  Moonrise Kingdom to open Cannes Film Festival March 9, 2012 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - This year's Cannes Film Festival is opening with a New England accent. Cannes organizers said Friday, March 9 that American filmmaker Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" will kick off the 12-day festival. The movie, starring Bruce Willis and Bill Murray, portrays two young lovers who decide to run away. It was filmed in Rhode Island and is set in the 1960s in a small coastal town in New England. Anderson's past films include "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," which received an Oscar nomination in 2010 for best animated feature film. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti is president of the jury this year at Cannes. The festival runs May 16-May 27, The Associated Press reported.   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 |  Topic 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. |
