Cannes Film Festival
Nanni Moretti to Head 2012 Cannes Jury
Festivals time – festival news! Italian actor and director Nanni Moretti will head the jury at the 2012 Cannes film festival this May.
In case you forgot, the 2012 festival runs from May 16-27 and this news is no surprise – Moretti has presented six films at the festival, including last year’s Habemus Papam (We Have a Pope).
Take Shelter Cannes Critics Week Winner Trailer and Clips
Just in case you’re still interested in some great psychological drama, we’re here to make your day better, and give you a theatrical trailer for Jeff Nichols’ upcoming movie titled Take Shelter.
Nichols’ movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and by the way, won the Cannes Critics Week sidebar Grand Prix, so trust us, it’s definitely worth your attention, too.
While you’re enjoying the trailer, here’s the official synopsis part for this movie:
“Curtis LaForche lives in a small Ohio town with his wife Samantha and six-year-old daughter Hannah, who is deaf. Curtis makes a modest living as a crew chief for a sand-mining company. Samantha is a stay-at-home mother and part-time seamstress who supplements their income by selling handmade wares at the flea market each weekend.
Cannes 2011 Winners
One of the most anticipated and long-awaited movie, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree Of Life, premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival won the Palme d’Or!
Malick didn’t show up and instead Bill Pohlad and Dede Gardner (producers) accepted the prize, saying he was too shy to show.
According to THR, Pohlad explained that Malick was back home in Austin. “He’s very excited. He’s thrilled,” the producer said later, at the closing-night dinner. “He’s a good guy and just likes to be private; no insults to anybody. That’s his way.”
Cannes 2011: Un Certain Regards Winners
I know you’re all waiting to hear what projects were the luckiest at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, so we’re here to start our little report with Un Ceartain Regards winners!
I’m sure you already remember our previous reports about the movies that have competed in this category, so you know that it consisted of 21 films from 19 different countries.
So, let’s start with Andreas Dresen‘s Stopped on Track and Kim Ki-duk‘s Arirang, which shared Cannes’ Un Certain Regard Prize.
Lars Von Trier Banned From Cannes Film Festival
What the hell was Lars Von Trier thinking when he said he was Nazi? Have no idea, but he’ll definitely have a reason to feel melancholic now, when the Cannes Film Festival declared him “persona non grata with effect immediately.”
And just in case you still have no idea what we’re talking about, you came to the right place because you’ll find the full explanation in the rest of this report (including the video). But for those of you who are familiar with Von Trier incident, let us right here, at the beginning, say that his Melancholia will still be in contention, but if it wins any awards, von Trier will not be there to accept them. Why? Because he has strange sense of humour, or just because he’s an attention freak? Or, both?
So, everything started at a press conference following the 8:30 AM press screening of his latest movie Melancholia, when he was asked about his German roots.
New Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive Clip
Is there something about this project that you’ve missed? Except the fact that Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive will be premiered on Thursday night, May 19 at this years Cannes Film Festival, we now have one extended preview clip from this film to share with you!
As you see, it’s the moment when Driver meets Irene, so for all Gosling’s and Mulligan’s fans out there – a little message – sit down and enjoy this scene…
In a meanwhile, let me remind you that Drive is actually an adaptation of the James Sallis novel of the same name.
Refn directed the whole thing from a screenplay by Hossein Amini and the movie stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks and Ron Perlman.
Cannes 2011: Pater by Alain Cavalier
From director Alain Cavalier comes the movie titled Pater, another project that is scheduled to premiere In Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
So, we’re here today to have a little chat about the story that will follow “the return of the prodigal son to his father.”
Still, it’s interesting to hear that Pater is actually described as a comedy…
Cannes 2011: Michael by Markus Schleinzer
Another title that will compete at the 64th Cannes Film Festival is Michael, an upcoming Austrian drama film directed by Markus Schleinzer.
Just in case you’re not familiar with Schleinzer’s work, don’t worry, because this movie is the first feature he’s directed, and it is a first-time competitor for the Palme.
Reportedly based on the real-life story of a 10-year-old Austrian girl who was kidnapped and held prisoner for eight years by a man she called “Master”, this movie describes the last five months of 10-year-old Wolfgang and 35-year-old Michael’s involuntary life together. Unfortunately, we currently know too little about the film, and as you see just these two photos from the movie as well.
Hannover House Acquires Three Acclaimed International Films at Cannes Festival
Hannover House has acquired the North American distribution rights to three acclaimed international films during the first three days at Cannes Film Festival. All three films are slated for theatrical release in key markets before being distributed onto home video and television. Hannover House is the entertainment unit of Target Development Group, Inc.
