MORE ON THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Jeff Wells/Hollywood Elsewhere is the latest media pundit to chime in with a look at some of the films that he thinks could play in May at the Cannes Film Festival. Wells' limits his post from yesterday to what he terms "the big bets-the possible awards-season contenders that may not open until the fall".
On his checklist of Cannes' possibles that fit that description are:
Martin Scorsese's Silence
Oliver Stone's Snowden
Damien Chazelle's La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester-by-the Sea
Woody Allen's Untitled 1930's set comedy
Nicholas Winding Refn's Neon Demon
Juan Antonio Bayona's A Monster Calls
Warren Beatty's Untitled Howard Hughes film
Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman
Pedro Alamodovar's Julieta
Cristian Mungiu's Family Photos
Wells' also talks a good bit about Jodie Foster's Money Monster which will open later this spring.
I'd probably handicap The Salesman as the most likely Telluride prospect from the Wells' list. Least likely would the Lonergan as it played Sundance as well as Beatty's Hughes picture, Allen's comedy, Stone's Snowden and Scorsese's Silence but never say never.
Here's the link to the HE post:
http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2016/03/hes-cannes-16-excitement-list-doesnt-include-money-monster/
Meanwhile, Roger Freidman from Showbiz 411 also comments on potential Cannes films and there is a good deal of crossover with the Hollywood Elsewhere list including Beatty, Allen, Stone and Foster. Take a look at that post here:
http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/03/11/cannes-talk-not-just-warren-but-snowden-woody-george-julia-ryan-gosling-big-studio-hits
Finally, Awards Watch posted a Cannes piece earlier this week that, among other things, reflects a bit of confusion about exactly when they will be announcing their competition lineup. It's probably April 14th but...
Linked here:
http://awardswatch.com/news/2016-cannes-film-festival-news-and-details/
CREATING A JOURNAL
I have undertaken to create a journal that categorizes the films that have played at each of the Telluride Fest that I have attended and provides information such as their distributor and what other fests that a film played at prior to and after their bow at Telluride. Mostly this is so that I can use that as reference material in my detective work. I'm about half way through (we began attending TFF in 2006).
One thing that I have discovered is that the occurrence of a film having appeared in the U.S. before playing at Telluride happens occasionally. For instance, this past year's presentation of Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict played in a number of U.S. festivals including its premiere at the Tribeca Film Fest in April last year.
Other recent films that have appeared in the U.S. before playing at Telluride include:
2015's Sembene!
2014's Keep On Keepin' On (Tribeca)
2013's Sadourni's Butterflies (Seattle), Milius (SXSW) and My Dior (Tribeca)
So, the Telluride policy of North American premieres, which we knew was sometimes waived, may actually be waived a bit more often than I thought.
JON STEWART'S LATEST GIG
And speaking of films from the Tribeca Film Fest, Jon Stewart who brought his feature film directing debut, Rosewater, to Telluride in 2014, is executive producing a Syrian refugee documentary that will be playing as a part of the Tribeca lineup. The film is entitled After Spring and is set to World Premiere at Tribeca next month according to The Playlist. Could Stewart play there and then return to Telluride with in September?
The Playlist post is here:
http://www.indiewire.com/article/after-spring-movie-trailer-poster-syrian-refugee-crisis-tribeca-20160306
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