Isabelle Huppert, Viggo Mortensen to attend Cannes Week in Buenos Aires November 15, 2016 - 16:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The presence of Isabelle Huppert and Viggo Mortensen figure among the highlights of the 3rd Cannes Festival Film Week which runs Nov. 28-Dec. 4 in Buenos Aires, Variety reports. Programmed and presented with verve by Cannes topper Thierry Fremaux, the event forms part of the 8th Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest film mart-meet, organized by Argentina’s INCAA Film Institute and Cannes Film Festival and Market. Six standout titles from the 2016 Cannes’ Official Selection that have not been released in Argentina will screen at Espacio INCAA Cine Gaumont, an 800-seat movie theater in downtown Buenos Aires. Screenings are often packed. The 3rd Week kicks-off Nov. 28 with Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner, social-realist drama “I, Daniel Blake.” Isabelle Huppert, the star of Paul Verhoeven’s psychological thriller “Elle,” France’s foreign language Oscar entry, will present Nov. 30 the Argentine premiere of the film. She will also deliver a masterclass alongside Thierry Fremaux on Thursday Dec. 1. Viggo Mortensen, the driving force behind Matt Ross’ family drama “Captain Fantastic,” a best director winner at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard this year, will present the movie Nov. 29 and then take part in an audience Q & A. Further screenings at this year’s Cannes Festival Film Week in Buenos Aires include: On Dec. 3, Maren Ade’s multi-laurelled dramedy “Toni Erdmann,” a Sony Pictures Classics pickup for North America and Latin America. A breakout Cannes competition hit and Germany’s Oscar candidate, “Erdmann” won the 2016 Intl. Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) Grand Prix. Xavier Dolan’s “It’s Only the End of the World,” which earned the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, screens Dec. 2; Yeon Sang-Ho’s Korean zombie blockbuster “Train to Busan” (Dec. 1) also screens at the Week. The Cannes Week in Buenos Aires builds on the European Film Week Thierry Fremaux launched in 2009, parallel to the inaugural Ventana Sur. The event changed its moniker to Cannes Festival Film Week in 2014, when the European discontinued its support broadened its scope to take in films from around the globe.   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 Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide  Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.”Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
