The Campus Moviefest collection in the Short Film Corner here at Cannes is filled with color. Chroma, a short film from Meghan Foehl and John Merizalde, is a black-and-white film about the plight of a painter seeking inspiration--inspiration he briefly finds in the one element of color in his otherwise drab and lifeless world: a mysterious woman in a long blue dress. However, as his muse's color fades, so too does his motivation. While this film is visually beautiful--illustrated not only by t...

It's that time of year again... After huge storms and surfable waves in the Mediterranean last week, the opening of the Cannes International Film Festival yesterday looked like it would be blessed with sun... until the skies opened on the red carpet premiere of Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, out of competition. Today, however, the sunny blue skies of the Côte d'Azur seem to have returned; the beaches are beginning to be populated with beautiful people, and throngs are crow...

                              Director Ridley Scott has pulled out of the Robin Hood screening at the Cannes Film Festival this wednesday (Having recently undergone surgery, Scott had to decline invitation from Universal) Cate Blanchett and Russel Crowe were in town wwith producer Brian Grazer)  to  attend the photo call earlier today...

Oh so many parties coming up this week;  DON'T MISS                       Friday May 14; 9:00pm  Legendary Fashion Night Villa Oxygene, Cannes   Saturday May 15; 6:30pm-8:30pm  Screen Australian Drinks Screen Australia Office Level 8, Residence du Festival, Cannes ( the Aussie independents!) Sunday M...

Marco Bellocchio is to give the Cinema Masterclass at the coming 63rd Festival de Cannes. Upon accepting the invitation, he declared: “I think that the most precious thing a director can teach anyone wanting to work in the business is how to work with actors and actresses. Anyone can teach technique, but the ability to get another person to interpret a character you have imagined is a gift, although it can be learned in part by a director who isn’t afraid of risking failure. You can never ...

The weather is improving NICEly: no more waves...                                     CANNES you believe it the Carlton Beach is already open!                           ...

The Official Selection and the Jurys of the 63rd Festival de Cannes have been announced Thursday, 15th April 2010. FEATURE FILM JURY Tim BURTON, President Kate BECKINSALE - Actress / United Kingdom Giovanna MEZZOGIORNO - Actress / Italy Alberto BARBERA - Director National Museum of Cinema / Italy Emmanuel CARRERE - Writer - Scripwriter - Director / Benicio DEL TORO - Actor / Puerto Rico Victor ERICE - Director / Spain ...

On behalf of the Cape Winelands Film Festival, I want to take a moment to formally thank all of our sponsors, volunteers and staff that put forth the effort in this year's 2010 Festival to help make it as successful as it was. This year'sevent that was held from 17 – 27 March at the beautiful Spier Amphitheatre, Labia Theatres, Iziko Museum, and CityVarsity Theatre and was financially sponsored and edby : The City of Cape Town, The Spier Wine Estate, The Brazilian Consulate Ge...

Cannes Market and the Cannes Film Festival are coming up soon.                                 It's just a couple of weeks away starting May 13 - 23. If you would like to meet the filmfestivals.telechargerjeux.org and fest21.com team, we will be there too. Our Booth and Festival TV production office is located Palais Niveau 01 – ...

The Lumiere brothers, Auguste Lumiere, born in 1862, and Louis, born in 1864, were among the earliest filmmakers, contributing to the birth of film in 1895.  Born in Besancon, , they moved to Lyon in 1870, where they both attended technical school.  Their father, Claude-Antoine Lumiere, ran a photography business and his sons worked for him.  When Claude-Antoine retired in 1892, Auguste and Louis began to create moving pictures.   They patented a number of significant processes lead...

Since March 1st 2010, and until July 15th, La Résidence de la Cinéfondation welcomes its 6 latest winning candidates to them in the writing of their first or second feature and help them prepare their film. The jury selected two female and four male filmmakers from the 200 applicants. Daniel Joseph BorgmanDaniel Joseph Borgman was born in 1981 in the small coastal town of Dunedin in New Zealand. After studying Film Science at Otago University, he moved to Copenhagen,...

  Acclaimed Australian film Samson & Delilah has won the Best Feature Film Award at the third annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, announced tonight on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Produced by Kath Shelper and written and directed by Warwick Thornton, Samson & Delilah previously won the Camera d'Or prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, six major awards at the recent Inside Film Awards in Australia and has been nominated for 13 Australian Film Ins...

1939 Union Pacific by Cecil B. DeMille United States 1946 Torment (Hets) by Alf Sjöberg Sweden The Lost Weekend by Billy Wilder United States The Red Meadows (De røde enge) by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr. Denmark Brief Encounter by David Lean United Kingdom Portrait of Maria (María Candelaria (Xochimilco) by Emilio Fernández Mexico Neecha Nagar (नीचा नगर) by Chetan Anand India The Turning Point (Великий перелом, Velikiy p...

by Marla LewinI spent almost an hour with Robert Koehler who has gone from a top movie critic for Variety, to Artistic Director, Programmer of the AFI Film Festival and he gave me a look inside how he approached putting together this years festival and where it is going.Marla: Congratulations,  Robert, this is your second year programming the festival, How different is it from being a critic? How is it going? Robert: I was at the Los Angeles Times, and started in 94 writing for Variety, w...

From October 1st 2009 to February 15th 2010, the Résidence plays host to 6 new winners to accompany them in the writing of their first or second feature, and facilitate the preparation of their film.  Gilles Jacob and his jury selected three female and three male directors out of a total of 170 candidates.   - Paz Fabrega (Costa Rican, 30) observes in Todos Nosotros (2nd feature) the behaviour of a middle class when faced with social inequality.   - Ioana Ur...