Coen Brothers, Polanski, Soderbergh films in Cannes lineupApril 18, 2013 - 15:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Only God Forgives” and Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” are among the films screening in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, director Thierry Fremaux announced, according to TheWrap. In a surprise, Steven Sobergergh’s HBO movie “Behind the Candleabra,” starring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his lover Scott Thorson, was given a slot in the main competition; it was widely thought to be a prime candidate for an out-of-competition screening. Also making the cut at the year's most prestigious festival: "Le Passe," the new film from "A Separation" director Asghar Farhadi; "The Immigrant," the first film in five years from James Gray; and "Wara No Tate" from prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike. Roman Polanski landed two films at Cannes, the competition entry “Venus in Furs” and a special screening of “Week End of a Champion.” Only one film directed by a woman, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi's "Un Chateau en Italie," made the main competition lineup. A number of female directors, including Claire Denis and Sofia Coppola, will be represented in the Un Certain Regard section. The Coen brothers and Soderbergh are the only past Palme d'Or winners in the main competition. Payne is returning to the Croisette after a stint on the Cannes jury last year. The Un Certain Regard section will include a couple of films directed by actors: Valeria Golino’s “Miele” and James Franco’s “As I Lay Dying.” This year’s Sundance sensation and Weinstein Company pickup, “Fruitvale Station” (formerly titled “Fruitvale”) will also receive an UCR slot. Special screenings will include the Polanski film as well as James Toback’s “Seduced and Abandoned” and Stephen Frears’ “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight.” Films screening out of competition include "All Is Lost" from "Margin Call" writer-director J.C. Chandor and "Blood Ties" from French director Guillaume Canet. The films, said Fremaux, were chosen from 1,858 films submitted to the festival. 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. |