From June 13 to 21 the fest will screen the following movies in the Official Competition for the Jin Jue Awards. 白银帝国 Baiyin diguo (Empire ...
The TIFF 09 started on May 29 and will run until June 7 at Cluj Napoca, Romania and here are the films in competition. A Complete History of...
8th Transylvania International Film Festival
From June 4 to 11 in NYC this fest will screen many LGBT films, many known to this blog; but readers near NYC will be able to watch films li...
2009 Newfest
There are many films about Queens with the name Elizabeth and a few about older Queen Victoria, but as far as I can remember there are not m...
The Young Victoria
Some of you maybe remember that my favorite serious Cannes site was arte.tv, which I browse in French regularly for “good” stuff. But today ...
Absolutely Great News
What a nice, unpretentious, uplifting, enjoyable movie this is and on top, was a huge unexpected surprise as has a few very sweet and nice l...
Aanrijding in Moscou (Moscow, Belgium)
Definitively the movie has exactly the kind of comedy that I really do not like and I did watch all Peter Sellers Pink Panthers and like the...
The Pink Panther 2
From Austria let’s go to Australia where the SFF will run from June 3 to 14 and will have as the Opening Night film none other than Ken Loac...
2009 Sydney Film Festival
From June 4 to 19 the fest will take place in Vienna, Austria and will screen many movies known to the blog; but has one particularly elusiv...
15th Identities Queer Film Festival
I know that Cannes made me forget about everything else in the festivals circuit, but here comes the first news from the MIFF that recently ...
9th Milan International Film Festival Award Winners
Well, this is definitively a controversial film with a controversial story, especially for what’s happening today in America and the world. ...
A Different Story
After waiting for so long –but the wait is totally worth it- this Wayne Wang 2007 film is great to watch as not only tells a puzzling story ...
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
The fest of all fests is over and well, me too, I’m sad. But I had a great time this year. Here are the winners. Palme d’Or : Das weiße Band...
62nd Festival de Cannes Award Winners
According to Canal+ site, the closing ceremony will take place Sunday May 24 at 18:45 France time. They have a countdown clock that as of th...
2009 Cannes Closing Ceremony
I know that Takeshi Kitano is not for everyone and his fans are really “fanatic” about him. I’m not his “fanatic” fan, but I believe that so...
Akiresu to Kame (Achilles and the Tortoise)
You can say that I’m “killing” time before the Cannes closing ceremony… but feel like sharing with you some news about the business side of ...
The Business in Cannes
Some of you know my true passion for French cinema that started a long time ago, hasn’t stopped and will continue to be as always as I live....
French Nouvelle Vague
Today the jury presided by Paolo Sorrentino announced this section awards and here they are. Prix Un Certain Regard : Kynodontas (Dogtooth)...
2009 Un Certain Regard Award Winners
Today the fest announced the following awards. The Ecumenical Jury Prize : Looking for Eric , Ken Loach, UK, France, Italy, Spain and Belgiu...
2009 Cannes First Awards
The parallel section of Cannes had the awards ceremony on May 22nd and here are the winners. Feature Films Grand Prix : Adieu Gary (aka Adi...
48th Semaine de la Critique – Critics’ Week Awards Winners
I’m a little bit confused, as news are not in one place. But I’ll share what I have found from the awards that have been already announced a...
41st Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Directors Fortnight Awards Winners
More Fanny Ardant @ Cannes Now is about Tsai Ming-liang’s film Visage starring so many great French actors but in the photocall we have Fan...
Cannes News… for the last time…
I’m having so much fun this year with Cannes that I totally erased from my mind that the fest ends tomorrow! Yeah, unfortunately all good t...
2009 Cinéfondation Prizes
This is a quite short (75 minutes) film by Gianni Di Gregorio that’s simply marvelous as tells a very compelling story about a subject that ...
Pranzo di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch)
I was positively surprised to find Vincent Cassel in a Brazilian film and well, now I’m more curious than before. Check this. As for Vincent...
Cannes News – Adrift and more ... Fanny Ardant news
Lovely, very lovely film by Christophe Barratier that’s set against the historical backdrop of the French Front in a northern working class ...
Faubourg 36 (Paris 36)
To watch scenes from all (??) movies that are gay interest in Cannes check today’s video in arte.tv . It took only 62 years… hmm!
A 62 ans Cannes est plus queer que jamais...
Incredibly good movie from first time Bulgarian director Javor Gardev that definitively is not for all audiences as has a style that is tota...
Дзифт Zift
Not exactly what I was hoping for as looks and feels like a B-movie that is more suited to be shown on TV in the Lifetime channel. But I hav...
