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Canadians set to soar at Cannes 2014
Monday April 21st 2014The maple leaf will be flying high over the palm trees at next month’s Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
A record three films by Canadian directors — David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, Atom Egoyan’s The Captive and Xavier Dolan’s Mommy — will compete against 15 other films for the Palme d’Or at the 67th edition of the annual celebration of cinema on the French Riviera.
They’ll be in the hunt along with such fellow auteurs as Jean-Luc Godard (Goodbye to Language), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Ken Loach (Jimmy’s Hall), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep) and the Dardenne Bros. (Two Days, One Night) for the film prize considered second only to the Best Picture Oscar for prestige.
And there’s more Canuck content amongst the films in the Cannes Official Selection, announced at a press conference Thursday in Paris by festival director Thierry Frémaux and members of his programming team.
Ryan Gosling, the Ontario-born actor, will make his directorial debut with Lost River (formerly titled How to Catch a Monster) in the Un Certain Regard sidebar program, which has its own set of awards.
Canadians normally have to settle for a single slot amongst the highly competitive and worldwide Palme competition, and sometimes not even that — there was no Canuck challenger in last year’s contest.
“This year’s Cannes festival is truly a monumental occasion for Canadian filmmakers,” said Carolle Brabant, the executive director of Telefilm Canada.
“This is the strongest presence we’ve ever had, and a true testament to the exceptional vision and tremendous artistry of our country’s filmmakers. Canadians should feel very proud.”
Cannes regular Egoyan said he’s pleased to be back in the Palme competition, which he last participated in with Adoration in 2008.
“It is always an honour to be in competition in Cannes,” the Toronto filmmaker said in a news release.
“I am especially proud to be working with such an amazing team of actors, as well as my family of creative partners who helped bring the vision for The Captive to life.”
The film, which the Cannes announcement refers to as Captives, is a psychological thriller about a family torn by the kidnapping of a young girl. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, Alexia Fast and Bruce Greenwood.
Cronenberg’s L.A.-set Maps to the Stars also has a family theme, billed as a dark satire of Hollywood neurotics and narcissists, with the words “twisted” and “psychotic” popping up in the official synopsis. It stars Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack and Mia Wasikowska, and it’s the latest of many Palme attempts by the Toronto filmmaker who last competed with Cosmopolis in 2012.
Montreal wunderkind Dolan makes his Palme competition debut with Mommy, another family-themed movie, but at the tender age of 25 this is his fourth film to premiere at Cannes. It stars Suzanne Clément, Anne Dorval and Antoine-Olivier Pilon.
Dolan was reportedly so annoyed that his 2012 film Laurence Anyways didn’t make that year’s Palme competition, he took last year’s Tom at the Farm to the Venice Film Festival instead.
“Érection,” Dolan saucily tweeted to a friend Thursday morning, after word broke that Mommy had been selected for the Palme competition.
Source: Toronto Star
Headline, Industry News
Canadians set to soar at Cannes 2014
Monday April 21st 2014The maple leaf will be flying high over the palm trees at next month’s Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
A record three films by Canadian directors — David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, Atom Egoyan’s The Captive and Xavier Dolan’s Mommy — will compete against 15 other films for the Palme d’Or at the 67th edition of the annual celebration of cinema on the French Riviera.
They’ll be in the hunt along with such fellow auteurs as Jean-Luc Godard (Goodbye to Language), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Ken Loach (Jimmy’s Hall), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep) and the Dardenne Bros. (Two Days, One Night) for the film prize considered second only to the Best Picture Oscar for prestige.
And there’s more Canuck content amongst the films in the Cannes Official Selection, announced at a press conference Thursday in Paris by festival director Thierry Frémaux and members of his programming team.
Ryan Gosling, the Ontario-born actor, will make his directorial debut with Lost River (formerly titled How to Catch a Monster) in the Un Certain Regard sidebar program, which has its own set of awards.
Canadians normally have to settle for a single slot amongst the highly competitive and worldwide Palme competition, and sometimes not even that — there was no Canuck challenger in last year’s contest.
“This year’s Cannes festival is truly a monumental occasion for Canadian filmmakers,” said Carolle Brabant, the executive director of Telefilm Canada.
“This is the strongest presence we’ve ever had, and a true testament to the exceptional vision and tremendous artistry of our country’s filmmakers. Canadians should feel very proud.”
Cannes regular Egoyan said he’s pleased to be back in the Palme competition, which he last participated in with Adoration in 2008.
“It is always an honour to be in competition in Cannes,” the Toronto filmmaker said in a news release.
“I am especially proud to be working with such an amazing team of actors, as well as my family of creative partners who helped bring the vision for The Captive to life.”
The film, which the Cannes announcement refers to as Captives, is a psychological thriller about a family torn by the kidnapping of a young girl. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, Alexia Fast and Bruce Greenwood.
Cronenberg’s L.A.-set Maps to the Stars also has a family theme, billed as a dark satire of Hollywood neurotics and narcissists, with the words “twisted” and “psychotic” popping up in the official synopsis. It stars Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack and Mia Wasikowska, and it’s the latest of many Palme attempts by the Toronto filmmaker who last competed with Cosmopolis in 2012.
Montreal wunderkind Dolan makes his Palme competition debut with Mommy, another family-themed movie, but at the tender age of 25 this is his fourth film to premiere at Cannes. It stars Suzanne Clément, Anne Dorval and Antoine-Olivier Pilon.
Dolan was reportedly so annoyed that his 2012 film Laurence Anyways didn’t make that year’s Palme competition, he took last year’s Tom at the Farm to the Venice Film Festival instead.
“Érection,” Dolan saucily tweeted to a friend Thursday morning, after word broke that Mommy had been selected for the Palme competition.
Source: Toronto Star
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Headline, Industry News
Canadians set to soar at Cannes 2014
Monday April 21st 2014The maple leaf will be flying high over the palm trees at next month’s Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25).
A record three films by Canadian directors — David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, Atom Egoyan’s The Captive and Xavier Dolan’s Mommy — will compete against 15 other films for the Palme d’Or at the 67th edition of the annual celebration of cinema on the French Riviera.
They’ll be in the hunt along with such fellow auteurs as Jean-Luc Godard (Goodbye to Language), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Ken Loach (Jimmy’s Hall), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep) and the Dardenne Bros. (Two Days, One Night) for the film prize considered second only to the Best Picture Oscar for prestige.
And there’s more Canuck content amongst the films in the Cannes Official Selection, announced at a press conference Thursday in Paris by festival director Thierry Frémaux and members of his programming team.
Ryan Gosling, the Ontario-born actor, will make his directorial debut with Lost River (formerly titled How to Catch a Monster) in the Un Certain Regard sidebar program, which has its own set of awards.
Canadians normally have to settle for a single slot amongst the highly competitive and worldwide Palme competition, and sometimes not even that — there was no Canuck challenger in last year’s contest.
“This year’s Cannes festival is truly a monumental occasion for Canadian filmmakers,” said Carolle Brabant, the executive director of Telefilm Canada.
“This is the strongest presence we’ve ever had, and a true testament to the exceptional vision and tremendous artistry of our country’s filmmakers. Canadians should feel very proud.”
Cannes regular Egoyan said he’s pleased to be back in the Palme competition, which he last participated in with Adoration in 2008.
“It is always an honour to be in competition in Cannes,” the Toronto filmmaker said in a news release.
“I am especially proud to be working with such an amazing team of actors, as well as my family of creative partners who helped bring the vision for The Captive to life.”
The film, which the Cannes announcement refers to as Captives, is a psychological thriller about a family torn by the kidnapping of a young girl. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, Alexia Fast and Bruce Greenwood.
Cronenberg’s L.A.-set Maps to the Stars also has a family theme, billed as a dark satire of Hollywood neurotics and narcissists, with the words “twisted” and “psychotic” popping up in the official synopsis. It stars Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack and Mia Wasikowska, and it’s the latest of many Palme attempts by the Toronto filmmaker who last competed with Cosmopolis in 2012.
Montreal wunderkind Dolan makes his Palme competition debut with Mommy, another family-themed movie, but at the tender age of 25 this is his fourth film to premiere at Cannes. It stars Suzanne Clément, Anne Dorval and Antoine-Olivier Pilon.
Dolan was reportedly so annoyed that his 2012 film Laurence Anyways didn’t make that year’s Palme competition, he took last year’s Tom at the Farm to the Venice Film Festival instead.
“Érection,” Dolan saucily tweeted to a friend Thursday morning, after word broke that Mommy had been selected for the Palme competition.
Source: Toronto Star
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