68th Cannes Film Festival The CICAE will attend the 68th edition of Cannes Film Festival with a calendar full of events and meetings addressed to the members of the network, the partners and the invited guests.
The celebrations organised for the 60th anniversary of the Confederation’s foundation will continue also on the Croisette with the following meetings:
CICAE’s Ordinary General Assembly: on Thursday, May 14th 2015, from 9.30am to 1pm at the Grand Hôtel (salon Majorelle), 45 bd de La Croisette, 06401 Cannes
Board Meeting (for the elected directors): on Thursday, May 14th 2015 from 3pm to 5pm at the Grand Hôtel (salon Majorelle), 45 bd de La Croisette, 06401 Cannes
Screenings of 9 films from the parallel sections: organised within the framework of the AFCAE days.
Cocktail for the CICAE’s 60th anniversary: on Monday, May 18th 2015, from 7pm to 9pm at the German Pavillon, Marché du Film (for partners).
Stand Art et Essai at the Marché du Film: Come to visit us from the 13th to the 22nd of May at the Stand Art et Essai CICAE / AFCAE (Palais du Festival, niv. -1)
CICAE Jury at the Directors’ Fortnight: the partnership with the Directors’ Fortnight has been confirmed!
The CICAE jury, formed by three exhibitors of the network, will grant the CICAE Art Cinema Award to the best feature film of the 2015 selection. The aim of this prize is to discover those films considered relevant for their quality and for their big potential to reach a big audience and share the discovery with all the members of the network. So, this Directors’ Fortnight will unfold in the shadow of women. Not only because Philippe Garrel’s wonderful film, which bears that title, will be our opening film, but also because this year in particular, there will be a multitude of feminine protagonists in the lineup of features and short films from around the world. Importantly, there will be three first films by young female directors Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Chloé Zhao and Marcia Tambutti. These first films, Mustang, Beyond My Grandfather Allende and Songs My Brother Taught Me, were obvious choices for us because of their highly charged Romanesque nature, their sensitivity and scope. Many female characters have also stirred filmmakers and lighted up films both by women and their male counterparts - Philippe Garrel (In the Shadow of Women), Arnaud Desplechin (My Golden Days), Philippe Faucon (Fatima), Nabil Ayouch (Much Loved), Jaco Van Dormael (The Brand New Testament) and Sharunas Bartas (Peace to Us in Our Dreams). Directors’ Fortnight 2015 -
Édouard Waintrop’s Editorial
All the CICAE meetings // And yet, you don’t put together a selection like ours based on a single principle. What moved us about these films was, above all, the emotion they radiate, the passion that informs them, and sometimes the way they surprised us. We were enthused by the fireworks set off by Miguel Gomes in his Arabian Nights to evoke the suffering of the Portuguese people, subjected to an unjust austerity programme. The very young Magnus von Horn surprised us with his terribly dramatic first film Efterskalv. We were also surprised by the way that the young Jeremy Saulnier managed to multiply the strands and captivate us with Green Room. Fernando León de Aranoa enchanted us with A Perfect Day (an ironic title), by hisdeft intertwining of personal destinies and that of a nation exhausted by a decimating war. Thomas Bidegain grabbed hold of an uncommonly wide-ranging narrative to tell a very contemporary story. Rick Famuyiwa’s images collided with the clichés of American movies in a hip, funky, geeky comedy. Takashi Miike took us on a wild ride, a free for all brawl of everyone against everyone, including yakuzas and vampires. And finally, Ciro Guerra navigated us down the mysterious Amazon as seen through the eyes of a mesmerising shaman.
This is what makes cinema great!!!
The CICAE International jury in Cannes will be formed by: Francesca Bolognesi, Académie de France à Rome - Villa Medici (Rome, Italy) Matthias Damm, Casablanca Filmkunsttheater (Nuernberg, Germany) Myriam Djebour Roumier, Cinéma Les Carmes (Orléans, France)