When was cannes film festival 2011

There really is no film-centric event that can compare to the Cannes Film Festival. Part marketplace for movies from around the world, part competition for some of the best filmmakers working today, and overall a fantastic showcase for hidden cinematic treasures for all cinephiles to enjoy. Over the course of my 10 days there, I met a plethora of interesting people while consuming a total of 22 films both in competition, un certain regard and in the marketplace.

And trust me when I say that I barely scratched the surface. While only a few films rubbed me the wrong way Sleeping Beauty , Michael the majority seriously impressed my cinematic tastes. There were a few films I wish I had seen, such as the Australian film Snowtown who after Chase Whale from Gordon and the Whale introduced me to filmmaker Nash Edgerton and hearing them discuss it, has now rocketed to my must-see list.

Had it not been for an excellent discussion waiting to see Wu Xia with Drew McWeeny of Hitfix I probably would have missed the fantastic Mexican thriller Miss Bala and this is the way the festival works. Below I have listed my recommendations, boiling it down to the top five films from the main competition and a few other recommendations from what was truly a fantastic fest.

Then, one can see the rest followed by interviews from the fest. Click on any titles for reviews or the feature. The Best. The Artist. As the advent of sound transforms the landscape of Hollywood, the film serves as interesting allegory for how the increasing dominance of special effects in mainstream movies highlights the constant evolution of cinema. Terrence Malick's long-awaited Tree of Life will have its world premiere in Competition. The notoriously meticulous Malick was not ready for last May.

Fremaux says the film was completed a few months after last year's Festival and that Malick saved it for Cannes this year. But it's an uphill battle. After he'd read out the names of several directors and their films alphabetically Almodovar, Bertrand Bonello, Alain Cavalier, Joseph Cedar, Nuri Bilge Ceylan Fremaux asked a journalist in the audience "Are you phoning in each name as I read it off?

A smattering of participants raised their hands and their phones. Fremaux: "Nothing I've said so far is accurate. Here's the real list If you're a black sheep, must you wear black tie? Presumably they'll all be "wearing" tails.

Sign out. Movies home Videos What's on. Previous Next Show Grid. Previous Next Hide Grid. The leadup to the Cannes Film Festival has picked up pace, with usual suspects and surprising newbies in the race for the Palme d'Or. By Lisa Nesselson.

None were also as divisive, if gut reactions of audiences and critics are anything to go by. Whatever else we may think of the directors, each of whom cultivates his own brand of eccentricity, neither can be accused of being risk-averse. In an industry that all too often settles for conventional narratives and shies away from formal experimentation, genuine attempts at forging a new cinematic language deserve applause.

And yet, for all their artistic pretensions, neither The Tree of Life nor Melancholia is, to my mind, entirely convincing as a work of art. Both films shun linear modes of storytelling and look to music, literature and painting for alternative ways of framing a narrative.

One of the more striking initial stills sees a spectral Justine — played by Kirsten Dunst, who won the award for best actress for her portrayal — advancing against a forest backdrop, her feet and billowing wedding dress enmeshed in yarns of grey thread that hinder her progress.