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FINAL CUT IN VENICE: OPEN CALL

The sixth edition of the FINAL CUT IN VENICE workshop will take place from September 1 to 3 2018. The deadline for registration and for sending the working copy of the film (DVD or link) is June 15, 2018    The Open Call for Projects for the next edition of Final Cut in Venice, the workshop which supports the post-production phase for films from all African countries, Iraq, Jordan, Liban, Palestine, and Syria. The workshop is promoted by the 75th Venice International Film Festival which will take place from August 29 to September 8, in the framework of the Venice Production Bridge. The purpose of Final Cut in Venice is to provide financial support and concrete assistance in the completion of films and to offer producers and directors an opportunity to present films still in production phase to international film professionals and distributors in order to facilitate post-production and promote co-production partnership and market access. CALL FOR PROJECT is open until June 15, 2018 Courtesy:FCAAAL

71st Cannes film festival - Certain Regard Prizes-Grains,Sofia,Girl,Donbass,The dead and others won prizes

Un Certain Regard 2018 presented 18 films in competition. 6 of them were first films. The Opening film was DONBASS by Sergei Loznitsa. Under the presidency of Benicio Del Toro (Puerto Rican-American actor), the Jury was comprised of Annemarie Jacir (Palestinian director and writer), Kantemir Balagov (Russian director), Virginie Ledoyen (French actress) and Julie Huntsinger (American executive director, Telluride Film Festival).

UN CERTAIN REGARD PRIZE GRÄNS(BORDER) by Ali ABBASI     PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY SOFIA by Meryem BENMBAREK    PRIZE FOR BEST PERFORMANCE Victor POLSTER for GIRL by Lukas DHONT PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTOR Sergei Loznitsa for DONBASS JURY SPECIAL PRIZE CHUVA É CANTORIA NA ALDEIA DOS MORTOS (The Dead and The Others) by João SALAVIZA and Renée NADER MESSORA

FIPRESCI -The International Critics' Prize Cannes Film Festival 2018-Buh-Ning (Burning) by Lee Chang-Dong,Girl by Lukas DhontEgy nap (One Day) by Zsófia Szilàgyi won awards,

The International Critics' Prize 

71 st Cannes Film Festival 2018

The jury of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI, has awarded the International Critics' Prize to the following films presented at the 71tst Cannes Film Festival:

In the Official Selection:

Competition:

Buh-Ning (Burning) by Lee Chang-Dong

A visually stunning film and an emotionally complex comment on contemporary society.

Un Certain Regard:

Girl by Lukas Dhont 

For its bold integrity in tackling gender issues and displaying incredible poise – from a first-time director who describes the delicate and touching rapport in a father-son relationship wonderfully portrayed by the two actors.

To a first or second film in the parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight or La Semaine de la Critique:

Egy nap (One Day) by Zsófia Szilàgyi 

(presented in La Semaine de la Critique)

The precise camera work and the powerful mise-en-scène convey the extraordinary intensity and tension of an utterly ordinary situation with feeling, humor and drama. A remarkably confident debut.

The members of the FIPRESCI jury in Cannes 2018 are:

Michel Ciment, France – Jury president

Neusa Barbosa, Brazil

Pamela Biénzobas, Chile

Joost Broeren, The Netherlands

Rita Di Santo, UK

Houda Ibrahim, France

Elli Mastorou, Belgium

Richard Mowe, UK

Jenni Zylka, Germany

71st Cannes Film Festival Awards announced-‘Shoplifters’(Japan) Wins Palme d’Or and Spike Lee won the Grand Prix for 'BlacKkKlansman'

The curtain has come down on the 71st Festival de Cannes, which for the last 12 days has featured artists and films from all four corners of the globe on its screens. Onstage at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the Master of Ceremonies, Edouard Baer, welcomed the Feature Film Jury presided over by Cate Blanchett, for the announcement of the 2018 winners.

Then announced the awards of the 71st edition.

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’(Japan) WonPalme d’Or at Cannes.

Spike Lee won the Grand Prix for 'BlacKkKlansman',

Special Palme d'Or: Jean-Luc Godard (France, Switzerland) for "The Image Book"

The award list : Palme d’Or Shoplifters, dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda Special Palm d'Or LE LIVRE D’IMAGE (The Image book)   Jean-Luc Godard Grand Prize Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman Jury Prize Nadine Labaki, Capernaum Special Palme d’Or Jean-Luc Godard, Image Book Best Actor Marcello Fonte, Dogman Best Director Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War Best Screenplay TIE Alice Rohrwacher, Happy As Lazzaro Jafar Panahi, 3 Faces Best Actress Samal Yeslyamova, My Little One Caméra d’Or Girl, dir: Lukas Dhont Short Film Palme d’Or All These Creatures, dir: Charles Williams Special Mention: On The Border, dir: Wei Shujun

 

71st Cannes Film Festival 2018 -FIPRESCI JURY

The International Critics' Jury at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival

FIPRESCI-The International Federation of Film Critics continues to present the International Critics' Award at the Cannes Film Festival ever since its first edition, in 1946.

The FIPRESCI Jury in Cannes awards three prizes: 

one for a film in  Competition, 

another in Un Certain Regard, 

and the third prize for a first or second feature-length film in either The Critics' Week or the Directors' Fortnight.

FIPRESCI Jury is:

Michel Ciment, France – Jury president
Kerem Akca, Turkey
Neusa Barbosa, Brazil
Pamela Biénzobas, Chile
Joost Broeren, The Netherlands
Houda Ibrahim, France
Elli Mastorou, Belgium
Richard Mowe, UK
Jenni Zylka, Germany

The FIPRESCI – International Critics' Awards ceremony will be held together with the Ecumenical Jury. 

71st Festival de Cannes 2018 -opened

The Festival de Cannes opened at the Grand Théâtre Lumière with an excerpt from Pierrot le fou by Jean-Luc Godard, from which the poster for this 71^st edition was taken.

Thierry Frémaux welcomed and introduced the members of the Feature Film Jury, Chang Chen, Ava DuVernay, Robert Guédiguian, Khadja Nin, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Denis Villeneuve, Andrey Zvyagintsev and their radiant President, Cate Blanchett. Pierre Lescure had the honour of ushering in the coming decade of cinema., singer Juliette Armanet performed  Les Moulins de mon cœur, composed by Michel Legrand, and winner of the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1969.The first film in Competition, Todos Lo Saben (Everybody Knows) by Asghar Farhadi was screened after the Opening Ceremony with the director and his leading actors, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Ricardo Darín in attendance.