I recall the single screening I attended years earlier, and only at the behest of an out - of -
town festival director who'd invited me.
Not exact matches
CANNES 2018: The official announcement of the 71st Cannes Film
Festival program reveals a
festival director determined to keep the French coastal
town the capital of global cinema (Click here)
While the
festival as a whole definitely calms down in the second half, there is still plenty to see and many
directors (and some stars) stay in
town for Q&A s at even repeat screenings.
Seattle
director Megan Griffiths (SIFF prizewinner for Eden in 2012) returns with a study of an adolescent girl who plots an unorthodox solution to the long absences of her military father and the wavering fidelity of her mother (played by the great Melanie Lynskey, who'll be in
town as the recipient of a
festival tribute this year).
Director Rachid Bouchareb, a long time festival favorite, has taken the general story of writer / director Jose Giovanni's 1973 film of the same title and relocated it from France to a New Mexico bord
Director Rachid Bouchareb, a long time
festival favorite, has taken the general story of writer /
director Jose Giovanni's 1973 film of the same title and relocated it from France to a New Mexico bord
director Jose Giovanni's 1973 film of the same title and relocated it from France to a New Mexico border
town.
«No red carpet, no b.s.,»
director Alexander Payne, who's on the
festival board of governors, told me at the annual opening - day brunch, held a few miles out of
town at a private residence called Gray Head.