast to recreate a time when misguided fear existed was a challenge. The cast welcomed the opportunity and willing to change their appearances and create an understanding during this time period. The struggle was real. The engagement was the epidemic leading to shape a political movement creating change.

: 120 Battements Par Minute Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

Campillo took this historical experience to create a fictional film. Campillo says, "There are threads to actual events. This is linked to a person in history. The pharmaceutical company is not real. Fiction is also linked to ones innermost life. I tried to show that fiction is something between a collective and intimate experience. This group experience comes to a very individual experience in the film. The fiction in the film comes from the whole group."