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Catherine Deneuve Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival

Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022).   The decision was made by the board of the Biennale di Venezia, which embraced the proposal of the Festival's Director, Alberto Barbera.   Catherine Deneuve, in accepting, said, “It is a joy to receive this prestigious award at the Venice Festival, which I love and have known for a long ...

VIDEO: Darius Khondji Masterclass by Angénieux

Journalist and author Jordan Mintzer, who wrote Conversations with Darius Khondji, moderated the free cinematography class attended and praised by international cinema industry professionals and students. Now on replay, you too can enjoy the insights of the revered 'Master of Light' and 2022 Pierre Angénieux Tribute laureate Darius Khondji. How does this director of photography nurture his talent and creativity? How does he approach a script visually? How does he choose the best...

Filmfestivals.com saluting Jérôme Paillard on his last Cannes and his contribution to the industry

Jérôme Paillard attended the annual filmfestivals.com wine tasting reception for festival directors held at FilmHedge Terrace - 57 la Croisette in partnership with FILMHEDGE: the Film Fund which has just announced their 100M$ new line of credit. This was the last "official" Cannes in office for Jérôme who is retiring from his function at the head of market.   Bruno Chatelin filmfestivals.com founder and Jon Gosi...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 13

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 DO NOT MISS A BIT from  CANNES, Marché du Film and many more   Weekly newsletter N°1012 // 1011 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers:   Email us to be featured   FOLLOW US :           W...

Cannes Marché du Film & Festival 2022 Catch Up

Coverage from our team in Cannes : Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Quendrith Johnson, Nesta Morgan 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 3 I Cannes Beat 4 I Cannes Beat 5 I Cannes Beat 6 I Cannes Beat 7 I Cannes catch up VIDEO Interview with Guill...

Award winners of the 22nd Nippon Connection Film Festival

Honor award for Masatoshi Nagase / Jury award for unconventional high-school drama / Audience awards for heartwarming family drama, story of disabled lovers, and documentary about Kurdish refugees in Japan After six days and numerous sold-out events, the 22nd Nippon Connection Film Festival in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ended on Sunday, May 29th 2022 with a grand award ceremony. At twelve venues, the festival screened around 100 short and feat...

The 56th Karlovy Vary IFF unveils Its official selection

The selection features 33 films from 5 continents screening across 3 sections Thirty-three films comprise the eclectic lineup for the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), the programming team led by the artistic director Karel Och has revealed today. The selection includes twenty-seven world premieres, three international premieres, and three European premieres, covering five continents. In addition to Crystal Globe Competition and Special Screenings section, KVIFF’s ne...

The Awards of Cannes 75th edition

After 11 days of an exceptional edition, the Jury of the 75th Festival de Cannes, chaired by French actor Vincent Lindon, surrounded by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, British-American actress and director Rebecca Hall, French director Ladj Ly, American director Jeff Nichols, Indian actress Deepika Padukone, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, Norwegian director Joachim Trier and Italian actress and director Jasmine Trinca, presented its winners' list among the 21 films presented in Competit...

Nesta Sketching the stars from Cannes 2022

We are Uk film panel Cannes 20th May 2022 Insights into changing markets with Mia Bays, director of the BFI Film Fund, film producer & cultural activist #ReclaimTheFrame from the UK pavilion at Cannes. Sketch stars (left to right) : Rene Bourdages of Cultural Telefilm, Canada, and Matt Brodlie of C.P. Upgrade Productions, and Graeme Mason, CEO of Screen Australia, with our panel host Mia Bays, director of The BFI film fund and @miafilms (twitter). The message to filmmakers is T...

Top prizes for Un Certain Regard 2022

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 and the casting of four teenagers  -  “worst ones?   Jury prize went to the first Pakistani film to screen at Cannes - Joyland by Saim Sadiq about the youngest son of a family who fall...

VIDEO Interview with Guillaume Esmiol Marché du Film Co Executive Director

...Guillaume Esmiol in conversation with Bruno Chatelin, about Guillaume's background in tech, media and innovation (with the TF1 Group), developping the new features in the current Marché du Film 2022 and the plans for the future edition which he will be running solo (with his team). He currently serves as co executive director of the Marché du Film and will take over from Jérôme Paillard who was having his last year in office. Bruno Chatelin was able to sit do...

Cannes Forever Forever Cannes Photos of the day May 25 Elvis King of Cannes?

  © ALOHA PICTURES © Alan Schoenauer Carlotti  & Patrick Mascaraque  http://aloha7as.wix.com/monsite 312 Avenue Charles de Gaulle 69500 Bron  France 00+33(0)621064898 aloha7.as@gmail.com Facebook / Linked in.  42 th Anniversary Cannes film Festival-Ajaccio-Usa-New York-Los Angeles Hawaii-Honolulu-Maui-Big-Island-San Francisco-Grand Canyon-Bryce Canyon Las Vegas-Miami-Florida-Key West-Key Largo-Orlando-C...

The Cannes Festival & Market Beat N°6

 > Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and invites       Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and screening invites.. Coverage from our team in Cannes May 17 - 28: Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Quendrith Johnson, Nesta Morgan and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor !   Our annual Cannes fun event took place May 23 ! Cann...

Interview with Marché du Film Executive Director Jérôme Paillard

Jérôme Paillard in conversation with Bruno Chatelin 2022 Zoom interview with Jérôme Paillard Head of the Cannes Market discussing the 2022 edition of the Marché du Film, his last edition as head of the Market. (Guillaume Esmiol will be taking over from Paillard for next year's edition.) An informal discussion with Bruno Chatelin about Jérôme's career, his dear memories and some of the key decisions he took in the developpment of what bec...

The prizes and awards, given by the Jury of the 61st Semaine de la Critique,

The prizes and awards, given by the Jury of the 61st Semaine de la Critique, presided by the director Kaouther Ben Hania, are Grand Prize La Jauría de by Andrés Ramírez Pulido French Touch Prize of the Jury Aftersun de by Charlotte Wells Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for short film Ice Merchants de by João Gonzalez Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star...

Viola Davis Honored at Women in Motion: “I want my ceiling to be someone else’s floor”

Photo credit: Credit Vittorio Zunino Celotto Getty Image French version: HERE   In her honor, Kering and the Cannes Film Festival were pleased to welcome Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Lindon, Valeria Golino, Paolo Sorrentino, Audrey Diwan, Lola Quivoron and Raymond Depardon on the occasion of the official dinner of the 8th edition of Women In Motion. In her honor, Kering and the Cannes Film Festival were pleased to welcome Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Lindon, Valeria Golino, Paolo Sorrentin...

Better World Forum hosted a series of powerful sustainability focused events in Cannes

Global Speakers and Filmmakers Joined Forces to Raise Awareness about Food, Health and Sustainability at the Cannes Film Festival 2022 during a special event organized by The president and founder of Better World Fund, Mr. Manuel Collas de la Roche’s. After a magnificent Cannes sunset, stars appear above the famed Croisette illuminating the Better World Fund’s illustrious Black-Tie Gala dinner that took place at the JW Marriott, with the humbling presence of Her Excellency the Firs...

The Cannes Festival & Market Beat N°5

> Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and invites       Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and screening invites.. Coverage from our team in Cannes May 17 - 28: Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Quendrith Johnson, Nesta Morgan and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor !   Festival Directors: Save the date for our Fest directors wine tasting party honoring ...

Are you READY for the BWF event in Cannes?

    The Better World Fund, the Paris-based non-profit organization raising awareness on critical global issues, presents Food, Health & Sustainability—a series of prestigious events.   The event will be bestowed with the gracious participation of S.E Madame Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, HRH Princess Ghida Talal, as well as the internationally recognized actress, producer, humanitarian, and New York ...

The Cannes Festival & Market Beat N°4

  Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and invites     Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and screening invites.. Coverage from our team in Cannes May 17 - 28: Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Quendrith Johnson, Nesta Morgan and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor !   Festival Directors Save the date for our Fest directors wine tasting party honoring J&eacut...

Jeff Bridges honored with golden Jubilee by Queen Angelique Monet at AFI Artisan for Peace Film Fest event in Cannes

Bruno Chatelin, Fest agent for the film Living in the Future's Past, was there to receive his award. Watch out for the fun video and ambiance picturesfrom this superb event at Majestic salon Croisette with exquiste artistic performances! ...

Venture Capitalist Gayle Jennings O'Byrne Honored at Women in Entertainment Finance Forum at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Media finance innovator Gayle Jennings O’Byrne will be honored at the Women in Entertainment Finance Forum (WEF) celebration this year at the Cannes Film Festival.    The event is a new program launched as part of Winston Baker's larger International Film Finance Forum now in its 12th year. The event offers recognition to outstanding contributions of Women working in financial services as related to the production of Film, TV, or other areas of media.   Winston Bak...

Cannes Forever Forever Cannes Photos of the day: Tom Cruise Top Gun Maverick

ALOHA PICTURES © Winner First Price Photographer's Award Cannes Film Festival Images Collection by  Alan Schoenauer Carlotti © & Patrick Mascaraque © ALOHA PICTURES © Reproductions interdites All rights reserved  Thank you Alan, amazing shot bravo et merci !! Bruno. http://aloha7as.wix.com/monsite 312 Avenue Charles de Gaulle 69500 Bron  France 00+33(0)621064898 ...

Applause and Fighter Jet Fly-by for Tom Cruise on the red capet

    Who would have thought that a sequel delayed 36 years could put an actor pushing sixty back on top of the heap?  This is precisely what "Top Gun, Maverick" is doing for actor Tom Cruise.  Which is not to say that Cruise has been out of the limelight for any great length of time, but some recent films have not been as successful as his earlier megahits, and his outspoken association with the pseudoreligion  known as Scientology has earned him a su...

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