Cannes: A Festival Virgin's Guide--Attending the Cannes Film Festival for Filmmakers and Film Industry Professionals
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Australian indigenous director Warwick Thornton's gritty love story about two petrol-sniffing Aboriginal teenagers shows in France this month, its first major foreign release after stunning festival audiences worldwide. "Samson and Delilah", Thornton's debut feature, released at home and in New Zealand early this year before showing at Cannes in May, where it was awarded the Camera d'Or...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
PHOTOMONTH east london photography festival is pleased to announce the launch of its Youth Photography Award sponsored by The World Photography Organisation. One lucky young photographer has the chance to win a trip to Cannes and meet world renowned phot ographers. The prize consists of two round trip flights to Cannes, France, plus two nights accommodation, to attend the annual Sony World Photography...
Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The American trailer (which appears to be the French trailer with English subtitles and a Zeitgeist Films logo) for Belgian sensation A Town Called Panic, has arrived online. A hit at Cannes and Toronto, the film really struck a chord during Fantastic Fest this year, where it won the Audience Award. A Town Called Panic is fun, funny, and totally whacked-out absurd. It opens in America, starting December...
freemovietag - free online movies (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Plot: Kate and Charlie have a perfect life planned out before them: buying a house, marriage, kids, the whole works. Kate's fear of flying keeps her in Canada while Charlie goes to Paris for a medical convention. While there Charlie is smitten by the lovely Juliette. He calls off the wedding with Kate and she nervously boards a plane to get him back. She ends up sitting next to the petty French thief...
Tongue in Cheek (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
A taste of the French Countryside, and its ever changing landscape, views captured from the TGV train. If you are planning a visit to France consider hopping the TGV (The French high speed, bullet train.) from Paris to Marseille for an overnighter or two. Imagine breathing in three hours of French country landscapes. The TGV runs around the clock, and has sleeping berths as well. To take such a journey...
Business World (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
CANNES, FRANCE -- Train to dance like Michael Jackson, cook like a chef, or just learn to be happy! Reality TV is here to stay, according to the experts, but is shifting from glamour to tackle everyday life.
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
CANNES, FRANCE: Singapore and Western Australia have extended an initiative to encourage jointly produced television programmes.
Bearwatch (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
We're going to be splatted by a headlights-on-full-beam, diesel-pluming, horn-honking road-train of debt. Fred Goodwin, CEO at Nomura (i.e. not the RBS wrecker who scuttled to his hideout in France - the private gated resort may be the one between Cannes and Mougins ) has used the colourful phrase " clear and present danger " of the British economy. Unfortunately, shouting "Look out!"...
Dr. Parnassus Support Site (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Film Festival Screenings Cannes Film Festival - 22 May 2009 Munich Film Festival - 26 June 2009 San Sebastian Film Festival - 18 September 2009 Toronto International Film Festival - 18/19 September 2009 Atlantic Film Festival - 19 September 2009 Argentina Distributor: Sony Pictures Argentina Release Date: 5 November 2009 Australia Distributor: Hoyts Release Date: 29 October 2009 Belgium Distributor:...
Latest press releases (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
HDtimelapse.net has added new high definition (HD, 2K, 4K) royalty-free stock footage timelapse shots from Cannes - France, Cairo - Egypt and Rotterdam - The Netherlands in different categories including City, Clouds, Celestial and Various.
France24 (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
Five people were killed on Sunday when their small plane crashed into a hill and burst into flames in Callas, in the Var region, just inland from the French Riviera. The airplane is thought to have taken off from the coastal city of Cannes.
Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
From Al Arabiya: The audience in the Gaza Strip clapped and cheered as the actor delivered the movie's most memorable line. " To kill Israeli soldiers is to worship God ." "Imad Aqel", which had its premiere on Saturday, is the first feature film produced by the Islamist Hamas movement and the title is the name of a Palestinian fighter whom Israel held accountable for the deaths...
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
Your Thursday headlines: France falls out of love with topless sunbathing | Slideshow Hundreds flee as military drill sparks bushfire in Marseille British swine flu children 'treated like dangerous criminals in France' Cannes bans nudists after yacht club complains Nicolas Sarkozy resumes fight against France's illegal downloads France to punish energy savers France's best island hideaways Struggling...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
An advertising campaign for the UK based newspaper The Zimbabwean, has won top awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival currently underway in France.
David Lebovitz (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
When I heard there was going to be an inaugural voyage for the recently refubished Club Med 2 sailboat, I was so excited to go, that I actually invited myself to come along. Since the trip was a press preview, with a sprinkling of the rich and perhaps famous to rub elbows with, and since I lived so close, I saw no reason why I shouldn't be able to easily race down to catch some sunshine, and participate...
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