Cannes 2019
May 14-25, 2019
Come and meet us at the Canada Pavilion at the Marché du Film of Cannes!
Our Canada Pavilion at the 72st Festival de Cannes will be busy and bustling with cool networking events, film screenings, emerging talent and more!
With 200+ Canadian producers registered for Cannes this year, we’ll show ’em what we’ve got! And to cast the world’s eyes upon Canadian talent, we’re shining a light on six selected Canadian producers at this year’s Producers Network Breakfast: Félize Frappier, Nicole Robert, Simone Urdl, Avi Federgreen, Aonan Yang and Justin Oakey. It all happens on May 19 at the Plage des Palmes.
At Doc Corner, projects led by women: Pitching at this year’s Canadian Showcase are four documentaries directed and produced by women: Eulogy for the Dead Sea, Damascus Dreams (a project selected for Telefilm’s 2018 Talent To Watch Program!), La mer entre nous and Finding Sally.
Did you say blockchain? As part of the Cannes NEXT Producers Network Panels, Telefilm and the Canada Media Fund can’t wait to school delegates on everything Blockchain in this 90-minute conference.
BIG on coproduction. In addition to a multitude of meetups with different countries, Canada will be present at the Israel Women in film panel happening at the Israel Pavilion. Telefilm’s executive director, Christa Dickenson, will be there!
Not to mention Not Short on Talent program that will offer 15 recent Canadian short films at Cannes’ Short Film Corner.
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At the 72nd Festival de Cannes, which took place from May 14 to 25, 2019, Canada’s homegrown talent dazzled audiences, took home prizes, and represented Canada right — check out these winning films with Canadian connections! As summer sets in, let’s kick off the season with a celebratory look at our Canadian Cannes victors of...
Read moreJulianne Moore told an audience at Cannes she supports imposing quotas to help improve gender representation in the film industry. The actress, speaking at an event alongside directors Xavier Dolan and Werner Herzog, said: “Women are not a special interest group, we make up 52% of the population so in order to restore the balance we will need some measures to change our culture. It takes a long time to turn a big boat around.''
The Song Of Names, François Girard’s drama starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen, has scored a series of pre-Cannes deals for London-based HanWay Films. Producers on the film are Robert Lantos, Lyse Lafontaine and Nick Hirschkorn. It is a Serendipity Point Films, Lyla Films and Feel Films production in association with Ingenious Media and Proton Cinema. It is produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Bell Media, CBC, CMF and Ontario Creates.
Delegation
Christa Dickenson
Executive Director
Marie-France Godbout
Interim Director, Project Financing
Marielle Poupelin
Specialist, International Business Development