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Cannes 360

May 15th, 2008 · No Comments

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Generally speaking, Cannes is considered the grand-mère of all film festivals. For 11 days every spring, the cinematic world descends on this beach town in the south of France to celebrate everything film, from the lowest-budget student shorts to the summer’s biggest blockbusters.
Starting today and for the next 11 days, we’ll be featuring [...]

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Lynch sets tone with Cannes poster

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Variety
Pierre Collier’s design salutes director’s vision
David Lynch will get star billing at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival next month — although not with a film.
The fest’s official poster, to be unveiled this week , was created by artist Pierre Collier around a Lynch photograph of a bust of a platinum blonde woman with her eye [...]

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Tags: Festivals · filmmaking