Cannes Directors Fortnight to feature "Congress" Stanislaw Lem adaptation April 20, 2013 - 14:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ari Folman will open the Cannes Film Festival's Directors Fortnight section with his new film "The Congress", TheWrap said. Like Folman's 2008 film "Waltz with Bashir," "The Congress" is a hybrid of live action and animation. It centers on an aging actress who agrees to have her body digitized in order to support her disabled child. As part of the agreement she signs, the actress surrenders control of her likeness to the studio that buys the rights to her digital form. Derivative, it certainly is not. "The Congress" is an adaptation of Polish writer Stanislaw Lem's "The Futurological Congress." The film's impressive cast includes Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Paul Giamatti and Danny Huston. The Directors' Fortnight will run from May 16 to May 26. Cannes will announce the section's full lineup next week.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
