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Cannes a celebrar la edición número 74 del más grande festival de cine del mundo. Este año, y contrario al mayo acostumbrado, realizado en época estival por culpa del COVID-19: del 6 al 17 de julio.
Por Juan Carlos Lemus
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Festival de Cannes pesa a todos. Sobre todo a la organización, pues los que usualmente atienden gringos, indios, chinos, latinoamericanos la cita en la Croisette no se pueden permitir la visita por restricciones sanitarias. (Ejemplo personal: la vacuna que tengo no es leída por los lectores de QR locales y debo hacerme cada dos días los PCR).
08/06/2021 - Nine independent titles are set for the showcase, including five fiction films and four documentaries, while French movies are likewise strong in number, boasting works filmed all over the world
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The first full-length film, Savvusanna s Sisters , by Anna Hints, an Estonian-French-Icelandic collaboration, has received a $40,000 production grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund. 1,100 projects from all over the world applied for support, while 18 were shortlisted.
The producer Marianne Ostrat said that the competition for support from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund is very intense. It is one of America s most important independent filmmaking organizations. There were 1,100 applications by filmmakers around the world. Of the 18 projects selected, only three have both film directors and producers from Europe, Ostrat said.
She added that going through such a tight selection is a huge recognition and feedback that the film is touching and its completion is considered important. A large number of documentaries supported by the Sundance Institute will be screened at the world s most important film festivals and nominated for an Oscar.