movies awards winner

Today the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (L'ACID) announced the usual nine (9) films in the selection that promotes the diffusion of independent films in movie theaters and discourages debates between authors and audiences for the last 24 years. The ACID program at the Cannes International Film Festival was created in 1993. Films are chosen by fifteen or so filmmakers, members of ACID, formerly programmed in Cannes or whose films were supported during the year. It screens nine feature films, fiction and documentary, chosen among hundreds of works from all around the world.  ACID filmmakers follow their love for a film and wish to give visibility to directors whose work is scarcely distributed, in order to facilitate a theatrical release. ACID’s Cannes program is a long-awaited meeting for distributors, film programmers and international festivals. It allows them to see films and for ACID to rely on the programmers’ feedback to prepare the releases....

As expected there will be several updates to this post and we start with the most unexpected news as the program changed its name from La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde to La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut Français ! Even when the new name appears in the new posts at the official site, there has been no other change in the site name or logo.  Expect the changes to happen soon as already read news articles about the program name change. The second major announcement is about the Patron of the 2017 edition and is none other than master filmmaker Brillante Mendoza.  Down below you will find info about the director but if you're a blog regular reader then you've to be familiar with him. ---///--- 4/8/17 As not many are aware of this Festival de Cannes collateral event let's share some basics about the professional program. La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde is a professional program helping talented young directors from emerging countries increase their international exposure. ...

Time runs slow when you are waiting but finally next week we will learn the Official Selection and then, the cinema feast turns inside out as we cinema lovers will place each film under the microscope in an effort into guessing why film made it to the selection.  So, we are close to turn into film dissect mode. After a few days with many non-pleasant analysis, tweets, and news about this year very-controversial poster there was an official communication from the festival that decided to use Claudia Cardinale words instead of their own and to my HUGE surprise among her words there was a phrase that hit me hard:  "It is only cinema, let us not forget." If you wish to read the complete statement go official site here . Now we have the Cannes Film Festival saying through the words of an actress that is this year icon in the official poster that "whatever" is happening in the major manifestation of cinema in the world is "irrelevant", "inconsequential...