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Cannes Watch: Jury Head Isabelle Huppert
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Actress Isabelle Huppert is the only the third woman to head the jury at the Cannes Film Festival which kicked off yesterday.
Those before her include Sophia Loren and Liv Ullmann.
It is interesting to note that there has never been a black person or As...[Read on] |
You Cannes not be serious! Speaking out about the lack of women directors
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The rumblings of dismay and dissatisfaction have coalesced and found a voice. Filmdirecting4women, an organization that supports women directors out of England has organized a petition: You Cannes Not Be Serious to show our concerted pissedoffness abo...[Read on] |
Sharon Stone and Bill Clinton Help Raise $4.5 million to Fight AIDS at Cannes
| Last night's amFAR fundraiser, at the Hotel du Cap, was the most glamorous evening of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris Opens the Cannes Film Festival
| Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Owen Wilson. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.Glamour returns to the Croisette today as the 2011 Cannes Film Festival opens and film power brokers from across the globe arrive in droves. After a somewhat lackluster 2010, Thierry ...[Read on] |
Cannes Awards: A Glamorous Night with Few Surprises (Except Javier and Penelope)
| Tim Burton leads the Cannes jury.
The Cannes Film Festival is a huge deal in France—comparable to what the Oscars are in the United States. An estimated 30,000 media, publicists, other festival directors, and a slew of support staff double the size ...[Read on] |
A Woman on the Croisette: Julie Bertuccelli’s Film The Tree to close Cannes
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The Cannes Film Festival has woken up from it’s ridiculousness — they still do not get a pass on the fact that there are no female filmmakers in the competition — and have announced the Australian film The Tree written and directed by Julie Bertucce...[Read on] |
Women at Cannes- Not Enough
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The Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 13th with actresses Isabelle Huppert as the head of the jury and of the 20 films in the official competition only three are directed by women:
Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold
Bright Star directed by Jane Cam...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood: Cannes Wrap Up
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The prizes at the Cannes Film Festival were announced over the weekend and none of the women made it to the top spot, but then again neither of the egomanics did either so that’s a plus. Andrea Arnold shared the jury prize for Fish Tank which I hear h...[Read on] |
More on Cannes and the Lack of Women Directors
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This week in Paris, women directors and others gathered for the 32nd edition of Films de Femmes where they lamented how hard it is to get distribution nowadays which seems to be a bigger issue than the gender issue. Little did they know that as they wrap...[Read on] |
Cannes Can’t – Where are the Women Directors?
| So the Cannes lineup in finalized and the abysmal showing for female directors is now set in stone. The festival added two more films to the competition lineup and not surprisingly, both were by men. That’s now 18 films competing for the Palme D’O...[Read on] |
Cannes news about women directors
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The good news is that as the Cannes Film Festival has started the press is still asking questions about why there are no women in competition.
Here are some pieces that I found that address the topic.
Jury President Tim Burton in an interview with the N...[Read on] |
The Tempest picked as NY Film Festival’s centerpiece
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The pedigree for The Tempest directed by Julie Taymor keeps growing. It will have its world premiere as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival in September, and now it has been tapped as the centerpiece film for this year’s NY Film Festival.
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New York Film Festival announces lineup with only two female directors (plus two in a group film)
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The New York Film Festival which is the centerpiece of NY’s fall film season announced its lineup today and only two women are on the docket with film’s of their own.
That’s 7.4%.
I took out the film Revolucion which has 10 directors (and two ar...[Read on] |
Lunafest- A Women’s Film Festival Near You
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The folks who bring us the yummy lunabars are also the ones behind Lunafest - a traveling festival of films by and about women - that are happening in communities across the country.
They are looking for submissions for the next festival and the deadline...[Read on] |
La Femme Film Festival opens tonight in L.A.
| La Femme Film Festival, which shines a spotlight on women's roles in the entertainment industry, opens this evening in Los Angeles at the Grove with "Love Hurts," starring Carrie-Anne Moss.
Other films in the festival, which continues through Sunday at t...[Read on] |
Jane Campion returns to Cannes
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Jane Campion is one of the few female directors who commands attention. She won the Palme d’Or back in 1993 for The Piano and returns to Cannes as one of three women out of 17 in competition for the big prize again.
Her new film Bright Star starring ...[Read on] |
Telluride Film Fest Lineup: Very Few Women Directors
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I’m getting back up to speed and decided to wade in on some fall film festivals news.
The Telluride Film Festival kicked off today and there are 24 films listed in the main lineup called “the show.” Of the 24 films announced guess how many are ...[Read on] |
Women at the Toronto Film Festival
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Toronto is one of the places where many films with year end award ambitions debut in North America. It is always one of the most interesting festivals of the year and helps kick off the awards season. Festival runs from September 10-19.
Women directed ...[Read on] |
Sunny Weekend in Cannes Brings Girls, Superheroes, and Recycling
| After two days of rain and scant attendance, girls, lamborghinis and general excess has returned to Cannes.
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The Athena Film Festival Site Launch
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Hey folks. Some of you know that I have been working my tushy off as the producer and co-creator of a new film festival that will take place this February at Barnard College in NYC.
The festival is called the Athena Film Festival and the focus is o...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood: Cannes Watch
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Here are some of the women directors and films about women that are rolling out in Cannes.
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo- Isabel Coixet
Synopsis: Ryu is a solitary girl whose fragile appearance is in stark contrast with the double life she leads, working ...[Read on] |
Human Rights Film Festival opens tomorrow
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Pamela Yates
The 20th annual Human Rights Film Festival opens in NY tomorrow with director Pamela Yates’ The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court. The festival last from June 12-June 25.
There are some great women directed an...[Read on] |
We Want Sex(ual) Equality
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Sally Hawkins
Every time I read about this film I get so excited. We Want Sex is the true story about women from the Dagenham Ford plant who struck for pay equity in 1968 England. It was announced at Cannes with some fanfare.
The film stars Sally Ha...[Read on] |
Submissions open for first-ever Tucker Center Film Festival
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Calling all filmmakers. If you’re an aspiring Steven Spielberg (or better yet Kathryn Bigel0w) then you’ll want to know about the first-ever Tucker Center Film Festival.
Presented with University of Minnesota Athletics, the festival will take place ...[Read on] |
Venice Film Festival Unveils Lineup: Very Few Women in Competition
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Last week, The Venice Film Festival unveiled its lineup for this year’s festival which will be held from September 2-12 and it is little light on the women directors.
Only 4 women directors are included in the 23 films in competition, and none are fe...[Read on] |
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