Cannes 2012 film guide to where the women directors are this year

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The 2012 Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week and promises a larger contingent of US films on it’s slate than previous years. Whether this is a good thing is for you to decide.

 

Cannes Film Festival: Where Are The Women Directors?

“For the 2012 edition, as with the 2010 edition, there are NO FEMALE DIRECTED FILMS in competition, and in the 64 years of the Festival only one woman — Jane Campion — has been awarded the Palme D’Or.”

Sign the Change.org petition.

 

CANNES OFFICIAL SELECTION

COMPETITION; OPENING & CLOSING NIGHT FILMS:

Day One: Wednesday, May 16

“Moonrise Kingdom,” Wes Anderson (opening night film)

Criticwire average: TBD

 

“Rust & Bone”

Day Two: Thursday, May 17

 

“Rust and Bone,” Jacques Audiard

Criticwire average: TBD

“Baad el mawkeaa,” Yousry Nasrallah

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Day Three: Friday, May 18

“Reality,” Matteo Garrone

Criticwire average: TBD

“Paradies: Liebe,” Ulrich Seidl

Criticwire average: TBD

 

“Beyond The Hills”

Day Four: Saturday, May 19

 

“Lawless,” John Hillcoat

Criticwire average: TBD

“Beyond the Hills,” Cristian Mungiu

Criticwire average: TBD

Day Five: Sunday, May 20

“Amour,” Michael Haneke

Criticwire average: TBD

“Jagten” (“The Hunt”), Thomas Vinterberg

Criticwire average: TBD

 

“Like Someone in Love”

Day Six: Monday, May 21

 

“You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet,” Alain Resnais

Criticwire average: TBD

“Like Someone in Love,” Abbas Kiarostami

Criticwire average: TBD

“In Another Country,” Hong Sang-soo

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Day Seven: Tuesday, May 22

“Killing Them Softly,” Andrew Dominik

Criticwire average: TBD

“The Angels’ Share,” Ken Loach

 

“On The Road”

 

Criticwire average: TBD

Day Eight: Wednesday, May 23

“On the Road,” Walter Salles

Criticwire average: TBD

“Holy Motors,” Leos Carax

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Day Nine: Thursday, May 24

“The Paperboy,” Lee Daniels

Criticwire average: TBD

“Post tenebras lux,” Carlos Reygadas

 

“In the Fog”

 

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Day Ten: Friday, May 25

“Cosmopolis,” David Cronenberg

Criticwire average: TBD

“In the Fog,” Sergei Loznitsa

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Day Eleven: Saturday, May 26

“Mud,” Jeff Nichols

Criticwire average: TBD

 

“Therese Desqueyroux”

 

“The Taste of Money,” Im Sang-soo

Criticwire average: TBD

Day Twelve: Sunday, May 27

“Therese Desqueyroux,” Claude Miller (closing night film)

Criticwire average: TBD


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The 12th Annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival

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The 12th Annual International Beverly Hills Film Festivalkicked opened Wednesday night with the U.S. premier of “The Black Tulip” at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles.

 
Directed by Sonia Nassery Cole, ”The Black Tulip” depicts a family torn from their home by the Taliban and finding new hope in opening a restaurant which becomes a beacon of hope to local artists and poets. The film was shot entirely in Afghanistan and was the country’s official entry for the Foreign Language Film Award at the 83rd Academy Awards.
 
The evening was also about awards and award winning actress Anne Archer received the Legends Awards for her artistic and humanitarian work.
 
The BHFF champions international independent film and its program runs until April 29.
 

Screenings are held at the state-of-the-art Clarity Theater (100 North Crescent Drive) in Beverly Hills, California.
Tickets are available on the fest site or by calling the BHFF office at 310.779.1206.  Prices range from $12.00 per screening to $275.00 for the Awards Gala. Screening Passes ($150.00) and VIP Festival Passes ($550.00) are also available. 

For a complete 2012 festival line-up and schedule, please visit www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com

The 84th Academy Award winners

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The 84th Academy Awards pulled no surprises as “The Artist” walked away with five Oscars in an award ceremony of the golden elite giving golden statues to more of the golden elite. But the Oscars have always been about old fashioned glamor and box office earners rather than out of the box art for art sake. But this year in particular proved to be as tedious as predictable. Meryl Streep won the best Actress gong for “The Iron Lady” – shocker!

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Picture:
“The Artist”

Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”

Best Actor:
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”

Best Actress:
Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”

Best Supporting Actor:
Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”

Best Supporting Actress:
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Best Original Screenplay:
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen

Best Adapted Screenplay:
“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash

Best Animated Feature:
“Rango”

Best Foreign Language FIlm:
“A Separation” (Iran)

Best Documentary Feature:
“Undefeated”

Best Cinematography:
“Hugo” – Robert Richardson

Best Film Editing:
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Best Art Direction:
“Hugo” – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo

Best Costume Design:
“The Artist” – Mark Bridges

Best Original Score:
“The Artist” – Ludovic Bource

Best Original Song:
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets – Bret McKenzie

Best Sound Editing:
“Hugo” – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty

Best Sound Mixing:
“Hugo”– Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

Best Visual Effects:
“Hugo” – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning

Best Makeup:
“The Iron Lady” – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Best Animated Short:
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”

Best Live Action Short:
“The Shore”

Best Documentary Short:
“Saving Face”

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