CANNES FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TONIGHT
armradio.am
14.05.2008 18:03
The Cannes Film Festival is starting today. The premiere of thriller
Blindness, starring Julianne Moore, will kick off the world’s top
film festival later.
In addition to films selected for competition this year, major
Hollywood productions such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull and Kung Fu Panda will have its world premiere at
the festival.
Some 22 films are in competition for the festival’s top prize, the
Palme d’Or, including Blindness and Changeling.
Blindness is directed by Brazilian Fernando Mereilles, whose previous
credits include City Of God and The Constant Gardener.
Other films in competition include the directorial debut of Being
John Malkovich screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.
Kaufman’s film, Synecdoche New York, is a typically idiosyncratic
tale of a theatre director – played by Philip Seymour Hoffman –
who tries to build a scale model of New York City in his attic.
Also showing out of competition at the festival are Jack Black’s animal
animation Kung Fu Panda as well as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull.
Three film directors of Armenian origin – Atom Egoyan of Canada, Diana
Lazarian of Russia and Arman Tadevosyan of Armenia – will participate
in the Cannes Festival to be held from 14 to 23 May. The official
webpage of the Festival informs that Atom Egoyan will participate with
his "Adoration" film, which is a drama about young people who try to
communicate with each other via Internet and SMS messages. The film
stars Arsine Khanjyan, the director’s wife.
Diana Lazarian’s 33-minute film titled "GATA" is presented in the
documentaries. Arman Tadevosyan’s film is presented in the short
films program. The 10-minute documentary was shot in Kars. The film
tells about the cultural and civil transfiguration in Kars.