Canadian gets Cannes fest jitters

                   
canoe.ca     May 14, 2008            

By BRUCE KIRKLAND - Canada will play a major role in launching the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival today, but Canadian actor and screenwriter Don McKellar is just a little scared. Blindness, a co-production from Canada, Brazil and Japan, is the opening night gala. He also co-stars with... [read full story]                

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Guessing games begin in Cannes

reuters.com     May 13, 2008          

It may seem a little premature to be discussing who may win this year’s coveted Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes film festival. The festival doesn’t start until Wednesday, there are 22 movies in competition and only a handful of them has actually been screened to critics and reporters....                

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Cannes film festival kicks off with mix of serious films and antics

iht.com     May 14, 2008          

It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival. As the French Riviera blitz of movies, parties and industry schmoozing started Wednesday, the question was whether the independent movies beloved by Cannes critics could hold their own against the media bombast for "Indiana Jones and...                

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South Africa: 11th Trip to Cannes Film Festival

allafrica.com     May 14, 2008          

South African delegates have embarked on a trip to the 61st Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to take place from today, Wednesday, 14 May 2008, until Saturday 24 May. The SA highlight this year will be the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) conference, themed "South Africa, your...                

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11th Trip to Cannes Film Festival

allafrica.com     May 14, 2008          

South African delegates have embarked on a trip to the 61st Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to take place from today, Wednesday, 14 May 2008, until Saturday 24 May. The SA highlight this year will be the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) conference, themed "South Africa, your...                

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Vision of the apocalypse and kicking Pandas: Cannes kicks off

afp.com     May 14, 2008          

Jack Black (R) and Lucio Mauro Filho CANNES (AFP) - Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian drama evoking the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicks off Wednesday with its usual mix of philosophy and fun, not to mention glitz. Opening night red-carpet glory this year is for Brazil's...                

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Hard-hitting Brazilian film opens Cannes festival

sabcnews.com     May 14, 2008          

Hard-hitting Brazilian film Blindness gets the Cannes film festival under way today, kicking off 12 hectic days of movies, publicity and late-night revelry in the Riviera resort. Directed by Brazil's Fernando Meirelles, of City of God renown, the movie is an adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning...                

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Grim Brazilian drama opens Cannes film festival

publicbroadcasting.net     May 14, 2008          

Photographers are reflected in sunglasses of cast member Moore during photo call for film "Blindness" in Cannes By Mike Collett-White CANNES, France (Reuters) - Brazilian movie "Blindness" brought apocalyptic visions of society in meltdown to Cannes on Wednesday, and the director conceded his...                

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It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes fest

austin360.com     May 14, 2008          

By ANGELA DOLAND Associated Press Writer CANNES, France — It's indie movies versus Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival. As the blitz of films, parties and industry schmoozing started Wednesday, the question was whether the independent movies beloved by Cannes critics could hold their own...                

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It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes fest

daytondailynews.com     May 14, 2008          

By ANGELA DOLAND Associated Press Writer CANNES, France — It's indie movies versus Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival. As the blitz of films, parties and industry schmoozing started Wednesday, the question was whether the independent movies beloved by Cannes critics could hold their own...                

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It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes fest

ibtimes.com     May 14, 2008          

It's indie movies versus Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival. As the blitz of films, parties and industry schmoozing started Wednesday, the question was whether the independent movies beloved by Cannes critics could hold their own against "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,"...                

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