The well-expected festival, which is the most important French cinema event, is starting today and until May 22 for the 64th edition.
The jury president of full-length movies will be Robert de Niro, one of the most famous directors and actors in the world. Indeed, Robert de Niro has behind him a huge cinematography; he played in very successful movies such as “Heat” by Michael Mann and he also played for many Scorsese’s movies (“Taxi driver”, “Raging bulls” where he received the Oscar of the best actor in 1980; and many more). He also received the Oscar of the best second actor for the very successful movie “The Godfather, 2nd part” in 1974.
Very famous icons of the cinema will also be present and members of the jury: Jude Law, Uma Thurman, and many more.
As each year, the Cannes festival will receive artists, professionals and cinema lovers coming from the whole world, with a perfect weather to enjoy it as much as possible. This year, the festival is going to integrate some innovations in its program: Egypt and Tunisia will be represented, as they declare to the world their wanting of freedom and democracy, which reminds us how cinema is representative of the world events and how it can show real facts.
But as usually, Cannes will reveal us its charm, its mystery and its traditions: over 50 movies selected officially, tens of guests every day, hundreds of movie projections and thousands of cinema lovers present. Woody Allen will open the festival with the movie “Midnight in Paris”, and it will be closed by the French director Christophe Honoré and his movie “Les Biens-aimés”. Digital restorations will also be projected, such as “A clockwork orange” by the master Stanley Kubrick.
Get all information about the Cannes festival on http://www.festival-cannes.fr/fr.html