Festival de Cannes 2013 (Screening tomorrow THE IMMIGRANT starring Joaquin Phoenix)

[Jack Nevada]

Alright people, here's the thread for the biggest movie festival in the world that is once again held in May in Cannes, France. Steven Spielberg has been announced as the head of the Main Competition Jury, and Oscar-nominee Jane Campion leads the Cinefoundation and Short Film juries.

Edited May 23, 2013 by Jack Nevada

[riczhang]

Any idea who else is in the jury?

[Jack Nevada]

Any idea who else is in the jury?

No, they haven't been announced yet. Do you have any guesses on what films will premiere this year?

[Jake Gittes]

I'm gonna guess Only God Forgives (Refn), Lowlife (James Gray) and Inside Llewyn Davis (the Coens) will be there. Fruitvale is also likely, but maybe not in the main competition, if it follows Beasts' footsteps. 

[Jack Nevada]

Oh yeah, Fruitvale I definitely see being there. Precious, Beasts and so on have first been to Sundance and then to Cannes

[riczhang]

Fruitvale will probably screen out of competition, and I believe would be eligible for a few awards. But, Cannes won't ever award a film that they got second hand, most likely. 

 

I imagine that Bling Ring will screen there. Behind the Candelabra is also a possibility, but this will be OOC. I know that the rumour was that Gatsby will open the festival, but it looks unlikely as Cannes starts 15 May, and Gatsby opens in the States 10 May. Steve McQueen's Twelve Years a Slave also looks like a good bet, along with Asghar Fadhari's The Past. And Dolan. I want to say Lars as well, but since he got banned from the last festival I'm not quite sure they'll select him again. 

[Jack Nevada]

How about the new Woody Allen? Quite a few of his pictures have been shown at Cannes before

[Jake Gittes]

I think I read somewhere that Behind the Candelabra is definitely in, but I don't know whether in or out of main competition.

Edited March 9, 2013 by Jake Gittes

[riczhang]

How about the new Woody Allen? Quite a few of his pictures have been shown at Cannes before

 

Possibly. There sure is a lot of American films vying for a spot, I imagine that there'll be a few famous names left off. 

[Jack Nevada]

I dont think the new Von Trier is getting in. I can see people still being upset over his, admittedly stupid, blooper in 2011.

 

What about Turbo? Dreamworks movies have often premiered at Cannes 

Edited March 9, 2013 by Jack Nevada

[Jake Gittes]

People still being upset over his comments would be a thousand times more stupid than the comments themselves ever were.

[Jack Nevada]

People still being upset over his comments would be a thousand times more stupid than the comments themselves ever were.

Yeah, I didn't like what he said but come on. Get over it.

[riczhang]

People still being upset over his comments would be a thousand times more stupid than the comments themselves ever were.

 

They made him Persona Non Grata. 

[Ezen Baklattan]

The opening film is either gonna be The Great Gatsby or Before Midnight. It's always a high profile film that comes out in May. 

[Bob Violence]

Before Midnight seems like a very unlikely opening film--I doubt Cannes is going to give such a high-profile slot to something that's already screened at two other festivals. It'll still be in the lineup as long as it doesn't play anywhere outside the U.S. before Cannes.

 

And we already know von Trier won't be at the festival because the movie won't be ready on time. As for other possibilities, Jarmusch, Gondry, Breillat, Desplechin, Porumboiu, Egoyan, Ozon, Moodysson, Jeunet, Spike Jonze, Kelly Reichardt, Brillante Mendoza, Claire Denis, Guillaume Canet, Errol Morris, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Bong Joon-ho all have movies that shot last year and should be ready for Cannes, assuming there haven't been any post-production snags. This doesn't mean they'll all be there--some may be turned down, some may be held back for Toronto/Venice (for example, Jeunet's The Young and Prodigious Spivet and Egoyan's Devil's Knot have October release dates and heavy Canadian involvement, so they're better candidates for Toronto). But none of them would be surprises.

Edited March 11, 2013 by Bob Violence

[riczhang]

Sadly(or not) this year we'll probably have a very conventional film win the palme. 

[Jack Nevada]

Sadly(or not) this year we'll probably have a very conventional film win the palme. 

I dont think the last two choices have been that radical either, though. 

[riczhang]

I dont think the last two choices have been that radical either, though.

They will seem so when we compare it to Spielberg's choice.

[TLK]

If Harvey plans to make a big push for Fruitvale during the awards season then there is a pretty good chance that they won't send it to Cannes. Bling Ring is a good bet but it may screen out of competition.

[Jack Nevada]

If Harvey plans to make a big push for Fruitvale during the awards season then there is a pretty good chance that they won't send it to Cannes. Bling Ring is a good bet but it may screen out of competition.

Why wouldn't they send it to Cannes? If it won an award the movie would obviously get more attention, like The Artist