Cannes Classics unveils 2016 lineupApril 21, 2016 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Frederick Wiseman and Raymond Depardo will be honored, while “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist” director William Friedkin will give the annual Cinema Masterclass at the Cannes Film Festival, Variety reports. Cannes Classics, the sidebar dedicated to restored heritage films, unveiled on Wednesday, April 20 its 2016 lineup, which includes the world premiere preview of Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary about French cinema, “Voyage à travers le cinéma français.” The program will screen Depardo’s “Faits Divers” (1983) and Wiseman’s “Hospital” (1969), as well as Friedkin’s “Sorcerer” (1977) following his masterclass — hosted by film critic Michel Ciment on May 18. Pietro Germi’s “Signore & signori” and Claude Lelouch’s “Un Homme et une femme,” which both won the Palme d’or in 1966 (that year’s jury was presided over by Sophia Loren), as well as Georges Rouquier’s “Farrebique” will also play the fest. Cannes Classics will premiere new restorations of Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Solaris” and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Masculin féminin” as well as films from Kenji Mizoguchi, Marlon Brando, Jacques Becker and Mario Bava. Most of the pics will be released in theaters and on DVD/Blu-ray. The Cannes Classics program will be screened at Paris’ Les Fauvettes theater, the festival Cinema Rittrovato in Bologna and the Institut Lumière in Lyon. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |