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- The French fest returns
- 'Amelie' actress Audrey Tautou to host Cannes opening ceremony
- Luke Evans will be the new Dracula
| Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:55 AM PDT FANS of French cinema, art and culture, take note. Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur (AFKL) and the Embassy of France to Malaysia with the support of the Institute Francais are proud to present the 12th edition of The French Art and Film Festival (FAFF). The FAFF will take place between April 25 and May 12 in Kuala Lumpur and from May 16 to May 26 in Penang. The movies will be screened at GSC Movies' International Screens – Pavilion, Mid Valley Megamall and 1 Utama in the Klang Valley, and Gurney Plaza in Penang. It will feature 15 of the latest offerings in French cinema. Selections include three Juliette Binoche films, animated fairy tale Kerity la maison des contes (Elenor's Secret) and Comme Un Chef (The Chef) starring Jean Reno. French art aficionados can also look forward to a photography exhibition featuring the works of Françoise Huguier and two street theatre sessions. There will also be a wine tasting session and a French market that showcases some of the best culinary and lifestyle products the country has to offer. FAFF 2013 is presented by Martell, with TNT Express, Crown Worldwide, BNP Paribas, Intermovers, DCNS, Lafarge, Escatec, Total, L'Occitane, The Westin Kuala Lumpur, Air France and MFCCI as partners. For more information, log on to www.faff.com.my. |
| 'Amelie' actress Audrey Tautou to host Cannes opening ceremony Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:46 AM PDT PARIS (AFP) - French actress Audrey Tautou, best known for the 2001 film Amelie, will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival next month, one of the organisers said on Tuesday. The opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival will take place on 15 May with the closing ceremony on 26 May, pay-TV operator Canal+ said. Director Steven Spielberg has already been announced as the head of the festival jury. Amelie, set in Montmartre, was a critical and box office success in which Tautou played a shy waitress who set out to improve the lives of those around her. Tautou's latest film L'Ecume des Jours (Mood Indigo) by director Michel Gondry, opens in France later this month. An adaptation of the Francois Mauriac novel Therese Desqueyroux, in which she starred, closed the festival last year. The 2012 opening and closing ceremonies were hosted by The Artist star Berenice Bejo. |
| Luke Evans will be the new Dracula Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:32 AM PDT The Hollywood Reporter has announced that British actor Luke Evans will play the lead in a movie about Count Dracula's beginnings. Thirty-three-year-old Evans (pic) has stepped in to save this project, which started in the late 2000s under the working title Dracula Year Zero. Sam Worthington toyed with the lead role around the time Alex Proyas wanted to direct the movie. The movie, now simply called Dracula, has the support of Universal. Gary Shore, a publicist who is moving into fiction, will direct the movie before the year is out. The story will center on the events that led to the Romanian prince Vlad Tepes's becoming the first vampire in the history of the 15th century. (Relaxnews) |
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