17-05-2019

FNE at Cannes 2019: Party and Screening Alert: Friday 17 May and Saturday 18 May

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    Friday 17 May

    Party and Event Alert

    All parties and events require invitations from the organisers

    10.30 -12.30 French CNC
    Round-table on diversity organised in conjunction with the 50/50 collective
    11:00 CE MEDIA Stand and European Film Promotion, is organising the presentation Helping Professionals Reach New Markets
    12:30 Cocktail Cannes Green Policy CineRegio
    13:15 -15:00 Cannes Green Policy Panel
    Who is CineRegio?  We are the European regional film funds body
    15:00-17:00 French CNC Gray d’Albion Beach
    Round-table: New creative private financing tools with Dominique Boutonnat, producer and author of a report on the subject
    15:30 Thailand Stand Press Conference - Thailand Film Incentives Update
    16:30 Thailand Stand Happy Hour with Thai Boxing Demonstration
    16:00-18:00 Estonian Stand presenting national and regional film incentives: Film Estonia, Tartu Film Fund, Viru Film Fund
    17:00 CE MEDIA Stand in conjunction with Cineuropa, the Goethe-Institut and the Institut Français, the panel European Film Festivals: Sharing the Love for Films With Global Audiences will present the Support to European Film Festivals initiative in order to investigate how cultural diplomacy can contribute to fostering intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding all over the world.
    17:00 Motion Picture Academy Cocktail
    17:30-19:00 SOFA Cocktail
    Georgian Stand International Village
    17:00 Welcome Drink of Czech and Slovak Stand
    18:00 CE MEDIA STAND
    Film professionals are invited to a Meet and Greet networking cocktail
    18:00-20:00 Art Cinemas Cocktail
    CICAE, AFCAE and AG Kino-Gilde
    20:30 Filmmakers Dinner
    Hotel du Cap
    22:00 Pollish Films Party
    23:30 Chopard Love Party

    Screening Alert

    08:30 Heroes Don’t Die (France, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Aude Lea Rapin
    Produced by Les films du Worso, Radar Films, Scope Pictures, SCCA/pro.ba
    Sales: Le Pacte
    Market Screening
    Bunuel

    09:30 Mr. Jones (Poland, UK, Ukraine)
    Directed by Agnieszka Holland
    Produced by Film Produkcja and Studio Orka
    Coproduced by Crab Apple Films, FILM.UA Group, Mandants (Poland)
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, the Ukrainian State Agency
    Sales: Westend Films
    Market Screening
    Olympia 4

    11:30 Dolce Fine Giornata (Poland)
    Directed by Jacek Borcuch
    Produced by No Sugar Films, Tank Production, Motion Group, Aeroplan
    Sales: Films Boutique
    Market Screening
    Olympia 3

    11:30 SOLO (Czech Republic, France, Argentina, Austria) ACID - Documentary
    Directed by Artemio Benki
    Produced by Artcam Films, Petit a Petit, Lomo Cine & Buen Destino, Golden Girls
    Festival Screening
    Alexandre III

    14:00 Take Me Somewhere Nice (the Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina) ACID
    Directed by Ena Sendijarevic
    Produced by Pupkin Film
    Coproduced by VPRO
    Sales: Heretic Outreach
    Market Screening
    Palais C

    14:45 Oleg (Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania) Directors’ Fortnight
    Directed by Juris Kursietis
    Produced by Tasse Film
    Coproduced by Iota Productions, In Script
    Sales: Best Friend Forever
    Theatre Croisette

    14:30 Heroes Don’t Die (France, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Aude Lea Rapin
    Produced by Les films du Worso, Radar Films, Scope Pictures, SCCA/pro.ba
    Sales: Le Pacte
    Market Screening
    Miramar

    15:30 Welcome to Mercy (USA, Latvia)
    Directed by Tommy Bertelsen
    Sales: Pure Flix / Quality Fix
    Market Screening
    Gray 2

    18:00 Unforgettable Spring in a Forgotten Village (North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania)
    Directed by Kushtrim Bektesi
    Produced by Manufactory (North Macedonia), Media & Film (Kosovo) Ska-ndal (Albania)
    Supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency
    Market Screening
    GRAY 3

    18:15 The White Caravan (Georgia)
    Directed by Eldar Shengelaia, Tamaz Meliava
    Supported by the Georgian National Film Center, National Archives of Georgia
    Festival Screening
    Bunuel

    20:00 Heroes Don’t Die (France, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Aude Lea Rapin
    Produced by Les films du Worso, Radar Films, Scope Pictures, SCCA/pro.ba
    Sales: Le Pacte
    Market Screening
    Miramar

    22:30 And Then We Danced (Sweden, Georgia, France, Finland) Directors’ Fortnight
    Directed by Levan Akin
    Produced by French Quarter Film, Takes Film
    Coproduced by AMA Productions, RMV Film, Inland Film
    Sales: Totem Films
    Arcades 1

    Saturday 18 May

    Party and Event Alert

    All parties and events require invitations from the organisers

    10:00 CE MEDIA Stand “Policy and Data” “European Authors’ Remuneration – Where do We Stand?”
    12:00 -14:00 Film i Väst Scandinavia’s leading regional film fund Lunch
    13:00  Critics Lunch
    16:00-18:00 Dominican Republic Film Commission Meet and Greet Cocktail
    17:00 CE MEDIA Stand presentation organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory on the newly launched online platform LUMIERE VOD
    17:00-19:00 Midpoint cocktail
    Czech & Slovak Pavilion
    18:00 CE MEDIA STAND
    Film professionals are invited to a Meet & Greet networking cocktail.
    20:30 100 Years of Empire Entertainment and Variety Party
    Villa Domergue
    Late Vanity Fair Cannes Dinner and After Party
    Hotel Du Cap

    Screening Alert

    09:30 And Then We Danced (Sweden, Georgia, France, Finland) Directors’ Fortnight
    Directed by Levan Akin
    Produced by French Quarter Film, Takes Film
    Coproduced by AMA Productions, RMV Film, Inland Film
    Sales: Totem Films
    Riviera 2

    09:30 By a Sharp Knife (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Teodor Kuhn
    Produced by nutprodukcia
    Coproduced by Madness Productions, RTVS and nutprodukce in cooperation with Home Media Production
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Slovak Literary Fund and the Czech Cinematography Fund
    Sales: WIDE
    Market Screening
    Palais B

    09:30 SOLO (Czech Republic, France, Argentina, Austria)
    Directed by Artemio Benki
    Produced by Artcam Films, Petit a Petit, Lomo Cine & Buen Destino, Golden Girls
    Market Screening - Priority Badges Only
    Palais J

    10:00 Phantom Owl Forest / Eia jõulud Tondikakul (Estonia)
    Directed by Anu Aun
    Produced by Luxfilm, Kinosaurus Film
    Supported by the Estonian Film Institute - made as part of the Estonian Republic 100 film programme
    Sales: Attraction Distribution
    Market Screening
    Palais E

    11:30 Oleg (Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania) Directors’ Fortnight
    Directed by Juris Kursietis
    Produced by Tasse Film
    Coproduced by Iota Productions, In Script
    Sales: Best Friend Forever
    Festival Screening
    Arcades 1

    11:30 Don't Forget to Breathe (Slovenia, Croatia, Italy)
    Directed by Martin Turk
    Produced by Bela Film (Slovenia), Quasar (Italy), Studio Dim (Croatia), RTV Slovenija, RAI Cinema (Italy)
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FVG Fondo Audiovisivo, the Croatian Audiovisual Center and Viba film, Creative Europe - Media Programme (MEDIA), RE-ACT, Intramovies
    Sales: Intramovies
    Market Screening – Priority Badges Only
    Palais B

    12:00 Away (Latvia) Animation
    Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
    Sales: CMG - Cinema Management Group LLC
    Market Screening - Priority Badges Only
    Lerins 1

    14:00 Lotte and the Lost Dragons / Lotte ja kadunud lohed (Estonia, Latvia)
    Directed by Janno Põldma, Heiki Ernits
    Produced by Eesti Joonisfilm
    Coproduced by Rija Films
    Supported by the Estonian Film Institute, the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme
    Sales: Rija Films
    Market Screening
    Palais G

    17:30 F20 (Croatia)
    Directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić
    Produced by Filmosaurus Rex, Gripfilm, Interfilm, CineCro, Embrio Productions
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
    Sales: WIDE
    Market Screening
    Palais B

    18:00 Welcome to Mercy (USA, Latvia)
    Directed by Tommy Bertelsen
    Sales: Pure Flix / Quality Fix
    Market Screening
    Gray 3

    20:30 Forman vs. Forman (Czech Republic, France) Cannes Classics
    Directed by Helena Trestikova, Jakub Hejna
    Produced by Negativ Film Productions, Alegria Productions, Czech Television, ARTE
    Festival Screening
    Bunuel

    22:00 Loves of a Blonde (czech Republic) Cannes Classics
    Directed by Milos Forman
    Presented by the National Film Archive
    Bunuel

    22:00 The Whistlers / La Gomera (Romania, France, Germany) Competition
    Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
    Produced by 42 KM FILM
    Coproduced by Les Films du Worso, Komplizen Film and Arte Grand Accord
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Eurimages
    Sales: MK2 Films
    Festival Screening
    Lumiere