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The director also stars among the cast of this Single Man production distributed by Ugc, alongside Vanessa Paradis, François Damiens, Ramzy Bedia, JoeyStarr, Bouli Lanners and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. The final days of filming are underway for Cette musique ne joue pour personne, the 7th feature film by Samuel Benchetrit whose previous works include Janis & John (2003), I Always Wanted to be a Gangster, Macadam Stories (the focus of a special screening in Cannes in 2015) and Dog (presented in Locarno’s Piazza Grande in 2017). The cast stars the director himself, alongside Vanessa Paradis (nominated for the 2000 Best Actress César award for Girl on the Bridge and at her best in Heartbreaker and Knife + Heart among others), Belgium’s François...

The brilliant Yolande Moreau, Gustave Kervern and François Morel topline this Loin derrière l'Oural production, which will be sold by Films Boutique. Les Sans-dents (lit. “The Toothless”), the fourth feature by Pascal Rabaté, following Wandering Streams (2010), Holidays by the Sea (Best Director Award at Karlovy Vary in 2011) and Patchwork Family (also in competition at Karlovy Vary in 2014), is currently in post-production. Standing out among the cast are Belgium’s Yolande Moreau, Gustave Kervern, François Morel, David Salles, Charles Schneider and Vincent Martin.The story of this comedy, written by Pascal Rabaté, follows a clan living...

Matthias Schoenaerts (“The Danish Girl”), Garrett Hedlund (“Mudbound”) and Scoot McNairy (“Gone Girl”) will star in “The Sound of Philadelphia,” a story of family and loyalty set in the violent world of the Philadelphia mob.

The American crime story is adapted from the Pete Dexter book “Brotherly Love.” It is written and directed by Jérémie Guez, whose directorial debut “A Bluebird in My Heart” had its world premiere at SXSW.

The cross-generational story follows events after a young girl is killed by a reckless driver and her family seek revenge. Two decades later, Peter Flood is still tormented by his baby sister’s death. As his cousin Michael (Hedlund) grows more powerful in the hierarchy of the family crime business, a cycle of betrayal and retribution starts. Shooting gets underway in August, in Philadelphia.

Protagonist will handle international sales and present the project to buyers at the market in Cannes.

Deals in Germany, Italy, Spain, Asia for film co-starring Kristin Scott Thomas.

Source: TF1 Studio

‘In Your Hands’

TF1 Studio has announced first sales on French director Ludovic Bernard’s drama In Your Hands starring Jules Benchetrit as a talented young pianist, with a tearaway streak, struggling to fulfil his full potential.

The feature has sold to Germany (Neue Visionen), Italy (Cinema), Spain (Avalon), Belgium (Splendid Film), Switzerland (Pathé), Japan (Ccc), South Korea (Cinema de Manon) and Taiwan (Creative Century Entertainment).

TF1 Studio film team, led by Sabine Chemaly, kicked off sales on the production at the Afm last November.

Screen can also reveal a first look of Benchetrit in the lead role of Mathieu, a troublemaker from a poor background with a special talent for the piano.

Lambert Wilson co-stars as a music school director, who is captivated by Mathieu’s playing on a public piano in a train station in Paris and decides to help him...

Exclusive: Rome-based distributor Cinema pre-bought six new titles at Cannes.

Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.

The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.

Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.

“I love...

Exclusive: Rome-based distributor Cinema pre-bought six new titles at Cannes.

Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.

The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.

Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.

“I love...

Exclusive: Rome-based distributor pre-bought six new titles at Cannes.

Italian distribution veteran Valerio De Paolis may have completed the sale of his company Bim to Wild Bunch two years ago but he shows no intention of retiring on the proceeds from the deal.

The distributor has announced a slew of Cannes acquisitions for his burgeoning Rome-based distribution label Cinema.

Pre-buys at Cannes included David Robert Mitchell’s La-set thriller Under The Silver Lake; Michel Hazanavicius’s 1960s-set Jean-Luc Godard tribute Redoubtable from Wild Bunch and Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope from The Match Factory.

“I love Godard...

According to Thierry Frémaux, Cannes Film Festival Director, this past year has been an outstanding year for French production and the submissions received for consideration were of exceptional quality. Five French films are in competition in the official selection and will have the honor to be presented at the red carpet events, there are also numerous coproductions, films screening out-of-competition and others in the parallel sections.

Official Selection - In Competition

-"Standing Tall" (La tête haute) - Opening Film

Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot

World Sales: Elle Driver

World Premiere

- "Dheepan - L'homme qui n-amait plus la guerre"

Dir. Jacques Audiard

World Sales: Celluloid Dreams / Wild Bunch

World Premiere

-"The Measure of a Man" (La loi du marché)

Dir. Stéphane Brizé

World Sales :mk2

World Premiere

-"Marguerite & Julien"

Dir. Valérie Donzelli

World Sales: Wild Bunch

World Premiere

-"Mon Roi"

Dir. Maïwenn

World Sales: StudioCanal

World Premiere

- "Valley of Love"

Dir. Guillaume Nicloux

World Sales: Le Pacte

World Premiere

-"Ice and the Sky" (La Glace et le Ciel"

Dir. Luc Jacquet

World Sales: Wild Bunch

World Premiere

Short Film Competition

-"Le Repas dominical" de Céline Devaux – Sacrebleu Productions

-"Sali (Mardi) de Ziya Demirel – oriGine films – Istos Films

-"Ave Maria" de Basil Khalil – Incognito Films – Flying Moon Filmproduktion

Cinefondation

-"Léonardo" de Félix Hazeaux, Thomas Nitsche, Edward Noonan, Franck Pina, Raphaëlle Plantier – Mopa

-"Les Chercheurs" de Aurélien Peilloux – La fémis

Official Selection - Special Screenings

-"Asphalte"

Dir. Samuel Benchetrit

World Sales: TF1 International

World Premiere

-"L'esprit de l'escalier"

Dir. Elad Keidan

Israel/ France

World Sales: The Match Factory

World Premiere

-"Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mas"(Une histoire de fou)

Dir. Robert Guédiguian

World Sales: mk2

World Premiere

Official Selection - Un Certain Regard

-"I'm a Soldier" (Je suis un Soldat)

Dir. Laurent Larivière

World Sales: Le Pacte

World Premiere

-"Close Protection" (Maryland)

Dir. Alice Winocour

World Sales: Indie Sales

World Premiere

Director's Fortnight

-"In the Shadow of Women" (L'Ombre des Femmes)

Dir. Philippe Garre

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World Sales: Wild Bunch

World Premiere

-"Les Cowboys"

Dir. Thomas Bidegain

World Sales: Pathé Distribution

World Premiere

-"My Golden Days" (Trois Souvenirs de Ma Jeunesse)

Dir. Arnaud Desplechin

World Sales: Le Pacte

World Premiere

-"Fatima"

Dir. Philippe Faucon

World Sales: Pyramide International

World Premiere

Short Films

-"Calme ta joie" de Emmanuel Laskar – Ecce Films

-"Pitchoune" Reda Kateb – 31 Juin Films

Critic's Week

-"The Anarchists" (Les Anarchists) - Opening Film

Dir. Elie Wajeman

World Sales: Wild Bunch

World Premiere

-"The Wakhan Front" (Ni le Ciel, Ni la Terre)

Dir.Clément Cogitore

World Sales: Indie Sales

World Premiere

-"Les Deux Amis"

Dir. Louis Garrel

World Sales: Indie Sales

World Premiere

-"Learn By Heart" (La Vie en Grand)

Dir. Mathieu Vadepied

World Sales: Gaumont

World Premiere...

Natalie Portman is no stranger to the world of directing, having helmed two short features in the past, most notably a segment in the romantic melange New York, I love You. However, the actress-cum-filmmaker is now primed to make her directorial debut with the feature-length adaptation, A Tale of Love and Darkness.

Lifted from the pages of Amos Oz’s acclaimed 2002 autobiographical novel, Portman’s involvement in the project is multi-faceted. Not only will the Thor: The Dark World star call the shots from behind the lens, Love and Darkness will see her work on the screenplay and star in the film as Fania Oz. In essence, the movie will center around a journalist and writer, who takes a stand as an advocate of a potential two-state solution to the longstanding conflict between Israel and Palestine. A timely feature, then, and with a worldwide premiere pegged for Cannes, Portman will...

The Festival de Cannes has announced the lineup for the official selection, including the Competition and Un Certain Regard sections, as well as special screenings, for the 68th edition of the festival:

COMPETITIONOpening Night: La Tête Haute (Emmanuelle Bercot) (Out of Competition)Dheepan (Temporary title) (Jacques Audiard)La loi du marché (Stéphane Brizé)Marguerite et Julien (Valérie Donzelli)The Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone)Carol (Todd Haynes)The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien)Mountains May Depart (Jia Zhangke)Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda)Macbeth (Justin Kurzel)The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos)Mon Roi (Maïwenn)Mia Madre (Nanni Moretti)Saul Fia (László Nemes)Youth (Paolo Sorrentino)Louder than bombs (Joachim Trier)The Sea of Trees (Gus Van Sant)Sicario (Denis Villeneuve)Cronic (Michel Franco)The Valley of Love (Guillaume Nicloux)

Un Certain REGARDOpening Night: An (Naomi Kawase)Asphalte (Samuel Benchetrit)Fly Away Solo (Neeraj Ghaywan)Rams (Grímur Hákonarson)Journey to the Shore (Kiyoshi Kurosawa...

Australia hasn.t had a film in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival since 2011 but Justin Kurzel will fly the flag with Macbeth at next month.s festival.

Michael Fassbender plays the troubled Scottish king and Marion Cotillard is Lady Macbeth in the Shakespearian drama produced by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.

The UK production financed by Studiocanal and Film4 will be released in Oz by Transmission Films, probably in October.. Kurzel's Snowtown screened during Critics Week in Cannes in 2011, where it got a special mention and he was nominated for the Golden Camera award for best first feature.

Also among the 17 titles competing for the Palme d'Or is Carol, Todd Haynes. lesbian romance set in 1950s New York, which stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson.

Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel about a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life and falls for an older,...

The Official Selection of the 68th Festival de Cannes was announced this Thursday, 16 April during the press conference held by Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux in Paris. Opening film : Emmanuelle Bercot La TÊTE Haute (Standing Tall) Out of Comp. 2h00 *** Jacques Audiard Dheepan (Temporary Title) 1h49 Stéphane BRIZÉ La Loi Du MARCHÉ (A Simple Man) 1h32 Valérie Donzelli Marguerite Et Julien (Marguerite And Julien) 1h50 Matteo Garrone Il Racconto Dei Racconti (The Tale Of Tales) 2h05 Todd Haynes Carol 1h58 Hou Hsiao Hsien Nie Yinniang (The Assassin) 2h00 Jia Zhang-Ke Shan He Gu Ren (Moutains May Depart) 2h00 Kore-eda Hirokazu Umimachi Diary (Our Little Sister) 2h03 Justin Kurzel MacBeth 1h53 Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster 1h58 MAÏWENN Mon Roi 2h10 Nanni Moretti Mia Madre 1h42 László Nemes Saul Fia (Son Of Saul) 1 er film 1h47 Paolo Sorrentino Youth 1h58 Joachim Trier Louder Than Bombs 1h45 Gus Van Sant The Sea Of Trees...

The 68th Cannes Film Festival is now little under a month away, and Variety has the skinny on the event’s impressive line-up, which includes Carol and French comedy-drama La Tete Haute – itself set to open the festival on May 13 – not to mention the likes of Pixar’s emotional animation Inside Out and Mad Max: Fury Road screening out of competition.

For a full rundown of those candidates in question, you can consult the list down below. Due to take place from May 13 to May 25, it’s expected that more films will be added to the cinematic selection in the coming days, but already the billing is chock full of eye-catching releases. Interestingly, the aforementioned La Tete Haute will be the first festival opener since 1987 to be directed by a female filmmaker, in this case, Emmanuelle Bercot.

The 68th Cannes Film Festival will begin on May 13 and run right through...

The lineup for the 68th Annual Cannes Film Festival was unveiled Thursday morning, with announcements for the competition, Un Certain Regards and Out of Competition categories all included. Among this year’s lineup are new films from Todd Haynes, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Matteo Garrone, Jia Zhang-Ke, Gus Van Sant, Denis Villeneuve and more.

Out of Competition, Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, George Miller’s blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road, and the new Pixar film Inside Out, will all be making their World Premieres.

In competition and in the Un Certain Regard, some of the highlights include Todd Haynes’ Carol, his first film since 2007’s I’m Not There, and Gus Van Sant’s The Sea of Trees, with him making his first return to the festival since 2011, and the first time he is back in Competition since Paranoid Park was nominated for the Palme D’Or in 2007.

Actress Natalie Portman...

The full lineup for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival has been revealed.

Pixar's latest offering Inside Out, the previously-mentioned Mad Max: Fury Road, Woody Allen's Irrational Man and Todd Haynes's Carol have been confirmed for the 11-day festival in the south of France next month.

Amy Winehouse documentary Amy, from Senna director Asif Kapadia, the Michael Fassbender-led Macbeth and Gus Van Sant and Matthew McConaughey's The Sea of Trees are also among the festival highlights.

Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness will premiere out of competition.

The 68th annual Cannes Film Festival will run from May 13 - May 24. Read the full screening lineup below:

Opening night film

La Tête Haute (Emmanuelle Bercot)

In competition

Dheepan (Jacques Audiard)

A Simple Man (Stephane Brize)

Marguerite and Julien (Valerie Donzelli)

The Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone)

Carol (Todd Haynes)

The Assassin (Hou Hsiao Hsien)

Mountains...

Once again, the world is coming to Cannes and with it some of the more anticipated films of the year. Festival du Cannes President Pierre Lescure and General Delgate (aka Festival Director) Thierry Fremaux revealed this year's main competition and Un Certain Regard slates during a long and rambling press conference early this morning and a number of American auteurs are once again in the mix. Todd Haynes' "Carol" with Cate Blancehtt, Gus Van Sant's "Sea of Trees" with Matthew McConaughey, Woody Allen's "Irrational Man" with Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, Pixar's "Inside Out," Denis Villeneuve's "Sicario" with Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, Justin Kurzel's "Macbeth" with Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman's "A Tale of Love and Darkness" are some of the initial highlights from today's announcement that will perk the ears of American audiences. The festival previously announced that George Miller...