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Couple of hours before TIFF is set to announce their 60 plus title announcement (loads of Cannes items), Variety breaks the news that some...

Outside of the highly anticipated Rust & Bone from helmer Jacques Audiard, Celluloid Dreams is much more immersed in the market aspect of Cannes...

Over 295 films - this includes shorts, fiction and documentary, animation, retrospectives, tributes, professional panels, outdoor interactive installations, the festival which takes place between the 13th to the 24th of October, furiously promotes not only world talent, but local French Canadian filmmakers. Among the notable titles, we have Michelangelo Frammartino's Le Quattro volte, Olivier Assayas' Carlos and Alex de la Iglesia's The Last Circus and Wang Bing is doing a Master Class for Venice-winning The Ditch. His epic 9 hour film Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks will also be shown as part of a retrospective.

A good portion of titles were unveiled for Sitges Fantastic Film Festival which will take place between the 7th of October until the 17th. The inaugural film of this year´s official ceremony and out of competition will be “Los Ojos de Julia”, the Guillermo del Toro produced film in collaboration with director Guillém Morales and actress Belén Rueda (“The Orphanage”). “Agnosia” the second film from Eugenio Mira after his debut with “The Birthday” and “14 Days with Víctor” by Román Parrado will be Spain´s representation at the competitive official section.

The French sales/production company is supplying this year's Cannes fest with a trio of titles, but you might find me doing cartwheels more for a project that hasn't even began lensing in Marjane Satrapi's Waiting for Azrael.