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  • FTII short film fails to get the Cinéfondation award at Cannes Fest

    FTII short film fails to get the Cinéfondation award at Cannes Fest

    NEW DELHI: The only Indian film that had officially made it to Cannes – the short film from the Film and Television Institute of India – has failed to get any awards although it was among the sixteen films shortlisted by the Cinéfondation Selection of the Cannes International film festival to mark the twentieth year of this section.
    The film was ‘Afternoon Clouds’ by Payal Kapadia with duration of 13 minutes.

    The 16 films included 14 works of fiction and 2 animations from among the 2,600 works submitted this year by film schools from all over the world. Fourteen countries from three continents are represented. Four of the films selected come from schools taking part for the first time.

    The three Cinéfondation prizes that were awarded – in that order – are:

    THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION:
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    The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third.

    The winner of the First Prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his/her first feature film at the Festival de Cannes.

    The awarded films will be screened at the Cinéma du Panthéon on 30 May.

    However, all the films of the Cinéfondation selection will be screened at the Cinémathèque française on 31 May and 1 June 2017.

     

  • India named guest country at next year’s Cannes fest

    India named guest country at next year’s Cannes fest

    MUMBAI: The Cannes film festival has announced that it will invite a large delegation from the Indian Film industry next year to Cannes to celebrate hundred years of Indian Cinema. With this move, India becomes the third ‘Guest Country‘ at Cannes film festival following Egypt in 2011 and Brazil in 2012.

    "Cannes belongs to each and every one of us who contribute towards creating it step by step. We want the festival to be open to new ideas and diversity can only enrich it. I have been attending IFFI for past 4-5 years and it gives me immense pleasure to invite India as the guest country.

    "The Festival de Cannes is delighted to celebrate one of the most important countries in the world of cinema, a country with a prestigious history and tradition, one whose current day and creative impulses are a perennial example of vitality," averred Director of Film Department Cannes Christian Juene.

    Juene is here to attend the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI)and NFDC Film Bazaar.

    The Festival de Cannes will be held from 15 to 26 May, 2013.

  • Oz film The Sapphires for Cannes fest

    Oz film The Sapphires for Cannes fest

    MUMBAI: An Australian film The Sapphires has been added to the Cannes Film Festival‘s ‘Official Selection‘.
    The film is an adaptation of the stage musical that sees three Aboriginal singers plucked from a remote Aboriginal mission to become the next Supremes and entertain the troops in Vietnam.
    The film, produced by Goalpost Pictures‘ Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne and first time feature director Wayne Blair, has been accepted to screen in official selection, out of competition in a midnight screening.

    The film, that is Australia‘s only feature film to be selected by the festival this year stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Chris O‘Dowd and newcomers Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell.
    A Hopscotch Films/Entertainment One release, The Sapphires is set to release in August.

  • Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu to grace Cannes fest

    Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu to grace Cannes fest

    MUMBAI: As in the past, several luminiaries from Bollywood are scheduled to be present at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival to be held from 16 to 27 May. Among the notables would be the likes of Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu.

    Rai is most likely to grace the French film festival again this time. She has been attending the festival since 2002 as the global face of L‘Oreal.

    Rampal is expected to make an appearance at the Festival as the ambassador of liquor brand Chivas, the official partner of the event. He is likely to be accompanied by his designer friend Rohit Bal. The actor had recently expressed a desire of showcasing his upcoming film Heroine at the Festival.

    Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar and co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Bhandarkar, the film has Kareena Kapoor and Arjun in the lead roles. Randeep Hooda and Shahana Goswami will also be seen in pivotal roles.

    Incidentally, last year the makers had announced Heroine with Rai as the female lead, but she opted out of the film due to her pregnancy. The director then replaced her with Kareena Kapoor.

    Bipasha may also attend the festival to promote her debut international film Singularity based on the first Anglo-Maratha war of 18th century colonial India. Directed by Roland Joffe, Singularity has been lined up to be showcased at the Cannes film fest as part of a promotional drive.

    Incidentally, the actress had walked the red carpet in 2007 to promote her film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal along with her co-star John Abraham.