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  The International Film Festival Summit Europe
IFFS and filmfestivals.com  - fest21.com,  close observers of the festival circuit, have honored Michel Hazanavicius, director of The Artist with the “Festival Film of the Year Award”  which recognizes the outstanding artistic dimensions of the whole project and the extraordinary successful fare on the circuit from Cannes (best actor) to 5 Oscars (6 Cesar, 3 Golden Globes, 7 BAFTAS)...  The award was handed by Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.com) with Laurie Kirby (IFFS) Michel Hazanavicius declared that "I am very honored with this award, I made two films called The Artist, one before, the one after the Oscars looks to me as a different one. "

 

 

2011 saw France break all records (Admissions level topped 215 M, record percentage of cinema attendance 65.6% of French population saw a film: crisis what crisis?.  Record 41% of Box Office take from local films, "cocorico",  Intouchables hitting 19 million admissions...
The Artist seemed to us the highlight and symbol for the amazing year for French Cinema, tribute to daring creativity.

Bruno Chatelin, filmfestivals.com and fest21.com co founder, stated:  “Identifying the most wanted film on the festival scene is our daily mission, awarding them is a tradition for our company, and we wanted to take the opportunity of the Festival Summit to jointly honor Michel Hazanavicius and his producers.
Previous years we had asked our audience to designate the best festival film in the circuit. This year we thought a poll was not necessary. 
The Artist gathered over 100 prizes, our prizes honors them all.”  Laurie Kirby, Executive Director of the IFFS commented : “We are so honored that director Michel Hazanavicius and his team will accept the award from IFFS-Filmfestivals.com as The Artist truly embodies the power and importance of independent film and the role of the film festival in conveying that message. “ 

The Prize was given to Michel Hazanavicius in presence of his producer Emmanuel Montamat (La Petite reine) on April 3rd during the IFFS summit (which ran April 3-4, 2012 at Hotel du Louvre in central Paris.)

  The International Film Festival Summit Europe
IFFS and filmfestivals.com  - fest21.com,  close observers of the festival circuit, have honored Michel Hazanavicius, director of The Artist with the “Festival Film of the Year Award”  which recognizes the outstanding artistic dimensions of the whole project and the extraordinary successful fare on the circuit from Cannes (best actor) to 5 Oscars (6 Cesar, 3 Golden Globes, 7 BAFTAS)...  The award was handed by Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.com) with Laurie Kirby (IFFS) Michel Hazanavicius declared that "I am very honored with this award, I made two films called The Artist, one before, the one after the Oscars looks to me as a different one. "

 

 

2011 saw France break all records (Admissions level topped 215 M, record percentage of cinema attendance 65.6% of French population saw a film: crisis what crisis?.  Record 41% of Box Office take from local films, "cocorico",  Intouchables hitting 19 million admissions...
The Artist seemed to us the highlight and symbol for the amazing year for French Cinema, tribute to daring creativity.

Bruno Chatelin, filmfestivals.com and fest21.com co founder, stated:  “Identifying the most wanted film on the festival scene is our daily mission, awarding them is a tradition for our company, and we wanted to take the opportunity of the Festival Summit to jointly honor Michel Hazanavicius and his producers.
Previous years we had asked our audience to designate the best festival film in the circuit. This year we thought a poll was not necessary. 
The Artist gathered over 100 prizes, our prizes honors them all.”  Laurie Kirby, Executive Director of the IFFS commented : “We are so honored that director Michel Hazanavicius and his team will accept the award from IFFS-Filmfestivals.com as The Artist truly embodies the power and importance of independent film and the role of the film festival in conveying that message. “ 

The Prize was given to Michel Hazanavicius in presence of his producer Emmanuel Montamat (La Petite reine) on April 3rd during the IFFS summit (which ran April 3-4, 2012 at Hotel du Louvre in central Paris.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

FilmFestivals.com launched in 1995 (an M21 Entertainment company) it has hosted the number one portal site for festivals and film news since this early, pionneer venture.
We, at M21 Entertainment, have also ventured into the new web 2.0 possibilities to serve our festival community with better (modern) tools for our blog platform fest21.com which hosts more than 25.000 blogs (and growing)
Fest21.com also host video blogs from 6.000 festivals and 15.000 filmmakers interested in the festival circuit.

We have been maintaining these two sites and have now decided to regroup the best of both world (portal and community) into one single url www.filmfestivals.com which will provide state of the art technology.
Migration begins end of April.

Of course the previous links will continue to be live (and passwords....)

Filmfestivals.com’s mission is to be the premiere online entertainment destination dedicated to showcasing film festivals around the world and fostering new film and filmmaking talent.

6000 festivals connected, we have covered editorially over 3000 of them and  provide solution to connect film to festivals, festival submission suite, promotional package.

We offer over 70 000 pages of content and 20 000 pictures and videos from the festival scene.

Kindly let us know your concerns or suggestions. 

A bit of (pre) history

The company was founded in 1995 began its festival involvement with the production of a CD-Rom on the Cannes Film Festival and the creation of their first official website. This successful experience developed into a focus on film festivals all over the world. Filmfestivals.com was registered on July 26, 1995. Yes, you read it right, 95!

1996 - coverage of the major international film festivals in partnership with Moving Pictures International, the (ex) British film industry magazine (transformed recently).
1997 - creation of the worldwide festival directory and a monthly bulletin board
1998 - Expanded to include films reviews, pertinent articles…
1999 - Launched the film and festival databases, a weekly news edition and services to festival organizers and filmmakers.
2000 - Launch of pro site and new version of french and Internatonal sites.
2001 - Launch of the film interactive experience at Sundance. Company has built a catalogue of 50 films and 150 shorts.
2002 - Launch of the Festival Circuit.
2003 - Launch of the Buyers Lounge for Cannes Market
2004 - Partners with Hollywood Europan Awards to promote european film through Hollywood European Award
Partnership with Cannes, Los Angeles Festival, Karlovy Vary, Venice, IFP Market, MIFED...
2005 - Partners with 2005 Cannes Market to promote the Short Film Digital Avenue showcase and panel on convergence and new media digital rights management. Partnership with Cannes,Satis, SIL 2005 Roma Independent Film Festival, Dubai...
2006 - Filmfestivals and M21 Entertainment launch www.fest21.com at Cannes new video blog platform for festival, film professionnals and film fans at large. Free storage for blog streaming at state of the art conditions.
2007 - M21 Entertainment introduces the first digital library bundle, including an e-Book reader and a selection of 24 books dedicated to prospective management and technology.
2008 - Cannes Future of Cinema Salon (4th edition of our prospective panels) goes to Cannes and Locarno (as an official partner)
2009 - 2011- Launch of fest21 new version with improved search and new Festival Directory merged with filmfestivals.com.
The company partners with Cannes for the seventh year. The company publishes "A festival Wife" by episodes on fest21.com with a reveal in Cannes of the last chapter of the festival thriller by Rex Weiner (former Journalist with Variety)   

 

Malo Girod de l'Ain, co founder 
The Company was founded in 1995 by Malo Girod de l'Ain, who created the first official website for Cannes International Film Festival and went on to develop the Internet's leading website for film festivals.

Previously, he was involved in the computer software industry for more than 10 years. He held VP and President positions in venture capital and software publishing companies and was a management and data processing consultant in New York and Paris. He holds a doctorate in engineering in addition to a law diploma.

Bruno Chatelin, Editor co founder
Bruno Chatelin was in charge of the launch of over 250 films during his tenure as Marketing Director and Managing Director for Columbia TriStar Films and Twentieth Century FOX. In 1995 he initiated and managed the joint venture between French major UGC and FOX and led it to the leading position in the french market. Mr. Chatelin brings experience in promotional strategies for interactive media. He has created two commercial websites for small-business entrepreneurs (individuals working from home, or companies with fewer than 10 people). He holds an MBA from HEC (École des hautes études commerciales). He is a Board Member of EFA, European Film Academy, board member for Cesar academy, and co chair of Hollywood European Awards, advisory Board Member at IFFS Europe - International Film festival Summit.
He has served in a couple of festival juries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FilmFestivals.com launched in 1995 (an M21 Entertainment company) it has hosted the number one portal site for festivals and film news since this early, pionneer venture.
We, at M21 Entertainment, have also ventured into the new web 2.0 possibilities to serve our festival community with better (modern) tools for our blog platform fest21.com which hosts more than 25.000 blogs (and growing)
Fest21.com also host video blogs from 6.000 festivals and 15.000 filmmakers interested in the festival circuit.

We have been maintaining these two sites and have now decided to regroup the best of both world (portal and community) into one single url www.filmfestivals.com which will provide state of the art technology.
Migration begins end of April.

Of course the previous links will continue to be live (and passwords....)

Filmfestivals.com’s mission is to be the premiere online entertainment destination dedicated to showcasing film festivals around the world and fostering new film and filmmaking talent.

6000 festivals connected, we have covered editorially over 3000 of them and  provide solution to connect film to festivals, festival submission suite, promotional package.

We offer over 70 000 pages of content and 20 000 pictures and videos from the festival scene.

Kindly let us know your concerns or suggestions. 

A bit of (pre) history

The company was founded in 1995 began its festival involvement with the production of a CD-Rom on the Cannes Film Festival and the creation of their first official website. This successful experience developed into a focus on film festivals all over the world. Filmfestivals.com was registered on July 26, 1995. Yes, you read it right, 95!

1996 - coverage of the major international film festivals in partnership with Moving Pictures International, the (ex) British film industry magazine (transformed recently).
1997 - creation of the worldwide festival directory and a monthly bulletin board
1998 - Expanded to include films reviews, pertinent articles…
1999 - Launched the film and festival databases, a weekly news edition and services to festival organizers and filmmakers.
2000 - Launch of pro site and new version of french and Internatonal sites.
2001 - Launch of the film interactive experience at Sundance. Company has built a catalogue of 50 films and 150 shorts.
2002 - Launch of the Festival Circuit.
2003 - Launch of the Buyers Lounge for Cannes Market
2004 - Partners with Hollywood Europan Awards to promote european film through Hollywood European Award
Partnership with Cannes, Los Angeles Festival, Karlovy Vary, Venice, IFP Market, MIFED...
2005 - Partners with 2005 Cannes Market to promote the Short Film Digital Avenue showcase and panel on convergence and new media digital rights management. Partnership with Cannes,Satis, SIL 2005 Roma Independent Film Festival, Dubai...
2006 - Filmfestivals and M21 Entertainment launch www.fest21.com at Cannes new video blog platform for festival, film professionnals and film fans at large. Free storage for blog streaming at state of the art conditions.
2007 - M21 Entertainment introduces the first digital library bundle, including an e-Book reader and a selection of 24 books dedicated to prospective management and technology.
2008 - Cannes Future of Cinema Salon (4th edition of our prospective panels) goes to Cannes and Locarno (as an official partner)
2009 - 2011- Launch of fest21 new version with improved search and new Festival Directory merged with filmfestivals.com.
The company partners with Cannes for the seventh year. The company publishes "A festival Wife" by episodes on fest21.com with a reveal in Cannes of the last chapter of the festival thriller by Rex Weiner (former Journalist with Variety)   

 

Malo Girod de l'Ain, co founder 
The Company was founded in 1995 by Malo Girod de l'Ain, who created the first official website for Cannes International Film Festival and went on to develop the Internet's leading website for film festivals.

Previously, he was involved in the computer software industry for more than 10 years. He held VP and President positions in venture capital and software publishing companies and was a management and data processing consultant in New York and Paris. He holds a doctorate in engineering in addition to a law diploma.

Bruno Chatelin, Editor co founder
Bruno Chatelin was in charge of the launch of over 250 films during his tenure as Marketing Director and Managing Director for Columbia TriStar Films and Twentieth Century FOX. In 1995 he initiated and managed the joint venture between French major UGC and FOX and led it to the leading position in the french market. Mr. Chatelin brings experience in promotional strategies for interactive media. He has created two commercial websites for small-business entrepreneurs (individuals working from home, or companies with fewer than 10 people). He holds an MBA from HEC (École des hautes études commerciales). He is a Board Member of EFA, European Film Academy, board member for Cesar academy, and co chair of Hollywood European Awards, advisory Board Member at IFFS Europe - International Film festival Summit.
He has served in a couple of festival juries.

Now that a number of documentaries have dealt with the 2011 Egyptian uprising at Cairo's Tahrir Square -- most prominently, the scrappy "1/2 Revolution" and broadly focused "Tahrir" -- it comes as no surprise that the events have been applied to a fictional scenario, and by no less than a prominent Egyptian filmmaker, Yousry Nasrallah ("Gate of Sun"). Ably using the turmoil at Tahrir as his backdrop, Nasrallah's "After the Battle" follows a burgeoning, ill-fated romance between two characters uniquely impacted by social upheaval. The director's use of existing events to form the movie's backbone led one colleague to compare it to Haskell Wexler's "Medium Cool," which took place at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, but the precedent applies in theory alone. Despite its admirable intentions, "After the Battle" constantly fights an uphill battle to reach its potential and never quite gets...

Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1997 novel “American Pastoral” will be turned into a film by screenwriter John Romano (“The Lincoln Lawyer”) and director Fisher Stevens. Lakeshore Entertainment, which produced adaptations of Roth’s “The Human Stain” and “The Dying Animal,” is producing the project with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, with filming set to begin early in 2013. In “Pastoral,” Roth’s alter ego Nathan Zuckerman narrates the story of Seymour “Swede” Levov, whose great post-war life is thrown into disarray when his teenaged daughter commits an act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War protests of 1968. The book is the first novel in a trilogy that includes “The Human Stain.” Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi are producing with Sidney Kimmel. SKE execs Jim Tauber and Matt Berenson are executive producers. “Philip Roth is...

 

Country: THAILAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Year: 2012
Duration: 61.00 minutes

Thai Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who took home the 2010 Palm d’Or for his film ‘UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (2010)’, returns to Cannes two years later to present his latest work, MEKONG HOTEL (2012).

MEKONG HOTEL is an experimental film featuring the director himself as he works with cast and crew on another of his films called: THE ECSTACY GARDEN. Authentic to Apichatpong’s style the film uses a potpourri of genres mixing reality and dream, earthy and supernatural, feature and documentary, creating his own world where the borders between narrative and nonfiction are blurred and where all opposites are set apart yet blended together. Shot during monsoon season in Thailand on the Mekong River on the border between Laos and Thailand, the river itself becomes a character and symbol of the paradox and unity of opposites in the MEKONG HOTEL.

 

Written and Directed by: Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
Starring: Jenjira PONGPAS, Maiyatan TECHAPARN, Sakda KAEWBUADEE, Chai BHATANA

 

-Written by Vanessa McMahon

 

 

Snapshots from my first day in Cannes, images worth 1000 words.

Diner sitting right of Tim Berners Lee (inventor of the Internet) "God" as his fellows at W3C nickname him. I gave a keynote on film and Web (Friends or Foes)

Morning moment at the City Hall with Bernard Brochand (Mayor of Cannes: my former Boss says Hi)
Meeting at Dubai Film Festival's booth at Pantiero
A quick check at Rendez Vous des Exploitants to get my badge (run by Coté Cinéma), RDV to attend Universal line up presentation
Glass of champagne with Frank, organiser of Queer Palm with some of his jury members (Moira Sullivan, filmfestivals Cannes correspondant is part of the jury)
End of the day schmoozing at the DDA party including formal meeting with woodstock film festival director and Michel Burstein PR
...Shopping at Bruno's!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bruno Chatelin

Electrolux brought culinary artistry to the Opening Gala with a dining collaboration between two Michelin star chefs; Bruno Oger and Rasmus Kofoed.

Guests Tilda Swinton and Diane Kruger enjoyed an imaginative menu from Oger and Kofoed that mixed Cannes art de vivre with Scandinavian ingenuity, all created in the Agora kitchen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frederique Pirenne, PR Director Europe, Electrolux said: “The Festival is an internationally renowned stage for originality so for the 65th anniversary we wanted to deliver an opening event that reflects the talent and inventiveness that have contributed to its success.  We’ve worked with Michelin star chefs for over 90 years, helping to support their creative endeavours in the kitchen, so it makes sense that we honour the festival with a dining experience that matches the artistry of the attendees.”

Situated next to the Palais de Festivals, the Electrolux Agora was a hub of gastronomic inspiration as it brought together Oger and Kofoed  - two chefs with different food backgrounds – as well as enabling them to create a menu that showcased modern food innovation mixed with classic technique.

Bruno Oger, owner of the Two Michelin Star Villa Archangel in Cannes, prepared the amuse bouche and main course, which showcased French intuition for ingredient combinations; whilst Bocuse d’Or Gold medal winner, Rasmus Kofoed, prepared a starter and dessert that highlighted the simple strength of Scandinavian produce.

Diners enjoyed a feast of 20 kilos of scallops, 12 kilos of truffles, 21 kilos of morelles and 45 kilos of smoked salmon sides, washed down with 4 kilos of white chocolate and 70 litres of fresh cream.
100 waiters were in charge of making sure service ran smoothly, as well as keeping 2000 glasses polished, and 3000 plates filled, emptied and cleared away. 

Menu for the Opening Gala Dinner:
Amuse Bouche
Royale de morilles au vin jaune, crème double à la truffe
Mousse of morilles mushrooms with wine and truffle cream

Starter
Dos de Saumon et Coquille Saint-Jacques au raifort à la Printanière
Smoked salmon and scallop with horseradish cream, cucumber, herbs and flowers

Main course
Jarret de Veau du Limousin cuisiné 24 heures, foie gras de canard poêlé,rattes écrasées à la truffe
Limousin veal knuckle cooked 24hours, pan fried slice of foie gras
and mashed potatoes with truffle

Dessert
Cube de Glace à la Réglisse et Fruits Rouges
Iced Cube of Liquorice with Red Fruits

Petits Fours
Bonbon Chocolat des Anges
Chocolate bonbon
Madeleine au Miel de lavande
Madeleine with lavender honey

Grand Cru Nespresso

Drinks
Champagne Piper Rosé Sauvage

Aile D'Argent 2008 (raisins issus du terroir de Château Mouton Rothschild) AOC Bordeaux blanc

Château D'Armailhac 2005 en magnum 5e Grand Cru Classé du Médoc AOC Pauillac

DE ROUILLE ET D'OS 

 

SYNOPSIS

 

Ali suddenly finds himself in charge of Sam, his 5 years old
son that he barely knows. Penniless and without friends, he leaves the north of
France to seek shelter at his sister’s in Antibes. Even though she and her
husband do not have much money, they make a room for them in their garage and
take care of Sam.

Ali finds work as a bouncer at a local nightclub. After diffusing a fight one
evening, he meets Stephanie a beautiful, self-confident woman. He takes her
home and leaves her his number. But she is a princess and he is a poor fellow.

Stephanie is a killer whale trainer at the local Marineland. After a terrible
accident one day, Ali gets an unexpected phone call from Stephanie. 

When he sees her again she is crammed into a wheelchair. She has lost both her
legs and her dreams.

Ali will share genuine moments with her, without pity, and help her to live
again.

 

CREDITS 

 

Jacques Audiard - director

Jacques Audiard - screenplay

Thomas Bidegain - screenplay

Craig Davidson - based on "de rouille et
d'os" by

Stéphane Fontaine - cinematography

Michel Barthelemy - set designer

Alexandre Desplat - music

Juliette Welfling - film editor

Brigitte Taillandier - sound

 

ACTORS

 

Marion Cotillard -
Stéphanie

Matthias Schoenaerts - Ali

Armand Verdure - Sam

Céline Sallette - Louise

Corinne Masiero - Anna

Bouli Lanners - Martial

Jean-Michel Correia - Richard

 

 

Jacques Audiard 

 

Posted by Lillian Schrock 

Jeffrey Schwarz's "Vito" will open the 30th anniversary edition of Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, it was announced today. In addition, the festival announced that John Waters will receive the 16th annual Achievement Award. The Achievement Award will be presented to Waters prior to the Opening Night Gala screening of “Vito” on Thursday, July 12 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Outfest will run July 12 – 22, 2012. Full press release below, including more programming details.   Los Angeles, May 16, 2012 – Outfest – the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media – announced today that Jeffrey Schwarz’s documentary “Vito” has been selected as the Opening Night gala of the 30th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.  “Vito” chronicles the story...

Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to Nate Meyer's romantic drama "See Girl Run," starring Robin Tunney and Adam Scott. The film made its world premiere at this year's SXSW Film Festival and is having its market premiere this week in Cannes. The company plans to release it on VOD and theatrically later this year. In the film, Tunney stars as a 30-something woman who digs deep into her romantic past to invigorate her present. Full release below: PHASE 4 FILMS ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO NATE MEYER’S SEE GIRL RUN Los Angeles, CA (May 16, 2012) – Berry Meyerowitz, President & CEO of Phase 4 Films, announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to writer-director Nate Meyer’s romance SEE GIRL RUN. The film stars Robin Tunney (The Mentalist) and Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation). Jesse Sweet, Derrick Tseng and Meyer produced the project, with David Gordon Green (PINEAPPLE...

 

 

BAAD EL MAWKEAA (AFTER THE BATTLE) 

SYNOPSIS:

Mahmoud was one of the horsemen coerced by lowly henchmen
for Mubarak's regime into carrying out attacks on protesters in Tahrir Square
on February 2, 2011.

He has since lost his job. Humiliated and ostracized, he
lives near the Pyramids with his wife and sons.

His family is on the brink of despair when he meets Reem,
a secular Egyptian divorcee who works in advertising.

She is a fervent revolutionary who lives in a wealthy
Cairo neighbourhood. Theirs is the encounter of two people, but also of two
different worlds.

CREDITS: 

Yousry Nasrallah - Director

Yousry Sasrallah - Screenplay

Omar Shama - Screenplay

Samir Bahsan - Cinematography

Mohammed Atteya - Set Designer

Tamer Karawan - Music

Mona Rabi' - Film Editor

Ibrahim Dessouky – Sound 

Yousry Nasrallah 

ACTORS:

Menna Shalaby - Reem

Bassem Samra - Mahmoud

Nahed El Sebaï - Fatma

Salah Abdallah - Haj Abdallah 

 

Posted by Lillian Schrock 

 

Cannes 2012 features many of the world's most beloved directors, both established and emerging. From Americans Wes Anderson, Andrew Dominik and Jeff Nichols, French directors Jacques Audiard, Michael Haneke, Alain Resnais and Claude Miller to Iran's Abbas Kiarostami, Mexico's Carlos Reygadas and Italy's Bernardo Bertolucci and Matteo Garrone - and that's just the start. The latest works from these directors and more feature established movie stars like Brad Pitt, Audrey Tatou, Nicole Kidman and Matthew McConaughey, last year's festival darling Jessica Chastain, and a new class of fresh talent that will be introduced to the world. To make things easy for readers, Indiewire is offering up this handy guide to all the films in the various sections of the festival. Below is a day by day guide to the official selection, as well as links to individual film pages for each festival selection, including photos, trailers, clips, and film critic grades as part of...

From the beginning, NBC's "Smash" has set itself up as a show about dichotomy, not just with its two actresses vying for the same lead role, newcomer Karen (Katharine McPhee) and experienced chorus girl Ivy (Megan Hilty), but with its very theme and format. It wants to focus on process, to showcase the effort, rehearsing and fund-gathering that goes into making a Broadway musical, but it also wants to be about backstage conniving and romantic melodramatics. It aims to be a semi-realistic look behind the scenes of the business that is show, but also to be out there in the audience happily basking in a heightened song-and-dance number. And it tries to offer two different ideas about stardom, about whether stars are born or made, via Karen and Ivy and via Marilyn Monroe, the subject of "Bombshell," the musical that they and the other characters of "Smash" are hoping to make into a hit. The series hasn't balanced any of these elements well...

 

 

 

ULTRA presents Jalpari, The Desert Mermaid at the 65th Cannes Film Festival

 

From the director of the award-winning 'I am Kalam' comes an adventure of a girl who "will dare to go where no girl has ever gone before".

 

SYNOPSIS:

A well-heeled familyfrom the tiny neighborhood of New Delhi travels from the city through dusty roads that lead into the village in Haryana, far out and buried in the debris of the past. Shreya, the tom boy of the family, finally arrives at her father's village for the first time during her vacations, that too after coaxing her father, Dev, to the best of her abilities. She and her brother, Sam, had, in their imagination, spun the villages right out of a fairytale, replete with streams, lakes and grass lands that will allow them to run free. But all they find are dusty alleys, dried up ponds and hostile playmates until they spin their magic and befriend this unknown place, especially some of its people, like the Pehelwan and the gang of kids led by Ajithe. The story revolves around Shreya and Sam's adventures and misadventures which turn this dull place bereft of water and women into a a land of enhancement, mischief and amillion exciting exploits. But unknown place have many secrets, and heretoo, secret lurk at every corner. Strangely behaving villagers, a witch whom everyone seems to be terrified of, and a no-access zone beyond thehills intrigue Shreya, more so after housemaid Shabri tellsher various mysterious stories about the village. Then one night,Shreya sees Shabri and her husband Trilochan slink away, and stars following them only to find out a horrifying secret the village harbors.

Director: Nila Madhab Panda

Writer: Deepak Venkateshan

Cast:Lehar Khan, Parvin Dabas, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Suhasini Mulay,Kishang Trivedi, Harsh Mayar, V N Badola, Rahul Singh

Producer: Sushilkumar AGRAWAL (Ultra Distributors Pvt. Ltd.)

Market Premier: 17th May,2012 at 5:30pm Palais F

Last Screening: 23rd May,2012 at 3:30pm Palais D

For an invitation, visit ULTRA DISTRIBUTORS PVT. LTD. At the Marche duFilm, Palais 01, Booth No.24.01

 

 

 

 

 

by Amanda Beals and Gina Titelman  

 

Nobody knew quite what to expect from "What's Wrong With Virginia," Dustin Lance Black's directing debut, when it premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. But few expected the critical backlash that followed. The Southern-set film, based loosely on his childhood experiences, stars Jennifer Connelly as schizophrenic mother engaged in a long-time affair with Mormon sherrif Richard Tipton (Ed Harris), who's struggling to raise her son who also has the hots for Tipton's daughter (Emma Roberts). That's a heady plot for a newbie director, but Black wasn't just any newcomer. Prior to arriving in Toronto, the California native was fresh off of winning an Oscar for penning the screenplay to "Milk." In the process he became a gay icon and had just completed collaborating with Clint Eastwood on their J. Edgar Hoover biopic. Black was experiencing a career high. That ended with the reviews for "What's Wrong With...

A year ago when Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" opened the Cannes Film Festival, no one would have ever guessed it was the beginning of a fairly amazing success story.  Released in theaters a week later, the film would go on to become Allen's highest grossing film ever, and get him his first Oscar in 25 years. "Midnight in Paris" represents the crown jewel -- at least in terms of box office -- of what turned out to be a pretty remarkable group of Cannes 2011 alums. Three films in official competition -- "Paris," "The Artist" and "Drive" -- ended up grossing north of $35 million in North America, while four ended up with $50 million+ gross worldwide. The year prior, the highest grossing film in official competiton -- in terms of North American release -- ended up being Doug Liman's "Fair Game," which took in just under $10 million Stateside. What's more, Cannes ended up one upping Toronto in...

John Woo is set to direct and produce a remake of the 1963 Yakuza film “Youth of the Beast.” Rob Frisbee wrote the adapted screenplay, titled “Day of the Beast,” which Woo will produce with Lion Rock Prods. partner Terence Chang and Nikkatsu Corporation president Naoki Sato. The English-language “Beast” takes place in a Tokyo where a mysterious Westerner gets sucked into a turf war between the Yakuza and old-school Russian mobsters. Seijun Suzuki directed the original film. “Among Nikkatsu’s 6,000+ film library, this is one of our most revered titles,” said Sato. “We have a tremendous amount of respect for Mr. Woo and are excited he is directing this film for the international market. We think this is a great way to start off the next 100 years of filmmaking history!” Lori Tilkin, Aki Sugihara and Yoko Asakura are executive producers. Lion Rock produced “Paycheck,”...

Many things at Cannes don't change, but leadership at Directors Fortnight is a different story. This year, there's a new team in town, led by artistic director Edouard Waintrop. Formerly in charge of Switzerland's Fribourg Film Festival, the longtime film critic replaced Frederic Boyer, who left Fortnight last fall after only two years following severe backlash from the French press for his programming decisions. (He's now the artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival.) No stranger to the programming game or the pressures of Cannes, Waintroup sat down with Indiewire on Wednesday afternoon, a day ahead of the festival's opening night, to share some of his thoughts about this year's 21-title lineup -- the result of watching more than 1,400 films. He knows why he got the job. "Once of the challenges was to make people speak of the Quinzaine in a positive way. That was not too much the case last year. Maybe it wasn't only a problem of...