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THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 58

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 GETTING READY FOR CANNES: LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP TAKING CENTER STAGE WITH EXCLUSIVE SCREENING BOOSTER CAMPAIGNS AND MORE GET SOME HELP: just email us  Cannes Dailies I Cannes Market Dailies Weekly newsletter N°1056 // 1057 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   FOLLOW US :&n...

New Media Film Festival Winners List 2023

14th New Media Film Festival® Unveils Esteemed Global Award Winners, Championing the Pinnacle of New Media Storytelling Pioneering Films from 22 Nations Earn Acclaim across an Array of Categories, Underlining the Festival's Pledge to Innovation, Inclusivity, and Artistic Brilliance While the festival honors its winners, it's equally important to commend all participants. Each has contributed uniquely to the rich mosaic of stories, ideas, and perspectives, affirming the New Media Fi...

Renzo Rossellini to receive the Locarno76 Lifetime Achievement Award

The Locarno Film Festival will pay tribute to celebrated Italian producer and director Renzo Rossellini in Piazza Grande on Thursday 10 August. The award ceremony will be followed by a screening of La città delle donne (City of Women, Federico Fellini, 1980), while on Friday 11 August Rossellini will meet the Festival public at the Forum @Spazio Cinema. As producer for master filmmakers of the caliber of Federico Fellini, Lina Wertmüller, Werner Herzog,...

Announcing the 2023 Tribeca Untold Stories Winner!

AT&T and Tribeca are thrilled to have selected Color Book as the 6th annual winner of the 2023 #ATTUntoldStories program!  AT&T and Tribeca are thrilled to have selected Color Book as the 6th annual winner of the 2023 #ATTUntoldStories program! This mentorship program between AT&T and the Tribeca Festival seeks to connect rising filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds with resources and support to further their craft. Color Book paints an inspiring portrait of Atlanta, ...

The Winners of Rio 2023 - Rio de Janeiro's 12th International Uranium Film Festival has given its awards

The three top awards go to Sweden, USA and Serbia.    „It's always difficult to determine the festival winners. But this year it was especially difficult. Each of the selected films, dealing with the different aspects of nuclear industry and nuclear war, was of good quality or of great importance and moved the audience," said festival executive director Márcia Gomes de Oliveira during the award ceremony in the Cinematheque of the Modern Art Museum (MAM ...

Göteborg Film Festival presents the 10th Nostradamus report

   Göteborg Film Festival has presented its anticipated 10th Nostradamus Report titled "Everything Changing All at Once” at the Marché du Film during Festival de Cannes. The annual report analyzes and forecasts the near future of the faster-than-ever evolving audiovisual industries through research and interviews with industry experts.  What new possibilities and threats will be unlocked with AI-powered technologies integrating into audiovisual industry wo...

9th Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Announces Award Winners

“Unicorn Boy,” “A Still Small Voice,” “Where the Road Leads,” and “To Kill A Tiger” Receive Top Jury Prizes.   Mammoth Lakes, California (May 30, 2023) – The 9th Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced this year’s jury and audience award winners at the Closing Night Award Ceremony in Mammoth Lakes on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The festival, held from May 24-28, screened over 100 features and short fil...

VIDEO Transformers Rise of the Beasts ambiance

FOOTAGE FROM THE TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE AT THE KINGS THEATER IN BROOKLYN, NY   In attendance were the cast and filmmakers, including  Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Tobe Nwigwe, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Liza Koshy, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Pete Davidson, Luna Lauren Velez, Cristo Fernández, and Director Steven Caple Jr. ...

Rapito - Marco Bellocchio review from Cannes

  By Lopa K   Italian auter Marco Bellocchio takes Cannes Film Festival 2023 by storm with his film Rapito in the main competition. It is based on the real events of the Mortara case where the Jewish boy, Edgardo is taken from his family on orders of the Church after a former employee reveals that she had baptised him secretly. While the political repercussions that reduced the authority of the Church are recorded, Bellocchio decides to focus on the Mortara family affected by the ...

French director Justine Triet walks off with the Golden Palm at the Festival de Cannes!

After her films "Victoria" in 2016 at the Critics' Week and "Sibyl" in 2019 in the Official Competition, French director Justine Triet returns to the current 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival with "Anatomy of a Fall and... and walks off with the Palme d'Or!   It was in Cannes that Triet first crossed paths with Sandra Hüller in 2016, when the German actress appeared in the much-acclaimed film "Toni Erdmann" directed by German film d...

VIDEO Interview with Guillaume Esmiol Cannes Marché du Film Director views on cannes 2022 and 2023

Guillaume Esmiol the new Cannes Marché du Film Director sat down in Berlin during EFM with Bruno Chatelin to discuss Cannes 2022 and the coming 2023 edition Tue, May 16, 2023 - Sat, May 27, 2023. Watch his interview and what he could reveal about the new features of the 2023 comimg edition:       ...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 57

  THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 GETTING READY FOR CANNES: LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP TAKING CENTER STAGE WITH EXCLUSIVE SCREENING BOOSTER CAMPAIGNS AND MORE GET SOME HELP: just email us  Cannes Dailies I Cannes Market Dailies Weekly newsletter N°1056 // 1055 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers. ...

VIDEO: Exclusive Micaela Wittman & Arthur de Larroche interviewed in Cannes for Remy & Arletta

Two girls lean on their friendship to get through troubling teenage years. Drama feature film directed by Arthur De Larroche Written by Micaela Wittman, starring Bobby Hogan, Ashley Michelle Grant, Amy Benedict, Micaela Wittman....which premiered in the Marché du Film Cannes 2023 Interviewed by Frank Loveland, camera Aldo Nadal.     Cannes is always rich in behind the scenes, backstage...cute stories of coincidences and happpy moments: I over-heard a tense phone con...

Reactions of support and solidarity from all over the world, from film and audiovisual professionals and film buffs alike.

Since the publication of the open letter by Éric Roux, President of the Sauve qui peut le court métrage association, on May 15, many supporters of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival have made their voices heard. Their support took many forms: official press releases, speeches, tribunes, signing and sharing a petition... We'd like to say THANK YOU! A non-exhaustive focus on the invaluable support from everywhere: from the Croisette in Cannes, from profes...

Pictures by Brice Anxionnaz captured Day By Day on the red carpet

Brice Anxionnaz is an independent French Press Photographer, and a filmfestivals.com regular correspondant in key festivals (Berlin, Cannes etc). He runs Objectif Festival - +33 6 35 18 19 30 - contact@objectiffestival.fr May25th photo collection   Eric Judor :   Andie MacDowell   Alice Taglioni May 23rd photo collection from the Asteroid City red carpet   Asteroid city red carpet on may 23rd was one of the...

Interview with Pablo Berger for Robot Dreams which screened in Cannes

ROBOT DREAMS is the first animation film by the award-winnin and speak in his native languageg director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. It screened at Cinéma de la Plage to 1500 people. Frank Loveland had a chance to sit down with the director and speak in his native language. DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until th...

AMPAV special guests included Marion Cotillard, Todd Haynes, Tye Sheridan, & more!

Marion Cotillard by John Bernstein AmPav is back on the Croisette and thrilled to announce an exciting 2023 lineup of industry talks, panels, and special presentations! This year's special guests include Marion Cotillard (Inception, Midnight in Paris), Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, X-Men: Apocalypse), Todd Haynes (May December, Carol), and more! “As we celebrate our 35st year in Cannes, The American Pavilion is thrilled to continue our mission of bringing togethe...

Cannes The awards Neswletter N°8

  PANACHE FOR THE LAST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL  WITH AWARDS   Coverage from our team in Cannes : Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Aldo Nadal, Nicole Goesseringer Muj, Alice Kanterian, Nesta Morgan, Brice Anxionnaz and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor ! Cannes Festival & Marché du Film pre roll Newsletter  I Cannes Beat 1 I Cannes Beat 2 I Cannes Beat ...

The 76th Festival de Cannes winners' list

 © Maxence Parey / FDC After 11 days of an exceptional edition, the Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes, chaired by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, surrounded by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress & director Brie Larson, American actor & director Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director & screenwriter Damián Szifron and French direc...

The Closing Ceremony of the 76th Festival de Cannes

 Anaïs Demoustier © Rudy Marmet - Stacy Martin © Sabine Villiard - Ildikó Enyedi © Claude Medale / Getty Images - Orlando Bloom © Samir Hussein / Getty images - Song Kang-ho © DR - Zar Amir Ebrahimi © Joël Saget / AFP - John C. Reilly © Kirk MacKoy / Getty Images - Pete Docter © Daniele Venturelli / Getty Images - Roger Corman © Jeff Ves...

The Cannes Beat N°7 and final day of the festival

TODAY IS OUR LAST DAY  CHECK OUT IN A FEW HOURS FOR OFFICIAL FESTIVAL AWARDS Cannes Marché du Film & Festival NEWSLETTER Coverage from our team in Cannes : Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Aldo Nadal, Nicole Goesseringer Muj, Alice Kanterian, Nesta Morgan, Brice Anxionnaz and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor ! Cannes Festival & Marché du Film pre roll Newsletter  I Cannes Beat 1 I...

The prizes and awards, given by the Jury of the 62nd Semaine de la Critique, presided by the director Audrey Diwan

The prizes and awards, given by the Jury of the 62nd Semaine de la Critique, presided by the director Audrey Diwan, are Grand Prix Grand Prize Tiger Stripes de by Amanda Nell Eu  Prix French Touch du Jury  French Touch Prize of the Jury Il pleut dans la maison (It's raining in the house) de by Paloma Sermon-Daï Prix Découverte Leitz Cine du court métrage Leitz C...

Surprise visit from Martin Scorsese for new Agnès Varda archive of footage from 'The Gleaners' for film students

More than 60 hours of rushes of Agnes Varda’s 2000 documentary feature The Gleaners and I will now be available for the next generation of international filmmakers thanks to a new educational initiative from France’s National Audiovisual Institute (INA) and Ciné-Tamaris (Agnès Varda's company run by her daughter Rosalie Varda). The five-year project offers students a bilingual platform available 24/7 where they can view and download the complete collecti...

Top prizes for Un Certain Regard announced at 75th Festival de Cannes

By Moira Sullivan Top prizes for Un Certain Regard were announced tonite at Cannes. Best film went to Les Pires - "The Worst Ones" directed by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret (France). The film concerns a film shooting in Picasso, a suburb of Boulogne-sur-mer in north France. Four teenagers are chosen to play in the film. and everyone in the neighborhood is surprised: why only take the “worst ones? Jury prize went to the first Pakistani film to screen at ...

Fallen leaves by Aki Kaurismäki sketched by Nesta at the press conference

Fallen Leaves directed by Aki Kaurismaki is a fourth trilogy on Beauty and love in this world, a brief encounter kept simple. Aki sets his colours and two actors against a glow of crimson and offers green and white asparagus tips, the perfect companiment to “Un Vin mousseuz, un tout petit verre, ca s’appetite un aperitif”. There is love and there is comedy, and pride in hard work and very funny Trap (the Finnish translation for Alma’s character). Jussi plays his role w...

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