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Festival De Cannes 2004
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FUJIFILM ON THE CROISETTE
he hype began long before the 57th Cannes International actually started. With Quentin Tarantino as head of the nine-member jury and films such as Shrek 2, The Coens’ The Ladykillers,
Stephen Hopkins’ The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers, Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046 and Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 competing for the Palme d’Or, the buzz built early.
From May 14-23, the Croisette was heaving with directors, producers, actors, distributors, PRs and allied film trades all attempting to sell their cur- rent project or snare their next big deal.
This year, the festival certainly had it all - glamour, glitz, stars and strikers. Cannes made headlines all around the world making the viewing public aware that film is very much alive and, with Michael Moore’s Bush-whacking documentary winning the top prize, as controversial as ever.
The rest of the awards were as fol- lows: Grand Prize went to Park Chan- wook’s Old Boy while the Jury Prize was shared between veteran black actress Irma P. Hall (for The Ladykillers) and Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Tropical Malady).
The remaining competition win- ners were Tony Gatlif (Director, Exiles); Yagira Yuuya (Actor, Nobody Knows); Maggie Cheung (Actress, Clean); Agnes Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri (Screenplay, Look At Me); Keren Yedaya (Camera D’Or, Or); Catalin Mitulescu (Short Film, Traffic); and
Jonas Geirnaert (Jury Prize for short film, Flatlife).
Winners in the Un Certain Regard section were: Ousmane Sembene’s Moolaade; Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll’s Whiskey; and Atiq Rahimi’s Earth And Skies.
The ‘Prix Vulcain de l’Artiste- Technician’ went jointly to Eric Gautier (cinematographer of The Motorcycle Diaries) and Clean (direct- ed by Olivier Assayas).
Fujifilm UK was also the sponsor of the Omar Sharif One-to-One Charity Backgammon Tournament that took place in Le Grand Salon at the Carlton Hotel on the 19th of May. Known mainly for playing bridge (and of course being a fine actor!) Omar Sharif also dabbles in Backgammon and was certainly the star of the evening, showing everyone in the room how to really play the game. Despite his cunning game play, Omar Sharif only managed to take sec- ond place, having been beaten by a pro- fessional backgammon player.
Representing Fujifilm UK in Cannes were Roger Sapsford, Rachel Baker and Millie Morrow. ■