On Monday, May 14, Cannes Film Festival’s chief Thierry Fremaux, Directors’ Fortnight’s Edouard Waintrop and Critics’ Week’s Charles Tesson will take part in a conference hosted by France’s culture minister Françoise Nyssen and the CNC’s president Frédérique Bredin.
Cannes Film Fest 2018: 5050×2020 Movement–Blanchett, Stewart, Cotillard, Jenkins, DuVernay Marching Up the Stairs
May 12, 2018 by
There are 82 women as a symbol for the 82 female-directed films that have played at Cannes’s official competition, compared with 1645 films directed by men,” said the 5050×2020 organization.
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” Closing Night
May 9, 2018 by
May 9, 2018: Good News. A French court Wednesday threw out a request by producer Paulo Branco to stop the Cannes Film Fest from screening Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, clearing the way for showing the film as its closing-night.
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Jury on #MeToo, Gender Politics, and Choosing the Winner
May 8, 2018 by
At a press conference on Tuesday, the 2018 Cannes jury downplayed the impact of gender politics on their choice of the Palme d’Or winner.
Cannes Film Fest 2018: Year 71–Edition Dedicated to Pierre Rissient, Cinema Warrior, Man of Cannes
May 8, 2018 by
We are deeply saddened by the news that the cinephile, historian and director Pierre Rissient died this weekend, aged 81. That is why we would like to pay tribute to him, on this opening day of the 71st Festival de Cannes.
