By Emmanuel Itier
Q: What inspired you to direct this documentary?
Marian: First of all I was fascinated by the anti-diet movement that is happening in the UK, or Australia or the U.S. For me coming from a small country like Estonia it had not been seen or heard of. Therefore, I was very taken and impressed by that. As well as being impressed by the people behind this movement. On top of this I have had years of disorder eating. T...
Better World Fund
“ETHICAL GOLD” AT THE 74TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Honoring Barry Alexander Brown and Spike Lee
July 12th 2021
Better World Fund takes part at the Cannes Film Festival for the fifth year in a row with a full day event on July 12th 2021.
Created to respond to a humanitarian impulse coming from a society in need of authenticity and truth, Better World Fund shares the mission for positive environmental, economic and soc...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
Some exciting news is coming out of BANFF World Media Festival, which runs through July 16. Toronto-based Dark Slope Studios just added to the adrenaline with an unscripted fellowship open to all with a deadline of July 19. Read on...
From Screenmancer
Dark Slope Studios, the Toronto-based virtual production and metaverse gaming company, today announces the launch of their virtual production fellowship. Announced by CEO Raja Khanna at the ...
UK Talent talk with Tracy O’Riordan care of We Are UK Film provides a clue on how to set the “Mo” for a modern and british love story.
Ali and Ava, a Director’s Fortnight film written and directed by BAFTA nominated Clio Barnard, teases the audience with a new genesis of deprived humanity story tale and film in the changing weathered landscapes of Bradford. We experience the community in a housing estate with all different tastes and infusions of love chemistry over t...
Riker Lynch, actor, singer, writer-director will be in Cannes July 11 - 17 and is happy to take meetings with producers, buyers, distributors, festival programmers, and fellow filmmakers.
riker007@gmail.com
@rikerlynch on Instagram
Riker has many film and TV credits including "Glee" and "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" on Netflix. He is a widely known around the world from 8 years of touring with the pop/rock band R5. He is currently working to develop other ...
Mothering Sunday has shown us there is life out there “au un act” and at Cannes. The production pitch perfect in the safety space of fiction.
Eva postures “I liked, but did she like me?” A Question mothers ask themselves no doubt articulating this in particular, and then for emotional response.
Mothering Sunday “takes me out of my head”; imagine the unicorn, a symbol to her for the creativity, love and extension of memory back to the 1920’s.
Emotion...
Producers on the Move 2021 in Cannes: from left: Beata Rzezniczek (Poland), Bianca Oana (Romania), Nikolay Mutafchiev (Bulgaria), Andraž Jerič (Slovenia), Tathiani Sacilotto (Portugal), Annabella Nezri (Belgium), Iris Otten (The Netherlands), Gary Cranner (Norway); sitting: Bojan Kanjera (Croatia), Kasper Dissing (Denmark), Sarah Born (Switzerland). Not pictured Jean-Christophe Reymond (France), Marica Stocchi (Italy), Clara Nieto (Spain), Nima Yousefi (Sweden), Marek Novák (Czech Rep...
At Cannes 2021 we MULL with director Mark Cousins over The Story of Film he sets in context with a classic title journey from “Love Me Tonight” to “Lover’s Rock”, both sure destinations for film enthusiasts to engage in after their spell of lockdown.
Mark asks us to jump from now to then with him and inside ourselves to experience his story of film and the fertility of film. We experience now through his story this new generation of film spanning from 2010 to 2020 ...
Conferences Line-up
Sunday 11 July
. 10:00-11:00 | Cannes Next with CastingForm | Discover the Future of Casting and Talent Representation
Palais Stage (Palais -1)
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. 12:00-13:00 | Cannes Next with White Rabbit | Reinventing Streaming
Main Stage (Lérins)
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. 15:30-16:00 | Cannes Next with TIXTER | A Win-win Fintech Business for the Movie Industry
Palais Stag...
Drive My Car" is Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI’s second film selected in the competition of Cannes International Film Festival since "Asako I & II" in 2018. We interviewed him and he talks about his thoughts on Cannes and his latest film. Please visit Japan Pavilion in Marché du Film Online to watch the interview footage.
*Please note: you need Marché du Film badge in order to access to Japan Pavilion.
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Courtesy of Festival de Cannes
At the opening ceremony of the 74th Festival de Cannes, Jodie Foster and wife, actress and photographer Alexandra Hedison, arrived on the Red Carpet along with President Spike Lee and members of the jury and the ensemble for Leos Carax’ opening film Annette. They were greeted by Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux and French Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot.
After the screening Foster gave a concise and moving ...
Cannes Docs is the Marché du Film’s one-stop venue for all things documentary, designed for all those who make, produce, finance, sell, program, curate, distribute, promote or exhibit creative, cinematic, feature-length documentaries.
. Friday 9 - 14:30-15:30 | The Future of Film Marketing is Digital
Marina Stage (Riviera) / Online
Through case studies, the team of Alphapanda shows the variety of social media marketing strategies for do...
Conferences Line-up
Friday 9 July
. 10:00-12:00 | Cannes Next with NEXT WAVE (DFFB) | Showcase of NEXT WAVE Projects and Future Industry Innovators
Palais Stage (Palais -1)
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. 14:30-15:30 | Cannes Docs | The Future of Film Marketing is Digital (Alphapanda)
Marina Stage (Riviera)
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. 16:00-17:00 | CharactHer – Empowering all talents in the Film and the Media industries
M...
WOMEN IN MOTION TALKS
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
From July 9 to July 16th 2021
For the 74th edition of the Festival de Cannes, Women In Motion is proud to welcome Yamina Benguigui, Lou Doillon, Jodie Turner-Smith, Tilda Swinton, Matilda De Angelis and Regina King, who will give their views on women’s representation in cinema and more generally, in the arts and culture.
Friday July 9 – 11 am
Talk with
Yamina Benguigui, director, screenwriter, producer, documenta...
AroundJury President Spike LEE Mati DIOP (France, Sénégal), Mélanie LAURENT (France), Mylène FARMER (Canada, France), Maggie GYLLENHAAL (Etats-Unis), Jessica HAUSNER (Autriche), Tahar RAHIM (France), Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO (Brésil) and SONG Kang-Ho (Corée du Sud)
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The Korean director will be back on the Croisette, after the triumph of Parasite in 2019, the latest Palme d'or to date and the first in the history of Korean cinema.
Bong Joon Ho will be one of the special guests at the Opening Ceremony on July 6th and will present an exceptional "Rendez-vous with..." the next day in the Buñuel Theatre of the Palais des Festivals.
Among other surprises in store for ...
WEDNESDAY JULY 7
10:00 - 11:30 PALAIS STAGE (PALAIS -1)
Nostradamus Report 2021: Transforming Storytelling Together
12:00 - 12:45 PALAIS STAGE (PALAIS -1)
Cannes XR | Presentation of XR3 Virtual Exhibition
14:30 - 15:30 MAIN STAGE (LÉRINS)
Cannes Next | Virtual Production: Why, for Who and What's at stake for Filmmakers and Financers?
16:00 - 17:00 MAIN STAGE (LÉRINS)
Cannes Next with Digital Domain | Telling Stories with Digital Humans by a Digit...
Anna Serner, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute Christa Dickenson, Executive Director & CEO of Telefilm Canada
Directrice générale de l'Institut suédois du film Directrice générale et Cheffe de la direction de Téléfilm Canada
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LEADING CHANGE:
AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT SUCCESS,&n...
(In alphabetical order)
Darina Al-Joundi - Actor
A child survivor of the Lebanese civil war, Darina turned her traumatic past into her passion. An actress, She has graced the theatres in France and appeared on hit TV shows Homeland & Tyrant. Darina was recently given her French citizenship for her roles as an advocate for women rights.
Dr Walid Alami – Cardiologist and civil activist
Dr Walid returned to live in Lebanon in 2012 after spending 26 years in the USA. An outsp...
Daizy Gedeon – Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Daizy is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and entrepreneur. Originally her family migrated from Lebanon in 1970.
She started her career as a journalist in 1983 working with several international news organisations including News Corp, The Times and MBC in London. She was the first female sports journalist on The Australian newspaper and first female soccer writer in Australia. After moving onto the Foreign Affairs desk in 1989, ...
Cloud 21 International & Kultura PR International to Present 4th Annual “Global Entertainment Showcase” Special Virtual Event on July 11, 20
Cloud 21 International & Kultura PR International to Present 4th Annual “Global Entertainment Showcase” Special Virtual Event on July 11, 2021 during French Riviera Film Festival and Festival de Cannes
Panel to Feature Award-winning Filmmaker/Producers Ali M. Aksu, Anna Fishbeyn, Eva Lanska, Bertrand Normand a...
CONFERENCE
Cannes & The Culture celebrate legends
Film Financing: Opportunties & Challenges in the Diaspora
SCREENINGS
The White Line (Namibia)
Invisibles 'Kaunapawa' (Namibia)
Racing with Ludovic
(Sweden/France/USA)
Kunta Kinte Returns Home (USA,
Sweden, France)
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The first Steering Committee meeting of the new Serge Toubiana and "We would like to thank the members of the committee for this vote of confidence. After having brought forward this new reform over recent months, a new chapter is opening up that will reap the benefits of this new union. We will serve as its guarantors, along with the association's Commissions, the Steering Committee, the Executive Committee, and all of our members, and working with the team led b...
Arthouse cinema is more important today than ever before!
The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas, the CICAE had its new board elected during the annual general assembly on June 23, shifting towards a younger, increasingly international and more gender balanced representation of its members.
Christian Bräuer re-elected as President, new Board of Directors
Christian Bräuer, managing director of the Berlin Yorck Kinogruppe and chairman of the German Art...
