OFF de Cannes, 2012
In Cannes, since 2005, the OFF DE CANNES ceremony to
discover and reward the talents of tomorrow, during the Cannes Film
Festival.
Created in 2011 by Alain ZIRAH and Anne GOMIS, THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL
FILM CONTEST (7 CATEGORY) is organized on the OFF DE
CANNES official website : www.off-de-cannes.com and Facebook Group Les Off de Cannes.
Thanks to this contest on the web, OFF DE CANNES complement
the International Film Festival with a rejuvena...
Présentation des films en ompétition à Cannes
Film d'ouverture
Wes ANDERSON MOONRISE KINGDOM 1h34
Jacques AUDIARD DE ROUILLE ET D'OS 1h55
Leos CARAX HOLY MOTORS 1h50
David CRONENBERG COSMOPOLIS 1h45
Lee DANIELS THE PAPERBOY 1h41
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Director: Specialborn Seyi Akanbi.
Awoye is a story that revolves around a once respected judge, Bogunjoko (Baroka), who commits murder and is to be brought to judgment by Jimmy (Taiwo Ibikunle), who this judge had once sentenced to prison over an offence committed by Bolaji (Morin Olaniyi), the son of Bogunjoko while Bolaji, Jimmy and some other friends of theirs were still in the university. The scenario costs Bolaji his life while Bogunjoko is set free.
Director: Susan Everett.
“Hello Mum. My name’s Alison. Born on the sixth of June, twenty eight years ago. But you know that already, don’t you?” Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement ‘mum’. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
Director: David Norris.
Jim is a quadriplegic and has never been a nice man - even before the recent accident. Now paralysed, he blames the world and his wife for the position fate put him in.
One morning during his bath-time, Jim's wife, his only link to the outside world, dies - leaving him trapped inside the tub and his broken body. Over the following days, he struggles to deal with the fear that he may never be found...
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Director: Przemek Mlynczyk.
Before joining the Salesians, Przemek Kawecki (Kawa) was a skinhead. The unexpected trip to the Tatra mountains with his friend, has changed his life totally The film tells the story of a young Pole who, having all the possibilities of career, desides to become a monk. The current reality of Poland has a lot of problems that he will be forced to solve. Some of them are too hard at the moment.
Director: Frédéric Massot.
A couple of Italian tourists in Madrid are shooting a video with their camera. When they get back to their hotel, after a fashion party, they step into a man who's running away from a bag-snatcher. They decide to hide and film the incredibly cruel scene. They go on recording until the bag-snatcher leaves the poor man on the floor. After that, the bag-snatcher realizes the couples is there and brutally hits the woman. The guy keeps on recording. The girl gets pushed on the floor, so the guy leaves the camera and begins to fight with the bag-snatcher. The girl keeps on recording ...until the end.
The best films from the top academic film clubs in the world.
Submit your films and you could win a scholarship to the New York Film Academy`s intensive 4 or 8 week courses in either New York or Universal Studios, Los Angeles.
Archived festival (terminated)
Every Saturday from July 5th until August 30th
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Movies under the stars in the great outdoors. Tickets for all movies are FREE but require collection.