Cannes film market

AR Rahman’s directorial debut Le Musk will have its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Market’s Cannes XR program. According to Variety's report, the 36-minute film of the Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy-winning composer is said to be a cinematic sensory experience incorporating virtual reality, with motion, music and scent integrated into the narrative. Rahman told Variety, “Le Musk has been several years in the making with collaborators worldwide; we’ve aimed to create an unprecedented, subtle sensory cinematic surrealism. Creating a feature-length cinema VR experience that pushes boundaries of storytelling and incorporates multiple senses was a guiding force for me. Aroma and music together bring warm memories subjectively for the audience.” The film stars Nora Arnezeder and Guy Burnet in lead roles, alongside Munirih Grace and Mariam Zohrabyan. Arnezeder opened up about working on the project and said, “Working on the VR experience Le Musk under … [Read more...] about AR Rahman’s Directorial Debut Le Musk To Premiere At Cannes Film Market’s XR Program

The Cannes Film Festival 2022 also known as Festival International du Cannes is all set to take place this week beginning on May 17, 2022. Set to take place in the city of Cannes on the French Riveiera, the film festival will be attended by many celebrities across the world including Bollywood actors like Deepika Padukone, Pooja Hedge, Hina Khan, and others. Hosted at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres, the film festival will give a glimpse at some of the biggest upcoming releases in 2023. Along with the Grand Prix, Prix du Jury etc., at the end of the week, the jury will also honour a new release with the Palme d'Or. Some of the best films to win the awards include Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite, Martin Scorcese's Taxi Driver, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, and many more. This year, one of the biggest mentions includes the inauguration of the Cannes film market which will be celebrating Indian Cinema, as they have chosen India as the first country of honour. … [Read more...] about Cannes Film Festival 2022 Schedule: Dates, Line-up, Indian Celebrities List, Red Carpet Live Stream & More

One of the most prestigious international film festivals in the world, Cannes Film Festival 2022 will be held from May 17 to May 28. This year's festival will be a special one for all the Indians as India is selected as the 'Country Of Honour'. Interestingly, many Indian films will be screened at the famous film festival. If we talk about Marathi cinema, there are four popular films that are all set to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. Jitendra Joshi's Godavari is one of the key films that will be shown at the festival. Apart from that, films such as Potra, Karkhanisanchi Waari and Ticha Shahar Hona will also be screened at CFF. Members of the selection process Ashok Rane, Satish Jakatdar, Kishori Shahane-Vij, Dheeraj Meshram, Manoj Kadam, Mahendra Teredesai and Dilip Thakur have chosen these additional three films for the Film Marketing Department of Cannes Film Festival 2022. The committee has reviewed 32 films and decided to recommend … [Read more...] about Cannes 2022: These Marathi Films To Be Screened At The Cannes Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE : On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, Competition title Close has sold to Lucky Red for Italy, Vertigo Films for Spain and Lev Cinemas for Israel. The Match Factory is handling sales on Lukas Dhont’s second feature, about how an intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys is unexpectedly disrupted. Pic is produced by Dirk Impens and Michiel Dhont for Menuet (BE) and co-produced by Diaphana (FR), Topkapi Films (NL) and Versus Productions (BE). Diaphana will release in France. Cast includes newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele as well as established European actors Lea Drucker, Emilie Duquenne and Kevin Janssens. Dhont’s debut Girl , the transgender dancer drama, won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2018. The film also won the festivals’ Queer Palm, Fipresci Prize and Un Certain Regard Best Actor award for Victor Polster before securing a Golden Globe nomination and prizes at San Sebastian and Zurich. … [Read more...] about Cannes Competition Title ‘Close’ Sells To Italy & Spain On Eve Of Festival

EXCLUSIVE : Longtime Independent Film Company MD Andrew Orr has joined Comcast-owned Sky as Head Of Original Film. Orr will be working on the pay-TV broadcaster’s development slate and strategy as well as acting as commissioner on a number of projects alongside Julia Stuart, Director of Original Film, and Laura Grange, Commissioning Manager, Original Film. He will also be working with James Newton on content partnerships. Orr, who will be in Cannes this week for Sky, spent almost 17 years at UK sales and production firm Independent, selling movies including Moon , Starred Up , Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry , Hallam Foe , London To Brighton and Adulthood . He was an executive producer on movies including We Need to Talk About Kevin , Mr Nice , The Falling and Out of Blue . In more recent years Orr segued to a role as executive producer and developed the company’s first TV slate. Prior to Independent he was at The Works, working on titles such as 24 Hour … [Read more...] about Longtime Independent Film Company MD Andrew Orr Joins Sky