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The prize goes to the 6 actresses of Volver by Pedro Almodovar:
Penélope CRUZ
Carmen MAURA
Lola DUEÑAS
Blanca PORTILLO
Yohana COBO
Chus LAMPREAVE
Director: Pedro ALMODOVAR
Screenplay: Pedro ALMODÓVAR
Cinematography: José Luis ALCAINE
Set Designer: Salvador PARRA
Music: Alberto IGLESIAS
Film Editor: José SALCEDO
Sounds: Miguel REJAS
Synopsis:
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by means of goodness, lies and boundless vitali...
After 12 days of a rich Festival, the award sceremony took place at 7:30 pm on Sunday 28, 2006.
And the winners are:
- Feature Films
Palme d'Or: the Wind that Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach
Grand Prix: Flanders by Bruno Dumont
Best Actress Award: Penélope CRUZ, Carmen MAURA, Lola DUEÑAS, Blanca PORTILLO, Yohana COBO, Chus LAMPREAVE for Volver
Best Actor Award: Jamel DEBBOUZE, Samy NACERI, Sami BOUAJILA, Roschdy ZEM, Bernard BLANCAN for Indigènes
Best Director Award: Alejandro González IÃ...
Premiers
Today in the Lumiere Theatre the two final films "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Cronica de Una Fuga" premier.
Cinekid Festival
Cinekid is an anual film, media and television festival for kids. This year it will be held in Amsterdam in october from 22 to the 29th. Satelite-Festivals will bb broadcasted throughout the Netherlands. The greatest success of this Festival is its workshops where children learn to make animated films and film clips. This festival gives 25,000 children the opportunit...
During the Festival, visitors will enjoy Tahitian music and dance.
In the Palais des Festivals. Cannes.
The American short film, "B is for Bomb," directed by Carey Mckenzie won the Official Cannes 2006 Online Competition for short films the other day. This 10 minute documentary is narrarated by a young girl, explaining the problems with bombs and nuclear warfare by going through the letters of the alphabet, giving an innocent prospective on a deathly scary and very politcal topic, ranging for historical lesson letters such as "C is for Cold War," to poetic reflections such as, "E is for Enemy, F i...
Premiers
Today United 93 and The Singer premier today at the Lumiere Theatre.
Ceremony Soon
Sunday will be the big award ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival. A sure winner for either the Palme d'Or or the Camera d'Or have not yet been determined. The highest received films have so far been "Volver", "Babel", 'Red Road", and "Summer Palace". We'll see! The whole city is waiting impatiently.
Whos in Cannes
Ivana Baquero, David Basche, Emmanuelle Béart, Bernard Blancan, Sami B...
Fest21.com started here in Cannes on May 17th 2006 with a booth in the Palais (01 - 24.07).
With various promotions in Moving Pictures Magazine, the Cannes Market Guide, flyers, and more.
And a column in the middle of the central way through the Palais.
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As the Cannes Film Festival moves into its final weekend, it seems that the fine art of booing is still very much “en vogue
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When the Cannes International Film Festival 2006 opens on 17 May, this will mark a particularly successful year for Europe’s film industry. Seventeen European films, which all received funding under the EU’s MEDIA programme, have made it into the final selection. The future of the MEDIA programme, the development of business models for Film Online services and the competitiveness of European films abroad will be on the agenda when the EU’s Ministers for Culture and Audiovisual meet with C...
The first Tahiti Film Festival is launched by our friend Pascale above. It will be held this October 21-29 in... Tahiti off course.
In Cannes, the Tahiti beach already gives us a first idea of the coming event and ambiance.
Enjoy the music and dance with this video.
Who would not want to come to such paradise...
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For the past three years the Cannes Film Festival has officially included the Short Film Corner, which litterally takes up an entire corner of the rez-de-chaussé of the Marché du Film. This year there are 930 short films representing 73 different countries, ranging in all types of genres including drama, comedy, documentary, animation, family, action/adventure, science-fiction, thriller, musical, romance, erotic, historical...and even more that can't quite be categorized. The films range from...
An action packed scene where the tension has finally released but in a tragic scene. Not a clip for kids, this shows the consequences of social tensions.
Directed by
Ken Loach
Writing credits
Paul Laverty
Synopsis: A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland.
Credited cast:
Cillian Murphy .... Damien
Padraic Delaney .... Teddy
Liam Cunningham .... Dan
Gerard Kearney .... Dunica
William Ruane .... Gogan
Country: France / Ireland / UK
Language: English
Luc Besson’s Europa party was on Sunday, May 21st at the Majestic Beach. There was one huge neon-lighted tent that led to an outside section directly on the ocean-side. The guests spread themselves out to the joining pier where they held conversations and drank until sunrise. The French DJ played all the right songs which kept the people on the tent’s dance floor grooving to the music.
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Seven days in, the 59th Festival De Cannes’ Competition section is heating up. While Pedro Almodovar’s Penelope Cruz starrer, “Volver,
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So everyone knows what is inside the Palais des Festivals: the premieres, the stars, the markets, the press. But what about whats outside? The red carpet to be sure, but also you will find the parking for all of the cars used to drive the stars to the red carpet, all black ones ranging from the sponsor, Renault, to Mercedes and Escalades. The port is outside where you can find all of the big yachts docking here. The International Village that is home to all of the "home away from home"'s for the non-French citizens is also here as well as the general hustle and bustle that always surrounds
Premiers
Today in the Lumiere Theater Marie Antoinette and The Right of the Weakest premier.
$970m To Media
The European Union's Media Programme has banked $970 million dollars from the years 2007-2013. The money will be spread through the media and entertainment industry. The percentages of the fund will be used for training (7%), developing(20%), distribution (55%), promotion (9%), and pilot projects (4%). This budget is a huge increase since the last budget of $659m from 2001-2006.
Jury ...
Everyone knows about the fa,ous Red Carpet of the Fil, Festival. What a lot of people don' know is that not only is there a red carpet, but also a blue carpet, for films still entered into the festival but just in a smaller theater, as well as the theater for the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Lets take a look at what all of these carpets are about...
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