AND NOW...FROM THE 71ST CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Now we know the Cannes lineup. Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings...
And of the films that have been announced, historically five to ten are probably headed to Telluride in four and a half months.
Of course it's all guess work of the most speculative at this point. I'll wait to see and hear what happens when these films screen in a month in France. I'll be looking at critical reaction and the apportionment of prizes as well as pedigree and distribution. All of that, and also some good old fashioned intuition to try to formulate a list of films that will make an appearance both on the Croisette and on Colorado Ave.
At first glance, the Cannes lineup offers a smaller list of obvious Telluride candidates than most years.
That said, here are what start out as the best chances for films that we now know are playing Cannes that might also play TFF #44:
In competition:
Dogman
Ash Is the Purest White
Burning
Three Faces
Cold War
From Un Certain Regard:
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Manto
And among Special Screenings: Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Still a possibility is the opening night film: Asghar Farhadi's Everybody Knows.
Perhaps the most surprising omission, at least to me, is Mike Leigh's Peterloo.
As is often the case, Cannes Fest head Thierry Fremaux said other films could still be added to the lineup.
Fremaux also suggested that both The Other Side of the Wind and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote where serious contenders for selection but that the Netflix/Cannes feud had nixed the Welles film and another legal issue blocked the selection of Gilliam's film.
Both American films named in the Palme d'Or competition will open in the U.S. prior to Labor Day weekend meaning that they are off the table for Telluride: Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (opens Aug. 10) and David Robert Mitchell's Under the Silver Lake (opens June 22).
Coverage of this morning's announcement is here from:
Indiewire
Variety
The Hollywood Reporter
SAN FRAN FILM FEST ONGOING
Gary Meyer's Eat, Drink, Film website reports that the San Francisco Film Fest or SFFILM is off to a roaring start. Meyer's first report is here.
Looking at Gary's story makes me yearn to be both in San Fran and at a film festival...what a great pairing of place and purpose.
Gary says he has a couple of other posts from SFFILM in the pipeline so stay tuned.
That's your MTFB this Thursday. More on Monday.
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