Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn teamed up again to do Only God Forgives – set in Thailand and focuses on Julian (Gosling), a small time criminal who runs a boxing club in Bangkok. After his brother Billy (Tom Burke) is brutally murdered by a Police Captain named Chang (Vithaya Pansringarm), Julian goes on a […]
Day 6 – Un chateau en Italie
What a wonderful surprise – quirky, funny, touching…found myself not wanting it to end. The entire audience laughed throughout, most of the time at very serious moments but it was so funny that we couldn’t help but laugh – even Louise and Ludovico in a very serious moment of possibly losing everything they had couldn’t […]
Lexus and Weinstein collaboration
Harvey Weinstein, Tim Burton, Ryan Coogler and Paul Van der Burgh, Director of Lexus Europe,joined the five filmmakers for a panel discussion at The Hotel Majestic. The Lexus Short Film Directors: Justin Tipping (Swimming in Air), Cristina Molino (Beyond Memories), Campbell Hopper (one-half of directorial duo known as “Special Problems” with Joel Kefali, Echoes), Chan […]
Day 3 – The Past
The movie starts with the return of Ahmad from Tehran. It’s been 4 years and he has returned at the request of his wife Marie who he is separated from to finalise their divorce proceedings. During his stay Ahmed discovers how strained Marie and her daughter Lucie have become and his efforts to help calm […]
Jeune & Jolie
A 17 year old girl loses her virginity on a summer vacation which seems to upset her but back in Paris she happens to see a documentary on these girls who make extra money as prostitutes and decides to try this. Isabelle becomes Lea and starts living this double life until one fateful day one […]
Interview with SA movie producer Jeremy Nathan
We caught up with South African movie producer, Jeremy Nathan, in Cannes for a quick 10 Questions: Q. How long you been coming to Cannes? A. This is my 20th year. Q. What are you promoting in Cannes this year? A. This year we are promoting three films: ‘Pinky Pinky’ which is a genre horror […]
Film anniversary : A Special Day, directed by Gilles Jacob
In 2007, 34 internationally renowned film makers were invited to present their collective body of work – To Each His Own Cinema – at the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. Festival President Gilles Jacob followed these film makers around during this period in Cannes creating A Special Day. On the day their film was to […]
A couple of days late catching The Sapphires…
Missed ‘The Sapphires’ when it first screened but that’s what’s great about The Cannes Film Festival – they let you catch up later with re-screenings. So, at 2 pm today we got to see Wayne Blair’s ‘The Sapphires’, another great Australian musical. The Aussies really are just so good at these and seem to be […]
Irish South African Film Treaty Signed at SA Pavilion in Cannes
Just got back from witnessing the historic treaty signed between our South African Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile, and Ireland’s Minister of Arts and Heritage, Jimmy Deenihan. This Treaty, which will facilitate fund-raising for film projects in the two countries, has been in the pipeline for over nine years but due to the Arts Minister […]
Lawless starring Shia LaBeouf – a review & press conference
I started my Saturday morning running to the Palais not sure if I’d get in with my yellow card. The lowest of the lows, but got there with no queues and straight in with 45 minutes to spare. I was exhausted and almost asleep in my chair before the movie started but there was no […]