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Does anyone here follow any of the major film festivals every year? Depending on the festival, they can function as a showcase of new works by some of the best people working in the film industry today, and a good sign of what to look forward to (most films that premiere at festivals can take a bit of time before they come out, or might not even have a distributor yet). There are too many film festivals to try and speak on all of them, so here I'll just focus on the "big 5" that tend to be the biggest launching pads for films each year.  Sundance Film Festival Where: Park City, Utah When: January Info: Co-founded by Robert Redford in the 1970s, the Sundance Film Festival (and the Sundance Institute) is pretty much the festival for US independent filmmakers, and the biggest international film festival in the States. While the festival line-up covers a wide range of films and TV shows from the US and around the world, it's the US Dramatic Competition that always gets the most attention, as it's usually dedicated to showcasing new names and can launch the careers of some major names. Top Prize(s): Grand Jury Prize and Audience Awards for the US Dramatic Competition. What's Played: Look no further than this year to see how much Sundance can help a film. Sian Heder's CODA played in the 2021 edition, won both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards, got bought by Apple for $25 million (the highest price ever paid for a Sundance title), and went on to win three Oscars including Best Picture. Filmmakers who had their first movies play at Sundance include The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, and Steven Soderbergh, to name a few. And if you want to look beyond the Oscars or arthouse cred, Sundance helped people like Colin Trevorrow and Jon Watts go from modest indie features to helming the Jurassic Park and Spider-Man franchises. In other words, Sundance helps launch the careers of lots of people, for better and worse.  Berlin International Film Festival (or Berlinale) Where: Berlin, Germany When: February Info: Founded in the 1950s during the Cold War, the Berlinale tends to get less attention than the other "big 3" European festivals, mainly because its timing puts it in a unique position to do its own thing. Taking place just one month after Sundance, the programming tends to be more adventurous and less awards season focused than Sundance, Cannes, or Venice. This makes it a more interesting blend of mainstream and arthouse interests, like when Meryl Streep served as jury president the year the festival put an 8-hour film in competition. Top Prize(s): The Golden Bear, which is the top prize given by the festival jury to a film in the main competition. There are other sections of the festival dedicated to more specific types of films (Panorama for international titles, Generation for movies geared to kids/teens, Forum for avant-garde/experimental), but the Competition is the main event. What's Played: Go through Berlin's history and you'll see some of the greatest filmmakers of all-time have played: Godard, Bergman, Fassbinder, and plenty more.  Cannes Film Festival Where: Cannes, France When: May Info: Founded 75 years ago, Cannes remains the ultimate event for international film every year. Other festivals try to come close, but they can't match the influence Cannes has on the film industry every year. The main event is the festival's Official Competition, which is where every major auteur wants to show their new work, but Cannes is much bigger than that. There's Un Certain Regard (a sort of B-tier competition usually reserved for newer directors, seen as a sort of audition round for directors who eventually want to get an invite to the Competition); the Special Screenings/Out of Competition Screenings where more mainstream fare can get a glitzy red carpet premiere; and then the parallel sections Critics' Week (reserved for directors with first or second features), and the Directors Fortnight (a parallel festival that some people think offers a better selection than the Official Competition itself). Top Prize(s): The Palme d'Or (Golden Palm), pretty much the biggest prize you can get as a filmmaker. What's Played: Some of the greatest films of all-time. We can just look to 2019, where Bong Joon-ho's Parasite took the festival by storm, won the Palme, and rode that momentum to a Best Picture win at the Oscars. But here's just a sample of directors who have won the Palme d'Or in the past: Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Akira Kurosawa, Jane Campion, Abbas Kiarostami, Luis Bunuel, and much more. Most of the greatest filmmakers since the 50s have played at Cannes in one form or another.  Venice Film Festival Where: Venice, Italy When: August to September Info: It's the oldest film festival in the world (started in the 1930s), and it ranks second to Cannes in terms of status/prestige on the world stage. Like Berlin and Cannes, the festival is comprised of multiple sections (including Out of Competition screenings for bigger titles that may want the glitz/glamour of a red carpet premiere but none of the scrutiny of being in competition), but everyone focuses in on the Official Competition. Over the last decade or more, Venice has situated itself as a great launching point for Hollywood titles they want to push during Oscar season, much to the chagrin of Cannes and other festivals hoping to do the same (see next festival). Top Prize(s): The Golden Lion. Some people also pay attention to the Volpi Cups, which the jury gives out to the best actor and actress of the competition, as sometimes it can throw a performance into consideration for Oscar season. What's Played: Much like Cannes and Berlin, you only need to glance through the prior years competitions to see some of cinema's greatest names: Renoir, Rossellini, Resnais, Tarkovsky, Antonioni, Rohmer, Varda, and lots more. And then there's Joker, which somehow won the Golden Lion in 2019.  Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Where: Toronto, Canada When: September Info: TIFF started out in the 1970s as the "Festival of Festivals," where it aimed to bring the best films from other international festivals to audiences in Toronto. In the decades since, it's grown considerably to the point where (pre-pandemic) it shows hundreds of features each year due to doubling as a film market. TIFF is the one outlier on this list of 5, since it isn't very competition focused, mostly plays films that already premiered elsewhere, and can sometimes get overshadowed by Venice as a starting point for Oscars season. But TIFF has an advantage in its sheer size/quantity of titles playing, and its emphasis on accessibility to the public. Sometimes called the People's Festival, the entire lineup is open to the public if they're willing to buy (expensive) tickets for it. It's the biggest opportunity for people to get the festival experience themselves in North America, as the other big fests are either too far away/expensive to access or limited to the industry. Top Prize(s): The People's Choice Award, which can sometimes be used as a barometer for what might become a frontrunner for the Oscars since it's voted on entirely by the public. What's Played: Because TIFF isn't as focused on premiere status, most of what plays at Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, and Venice winds up here every year. They do have world premieres though, and in some cases the festival showcased some films that went on to big things like Slumdog Millionaire and 12 Years a Slave. Other Film Festivals Slamdance: A parallel festival to Sundance in Park City, it started out as a place for genre films (since Sundance didn't usually show these films in their lineups). Now it's more of a smaller scale festival for scrappy indies that has a few hidden gems among its lineup every year. Rotterdam: Set in the Netherlands every January, it's a massive festival with its own competition but has a reputation of being comprised of titles that probably got rejected by Berlin (which isn't really a big deal). Its timing between Sundance and Berlin means it gets less attention from North American media, but it shows a lot of strong stuff. South by Southwest (SXSW): An extension of the famous music festival in Austin, Texas, SXSW has gained reputation and momentum over the years into a sort of smaller sibling of Sundance. Locarno: The small Swiss town built up a great rep with cinephiles for playing a mixture of big, mainstream fare and more esoteric/experimental titles over the years, but a recent change in leadership has seen a shift towards more genre oriented fare. Telluride: Set over one weekend at a ski resort in Colorado, it's a highly exclusive affair geared toward Oscar voters, who show up to rub shoulders with the slew of talent that attends every year. For years they've been TIFF's greatest enemy due to its timing right before TIFF and usually stealing the world premiere status of some major movies. New York: Takes place every October, with more of an emphasis on curating from other festivals than showcasing new stuff for the first time. The opening, centerpiece, and closing slots are reserved for some heavy hitters (they scored the world premiere of Scorsese's The Irishman in 2019), while the Main Slate is largely made up of highlights from Berlin, Cannes, and Venice. Like TIFF, it's a great festival to attend as it's open to the public, and the strength of their curation means you get a strong lineup. Fantasia Fest/Fantastic Fest/Other Genre Fests: One of the best things genre fans can go to. These festivals focus on horror/sci-fi/fantasy usually, are open to the public, and is like a big summer camp for film nerds (I mean that in the best way possible). You'll usually have some of the best screening experiences of your life at these festivals, as audiences have a ton of fun. Anyway, I can go on and on about the festivals but just wanted to focus on the biggest ones. Has anyone here attended any festivals, have good stories to share, or looking forward to anything this year?
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Earlier this week, Cannes announced its selection for 2022. After cancelling the 2020 edition due to Covid and having a successful 2021 edition that was delayed until July (unlike other festivals, Cannes refuses to entertain the idea of virtual screenings and remains in person), this year the festival goes back to its usual May slot. OFFICIAL COMPETITION HOLY SPIDER by Ali ABBASI LES AMANDIERS by Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (Les crimes du futur) by David CRONENBERG TORI ET LOKITA (Tori and Lokita) by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE STARS AT NOON by Claire DENIS CLOSE by Lukas DHONT FRÈRE ET SŒUR by Arnaud DESPLECHIN ARMAGEDDON TIME by James GRAY BROKER by KORE-EDA Hirokazu NOSTALGIA by Mario MARTONE RMN by Cristian MUNGIU TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben ÖSTLUND HAEOJIL GYEOLSIM (Decision to leave) by PARK Chan-Wook SHOWING UP by Kelly REICHARDT LEILA’S BROTHERS by Saeed ROUSTAEE BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik SALEH ZHENA CHAIKOVSKOGO (Tchaïkovski’s wife) by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV HI-HAN (Eo) by Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI UN CERTAIN REGARD LES PIRES by Lise AKOKA and Romane GUERET (First film) KURAK GÜNLER (Burning days) by Emin ALPER METRONOM by Alexandru BELC (First film) RETOUR À SÉOUL (All the people I’ll never be) by Davy CHOU SICK OF MYSELF by Kristoffer BORGLI DOMINGO Y LA NIEBLA (Domingo et la brume / Domingo and the midst) by Ariel ESCALANTE MEZA PLAN 75 by HAYAKAWA Chie (First film) BEAST by Riley KEOUGH and Gina GAMMELL (First film) CORSAGE by Marie KREUTZER BACHENNYA METELYKA (Butterfly vision) by Maksim NAKONECHNYI (First film) VANSKABTE LAND / VOLAÐA LAND (Godland) by Hlynur PÁLMASON RODÉO (Rodeo) by Lola QUIVORON (First film) JOYLAND by Saim SADIQ (First film) THE STRANGER by Thomas M WRIGHT THE SILENT TWINS by Agnieszka SMOCYNSKA SPECIAL SCREENINGS ALL THAT BREATHES by Shaunak SEN THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION by Sergei LOZNITSA JERRY LEE LEWIS: TROUBLE IN MIND by Ethan COEN MIDNIGHT SCREENING HUNT by LEE Jung-Jae MOONAGE DAYDREAM by Brett MORGEN FUMER FAIT TOUSSER by Quentin DUPIEUX OUT OF COMPETITION ELVIS by Baz LUHRMANN MASCARADE (Masquerade) by Nicolas Bedos NOVEMBRE by Cédric JIMENEZ THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (Trois mille ans à t’attendre) by George MILLER TOP GUN : MAVERICK by Joseph KOSINSKI Z (COMME Z) by Michel HAZANAVICIUS CANNES PREMIERE DODO by Panos H. KOUTRAS IRMA VEP by Olivier ASSAYAS ESTERNO NOTTE (Nightfall) by Marco BELLOCCHIO NOS FRANGINS by Rachid BOUCHAREB Obvious highlights are new films by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook, and Kelly Reichardt. Claire Denis also enters the competition again for the first time in over 3 decades. Outside of competition we have George Miller's first film since Fury Road, the new Top Gun, Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic, a genre film by Squid Game lead Lee Jung-jae, and Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep miniseries. Cannes festival head Thierry Fremaux said more titles should be added to the lineup in the coming weeks, which is tradition. The opening night film goes to Michel Hazanavicius' (The Artist) remake of One Cut of the Dead. This was originally going to play Sundance, but when the festival switched to virtual due to Omicron they pulled the film from the festival. Next week we'll have the line-ups of the Critics' Week and Directors Fortnight sidebars announced, which should see a high profile title or two slip in (Directors Fortnight has a good relationship with A24, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see Alex Garland's Men show up there, or Joanna Hogg's new film she made in secret with Tilda Swinton last year). I'm avoiding the elephant in the room, which was the rumour that David Lynch has a new project of some sort ready to play. Someone on Twitter hinted at it, everyone figured out he was talking about Lynch soon after, and then Lynch quashed the rumours and nothing was announced. There are enough rumblings going around to conclude that Lynch has something in the works, but we have no clue what it really is or when it'll be ready. Here's hoping it gets added in later as a surprise.
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justlikedunkirk posted:HI-HAN (Eo) by Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI
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castaing-taylor and paravel back on their bullshit https://twitter.com/intothecrevasse/status/1528701412384854024 https://twitter.com/douglasgrnwd/status/1528706371474055169 Coaaab fucked around with this message at 15:08 on May 23, 2022 |
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May 23, 2022 14:58
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...I'm gonna stick with Sweetgrass.
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reviving this thread for the Cannes 2023 lineup:quote:COMPETITION
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