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The 70th Cannes Film Festival 2017

69th Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival 2017
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 17-28 MAY  
Not one of the gilded few sporting a film festival badge? No probs, you can still indulge your love of films. Every evening during the film festival on the Plage Mace there is a free open air cinema showing classic films - just turn up and grab a deckchair (You do not need a ticket)
Also free is Cannes Cinephiles showing films at four cinemas in Cannes.  Pop into the Cannes Cinephiles' tent on the Pantiero between 9am and 5.30pm to secure your ticket.
Tickets for films shown as part of the Directors' Fortnight are available from the HQ outside the Malmaison or through Cannes Cinephiles and cost seven euros each or 30 euros for six showings. Free tickets can also be had for Critics' Week 


       See below for full details of these public events at the Cannes Film Festival
Always check what language the film is shown in, if there are subtitles and in what language
This year there will be strict security measures at all events so allow extra time

Images of the Day at the Cannes Film Festival
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Winner of the Palme d'Or 2016- Ken Loach

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Superyachts flock to the Film Festival in Cannes

Super yachts at Cannes Film Festival
Topaz owned by Sheikh Mansour she is 142m
Super Yachts in Cannes
Kingdon 5KR, owned by a Saudi prince, starred in a Bond movie and is worth 300m euros
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Making A Point

Bad girls breaking all the rules. Bare feet and flatties... please!
​The organisers demand sexy high heels in case you didn't know

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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - PRESIDENT OF THE JURY 2017

George Miller Cannes Film Festival 2016

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Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former actor Pedro Almodovar (67) is the president of the Jury.  He was previously on the jury in 1992 and, although he has had five films over the years in competition, he has never won the Palme d'Or.  He has, however, won two Oscars for All About My Mother and Talk to Her.

Films in Competition


GOSSIP & NEWS
Julia Roberts and Clooney at Cannes
A new wall painting this year can be found at the Alexandre 111 underpass. It features two Palme d'Or winners: the Piano Lesson (1993) and Pulp Fiction (1994)

​CLOSING FILM
- this year there will not be a special film. The winner of the Palme
d'Or will be shown. Now why didn't we think of that before!!!
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Jane Fonda Cannes Film Festival
As part of an auction of cinema memorabilia at the Festival, Jane Fonda is donating her Palme d'Or.

Opening Film: Cannes Film Festival

Cafe Society at Cannes Film Festival
Woody Allen's new film, Café Society,will open 
















Croix des Gardes Cannes
This mansion in the Croix des Gardes is up for sale for the first time in 56 years for a cool 53.5m euros. It was used by Hitchcock in the film To Catch a Thief starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.
The first Cannes film Festival 1946 with the stars arriving by seaplane filmed by Pathe News (click it). The winning film was David Lean's Brief Encounter 

​$$$$$$$$     $$$$$$$$$$$$   $$$$$$$$

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar  
cancelled his appearance at the launch of his latest film Julieta.  He has been in hiding since being named in the Panama Papers, He says, however, he will be in Cannes.

The Cannes Film Festival Jury

Cannes Film Festival Jury
George Miller - President


Master of Ceremonies

Laurent Lafitte @ Cannes

Monica Belluci will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. She is an Italian actress nominated by several magazines as one of the 25 sexiest women of all time. She is also famously the oldest Bond-girl appearing in Spectre in 2015 aged 51 years. Monica was once married to French actor Vincent Cassel and speaks Italian, French, English and Persian.  She has been "Mistress" of Ceremonies before in 2003 - the same year she was on the red carpet with Keanu Reeves for Matrix Reloaded.  


OUT OF COMPETITION

BFG at Cannes Film Festival 2016
Steven Spielberg & Disney's the BFG
Un Certain Regard 
Nomination for this years cannes film festival

The Jury

​President: Marthe KELLER, actress (Switzerland)

Céline SALLETTE, actress France
Ruben ÖSTLUND, director Sweden
Diego LUNA, actor, director & producer Mexico


Opening films:
ESHTEBAK (CLASH)  by Mohamed DIAB (Egypt) 
HELL OR HIGH WATER  by David Mackenzie (UK)

THE WINNERS 2016
 
Un Certain Regard Prizewinner
HYMYILEVÄ MIES (The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki) by Juho Kuosmanen

Jury Prize
FUCHI NI TATSU (Harmonium) by Fukada Kôji

Prize for Best Director
Matt Ross for CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

Prize for Best Screenplay
Delphine & Muriel Coulin  for VOIR DU PAYS (The Stopover)

Un Certain Regard Special Prize
LA TORTUE ROUGE (The Red Turtle) by Michael Dudok de Wit

THE SELECTION
 


Short Films & Cinefondation 2017

Abderrahmane Sissako
​Jury president is Cristian Mungiu
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Romanian producer, director and writer

He started his career making several short films. Cristian went on to win the coveted Palme d'Or in 2007 for 
4 months,3 weeks and 2 days. He wrote and directed it and was the first Romanian to win the prize.  He won Best Screenplay for Beyond the Hills in 2012 and was on the main Cannes jury the following year.  In 2016 he won Best Director at Cannes for Graduation.




​SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION: 
 
  
The Cinefondation Award is for film students:  
​WINNERS 2016
First Prize
ANNA
directed by Or Sinai:  Israel
Second Prize
IN THE HILLS
directed by Hamid Ahmadi:  United Kingdom
Joint Third Prize
A NYALINTÁS NESZE 
directed by Nadja Andrasev:  Hungary
Joint Third Prize
LA CULPA, PROBABLEMENTE
directed by Michael Labarca:  Venezuela

CAMERA D'OR - for the best first film

Camera D'or best FilmCatherine Corsini, Jury President
​The Caméra d’Or, created in 1978, is awarded to the director of the best first film presented in the Official Selection - In Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard, as well as the Critics' Week and the Directors’ Fortnight.
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The Caméra d’Or boosts a film-maker’s career offering him/her a high profile and international opportunities. Jim Jarmusch, Mira Nair, Naomi Kawase, Bahman Ghobadi and Steve McQueen have received this award in the past.  

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL CLASSICS 

Cannes Film Festival ClassicsPicasso and Clouzot
Cannes Classics presents old established feature films and masterpieces from the history of film in restored prints at the Palais des Festivals and Cinema de la Plage.

It is the 110th anniversary of the birth of Henri-Georges Clouzot who will be honoured this year (2017) with two of his films being shown:  Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) with Yves Montand and A Picasso documentary which won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1956.
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Cannes Classics includes this year the world premiere preview of Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary about French cinema, Voyage à travers le cinéma français.  The program will screen Depardo’s Faits Divers (1983) and Wiseman’s Hospital (1969), as well as Friedkin’s Sorcerer (1977) following his masterclass — hosted by film critic Michel Ciment on May 18.
Pietro Germi’s Signore & Signori and Claude Lelouch’s Un Homme et une femme which both won the Palme d’or in 1966 (Sophia Loren was jury president that year), as well as Georges Rouquier’s Farrebique will also be shown, among others.

69th Cannes Film Festival Cinema de Plage
Cinema de la Plage, Cannes
12 May - Purple Rain               1984
13 May - Le Roi de Coeur         1966
14 May - Coup de Tete             1979
16 May - Endless Summer        1966

Cinema de la Plage:
*open to the public*


Classic films shown on the Mace beach 
at 9.30pm, free
Cannes Classics at the Cinéma de la Plage 



17 May - The Great Dictator          1940
18 May - Sorcerer                         1977
19 May - Il Sorpasso                     1962
20 May - Kiss Me Deadly               1955
21 May - C'Eravamo Tanto Amati   1974

Cannes Film Festival Fans: 
*open to the public*

The organisation, Cannes Cinephiles, shows a selection of films from the Festival and its fringe at four venues in non central locations: La Licorne, Studio 13, Raimu and Theatre Alexandre lll. It also shows films from Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia as its contribution to the fringe. 

Tickets are free and available from Cannes Cinephiles' tent on the Pantiero.
​See www.cannes-cinema.com

Last year only 21 of the 155 showings were full. So don't be afraid - reserve your place. 
69th Film Festival Cinephiles 2016

Directors' Fortnight  - *open to the public*
Tip: arrive 45 minutes before a showing to get a seat - they are unallocated

Directors Fortnight at Film Festival in Cannes
12 -22 May 2016
you can buy an individual ticket (7 euros) or a pass (30 euros) for festival showings from the headquarters at Malmaison on the Croisette or the Cinephile tent or via its website.   You have to buy daily tickets on the day of the showing. Full length feature films are at The Croisette Theatre.
www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com

Opening Film
Sweet Dreams    Marco Bellocchio, Italy

Closing Film
Dog Eat Dog         Paul Schrader, U.S.



Feature films  
After Love  Joachim Lafosse, France-Belgium
Divines
  Uda Benyamina, French
Endless Poetry
    Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chile-Japan-France 
Fiore
   Claudio Giovannesi, Italy
L’effet aquatique   Solveig Anspach, France
Like Crazy    Paolo Virzi, Italy
Mean Dreams   Nathan Morlando, Canada 

Mercenaire  Sacha Wolff, France
My Life as a Courgette   Claude Barras, France
Neruda   Pablo Larrain, Chile-France-Spain-Argentina
Psycho Raman   Anurag Kashyap, India
Risk   Laura Poitras, U.S. 
Tour de France   Rachid Djaidani, France 
Two Lovers and a Bear   Kim Nguyen, Canada 
Les Vies de Therese   Sebastien Lifshitz, France
Wolf and Sheep   Shahrbanoo Sadat, Denmark 

    

French Film Guild 2016
The French Film Guild awards one director each year the Golden Coach

This year it is goes to 59-year-old Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki.
In 2002 he was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes for his film The Man without a Past.

The Carrosse d'Or is a bronze statuette inspired by the figures of the Comedia dell'Arte and Jean Renoir's film of the same name –  it was created by painter-sculptor Lili Legouvello.

Official Film Festival Poster 

Festival De Cannes 2016
2016 Cannes Film Festival







​The official poster for this year's Cannes Film Festival has been designed using a still from Jean Luc Goddard's film 
Contempt.
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The poster has been designed by Herve Chigioni and his graphic designer Gilles Frappier


It can be purchased at official outlets in Cannes

Midnight Film Screenings    
GIMME DANGER Jim JARMUSCH (USA)    
BU-SAN-HAENG 
(TRAIN TO BUSAN)
 YEON Sang-Ho (S Korea) 
BLOOD FATHER   Jean-François Richet (France)
   
Special Film Screenings  
L'ULTIMA SPIAGGIA (THE LAST RESORT) T ANASTOPOULOS (Greece) & D DEL DEGAN (Italy)  
HISSEIN HABRÉ, UNE TRAGÉDIE TCHADIENNE Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN (Chad) 
EXIL Rithy PANH (Cambodia) 
LA MORT DE LOUIS XIV Albert SERRA (Spain) 
LE CANCRE Paul VECCHIALI (France) 

WRONG ELEMENTS   Jonathan Littell (US)
LA FORÊT DE QUINCONCES   G Leprince-Ringuet (France)
CHOUF 
  Karim Dridi (France / Tunisia)

GIMME DANGER

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Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop will be attending the screening of GIMME DANGER,  Jim Jarmusch’s film about him. Midnight Screening on May 19.

Critics' Week  -  May 12 -20 *OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*
Tickets can be obtained from 25 rue Pasteur, a side street next to the Miramar 
Tickets are limited and entry to the viewings is not guaranteed as badged festival-goers have priority.  The answer, though, is to arrive early at the cinema - at least an hour in advance
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Critic's Week at Cannes Film Festival
Opening Film 
Victoria, Justine Triet (France)
Feature Films in Competition
Albüm, de Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey); 
Diamond Island, de Davy Chou (Cambodia/France); 
Grave, de Julia Ducourneau (France); 
Mimosas, d'Oliver Laxe (Spain); 
Shavua
 Ve Yom, d'Asaph Polonsky (Israël); 
Tramontane, de Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon); 
A Yellow Bird, de K. Rajagopal (Singapore).
Closing Films
Bonne figure, de Sandrine Kiberlain (France) short; 
En moi, de Laetitia Casta (France) short; 
Kitty
, de Chloë Sevigny (USA).
Special Showings:
 I tempi felici verranno presto, d'Alessandro Comodin (Italy); 
​Apnée de Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France).
Short Films in Competition:
Arnie, de Rina B. Tsou (Taïwan/Philippines); Aascensão, de Pedro Peralta (Portugal); Campo de Viboras, de Cristèle Alves Meira (Portugal); O Delírio é a redenção dos aflitos, de Fellipe Fernandes (Brazil); L'Enfance d'un chef, d'Antoine de Bary (France); Limbo, de Konstantina Kotzamani (Greece); Oh what a wonderful feeling, de François Jaros (Canada); Prenjak, de Wregas Bhanuteja (Indonesia); Le Soldat vierge, d'Erwan Le Duc (France); Superbia, de Luca Tóth (Hungary).

Ronit Elkabtez



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Chairman of the Critic's Week jury this year is French actress and writer...

​  Valerie Donzelli

www.semainedelacritique.com

On the red carpet...

Ramirez and De Niro Film Festival Cannes
Ramirez & De Niro

​Robert De Niro will be in Cannes for a special screening in Official Selection of Hands of Stone  by Venezuelan director Jonathan Jakubowicz. The movie is about the true story of a Panamanian boxer Roberto Duràn (Edgar Ramírez) and his manager/coach Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro)

Jean Pierre Leaud at Cannes
Jean Pierre Leaud

Honorary Palme d'Or
French actor Jean-Pierre Leaud will be presented with an honorary Palme d'Or at the closing ceremony of the Film Festival.  He follows in the footpaths of Woody Allen, Client Eastwood and Bernado Bertolucci in recent years.  Leaud first appeared on the red carpet in 1959, aged just 14, promoting his first film Les 400 Coups (400 Blows).

Red Carpet at Cannes Film Festival

Sixty meters of red carpet are used to cover the famous 24 steps at the Palais des Festivals. The carpet is changed three times a day during the festival and a total of 2km is used.

The president of the festival Pierre Lesclure, former head of Canal Plus, greets the stars and other guests at the top of the steps. He is joined by the mayor of Cannes, currently David isnard


Catching the wind at Cannes
Fab frock
ON the Film Festival red carpet
Sleek & sexy

Allee des Etoiles: STAR  WALK

Film Star Hand Prints cannes 2016
Film Star Hand Prints
It is during the Cannes film festival that Nadine Seul chases after the biggest star names in the world to ask them for their handprints - must make a change from autograph hunters. About 375 hand prints have been taken since 1983. 

The stars press one or both hands into a block of clay. This is sent to a potter in Vallauris who makes a plaster mould which, in turn, goes to a foundry in the Rhone.

The mould and the shiny new stainless steel handprint then return to Cannes: the mould to the bowels of the Palais des Festivals and the hand print to the Allee des Etoiles which snakes around the Palais.

Cannes fait le Mur

Cannes fait le Mur 2016
Large photographs of the stars appear on walls throughout the town and strung across the rue d'Antibes.   This year the theme is Bad Boys, Bad Girls and the photos are by Nice Matin
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Cannes Film Murals

Cannes Film Festival Murals 2016
Take a tour round Cannes to see all the film murals - there are 15 in total. This one is at the bus station and celebrated 100 years of cinema: can you spot Mickey Mouse, R2-D2 and Batman? 

The Palme d'Or by Chopard

Palme d'Or 69th Cannes Film Festival 2016 in France
The Palme d'Or is worth about 20,000 euros and the 19 leafed palm is made from 118 grammes of pure gold. It is attached to a block of crystal. Each piece is unique as the crystal can be of a slightly different hue each year. Two are made, as well as two mini Palme d'Or, for each festival by five of Chopard's top jewellers in Geneva. These same artisans produce the "red carpet" range of jewellery worn by the stars each evening.
The mini palms are for the best actor and actress awards.

And the winners are....

Palme d'Or  I, DANIEL BLAKE by Ken LOACH
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Grand Prix
JUSTE LA FIN DU MONDE (It's Only the End of the World) by Xavier DOLAN
Award for Best Director Ex-Aequo 
Cristian MUNGIU for BACALAUREAT (Graduation)
Olivier ASSAYAS for PERSONAL SHOPPER

Award for Best Screenplay
Asghar FARHADI for FORUSHANDE (The Salesman)
Jury Prize
AMERICAN HONEY by Andrea ARNOLD
Award for Best Actress
Jaclyn JOSE in MA' ROSA by Brillante MENDOZA
Award for Best Actor
Shahab HOSSEINI in FORUSHANDE (The Salesman) by Asghar FARHADI

Cannes Film Festival Titbits 2016

Film Festival Titbits

Cannes has plans for a multiplex cinema which will include a museum of cinema. Thanks to the Cannes film festival, the town has 10,000 films, 50,000 interviews with stars and 300,000 photographs. Work started late last year (2015).
It has been designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti and will have seats for 2,426 people in 12 cinemas.

There is a Grace Kelly suite at the Carlton Hotel

The chef of the Palme d'Or restaurant in the Martinez Hotel prepares a film themed menu for the jury's first meal together. 


The tourist authorities produce a brochure featuring film tours on the Cote d'Azur to see where great movies were made. 

Set-jetting rather than jet-setting.

250 gardeners have planted 20,000 plants in the town

4,580 journalists join the 12,000 film professionals

556 local and national police are on hand to look after everyone

And 100 extra taxis are in Cannes for the festival

The wonderful Villa Domergue (below) is at the disposal of the jury during the Festival.
Cannes Villa domergue

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