Live from Cannes: Dispatch 4

I'm in transit in Dortmund and haven't reached my final destination Hamburg yet. I have posters and tons of pictures to share, so bare with me. I watched my last film on Friday at 8:30 which is called INDIGÈNES about the contribution of indigenous citizens from Africa in WWII to help free France from the Nazi occupation.

I left Cannes gladly and was too drained and exhausted from the town and films but I will be back next year, Inshallah – but there's no doubt that it's the best festival in the world with the whole world in one small town. The locals are nice and friendly. The food is great. The town has the best theatres in the world with the Grand Lumiere at the top with 2400 seats.

Another great thing about Cannes is you can catch up some of the films from Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin among others. I managed to watched 21 films or so this year compared to last year's 15. Here are some of the film's I'll be talking about more in-depth in the near future:

THE OFFICIAL SELECTION

1. Volver by Pedro ALMODÓVAR
2. Babel by Alejandro González IÑÁRRITU
3. Summer Palace by LOU Ye
4. Marie-Antoinette by Sofia COPPOLA
5. Climates IKLIMLER by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
6. Fast Food Nation by Richard LINKLATER
7. Days Of Glory (Indigenes) by Rachid BOUCHAREB
8. Flanders by Bruno Dumont

Un Certain Regard

9. SALVADOR by Manuel HUERGA
10. BIHISHT FAQAT BAROI MURDAGON (To Get To Heaven First You Have To Die) by Djamshed USMONOV
11. A Scanner Darkly by Richard LINKLATER

Out of Competition

12. Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell
13. The Last Adventure (1967) by Robert Enrico
14. Silk

Director's Fortnight

15. Summer of 04 by Stefan Krohmer
16. Jindabyne by Ray Lawrence

Critic's Week

17. The Bothersome Men

Market

18. A Few Days in September
19. Grabvica (Berlin Winner)
20. Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
21. The Science of Sleep