You can find all the information concerning the events on the official website: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en.html, but if you just want to have a glimpse on the most important events I have selected some of them.
First of all, the incredible Jury: I love film festivals because they are able to put together different tastes, nationalities, languages, and people. Moreover, the selection includes some of the most acclaimed directors/actors of this and last year's, and of all time.
Steven Spielberg: President of Jury
Vidya Balan (Indian actress)
Naomi Kawase (Japanese director)
Nicole Kidman (Australian actress/producer)
Lynne Ramsay (British scriptwriter/director/producer)
Naomi Kawase (Japanese director)
Nicole Kidman (Australian actress/producer)
Lynne Ramsay (British scriptwriter/director/producer)
Daniel Auteuil (French actor/director)
Ang Lee (Taiwanese director/producer/scriptwriter)
Cristian Mungiu (Romanian scriptwriter/director/producer)
Christoph Waltz (Austrian Actor)
Ang Lee (Taiwanese director/producer/scriptwriter)
Cristian Mungiu (Romanian scriptwriter/director/producer)
Christoph Waltz (Austrian Actor)
One of my favourite events is always the projection of a restored classic, this year it's the turn of:
Cleopatra (Joseph L. Mankievicz, 1963) starring the amazing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Visions of Eight film of the Munich Olympic Games (1972).
La Reine Margot (Patrice Chéreau, 1994).
Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964).
Sanma No Aji - An Autumn Afternoon ( Yasujirô Ozu, 1962).
Le Joli Mai (Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme, 1963).
Goha (Jacques Baratier, 1957).
Lucky Luciano (Francesco Rosi, 1973).
Il Deserto dei Tartari - The Desert of the Tartars (Valerio Zurlini, 1976).
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Ted Kotcheff, 1974).
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964).
Hiroshima mon Amour (Alain Resnais, 1959).
Borom Sarret (Ousmane Sembene, 1963).
Manila in the Claws of the Light (Lino Brocka, 1975).
The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, 1973).
The Last Emperor 3D - Le Dernier Empereur (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987).
Fedora (Billy Wilder, 1978).
Plein Soleil (René Clément, 1960).
La Belle et la Bete - Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946).
Opium (Arielle Dombasle, 2013).
Two Documentaries will be shown at the Bunuel Theatre:
Con la Pata Quebrada (Diego Galàn, 2013).
A Story of Children & Film (Mark Cousins, 2013).
Last: Shepard & Dark (Treva Wurmfeld, 2013).
Not only these films will be shown not only in the presence of their restorators, but also of the directors still present today.
I have kept it as the last thing, because I am still too sad I will miss it, but one of the biggest classics screenings will have a very special Guest of Honour:
Kim Novak is presenting the restored copy of Vertigo
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Another remarkable event is The Celebration of the Centenary of Indian Cinema's Birth. India is, then, going to be the special guest country of the Festival.
The Opening Galà will see the screening of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, which I am very curious to see.
As for the Official Competition I am excited for:
Joel and Etan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis
Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur
Paolo Sorrentino's La Grande Bellezza - The Great Beauty
For this film in particular I want to give a special information for those who speak Italian, and for those who don't, but want to know more about it. One of the biggest Italian newspapers' websites: La Repubblica opened a new section called Spettacoli in which I found the script of the film's first scene.
If you have ever been to Rome, if you live there, or far away, and you just want to feel the city I suggest to read it, and get ready for what will be a fresh, thoughtful, and art film by Sorrentino starring the great Toni Servillo.
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