Looking back at when indie spirit thrived on Canuck screens
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
`The only way to support a revolution is to make your own," the late Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman once said.
The Quinzaine des Realisateurs
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Canadian co. acquires 'Fist' drama
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Film News: Evocative nabs Korean sports-action pic -- New Canadian distributor Evokative Films has acquired local rights to "Crying Fist," a sports action-drama by South Korean helmer Ryoo Seung-wan (second ref Ryoo).
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The Cannes International Film Festival
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
By Porton, Richard As every cinephile knows, in May 1968 the Cannes Film Festival was brought to a halt by a group of activist filmmakers who interrupted the usual blithe spectacle and expressed solidarity with the rumblings from students that had begun to reverberate in Paris.
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Raya Martin in Director's Fortnight, Brilliante Mendoza in Cannes
Critic After Dark (Free subscription) | 01/06/2008
The director of the brilliant Indio Nacional (2005) has made it not to the official Cannes festival, but to a parallel festival, the Quinzaine des realisateurs , or Director's Fortnight, which has its own more eclectic reputation, that of being the discoverer new, quirkier talent, where the Cannes festival is more likely to screen the works of established filmmakers. This meant the French debut of...
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The Lancia Café Will Be Present at Cannes Film Festival 2008
Auto Spectator (Free subscription) | 17/05/2008
Turin 15 May 2008 -- For the first time, Lancia will be present at the Cannes Festival, due to take place from 14 to 25 May. The occasion will be marked by the Lancia Café, a meeting space set up on the beach of the Hotel Majestic where those taking part in the event will be able to meet and enjoy light brunches in a sophisticated, relaxing setting.The Lancia Café will also welcome professionals and...
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Flashback: Cannes 1968
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Film News: Polanski, Forman discuss year fest was stopped -- One French newspaper summed up the first few days of the 1968 Cannes Film Festival as "dozing in the sunshine, far from the barricades." It was a massive contrast to events in Paris, where students from the Sorbonne were busy fighting pitched battles with French police.
