Guadalajara’s Agavia Studios, the Film Commission of the State of Jalisco and market Ventana Sur’s Blood Window are launching Oscura Tinta, a screenplay competition for fantasy/horror features carrying a 25,000 cash prize.
Agavia will give the award in exchange for copyright to the work. Agavia will produce the winning screenplay, moving into production this year 2022, CEO Gustavo Castillón told Variety at Cannes.
The winner will be chosen by a panel of industry figures and genre specialists.
Launched by Blood Window, Ventana Sur’s genre platform, the call for applications runs June 1-Aug. 15. The winner will be announced at Ventana Sur.
Agavia aims to make three features a year, said Castillón. One will now be a genre movie. Genre, a highly exportable film form, will help give an international edge to Jalisco production, he added.
“Screenplays are the ‘philosophers stone’ of filmmaking,” said Daniel de la Vega, at Mexico’s Sofia Films,...
Agavia will give the award in exchange for copyright to the work. Agavia will produce the winning screenplay, moving into production this year 2022, CEO Gustavo Castillón told Variety at Cannes.
The winner will be chosen by a panel of industry figures and genre specialists.
Launched by Blood Window, Ventana Sur’s genre platform, the call for applications runs June 1-Aug. 15. The winner will be announced at Ventana Sur.
Agavia aims to make three features a year, said Castillón. One will now be a genre movie. Genre, a highly exportable film form, will help give an international edge to Jalisco production, he added.
“Screenplays are the ‘philosophers stone’ of filmmaking,” said Daniel de la Vega, at Mexico’s Sofia Films,...
- 5/21/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
This review of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” was first published April 25, 2022.
The first “Downton Abbey” film, released in 2019, was an all-subplots-no-plot affair in which the most troubling dramatic question was who would peel the potatoes when the King and Queen came to dinner. It must have been difficult to make a sequel that was even more trivial, and yet the team behind “Downton Abbey: A New Era” has managed it.
Written once again by Julian Fellowes, the creator of the escapist toffs-and-staff television series, the film opens with a wedding and goes on to feature a death, a birth and a proposal (not in that order), and yet it leaves the impression that nothing whatsoever has happened.
The film hops back and forth between two storylines, if that’s not stretching the definition of “storyline.” In one of these, the aged Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) announces that she has...
The first “Downton Abbey” film, released in 2019, was an all-subplots-no-plot affair in which the most troubling dramatic question was who would peel the potatoes when the King and Queen came to dinner. It must have been difficult to make a sequel that was even more trivial, and yet the team behind “Downton Abbey: A New Era” has managed it.
Written once again by Julian Fellowes, the creator of the escapist toffs-and-staff television series, the film opens with a wedding and goes on to feature a death, a birth and a proposal (not in that order), and yet it leaves the impression that nothing whatsoever has happened.
The film hops back and forth between two storylines, if that’s not stretching the definition of “storyline.” In one of these, the aged Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) announces that she has...
- 5/19/2022
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Wrap
Whether a viewer in 1896 or 2020, cinema has always been a dynamic and variable experience. Cinema as an event—as a manifestation of a meeting point between the art of moving images and an audience, big or small—has never fit any one definition, and this last year, so severely disrupted by a global pandemic, has deeply underscored the versatility and resilience of our great love.Our viewing this year, like that of so many, has been strange: compromised, confrontational, escapist, euphoric, painful, revelatory—encompassing all of the reactions one can have to film. How we encountered our favorite movies and most meaningful cinematic experiences of the year was hardly new: A by-now-normal mix of festivals, theatres, various subscription and transactional streaming services, as well as private screener links and gems buried on over-stuffed hard drives. But for most of the year, the communal experience shrunk to living rooms and glowing screens.
- 12/23/2020
- MUBI
Exclusive: Josh Berger, President and Managing Director of Warner Bros UK, Ireland and Spain and President of Harry Potter Global Franchise Development, has decided to step down from his posts after working for the company for more than 30 years. The well-liked and respected veteran will depart Warners in December, but will remain as an advisor to senior management until the middle of 2021 for the Harry Potter franchise. Berger is an executive producer on the third installment of the Fantastic Beasts film series and the upcoming BBC documentary Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History, among other projects. An announcement regarding Berger’s succession is expected to be made soon.
On why he’s making this move now, Berger tells me, “I’ve been at Warner Bros for 31 years. I’ve spent as you know, my entire career here, and I’ve been unbelievably fortunate to be with one company in lots of...
On why he’s making this move now, Berger tells me, “I’ve been at Warner Bros for 31 years. I’ve spent as you know, my entire career here, and I’ve been unbelievably fortunate to be with one company in lots of...
- 10/29/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Festival runs from April 4-10.
Argentinian rom-com An Unexpected Love (El Amor Menos Pensado) starring Ricardo Darín and Mercedes Morán will open the Panama International Film Festival on April 4.
Patagonik artistic director Juan Vera made his directorial debut on the film from Patagonik Film Group and Kenya Films about a couple who separate after 25 years of marriage, triggering much soul-searching about love and the passage of time.
Vera and Daniel Cupado wrote the screenplay. Darín produced alongside his son Chino and Vera. Morán won last year’s Karlovy Vary best actress award for Florianópolis Dream.
An Unexpected Love will screen...
Argentinian rom-com An Unexpected Love (El Amor Menos Pensado) starring Ricardo Darín and Mercedes Morán will open the Panama International Film Festival on April 4.
Patagonik artistic director Juan Vera made his directorial debut on the film from Patagonik Film Group and Kenya Films about a couple who separate after 25 years of marriage, triggering much soul-searching about love and the passage of time.
Vera and Daniel Cupado wrote the screenplay. Darín produced alongside his son Chino and Vera. Morán won last year’s Karlovy Vary best actress award for Florianópolis Dream.
An Unexpected Love will screen...
- 3/15/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
La Quietud
Argentinean auteur Pablo Trapero has quickly readied his next production, an Argentine-French co-production, La Quietud, which unites France’s Berenice Bejo with Edgar Ramirez and Trapero’s wife and favored performer, Martina Gusman (who headlined his Lion’s Den, Carancho, and White Elephant).
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Argentinean auteur Pablo Trapero has quickly readied his next production, an Argentine-French co-production, La Quietud, which unites France’s Berenice Bejo with Edgar Ramirez and Trapero’s wife and favored performer, Martina Gusman (who headlined his Lion’s Den, Carancho, and White Elephant).
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- 1/1/2018
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Pablo Trapero, Argentinean director, producer and scriptwriter, has presented three of his films at the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard selection beginning in 2002. Now, in his own words, he is to "take part in another way in the adventure in Cannes." For the 67th edition, he will serve as the president for the jury for Un Certain Regard, Official Selection. Trapero stated "I am very proud to serve as President of the Jury for Un Certain Regard... [it] is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries, and new forms of cinema." Trapero's projects have achieved several successes on the film circuit since his first feature ("Mundo Grua") received the Critic's Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1999. In 2002, his second feature "El Bonaerense" was selected at Cannes (Un Certain Regard), and he returned to Cannes three times thereafter with "Leonera" (2008), "Carancho" (2010) and and "Elefante Blanco" (2012). He.
- 4/8/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
Argentinean screenwriter, producer and director Pablo Trapero will head the jury for the Un Certain Regard section at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. The section will be composed of 20 films, still to be announced on April 17 (the Cannes competition titles will be unveiled that day, too). 42-year-old Trapero is no stranger to prestigious international festivals; his first feature, "Mundo Grua," nabbed the Critics Award at Venice in 1999, while his following features, "El Bonaerense," "Leonera," "Carancho" and "Elefante Blanco" have all played Cannes over the past decade. Last year's Un Certain Regard president was Thomas Vinterberg ("The Hunt").
- 4/8/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
After years with films in competition at Cannes, Argentinian filmmaker Pablo Trapero will be judging the works of others. The festival announced on Tuesday that the 44-year-old writer-director will head the jury of the Un Certain Regard section, taking the spot held by Thomas Vinterberg last year. In 2002, Trapero's “El Bonaerense,” his second film, was selected for Un Certain Regard, as were his films “Carancho” (2010) and “Elefante Blanco” (2012). His 2008 film “Leonera” screened in Competition at the fest. Also read: 5 Burning Questions Before the Cannes Lineup Is Revealed All in all, his experience at the French confab made him...
- 4/8/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
Argentinean director of Carancho and White Elephant to preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard.
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
- 4/8/2014
- ScreenDaily
Argentinean director of Carancho and White Elephant to preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard.
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinean scriptwriter, producer and director of Carancho and White Elephant, will preside over the jury for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
The strand will compose 20 films to be announced, along with the films in Competition, at an upcoming press conference on April 17.
Trapero is no stranger to the Croisette, with his prison film Lion’s Den (Leonera) playing in Competition in 2008 and three of his features selected for Un Certain Regard: El Bonaerense (2002); Carancho (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (2012).
He said: “I am very proud to take part in another way in the adventure of Cannes. Un Certain Regard, where I have presented three of my films, is always a very exciting selection. It brings us grand masters, promising young talent, new countries and new forms of cinema.”
Pablo Trapero was born...
- 4/8/2014
- ScreenDaily
★★★★☆ Following on from 2010's Carancho (The Vulture), director Pablo Trapero reunites with actor Ricardo Darín once more for White Elephant (Elefante blanco, 2012), another high-paced examination of systemic Argentine society. The film's title refers to the dilapidated shell of what was once envisioned as the largest hospital in Latin America. This casualty of Argentina's economic regression is now the beating heart of Villa Maria, a sprawling network of Buenos Aires slums. It's here that real-life figure Father Carlos Mugica was shot dead by the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (Aaa), a militant anti-communist group.
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- 4/24/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Looking at the Cannes Film Festival Competition titles, the top international sales agents are Wild Bunch with with 3 films: The Angel’s Share by Ken Loach, Beyond the Hills by Cristian Mungiu and Holy Motors by Leos Carax. Wild Bunch actually has 12 films in all the festival sections including Critic's Week and not yet counting Director's Fortnight. MK2 follows with 3 in Competition: After the Battle by Yousry Nasrallah, Like Someone in Love by Abbas Kiarostami, On the Road by Walter Salles and 4 in all sections. FilmNation follows with 2 in Compeitition: Lawless by John Hillcoat and Mud by Jeff Nichols.
U.S. has 5 indies in Competition. Wes Anderson’s opening film Moonrise Kingdom (Isa: Focus), Jeff Nichols’ Mud (Isa: FilmNation), Lee Daniels' The Paperboy (Isa: Nu Image/ Millenium), whose last feature Precious screened in Un Certain Regard in 2009, New Zealand director Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly, Australia-born John Hillcoat’s Lawless (formerly titled The Wettest County). If you add Philip Kaufman's Hemingway and Gellhorn (HBO TV) which is out of competition, U.S. has 6.
Thierry Fremaux says, “What I also think is interesting is that none of these films are shot in New York or Los Angeles but rather in the South… they show another America.”
Latin America is represented by Mexico's favorite arthouse director (in Europe at least) Carlos Reygadas and his Post Tenebras Lux. Brazil's Walter Salles has made a French Brazilian English language film of American icon Jack Kerouac (On the Road) which might count on the Latin America scorecard. So. Korea has two films: The Taste of Money by Sang-Soo Im and In Another Country by Sang Soo Hong. No women are represented.
Late Addition (April 30): 1 Female Director Added Out of Competition: Candida Brady whose documentary Trashed (U.K.) has no international representation. That Makes 2 films without international sales representation. Midnight Screenings include The Sapphires by Wayne Blair (Australia), Maniac by Franck Khalfoun (U.S.) (Isa: Wild Bunch) Making 7 U.S. films.
Looking at Un Certain Regard sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival, 17 films hold a berth. 2 female directors are included: French Catherine Corsini of Trois Mondes and French Sylvie Verheyde of Confessions of a Child of the Century. Latin American films include La Playa the debut of Juan Andrés Arango (Brazil, Colombia, France), Después de Lucia by Michel Franco (France, Mexico), Elefante Blanco of Pablo Trapero (Argentina, France and Spain), A Musica Segundo Tom Jobim by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos (Brazil), Villegas by Gonzalo Tobal (Argentina, France, Netherlands).and if you can count the French production 7 Dias en la Habana by directors Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabio, Gaspar Noé, Laurent Cantet, that will make a total of 6. 2 American indies are Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin and The Central Park Five by directors Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David Mcmahon. Late Additions (April 30): Djeca – Children of Sarajevo by Aida Bejic ♀ (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey) Makes 3 female directors, and Gimme the Loot by Adam Leon (U.S.) Makes 3 U.S. indies. Closing night film will be Renoir by Gilles Bourdo (France) (Isa: Wild Bunch)
Looking at the Critic's Week, there are no women in Competition. All 7 Competition films are debuts by males. Two French female directors have films in Special Screenings by themselves in their own exclusive ghetto. Sandrine Bonnaire's second feature (but first fiction feature) J'enrage a son absence (I am Enraged by His Absence) (Isa: Films Distribution), and Alice Winocour's debut Augustine. 2 films are from Latin America: Argentinian Los Salvages (The Wild Ones) and Mexican-Spanish-u.S. coproduction Aqui y Alla. That is the only U.S. film. The sales agent with the most (2) films is Films Boutique. 4 Films have no international sales agents.
Looking at Directors Fortnight, Latin American films take the center stage in honor of the recently deceased Chilean director Raoul Ruiz. His most recent film The Night in Front (La Noche en Frente) will be premiered in a special tribute session.
"We have seen many good films from Latin America," said Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop when introducing the 2012 selection to press in Paris. One of four scheduled debates will focus on Latin American cinema, with Waintrop saying this year's selection was "more sensitive to Latin American cinema than Asian [films]."
Of the 7 Latino films to make the list, two are Chilean -- Ruiz's The Night in Front and Pablo Larrain's No, a Chilean-American film starring Gael Garcia Bernal. The other five come from Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia with 3 films La Playa, La Sirga (both by Burning Blue Productions! ♀) and a short film Jonathan Ceballos' short The Children of the Clouds (Los Ahijiados de las Nubes).
Films from South Korea, China, India, Algeria and Iran, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg are also included in the selection. The United States was involved in the production of three of this year's movies, including Michael Gondry's The We and I, which opens the event.
Noemi Livovsky (Camille Rewinds from France) is one of two women directors! The second which makes hr the 4th in all Cannes Festivals is also the only non-French one. Yulene Olaizola (Fogo) is from Mexico.
For the Rights Roundup, you can begin watching sales of titles in Cannes here, organized by international sales agent. There will be daily updates throughout Cannes. It's interesting to see that sales on several Competition titles have already been made as presales.
Winners of the International Sales Agent with the Most Films in The Different Cannes Selections:
1st Place: Wild Bunch with 12
2nd Place: Pyramide with 5
3rd Place: MK2 with 3 which it also co-produced.
Honorable Mention: FilmNation with 2.
U.S. has 5 indies in Competition. Wes Anderson’s opening film Moonrise Kingdom (Isa: Focus), Jeff Nichols’ Mud (Isa: FilmNation), Lee Daniels' The Paperboy (Isa: Nu Image/ Millenium), whose last feature Precious screened in Un Certain Regard in 2009, New Zealand director Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly, Australia-born John Hillcoat’s Lawless (formerly titled The Wettest County). If you add Philip Kaufman's Hemingway and Gellhorn (HBO TV) which is out of competition, U.S. has 6.
Thierry Fremaux says, “What I also think is interesting is that none of these films are shot in New York or Los Angeles but rather in the South… they show another America.”
Latin America is represented by Mexico's favorite arthouse director (in Europe at least) Carlos Reygadas and his Post Tenebras Lux. Brazil's Walter Salles has made a French Brazilian English language film of American icon Jack Kerouac (On the Road) which might count on the Latin America scorecard. So. Korea has two films: The Taste of Money by Sang-Soo Im and In Another Country by Sang Soo Hong. No women are represented.
Late Addition (April 30): 1 Female Director Added Out of Competition: Candida Brady whose documentary Trashed (U.K.) has no international representation. That Makes 2 films without international sales representation. Midnight Screenings include The Sapphires by Wayne Blair (Australia), Maniac by Franck Khalfoun (U.S.) (Isa: Wild Bunch) Making 7 U.S. films.
Looking at Un Certain Regard sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival, 17 films hold a berth. 2 female directors are included: French Catherine Corsini of Trois Mondes and French Sylvie Verheyde of Confessions of a Child of the Century. Latin American films include La Playa the debut of Juan Andrés Arango (Brazil, Colombia, France), Después de Lucia by Michel Franco (France, Mexico), Elefante Blanco of Pablo Trapero (Argentina, France and Spain), A Musica Segundo Tom Jobim by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos (Brazil), Villegas by Gonzalo Tobal (Argentina, France, Netherlands).and if you can count the French production 7 Dias en la Habana by directors Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabio, Gaspar Noé, Laurent Cantet, that will make a total of 6. 2 American indies are Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin and The Central Park Five by directors Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David Mcmahon. Late Additions (April 30): Djeca – Children of Sarajevo by Aida Bejic ♀ (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey) Makes 3 female directors, and Gimme the Loot by Adam Leon (U.S.) Makes 3 U.S. indies. Closing night film will be Renoir by Gilles Bourdo (France) (Isa: Wild Bunch)
Looking at the Critic's Week, there are no women in Competition. All 7 Competition films are debuts by males. Two French female directors have films in Special Screenings by themselves in their own exclusive ghetto. Sandrine Bonnaire's second feature (but first fiction feature) J'enrage a son absence (I am Enraged by His Absence) (Isa: Films Distribution), and Alice Winocour's debut Augustine. 2 films are from Latin America: Argentinian Los Salvages (The Wild Ones) and Mexican-Spanish-u.S. coproduction Aqui y Alla. That is the only U.S. film. The sales agent with the most (2) films is Films Boutique. 4 Films have no international sales agents.
Looking at Directors Fortnight, Latin American films take the center stage in honor of the recently deceased Chilean director Raoul Ruiz. His most recent film The Night in Front (La Noche en Frente) will be premiered in a special tribute session.
"We have seen many good films from Latin America," said Fortnight artistic director Edouard Waintrop when introducing the 2012 selection to press in Paris. One of four scheduled debates will focus on Latin American cinema, with Waintrop saying this year's selection was "more sensitive to Latin American cinema than Asian [films]."
Of the 7 Latino films to make the list, two are Chilean -- Ruiz's The Night in Front and Pablo Larrain's No, a Chilean-American film starring Gael Garcia Bernal. The other five come from Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia with 3 films La Playa, La Sirga (both by Burning Blue Productions! ♀) and a short film Jonathan Ceballos' short The Children of the Clouds (Los Ahijiados de las Nubes).
Films from South Korea, China, India, Algeria and Iran, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg are also included in the selection. The United States was involved in the production of three of this year's movies, including Michael Gondry's The We and I, which opens the event.
Noemi Livovsky (Camille Rewinds from France) is one of two women directors! The second which makes hr the 4th in all Cannes Festivals is also the only non-French one. Yulene Olaizola (Fogo) is from Mexico.
For the Rights Roundup, you can begin watching sales of titles in Cannes here, organized by international sales agent. There will be daily updates throughout Cannes. It's interesting to see that sales on several Competition titles have already been made as presales.
Winners of the International Sales Agent with the Most Films in The Different Cannes Selections:
1st Place: Wild Bunch with 12
2nd Place: Pyramide with 5
3rd Place: MK2 with 3 which it also co-produced.
Honorable Mention: FilmNation with 2.
- 5/10/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
A week from today, the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival will be getting underway on the south coast of France, opening with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," and as ever, it's possibly the biggest date in the cinephile calendar, with a host of hotly anticipated films set to premiere over the ten days that follow. A jury headed up by Nanni Moretti, and also including Andrea Arnold, Ewan McGregor, Alexander Payne, Diane Kruger and Jean-Paul Gaultier will have to decide which of over twenty films to award the Palme d'Or to. But while the In Competition category will be typically fierce in competition, there's plenty of gems to find in the Directors' Fortnight, Un Certain Regard and Critics' Week sidebars too.
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
- 5/9/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
1,779 films were submitted to be included as an Official Selection of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival but in the end, only 54 films made it. From competition to Un Certain Regard to midnight screenings (I especially want to see Dario Argento's "Dracula" from the midnight screening category), here's your full list!
The Cannes Film Festival is taking place from May 16th to the 27th. Last year, "Drive," "We Need to Talk About Kevin," "Melancholia," "The Artist," and "The Tree of Life" all wowed festival attendees and ultimately made an impact on the year-end award-giving bodies (with "The Artist" ultimately taking the grand prize of them all -- the Best Picture Oscar). We'll see if the latest crop of Cannes films will have the same staying power as Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist." (visit the official Festival de Cannes site right here)
2012 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
Competition:
Moonrise Kingdom, dir: Wes Anderson
Rust & Bone,...
The Cannes Film Festival is taking place from May 16th to the 27th. Last year, "Drive," "We Need to Talk About Kevin," "Melancholia," "The Artist," and "The Tree of Life" all wowed festival attendees and ultimately made an impact on the year-end award-giving bodies (with "The Artist" ultimately taking the grand prize of them all -- the Best Picture Oscar). We'll see if the latest crop of Cannes films will have the same staying power as Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist." (visit the official Festival de Cannes site right here)
2012 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
Competition:
Moonrise Kingdom, dir: Wes Anderson
Rust & Bone,...
- 4/19/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Cosmopolis
So we've known for some time now that Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom will be opening the Cannes Film Festival (site) on May 16. Yesterday, the Festival announced that Thérèse Desqueyroux, Claude Miller's final film, will close this year's edition on May 27. Miller's adaptation of François Mauriac's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux features Audrey Tautou in the title role as well as Gilles Lellouche and Anaïs Demoustier.
And lineups for the Short Films Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection were unveiled on Tuesday. Jean-Pierre Dardenne will preside over the Jury.
Today, the Festival's announced the full lineup for the Official Selection of its 65th anniversary edition. This is a roundup-in-progress, obviously.
Competition
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom. The synopsis at the official site: "Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact,...
So we've known for some time now that Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom will be opening the Cannes Film Festival (site) on May 16. Yesterday, the Festival announced that Thérèse Desqueyroux, Claude Miller's final film, will close this year's edition on May 27. Miller's adaptation of François Mauriac's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux features Audrey Tautou in the title role as well as Gilles Lellouche and Anaïs Demoustier.
And lineups for the Short Films Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection were unveiled on Tuesday. Jean-Pierre Dardenne will preside over the Jury.
Today, the Festival's announced the full lineup for the Official Selection of its 65th anniversary edition. This is a roundup-in-progress, obviously.
Competition
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom. The synopsis at the official site: "Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact,...
- 4/19/2012
- MUBI
Cannes announced its complete line-up for the 2012 festival. As previously reported, Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom will open the festival, which runs from May 16-27. Other films in contention for the prestigious Palme d’Or include David Cronenberg’s ultra-violent Cosmopolis, Brad Pitt’s upcoming Killing Them Softly, Lee Daniels’ Precious follow-up The Paperboy, John Hillcoat’s Lawless, Eva Mendes starrer Holy Motors, and films from Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Michael Haneke, Alain Resnais, and Walter Salles.
Highlights beyond the Palme d’Or race include Sundance favorite Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ken Burns doc The Central Park Five, Madagascar 3...
Highlights beyond the Palme d’Or race include Sundance favorite Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ken Burns doc The Central Park Five, Madagascar 3...
- 4/19/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW - Inside Movies
The 65th Cannes Film Festival has just announced its line-up of 53 films across four categories with some extremely impressive titles on offer including the latest efforts from filmmakers like Wes Anderson, David Cronenberg, Lee Daniels, Andrew Dominik, John Hillcoat, Walter Salles, Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Jacques Audiard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Matteo Garrone, Dario Argento, Xavier Dolan, Carlos Reygadas, Takashi Miike and Jeff Nichols.
More titles will likely be added in the coming weeks before the festival runs from May 16th-27th. Here's the ones we know of so far:
Opening Night Film:
"Moonrise Kingdom" - Dir. Wes Anderson
Closing Night Film:
"Therese Desqueyroux" - Dir. Claude Miller
In Competition:
"After the Battle (Baad el Mawkeaa)" - Dir. Yousry Nasrallah
"The Angels' Share" - Dir. Ken Loach
"Beyond the Hills" - Dir. Cristian Mungiu
"Cosmopolis" - Dir. David Cronenberg
"Holy Motors" - Dir. Leos Carax
"The Hunt (Jagten)" - Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
"In Another Country" - Dir.
More titles will likely be added in the coming weeks before the festival runs from May 16th-27th. Here's the ones we know of so far:
Opening Night Film:
"Moonrise Kingdom" - Dir. Wes Anderson
Closing Night Film:
"Therese Desqueyroux" - Dir. Claude Miller
In Competition:
"After the Battle (Baad el Mawkeaa)" - Dir. Yousry Nasrallah
"The Angels' Share" - Dir. Ken Loach
"Beyond the Hills" - Dir. Cristian Mungiu
"Cosmopolis" - Dir. David Cronenberg
"Holy Motors" - Dir. Leos Carax
"The Hunt (Jagten)" - Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
"In Another Country" - Dir.
- 4/19/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
This morning the 2012 Cannes lineup was announced at a press conference in Paris and there’s a number of intriguing films in and out of competition this year.
John Hillcoat’s Lawless makes an appearance with Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain and Guy Pearce forming an excellent cast for the director’s follow up to The Road and Michael Haneke’s Amour will debut at the festival as will new films from Alain Resnais, Jacques Audiard and Jeff Nichols whose Take Shelter as one of my favourites of last year.
Twilight fans wil be well served, not by an earlier screening of the final part of Breaking Dawn thankfully but with stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson leading Walter Salles’ On the Road and David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Cosmoplis. Interestingly Cronenberg Jr. also has a film playing – son Brandon has his film Anitviral in Un Certain Regard.
John Hillcoat’s Lawless makes an appearance with Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain and Guy Pearce forming an excellent cast for the director’s follow up to The Road and Michael Haneke’s Amour will debut at the festival as will new films from Alain Resnais, Jacques Audiard and Jeff Nichols whose Take Shelter as one of my favourites of last year.
Twilight fans wil be well served, not by an earlier screening of the final part of Breaking Dawn thankfully but with stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson leading Walter Salles’ On the Road and David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s Cosmoplis. Interestingly Cronenberg Jr. also has a film playing – son Brandon has his film Anitviral in Un Certain Regard.
- 4/19/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Cannes Film Festival will open with Wes Anderson's new film "Moonrise Kingdom," and feature the latest work from David Cronenberg ("Cosmopolis"), Andrew Dominik ("Killing Them Softly"), Michael Haneke ("Amour"), Walter Salles ("On the Road"), Lee Daniels ("The Paperboy") and John Hillcoat ("Lawless") among others. The fest will also debut he coming animated blockbuster "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted."
The highly anticipated film festival -- which runs from May 16 to May 27 -- will host a bevy of stars thanks to its impressive lineup. "Twilight" fans should especially take note, as Robert Pattinson ("Cosmopolis") and Kristen Stewart ("On the Road") will potentially visit the French Riviera in support of their films.
Other films of interest include Dominik's "Killing Them Softly," his follow-up to "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford." Like that film, Dominik's latest has Brad Pitt in a leading role. There's also "The Paperboy," a legal thriller starring Nicole Kidman,...
The highly anticipated film festival -- which runs from May 16 to May 27 -- will host a bevy of stars thanks to its impressive lineup. "Twilight" fans should especially take note, as Robert Pattinson ("Cosmopolis") and Kristen Stewart ("On the Road") will potentially visit the French Riviera in support of their films.
Other films of interest include Dominik's "Killing Them Softly," his follow-up to "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford." Like that film, Dominik's latest has Brad Pitt in a leading role. There's also "The Paperboy," a legal thriller starring Nicole Kidman,...
- 4/19/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Marion Cotillard in Jacques Audiard's Rust & Bone In Competition Jagten (The Hunt) by Thomas Vinterberg Paradies: Liebe by Ulrich Seidl On The Road by Walter Salles Post Tenebras Lux by Carlos Reygadas Vous N'avez Encore Rien Vu by Alain Resnais Mud by Jeff Nichols Baad El Mawkeaa (Apres La Bataille) by Yousry Nasrallah Beyond The Hills by Cristian Mungiu Like Someone In Love by Abbas Kiarostami Da-reun Na-ra-e-suh by Sangsoo Hong Amour by Michael Haneke Lawless by John Hillcoat Reality by Matteo Garrone Im Nebel (Dans La Brume) by Sergei Loznitsa Cosmopolis by David Cronenberg Holy Motors by Leos Carax Killing Them Softly by Andrew Dominik The Paperboy by Lee Daniels De Rouille Et D'Os by Jacques Audiard Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson Out of Competition Une Journee Particuliere by Gilles Jacob and Samuel Faure Io E Te by Bernardo Bertolucci Madagascar 3, Europe's Most Wanted by Eric Darnell...
- 4/19/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Cannes Film Festival bosses Thierry Fremaux and Gilles Jacob have revealed the full official selection of films to play at this year’s 65th annual extravaganza on the South of France.
The big news coming out of the Paris press-conference reveal is that two of our most anticipated forthcoming films; John Hillcoat’s ‘Lawless’ (formerly The Wettest County in the World) and Andrew Dominik’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ (formerly Cogan’s Trade) will debut on the Croisette. With their ensemble casts, intriguing concepts and exciting talent behind the camera, we had our fingers crossed tightly that they might debut in Cannes and our prayers were answered this morning.
‘Killing Them Softly’ is based on George V. Higgins’ obscure novel “Cogan’s Trade” and casts Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, “a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game” believed to have been perpetrated by...
The big news coming out of the Paris press-conference reveal is that two of our most anticipated forthcoming films; John Hillcoat’s ‘Lawless’ (formerly The Wettest County in the World) and Andrew Dominik’s ‘Killing Them Softly’ (formerly Cogan’s Trade) will debut on the Croisette. With their ensemble casts, intriguing concepts and exciting talent behind the camera, we had our fingers crossed tightly that they might debut in Cannes and our prayers were answered this morning.
‘Killing Them Softly’ is based on George V. Higgins’ obscure novel “Cogan’s Trade” and casts Brad Pitt as Jackie Cogan, “a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game” believed to have been perpetrated by...
- 4/19/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Still the biggest and most prestigious film festival in the world, despite fierce competition, Cannes is one of the major dates in the film lover's calendar. And more so than ever this year, there's been a great deal of speculation as to what the films in competition might be. We knew that Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" was opening the festival, and we knew, as of yesterday, that "Therese D," the last film from director Claude Miller, starring Audrey Tautou, would close it.
But beyond that, nothing's been certain, although all kinds of rumors have been circulating. Would we see Terrence Malick debut a new film for the second year in a row? Would Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" bow on the Croisette? Would Adam Sandler's "That's My Boy" finally see him gain festival love? (it's possible we made the last one up).
Well, the line-up's finally been unveiled,...
But beyond that, nothing's been certain, although all kinds of rumors have been circulating. Would we see Terrence Malick debut a new film for the second year in a row? Would Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" bow on the Croisette? Would Adam Sandler's "That's My Boy" finally see him gain festival love? (it's possible we made the last one up).
Well, the line-up's finally been unveiled,...
- 4/19/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
This morning the official 2012 Cannes Film Festival line-up was announced after the selection committee saw 1,779 films submitted from 26 different countries. Of those, 54 have been chosen (so far) including the opening night film which will be Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom and the closing night film comes from the late Claude Miller's Therese D. starring Audrey Tautou. Looking over the list the most universally recognized names are among a stacked competition list that includes the likes of Wes Anderson, Jacques Audiard, Leos Carax, David Cronenberg, Lee Daniels, Andrew Dominik, Matteo Garrone, Michael Haneke, John Hillcoat, Sangsoo Hong, Sangsoo Im, Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Cristian Mungiu, Jeff Nichols, Alain Resnais, Walter Salles and Thomas Vinterberg. Those names alone should pique any film fans interest and that's just the competition. Go exploring further and you'll find David Cronenberg's son Brandon Cronenberg along with the likes of Xavier Dolan, Bernardo Bertolucci, Fatih Akin...
- 4/19/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
A slew of posters for some highly anticipated releases have made their way to the net, so let’s break it down.
The sales poster for director Neil Jordan’s new offering uses one of his most popular films, “Interview with the Vampire,” to get buzz going. But the poster still gets the point across that Jordan is back with a cast boasting Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, and Caleb Landry Jones in his latest vampire venture with “Byzantium.” The story revolves around a mother (Arterton) who, when turned into a vampire, converts her own daughter (Ronan) into a bloodsucker as well, with the two going on to form a deadly pairing, occasionally posing as sisters. The duo arrive in a small British town and reveal who they are, causing a teenager dying of leukemia (Jones) to question his mortality and in turn, Ronan's character begins to wonder about her own immortality.
The sales poster for director Neil Jordan’s new offering uses one of his most popular films, “Interview with the Vampire,” to get buzz going. But the poster still gets the point across that Jordan is back with a cast boasting Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, and Caleb Landry Jones in his latest vampire venture with “Byzantium.” The story revolves around a mother (Arterton) who, when turned into a vampire, converts her own daughter (Ronan) into a bloodsucker as well, with the two going on to form a deadly pairing, occasionally posing as sisters. The duo arrive in a small British town and reveal who they are, causing a teenager dying of leukemia (Jones) to question his mortality and in turn, Ronan's character begins to wonder about her own immortality.
- 4/18/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
Pablo Trapero's Carancho was quite simply one of the best films of its year, the Cannes selected dramatic thriller a slow burning exercise in moral decay. At the heart of Carancho was Ricardo Darin and his astounding performance as an ambulance chasing lawyer preying upon the injured. The relationship between Trapero and Darin worked out so well that they're doing it again.Given its planned May release date Trapero's Elefante Blanco seems like a very likely candidate to turn up in the Cannes lineup and the film's first teaser says very strongly that it belongs there. Darin and Jeremie Renier star as priests coping in very different ways with the violence and corruption in the Buenos Aires slum of Villa Virgen where they work. This...
- 4/17/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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