Cannes News 2009

As the 2009 Cannes Film Festival approaches (May 13-24), Screen offers a digest of all our Cannes-related news, including official festival announcements and Cannes Market news from buyers and sellers.

• Bayona, Fresnadillo named godfathers to Critics Week
• Disney 3-D animation Up to open Cannes Film Festival
• Atelier selects 15 projects including Lerman’s Moral Sciences
• Cannes announces participants for CinefondationResidence
• Bergman’s Images From The Playground to screen at Cannes
• Cannes Film Festival honours Clint Eastwood
• Isabelle Huppert to head Cannes jury

• Will Cannes 2009 deliver on high expectations’
• Cannes selectors face deluge of auteurs in 2009
• Chloe shoot wraps after Neeson’s return
• Matsumoto’s Symbol to be completed in time for Cannes
• Mungiu’s Tales From The Golden Ageto open Transilvania

• Media 8 heads to Cannes Marche flush with Cash
• CMG adds civil rights drama American Violet to Cannesslate
• Cannes Marche scraps 2.5% exhibitor price increase
• Roissy takes on international sales to Nun tale Souer Sourire
• Coproduction Office, Katapult Film Sales merge sales business
• Simon Crowe flies solo with launch of SC Films International
• Voltage takes on international to Call Of The Wild 3D
• Helen Loveridge returns with sales company Meridiana
• KWA adds four to slate
• Wild Bunch launches 3D label kicking off with Oceans
• Baker Street to launch international sales division under Lansley
• Opinion: the changing face of acquisitions
• Diaphana, Canal Plus take French rights to A Brand New Life