I am starting this topic specially for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

There is a 24/7 news video coverage of the film festival on Nigerians Report and Kisses 'n' Roses. You can view it daily for the latest news video updates.

http://kissesnroses.com/2009/05/247-news-video-of-62nd-cannes-film.html

Official Selection 2009 Cannes Film Festival

* À L'ORIGINE (IN THE BEGINNING) directed by Xavier GIANNOLI
* ANTICHRIST directed by Lars VON TRIER
* BAK-JWI (THIRST) directed by PARK Chan-Wook
* BRIGHT STAR directed by Jane CAMPION
* CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) directed by LOU Ye
* DAS WEISSE BAND (THE WHITE RIBBON) directed by Michael HANEKE
* ENTER THE VOID directed by Gaspar NOÉ
* FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD
* INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS) directed by Quentin TARANTINO
* KINATAY directed by Brillante MENDOZA
* LES HERBES FOLLES (WILD GRASS) directed by Alain RESNAIS
* LOOKING FOR ERIC directed by Ken LOACH
* LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (BROKEN EMBRACES) directed by Pedro ALMODÓVAR
* MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO directed by Isabel COIXET
* TAKING WOODSTOCK directed by Ang LEE
* THE TIME THAT REMAINS directed by Elia SULEIMAN
* UN PROPHÈTE (A PROPHET) directed by Jacques AUDIARD
* VENGEANCE directed by Johnnie TO
* VINCERE directed by Marco BELLOCCHIO
* VISAGE (FACE) directed by TSAI Ming-Liang


Nigerian movies may not be worthy of the Cannes Film Festival,but they are certainly worth watching.

~ Pierre Barrot, Author/Editor of Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria


Recommended book to read:
Le Cinema du Nigeria, 1984, by Francoise Balogun

Nice one. . . I'm rooting for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie were at the screening of Inglourious Basterds yesterday as over 5, 000 fans thronged the red carpet to see them.

Its a pity that "Nollywood" still does not have any decent movie to showcase at the Cannes film festival.

Well, I'm going for either INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS) or LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (BROKEN EMBRACES) or TAKING WOODSTOCK for the prestiguous Palme d'Or prize.

Nollywood was missing in Cannes. The Nigerian pavilion had nothing to show the visitors who came to see what the so called second largest movie industry in the world could offer. The Nigerian filmmakers like Faruk Lasaki and Fidelis Duker were in Cannes for opportunities. Some foreign directors they met at the Cannes Film Festival are coming to shoot films in Nigeria.