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132 articles available in total starting from 05/01/2009. Last article published on 25/05/2009.

Wind Journeys and enchanting rhythms

Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s The Wind Journeys, presented today in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, truly deserved the backing of so many European co-financiers....  

21/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Un Certain Regard

TrustNordisk in publicity heaven with Antichrist

The stir and uproar caused by Lars von Trier’s Antichrist in Cannes was described by sales agent TrustNordisk as “fantastic free publicity” that will help the film’s release in Denmark today. The...  

21/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Scandinavia

Racism and brotherhood in Eastern Plays

Bulgaria has landed in Cannes’ Directors' Fortnight section, with Kamen Kalev’s debut feature Eastern Plays. The 33-year-old FEMIS graduate directed numerous shorts that have won awards at...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Mungiu & co. entertain in Tales from the Golden Age

The story goes that after a screening of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days someone in the audience approached the director of the Palme d’Or winner, Cristian Mungiu, and said, “It’s such a shame! There...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Un Certain Regard/Romania

Documentary study of inanity in Land of Madness

The audience at this morning’s screening of Land of Madness, by filmmaker-critic Luc Moullet, making his third appearance in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, certainly didn’t expect to roar so...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Directors’ Fortnight

Life and death in Altiplano

Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens made an impressive Cannes debut today when they presented their second narrative feature Altiplano in Critics’ Week. This lyrical and bold Belgian/German/Dutch...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Critics’ Week/Belgium

Dutch pick up for newborn Festival Darlings

Thomas Mai, the former TrustNordisk sales executive, has acquired distribution rights for the Dutch film Scum by Heinrich Dahms, for his newly created Festival Darlings sales outfit. Scum (Schoft)...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Market

Paper Castles inflames Latido sales

Salvador Garcia Ruiz’s erotic drama Paper Castles have brought regular traffic at Latido Film Sales Riviera stand in Cannes. The film based on the new bestseller by Almudena Grandes (The Ages of...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Market/Spain

The Dardennes the sum of two halves

“When the Dardenne brothers are in competition at Cannes, it’s a bit like when Germany competes at football. Everybody takes part but in the end it’s the Dardenne brothers who win.” This is how...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Cinema Lesson

Magician Resnais’ Wild Grass

"N’importe, nous nous serons bien aimés" (“No matter, we shall have loved each other well”): this quotation from Gustave Flaubert, placed at the heart of Alain Resnais’ latest feature, Wild Grass,...  

20/05/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Competition/France

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