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Tribeca VOD Venture: Folly Or Future?

By MIKE FLEMING | Category: Film Festivals, Indie | Wednesday March 3, 2010 @ 12:05pm PST

tribeca-o8The reaction from independent film distribution vets to Tribeca Enterprises' plan to distribute its festival films on Video On Demand (VOD) is most politely described as skeptical. The biggest hurdle facing Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Geoff Gilmore? Erasing the lingering perception that when a movie bypasses theatrical distribution for VOD, it’s DOA. Tribeca has secured VOD distribution on such cable providers as Comcast, Cablevision, and Verizon FIOS, but naysayers feel these cable giants often treat VOD as an after-thought, and don’t provide the promotional care and feeding that traditional distributors feel is vital to specialty film releases.

Tribeca’s chief creative officer Geoff Gilmore told me that he and the Tribeca team have carefully considered the pitfalls and have smoothed out a distribution road that has been as bumpy as the cobblestone streets that surround Tribeca's downtown headquarters. Gilmore believes the festival's growing momentum creates a high awareness level among specialty film lovers for a dedicated Tribeca VOD channel. That effort will be helped by promotional clout provided by longtime festival sponsor American Express, which signed on to become Founding Partner of Tribeca’s VOD distribution program, as well as a separate online venture that will show short films and broadcast filmmaker panels during the fest's run from April 21-May 2.

While it’s not exactly clear yet how much promotional might Amex will bring, one thing is for sure: promotional spends won’t be deducted from the film’s revenues the way traditional P&A costs are. ... Read More »

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54th BFI London Festival October 13-28

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals, Foreign | Friday February 5, 2010 @ 5:53am PST

Dates announced today. The BFI London Film Festival is now accepting submissions.

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'People vs George Lucas' Debuts At SXSW

By Nikki Finke | Category: Directors, Documentaries, Film Festivals | Thursday February 4, 2010 @ 5:44am PST

A year ago, when I ran the teaser for The People vs George Lucas, comments flooded in both pro and con this documentary. And the pic itself intrigues me because it features so many Industry types talking about Lucas in a negative way as they debate his legacy. (Like calling him the "anti-Christ" and "evil genius of marketing"....) Now the film has been selected for the Spotlight Premiere section at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin next month.

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2010 Sundance Film Festival Lineup

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals, Indie | Wednesday December 2, 2009 @ 1:13pm PST

Here's the Sundance announcement with lots of accompanying ballyhoo about how this is the festival's return to "risky" business. The big question is whether this year there'll be any business. There wasn't much last year, and I hear there could be even less this year. Poor indie film:

sundance_film_festival_2008_logo_imagePARK CITY, UT – Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 3. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival runs January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

As previously announced, the 2010 Sundance Film Festival features several changes including a new section devoted to low- and no-budget filmmaking and Sundance Film Festival U.S.A.- a one-night only event when eight filmmakers from the Festival will visit eight cities nationwide. In addition, the Festival will break tradition by foregoing the conventions of one opening night film and instead focus on launching the total program: one narrative film, one documentary and one shorts program will play the first Thursday (January 21), beginning the roll out of the competitions.

"Being a seasoned programming team and having the support of a healthy organization afforded us the ability to take risks and re-think all programs this year so we chose to do some things a little bit differently," said

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Michael Moore And Harvey Weinstein Shut Out At Venice Film Festival; Israeli War Film 'Lebanon', U.S. Helmer Todd Solondz Win

By Nikki Finke | Category: Awards, Directors, Documentaries | Saturday September 12, 2009 @ 11:42am PST

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Director Samuel Maoz's hard-hitting Israeli war movie Lebanon won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival today. lebanonThe film went inside a tank to focus on a young Israeli conscript during the 1982 war. "I dedicate this award to the thousands of people all over the world who, like me, come back from war safe and sound," the director told the audience at the 11-day cinema showcase. Another frontrunner, American director Todd Solondz's dark comedy Life During Wartime picked up best screenplay.

Two prominent American pictures were shut out of the festival's official jury awards -- Michael Moore's attack on corporate greed, Capitalism: A Love Story, and The Weinstein Company's The Road, which John Hillcoat adapted from Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel. This will no doubt affect Harvey Weinstein' release plans for it. Moore's pic did receive the Leoncino d'oro Award from 26 local youths selected by the festival, but nothing from the official jury -- even though he personally came to Venice to premiere his documentary (see trailer here). So did Oliver Stone, whose South Of The Border debuted out of competition. The screening of this indictment of U.S. media's villification of Huge Chavez (trailer here) prompted the Venezuelan president to walk the red carpet alongside Stone.

Iranian video artist Shirin Neshat won the Silver Lion for best director for Women Without Men, set during Iran's foreign-backed coup in 1953. British actor Colin Firth won ... Read More »

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Toronto Film Festival And Tel Aviv: Now The Protest About The Protest

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals, Foreign | Friday September 11, 2009 @ 7:34am PST

tiffI'm sure you are all aware of the protest taking place at the Toronto Film Festival condemning the organizers' choice of Tel Aviv for an inaugural City-to-City Spotlight. Many of the participants have denounced this "celebratory spotlight on a city of "an apartheid regime", and sent an open letter accusing the festival of, "whether intentionally or not, [becoming] complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine". They organized an open letter, and the signatories include Danny Glover, Jane Fonda, David Byrne, Ken Loach and others. Canadian filmmaker John Greyson withdrew his short film after learning of the Tel Aviv spotlight. In response to this, I've learned there will be a full-page ad running Monday in Canada's Globe and Mail signed by Hollywood players on the other side of this issue:

Toronto Jewish

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London Film Festival Announces Line-Up

By Nikki Finke | Category: Actors, Directors, Documentaries | Wednesday September 9, 2009 @ 4:55am PST

london film festival logoThis year's London Film Festival line-up for October 14-29 will be announced today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron. Among the total of 191 features and 113 shorts screening are the Opening Night film, Wes Anderson’s FANTASTIC MR. FOX presented by the director and cast members including Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Helen McCrory. There also will be the UK premiere of John Lasseter’s TOY STORY 2 in Disney Digital 3D. And George Clooney will also be in attendance to support his role in THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. New films representing the next wave of American independent filmmaking includes Sophie Barthes’ COLD SOULS, Andrew Bujalski’s BEESWAX, Sam Fleischner and Ben Chace‘s WAH DO DEM, Nicholas Jasenovec’s PAPER HEART, and Suzi Yoonessi’s DEAR LEMON LIMA.

World premieres include Sam Taylor-Wood’s Closing Night Gala NOWHERE BOY, and the Festival’s first ever Archive Gala, the BFI’s new restoration of Anthony Asquith’s UNDERGROUND, with live music accompaniment by the Prima Vista Social Club led by Neil Brand.

The Festival will also host 23 European premieres, including Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s MICMACS, Scott Hicks’ THE BOYS ARE BACK and Robert Connolly’s BALIBO, as well as Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni’s THE WELL and Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson’s MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN. The 4 international premieres that will be featured are "45365" from Bill and Turner Ross, Celine Danhier’s BLANK CITY, Mike Judge’s EXTRACT, and Rumle Hammerich’s HEADHUNTER.

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Trailer: Oliver Stone's 'South Of The Border'

By Nikki Finke | Category: Documentaries, Film Festivals | Thursday September 3, 2009 @ 1:29pm PST

I've been given the U.S. exclusive look at the trailer for Oliver Stone’s new documentary South of the Border which is sharply critical of the U.S. media's coverage of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and 6 other Latin American leaders. Stone will personally premiere the film at the Venice Film Festival this Monday:

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Tribeca Film Festival Calls For Submissions

By Nikki Finke | Category: Documentaries, Film Festivals | Tuesday August 18, 2009 @ 8:00am PST

The Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca All Access will run from April 21 to May 2 in New York City and Tribeca Film Institute's Tribeca All Access program from April 19 to 26. The Festival also announced a Call for Submissions for narrative and documentary features as well as for short film entries. TAA has announced a call for qualifying feature length scripts and documentary works-in-progress.

Deadlines to submit U.S. and International films for the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival:
September 14 – SUBMISSIONS OPEN
November 13 – EARLY DEADLINE, FEATURES & SHORTS
December 14 – OFFICIAL DEADLINE, ALL FEATURES AND SHORTS COMPLETED IN 2009
January 11 – LATE DEADLINE, FEATURES STILL IN POST-PRODUCTION AFTER OFFICIAL DEADLINE

Starting September 14, submission forms and complete information regarding eligibility for the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival will be available at www.tribecafilm.com/festival.

Deadlines for U.S.-based filmmakers to submit for the 2010 Tribeca All Access:
September 14 – SUBMISSIONS OPEN
October 26 – EARLY DEADLINE
December 14 – FINAL DEADLINE

Internationally-based filmmakers should apply through one of TAA’s partner organizations (UK Film Council, ScreenAustralia, or the Canadian Film Centre).

Submission forms and complete information regarding eligibility for the 2010 Tribeca All Access program will be available at www.tribecafilminstitute.org starting September 14, 2009.

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Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Tokyo Film Festival

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals, Foreign | Friday August 14, 2009 @ 11:54am PST

DHD has just received this note from Fisher Stevens:

the cove posterI have been involved with many films over the years as an actor, director and producer. But working on The Cove has been one of my proudest moments in 28 years of being in the  business. Getting the opportunity to make an exciting film, and one that can actually make a difference, is why I got into filmaking in the first place.

That is why I was so disappointed that our film, after winning awards in the last 13 film festivals it had entered, was rejected by the Tokyo Film Festival, whose theme this year is green. Not that it is that much of a shocker, but the main goal for making the film was to shut down the cove in Taijii, Japan, where 2,300 dolphins are killed every year. Most of the Japanese population has no idea that this is going on. What better way to let them know than to premiere it on the green carpet of this years festival.

We have sold the film in over 20 countries and sadly have yet to find any distributor who will go near the film in Japan.

We will continue to do our best to get the film out in Japan but it is a shame that, after being accepted in festivals all over the world, that we couldn't get into this one.

Sincerely,
Fisher Stevens

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World's Largest Timed Filmmaking Contest

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals | Thursday June 18, 2009 @ 5:09am PST

HUNDREDS OF ANGELENOS WILL RACE ACROSS CITY TO COMPLETE FILM IN JUST 48 HOURS

WHAT: The 48 Hour Film Project Los Angeles Kickoff

WHERE: The York, 5018 York Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90042

WHEN: Friday, July 10th - Contest kick-off, Sunday, July 12th - Teams return to submit their completed films

WHY: The 48 Hour Film Project, the world's largest timed filmmaking competition, will tear through Los Angeles, challenging Los Angeles residents to complete an entire film – from writing and casting to shooting and editing – in a mere 48 hours. On July 12th, participating teams will gather at The York where they will be given a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue that they must work into their film. Films submitted even one minute late on Sunday, July 12th will be disqualified. This year, Los Angeles will be one of a record 80 cities worldwide – from Beijing to Lisbon - competing in the 48 Hour Film Project.

Films will be screened for the public at The Regency Fairfax Theatres (July 14th -16th), where a panel of judges will choose Los
Angeles's best film. Winners will then be in the running for top honors at Filmapalooza, the 48 Hour Film Project's annual awards. Each city's winning films can be viewed at www.48.tv

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Cannes Film Festival Winners

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals | Sunday May 24, 2009 @ 12:11pm PST

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL International Competition Jury Prizes

Palme d'Or
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, Germany-France-Austria-Italy

Grand Prix
A Prophet, Jacques Audiard, France

Special Jury Prize
Alain Resnais, Wild Grass (France)

Director
Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay, Philippines

Jury Prize
Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold, UK
Thirst, Park Chan-wook, South Korea-U.S.

Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds, U.S.-Germany

Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist, Denmark-Germany-France-Sweden-Italy-Poland

Screenplay
Mei Feng, Spring Fever, Hong Kong-France

Short Films Jury Prizes

Palme d'Or
Arena, Joao Salaviza, Portugal

Special Mention
The Six Dollar Fifty Man, Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland, New Zealand

Un Certain Regard Jury Awards
Main Prize
Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece

Jury Prize
Police, Adjective, Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania

Special Prize
No One Knows About Persian Cats, Bahman Ghobadi, Iran
Father of My Children, Mia Hansen-Love, France

Other Main Jury Awards

Camera d'Or
Samson And Delilah, Warwick Thornton

Special Mention
Ajami, Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani, Israel-Germany

Critics' Week Grand Prix
Farewell Gary, Nassim Amamouche, France

Fipresci Awards
Competition: The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, Germany-Austria-France-Italy
Un Certain Regard: Police, Adjective, Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
Directors' Fortnight: Amreeka, Cherien Dabis, Canada-Kuwait-U.S.

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Robert Redford & Governor Richardson Announce "Sundance In New Mexico" For Native American & Hispanic Filmmakers

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals | Friday May 15, 2009 @ 5:43pm PST

Santa Fe, NM, May 15 – New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson announced a new collaboration between Robert Redford and the State of New Mexico that is currently referred to as “Sundance in New Mexico.” The initiative will partner with the Department of Cultural Affairs and the New Mexico Film Office to create and expand upon training programs in film, arts, and the environment. These programs will be designed specifically for New Mexico’s Native American and Hispanic filmmakers. The Governor was joined by Mr. Redford at a news conference today at the State Capitol in Santa Fe.

“This marks a new level of commitment on the part of Bob Redford and my administration in supporting the underrepresented voices in our culture, to job creation through the arts, and to the power of partnerships built on mutual goals and aspirations,” said Governor Richardson. “The Redford and Sundance names are held in high esteem around the globe, and are synonymous in most people’s minds with innovation in the arts, advocacy of the environment, and public policy reflecting both. This is a tremendous opportunity for New Mexico’s Native American and Hispanic filmmakers, and for the state as a whole.”

“My love of New Mexico goes back many, many years,” said Robert Redford. “My commitment to this state began with The Milagro Beanfield War.”

Sundance in New Mexico will be based at historic Los Luceros in Northern New Mexico, a cultural treasure located along the Rio Grande that is owned and operated by the New Mexico Department of

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Top Executive Exits Tribeca Film Festival

By Nikki Finke | Category: Film Festivals | Friday February 27, 2009 @ 8:15am PST

Tribeca Film Festival today announced that Peter Scarlet has stepped down from his position as Artistic Director of the Festival, effective immediately, after 7 years.

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One Tech World=One Video Game Console

By Nikki Finke | Category: Courts, Film Festivals | Monday September 8, 2008 @ 10:04pm PST

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My video game guru Keith Boesky, who sells the most intellectual property and developers into the game business, has some tech for thought:

Games cost a lot, and they take a really long time now. Sure, assets are expensive. But one of the biggest pricetags today is technology, and everyone is building it.

Recently, a bunch of game industry luminaries kicked the idea of a one console future. They said it was too hard to manufacture for of a lot of different platforms. They're right, it is hard, but their conclusion is stupid. Trip Hawkins knew this when he allowed Joe Montana Football to build on Madden tech. He needed a rival in the market. The competition among the consoles not only gives us hardware advances on a regular basis, but it amortizes the expense of market growth across multiple companies. Growth: fueled by in-store promotion, price cuts to consumers, marketing dollars to publishers, and other promotions. Do you see a lot of innovation coming out of your phone company? Why would we want to relegate the console to the status of appliance?

Let’s take a step back and look at the enabling technology, not the hardware. Let the consoles compete at the hardware level, like televisions do. But let’s get enough people behind the technology to force them to modify their consoles to meet our needs.

Every publisher incurs redundant costs. When I try to explain the game development process to every Hollywood executive

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All About 'Grand Theft Auto' The Movie

By Nikki Finke | Category: Actors, Agents, Directors | Thursday June 19, 2008 @ 12:04pm PST

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Given that Grand Theft Auto IV blew away the global retail sales record, a day doesn't go by that I'm not asked about when it's going to be made into a movie. Of course, that happens with every best-selling video game. But this isn't a case of the project veering horribly off track like, say, Halo. Nah, this is something altogether different. I've learned that Fox Atomic owns the rights to Grand Theft Auto. But to the movie title, not the game. It was, of course, Ron Howard who wrote and directed and starred in the little pic Grand Theft Auto back in 1977 for Roger Corman. So Fox optioned the rights for the Howard/Corman movie title a while back. A studio insider clarifies for me: "Yes, Fox owns the Corman movie. Yes, it has been one of 400 development projects for several years. But they are nowhere on the script. It has certainly not been a front-burner project." Strangely, the success of the video game hasn't put any new impetus on the studio to formulate a plan. And it doesn't matter that a supposed legal settlement over the game/movie/title dictates that Rockstar can't make a Grand Theft Auto movie or Corman/Howard/Fox a video game out of the title. C'mon, the movie can still shrewdly piggyback off the game's global branding. Here's my idea: Fox for old times sake should offer the project to Ron Howard since GTA jump-started his directorial career. Then let him incubate as a producer a new ... Read More »

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2008 Film Financing Conference: Schedule

By Nikki Finke | Category: Agents, Box Office, DH update | Thursday June 5, 2008 @ 11:26am PST

The 2008 Film Financing Conference will be held on June 21st as part of the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival (June 19th-29th). This very worthwhile day of panels, presentations, and workshops are a must-attend for any first-time or even experienced indie filmmaker because it will address the current (sorry) state of independent film financing. This year’s conference will take place at The Landmark West Los Angeles Theaters adjacent to the Westside Pavilion. On a personal note, I won't be able to moderate the panel Film Financing 2008: Money in the Time of Crisis addressing the current economic climate and its effects on film financing and production, and featuring panelists include Cathy Schulman (Mandalay Pictures), James Stern (Endgame Entertainment), and Hal Sadoff (ICM). Here's a schedule of the upcoming activities so you can plan accordingly:

8 a.m. Check-in
9 a.m. Introduction to the Conference

9:15 a.m. Keynote Speech:
  Mark Gill, The Film Department

10:15 a.m. Film Financing 101: Getting the Basics
If you are a newbie, this in-depth presentation on the different ways films are financed is for you. This introductory overview includes an explanation of basic film-financing structures and terminology. All questions welcome.

OR Film Financing 2008: Money in the Time of Crisis
Slow sales at Sundance, a mortgage industry meltdown, a long writers strike, an imminent actors walkout, a looming recession… What’s a producer to do now? Seasoned producers and financiers analyze the current economic climate and its effects on film financing and production.

12 p.m. Domestic and Foreign Incentives: Money Without Borders
Government subsidies, tax credits, rebates and much more… How ... Read More »

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David Bergstein/ThinkFilm Sued for Fraud

By Nikki Finke | Category: Advertising, Agents, Box Office | Wednesday May 28, 2008 @ 6:21pm PST

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A lawsuit was filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court by Boston-based Allied Advertising Ltd alleging breach of contract, fraud and deceit, and unfair business practices against David Bergstein and his ThinkFilm movie distribution company. It seeks more than $4.1 million in unpaid bills and contracts, plus damages, interest and a 5% penalty for all sums not paid in full within 30 days of a demand for payment. It is yet the latest twist and turn in what is obviously becoming a financial meltdown in Bergstein's film production and distribution empire which includes ThinkFilm and Capitol Films. (See my previous, Capitol Films Cash Crunch: SAG Demands Meeting With Owner David Bergstein).

The lawsuit follows Bergstein's reported yacht trip to the Cannes Film Festival , included in the complaint: "Between January and May 2008, while most of the ThinkFilm debt to Allied was outstanding, defendants have gone on a lavish film licensing buying spree at various film festivals around the world, including a film about director Roman Polanski scheduled for release on the Home Box Office cable channel later in 2008." 

The facts claimed in the lawsuit point to a business deal gone sour for Allied Advertising, which is in the business of placing advertising and promotion for feature motion pictures owned, licensed or distributed by client production companies or distributors. On June 21st, 2004, Allied ... Read More »

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French Film Wins Cannes #1 Palme D'Or

By Nikki Finke | Category: Actors, Awards, Celebrity | Sunday May 25, 2008 @ 11:45am PST

Robert DeNiro presented top honors today to Laurent Cantet's French classroom drama Entre Les Murs at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. The winner of the Palme D'Or is a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school and is shot in a raw, improvisational style to chronicle the events that unfold over one school year. Some 22 films were vying for top honors, which shut out Changeling, Clint Eastwood's raved about pic starring Angelina Jolie in the true-life story of a L.A. woman battling corrupt police. But the jury headed by Sean Penn gave a Special Award of this 2008 May 14th-to-25th festival to Eastwood and to the French actress Catherine Deneuve. The Grand Prize was awarded by Roman Polanski to director Matteo Garrone for Gomorra, a study of the criminal underworld in Naples. Best Actor went to Benicio del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's Che: "I'd like to dedicate this to the man himself, Che Guevara." Best Actress went to Sandra Corveloni in Linha de Passe.

Following are the winners of the main prizes and a selection of quotes via Reuters:

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PALME D'OR
- Entre Les Murs, directed by Laurent Cantet
"The film we wanted to make had to be a reflection of French society -- multiple, many-faceted, complex. Sometimes also with friction that the film does not try to cover up," Cantet said.

GRAND PRIX (Runner-up prize)
- Gomorra directed by Matteo Garrone

SPECIAL PRIZE
- Catherine Deneuve
"It is such a joy to be able ... Read More »

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2008 Cannes Film Festival Events Sked...

By Nikki Finke | Category: Actors, Agents, Awards | Friday May 9, 2008 @ 7:31am PST

The latest 61st Cannes Film Festival screenings guide is here.

Monday, May 12th, 2008
7:00 pm -- Wild Bunch Football Tournament
@ Stade St Cassien

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
TBD -- Paul Allen Yacht Party
9:00 am-6:00 pm -- Official Cannes Film Festival Short Corner
sponsored by Moving Pictures
5:30 pm-7:30 pm -- Mandate International
@ The Penthouse at Villa D’Estelle

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
TBD -- Macy Gray performing for Nikki Beach 
@ Noga Hilton
TBD -- Chopard Party
@ Carlton
TBD -- Opening Night Film: Focus Features' Blindness
TBD -- Vicky Christina Barcelona
9:00 am-6:00 pm -- Official Cannes Film Festival Short Corner
sponsored by Moving Pictures
10:00 am-10:30 am -- Kung Fu Panda Stunt with Jack Black
@ Carlton Pier
6:00 pm-8:00 pm -- DDA Press Cocktail
@ Majestic Beach

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
TBD -- Opening Night Gala
TBD -- UBBA, Abba Celine Kamina’s Company
@Top of The Majestic
TBD -- Screening of Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda
9:00 am-6:00 pm -- Official Cannes Film Festival Short Corner
sponsored by Moving Pictures
6:00 pm-8:30 pm -- Yacht Cocktail Party, IM Global, Bunraku Bunraku
@ My Pegasus, Soleil Levant, Quai Albert Eduard Cocktail
7:00 pm-9:00 pm -- Velvet Octopus Cocktail Party
@ Nouma Blanc Apartment
7:00 pm-12:00 am -- Greenhouse and Prince Albert II Foundation Party
8:30 pm (sunset) -- WHV Beach Screening: Bonnie and Clyde
@ Plage Mace
9:00 pm-12:00 am -- City of Your Final Destination Party
hosted by Chopard @ Crystal Beach
9:00 pm -- Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda Party
@ Carlton Beach
10:00 pm-1:00 am-- Focus Films
@ 3.14 Beach La Croisette
   
Friday, May 16th, 2008
TBD -- Soho House Party
@ Chatteau De La Napoule
TBD -- Crystal Sky's Steven Paul birthday party
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