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Cannes - The Grand Dame - Once Again Embraces & Expands The Geopolitical Borders Of Her Vast Empire - The World of Filmmakers - Marshalling Her People To Fearlessly Pursue Freedom Of Unhindered Creative Expression

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The Cannes Film Festival, that Grand Dame of all film Festivals, continues her reign supreme with dignity and insight regarding the global socio-economic and geopolitical challenging times the world is experiencing. Although draped with the robes of its formal establishment, Cannes manages to reflect the needs of the global film industry on many levels with last year’s introduction of its website in 8 languages, and this year supporting even more fully the Era of Technology by promoting trailers of the Festival films available on its website. A terrific move! Designed to generate more excitement and awareness of the Festival films and dispel its matriarchal stuffiness, it does just that.

On a Geopolitical level, breaking still further into new ground that goes beyond just the confines of film, The Cannes Film Festival has introduced a new tradition of celebrating a Guest Country. The first nation to be recognized by this 2011 initiative is Egypt, which through its January revolution demanding freedom and democracy brought about dramatic change to the course of its history. To emphasize the strength of Egyptian cinema, the late YoussefChahine, with his own long film history, will be honored, and a multitude of directors, actors, producers and technicians will be represented. The tribute to Egypt takes place on May 18 with a screening of 18 jours, a collection of short films by 10 Egyptian directors, 20 actors, six writers and crew, that is based on Egypt’s January 25 revolution. Profits from the film will be donated to establishing political and public education missions in Egyptian villages. The screening will be followed by an official Tribute dinner. Guests include the Egyptian Culture Minister and the Egyptian Ambassador to France.

Following a January initiative from Gilles Jacob, Cannes has taken the fight for freedom of expression further by endorsing on its site a petition to free the Iranian Filmmakers, Jafar Panahi and Mohammed Rassoulov (sign the petition at www.ipetitions.com/petition/ solidarite-jafar-panahi). This is a bold and necessary move if we are all to fight together to preserve the integrity of filmmakers worldwide who contribute to the art of film, the 21st century visual communicator.

Further extending new initiatives, Bollywood - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, produced exclusively for the Festival de Cannes by Shekhar Kapoor, a member of the 2010 Cannes Jury, will be screened out of competition. The film was inspired by a conversation during Cannes 2010 after which Kapoor mused: “Why not make a film that brings together the most beautiful moments in the history of Indian musical films, with all their moving pageantry and dance?” In Bollywood – The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Shekhar Kapoor, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
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Jeff Zimbalist pay tribute to cinema genre that has contributed to establishing India’s identity in the eyes of the world and has confirmed Mumbai as the center of Indian film history. Kapoor remarked, "We love it. We hate it. We see it as regressive. We see it as modern. We need to breathe it to feel alive. Some say it is the only culture that holds India together. Some say it gives identity and individuality to 25 million Indians who have left her shores and whose third generations are still addicted to it. That’s Bollywood!”

Once again, The Cannes Film Festival, that Grand Dame, has enriched and expanded her prestige beyond just film ‘festival’ to the frontline role of global communicator for filmed entertainment from film professionals worldwide.
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