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Cannes Film Festival Award Winners 2008

Wrapping up our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival this year is the announcement of the big winners. This year's jury was lead by Sean Penn and also included actress Natalie Portman and director Alfonso Cuarón. Neither Steven Soderbergh's Che nor Clint Eastwood's Changeling managed to get any top nods, but each did win a minor award, with Eastwood taking home a special Prix de 61st Festival de Cannes and Che's lead actor Benicio Del Toro taking home the Prix D'interpretation Masculine. The winner of the Palme d'Or this year is a film titled The Class (photo above), a fictional feature shot in a documentary style about a Paris junior high school. Read on for the complete list of winners below.

⥤ Posted May 25 in Awards News, Cannes Film Festival 08, Indies | 1 Comment

Cannes Film Festival Report and Reviews - Part Trois

By Marco Cerritos

The Cannes Film Festival 2008 is currently underway in France and our friend and contributor Marco Cerritos has been covering the fest and catching screenings since it started on May 14th. Marco is a 28-year-old writer who lives in San Francisco and has been working as a professional film critic for over 10 years. He's covered the Sundance Film Festival since 1999 and this is his second year at Cannes. While neither myself nor Ken were able to make it this year, Marco will be providing us first hand reports and reviews of some of the most anticipated films playing at Cannes this year. In this third and final article, Marco reports back on Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York, Abel Ferrara's Chelsea on the Rocks, and Atom Egoyan's Adoration. It's time to wrap it up and head home after these last few.

⥤ Posted May 25 in Cannes Film Festival 08, Indies, Opinions | Now Closed

Cannes Film Festival Report and Reviews - Part Deux

By Marco Cerritos

The Cannes Film Festival 2008 is currently underway in France and our friend and contributor Marco Cerritos has been covering the fest and catching screenings since it started on May 14th. Marco is a 28-year-old writer who lives in San Francisco and has been working as a professional film critic for over 10 years. He's covered the Sundance Film Festival since 1999 and this is his second year at Cannes. While neither myself nor Ken were able to make it this year, Marco will be providing us first hand reports and reviews of some of the most anticipated films playing at Cannes this year. In this second of three articles, Marco reports back on Steven Soderbergh's Che, Marina Zenovich's Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired documentary, and Jennifer Lynch's Surveillance. Let's continue this adventure!

⥤ Posted May 24 in Cannes Film Festival 08, Indies, Opinions | 4 Comments

Cannes Film Festival Report and Reviews - Part Un

By Marco Cerritos

The Cannes Film Festival 2008 is currently underway in France and our friend and contributor Marco Cerritos has been covering the fest and catching screenings since it started on May 14th. Marco is a 28-year-old writer who lives in San Francisco and has been working as a professional film critic for over 10 years. He's covered the Sundance Film Festival since 1999 and this is his second year at Cannes. While neither myself nor Ken were able to make it this year, Marco will be providing us first hand reports and reviews of some of the most anticipated films playing at Cannes this year. In this first of three articles, Marco reports back on Clint Eastwood's Changeling, Fernando Meirelles' Blindness, James Toback's Tyson, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and the Tokyo! triptych. Let's begin!

⥤ Posted May 23 in Cannes Film Festival 08, Indies, Opinions | 2 Comments