Cannes readies glitzy return with lockdown films in the mix
Sean Penn and Wes Anderson will exist among heavy hitters vying for the Cannes Film Festival'due south top honour in July, when the cinema showcase is hoping international stars volition be able to mingle at parties on the French riviera again.
Organisers of the world's biggest film festival said on Thursday (Jun 3) they were confident of being able to host dinners and beach screenings aslope the main contest as some COVID-19 measures are lifted in French republic.
Usually held in May, the extravaganza was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, and will run betwixt Jul 6 and 17 this yr. While in that location will exist no "kissing at the meridian of the red carpet", restrictions should non be as well onerous, festival director Thierry Fremaux said.
Travellers from some countries such as United kingdom are still facing quarantine measures in France for now, simply there volition no longer be evening curfews.
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After a Hollywood-heavy edition of Cannes in 2019, the comeback line-up features fewer big-name Usa stars.
The selection competing for the Palme d'Or features some films anchored in COVID-nineteen times, with characters wearing face masks.
"Movie house will also take been marked past this," Fremaux told a news conference.
French director Catherine Corsini's La Fracture is set in a hospital in the nowadays day.
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Highlights volition include The French Dispatch past Wes Anderson, known for his quirky The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Anderson's latest film, about a fictional US newspaper office in French republic starring Neb Murray and Tilda Swinton, has been delayed since 2019.
Flag Day, a drama directed past Sean Penn, will also be among the 24 films competing, with a jury headed by US filmmaker Spike Lee.
Italy's Nanni Moretti, who won in 2001, returns with Tre Piani, while Paul Verhoeven will present Benedetta, about a dearest story in a convent.
Adam Commuter and Marion Cotillard star in Annette, a musical past Leos Carax that volition premiere on the opening night.
French directors Francois Ozon and Jacques Audiard volition too be presenting films, as volition Iran'south Asghar Farhadi, Russia's Kirill Serebrennikov and Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who won the Palme d'Or in 2010.
Outside the competition, Oliver Stone will screen a reworked version of his 1991 political thriller JFK, with new textile.
Oscar-winner Jodie Foster, who first walked the red carpet at Cannes as a thirteen-year-old when she starred in Taxi Driver, volition be presented with an honorary Palme d'Or.
Cannes' organisers have long been at loggerheads with streaming giant Netflix, which produces its ain films and has shown them some at festivals, but has objected to strict French rules about giving films in contest a picture palace release.
Fremaux said 2 Netflix movies had been possible Cannes contenders, but no agreement had been reached on how to showcase them.
(Source: Reuters)
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