British Cinematographer issue 51 - Imago

British Cinematographer
Covering International Cinematography
www.britishcinematographer.co.uk
Issue 051 ––– May 2012 14
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British Cinematographer
Covering International Cinematography
www.britishcinematographer.co.uk
Issue 051 ––– May 2012
Event
–––Cannes Preview
Cannes Film Festival
gets even more ‘très chic’
Cannes is the most chic event in the filmmaker’s
calendar, but this year the festival gets an added boost
of glamour in the form of fashion designer extraordinaire
Jean Paul Gaultier, who will be among a jury of film
industry experts chosen to pick the winner of the
prestigious Palme d’Or.
A self-confessed film fanatic, Gaultier was invited
to participate in the festival, which runs from 16 to
27 May, by organisation’s supremo Thierry Fremaux,
who commented, “We have a tradition of inviting
people who we know are cinephiles, but who are not
necessarily in cinema.”
The head of this year’s jury is Italian director Nanni
Moretti, who has selected a balance of four men and
four women to choose the winner, forming a typical
mixture of celebrities and world-renowned filmmakers.
Representing Britain is actor Ewan McGregor and writerdirector
Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, Wuthering Heights).
Also on the list are the German actress Diane Kruger
(Inglorious Basterds), French actress Emmanuelle Devos
(Coco Avant Chanel), and Palestinian actress and
director Hiam Abbas.
Though this year’s the film line-up has a strong US
bias, the only American on the Palme d’Or jury is The
Descendants director Alexander Payne. Haitian director
Raoul Peck, whose 1993 film The Man By The Shore was
selected for competition in Cannes (and was the first
Haitian film to be screened in US cinemas), completes
the list. The Belgian director Jean-Pierre Dardenne will
preside over the Cinefondation and short films jury,
and British actor Tim Roth will reign over the Un Certain
Regard panel.
Beautiful Cannes
Stylish... the red carpet outfits need
to be stylish this year, with Gaultier
on the jury!