Tutto il mondo è paese.
Un paio di settimane dopo la fine del Festival di Cannes, a partire dalla prossima estate, gli Champs Elysées ospiteranno l’assurdo Paris Film Festival che presenterà 15 anteprime americane o francesi, 15 film della selezione dei migliori film stranieri selezionati agli Oscar, una preview di gala ogni sera ed un tributo ad una figura chiave del mondo del cinema, che quest’anno sarà Harvey Weinstein.
Ehi, vi suona familiare? Vi ricorda un’analoga inutile e contestatissima manifestazione dell’autunno romano?
In basso il comunicato stampa ufficiale…
L’altra pessima notizia è che il Parlamento Francese ha approvato una legge che modifica il sistema di finanziamento pubblico del cinema transalpino.
Per oltre sessant’anni, dalla sua fondazione nel 1946 il CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée ha potuto disporre di risorse e investimenti per le sue attività di promozione, conservazione e supporto del cinema francese.
La legge passata alla Camera bassa e che presto approderà in Senato impone un tetto ai guadagni fiscali che il CNC ottiene dallo sfruttamento nelle sale, in tv e su ogni mezzo di comunicazione dei prodotti audiovisivi.
Se i guadagni supereranno la soglia stabilita di 972 milioni di dollari, il resto sarà incamerato dallo Stato.
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The first edition of the Paris Film Festival, under the patronage of the French Minister of Culture, will take place in Paris from June 6th – 12th, 2012 on the Champs Elysées, Sophie Dulac, President and Isabelle Svanda, General Manager, announced today. The Champs Elysées is internationally well known, located centrally in the city and breathtakingly impressive, a natural choice for an important and exceptional event.
The Paris Film Festival aims to be both a celebration for the general public as well as an industry event, and is poised to become an annual fete of French and American film along the most beautiful avenue in the world.
During the Paris Film Festival, audiences will have access to independent films as well as grand
Hollywood premieres, in the presence of the cast. The Festival aims to highlight the diversity of American cinema.
The Festival headquarters will be located on the Champs Elysées in the famous Publicis building, 133, Ave des Champs-Elysées.
The lineup of this first edition will comprise 50 films including:
• A selection of 15 French and American films not yet released in France.
• A selection of 15 films submitted for Oscar consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
• A prestigious preview every night in collaboration with the U.S. studios and major distribution companies.
• A tribute to a key figure from the world of cinema.
The Weinstein Company’s Harvey Weinstein will be honored by the Paris Film Festival during its first edition next year. The audience will be able to discover or rediscover a selection of films that he has produced. In addition, Weinstein will participate in a master class during the Festival and several well-known personalities will participate in this tribute.
Other special events throughout the Festival include:
• Hollywood Conversations – A unique occasion for the public to meet industry professionals to talk about film.
• The Industry Lounge – a place where producers as well as European and international actors can meet informally to talk about their work and screen the films they produce. The lounge will provide a welcoming environment for work, networking, conversation, or just a place to relax.
• A partnership with Studio Harcourt – A photography studio revered as a French institution, Studio Harcourt is well-known for its black and white portraits of cinema celebrities. Studio Harcourt will shoot portraits of the Festival’s celebrity guests throughout the week. An exhibition of Studio Harcourt’s most famous photographs will also take place during the Festival.
• During the Festival, numerous street shows will be arranged to take place along the Champs-Elysées.
A charitable dimension:
The Paris Film Festival is not like other film festivals. Apart from celebrating the world of cinema, the Festival aims to support an Intergenerational House in France. This House intends to welcome foster children or children placed by the child welfare department, alongside older retired people who prefer not to live alone. These two very different sectors of the population would live harmoniously side-by-side. The first House is set to open in 2014.
A percentage of each movie ticket sold during the Festival will go to the Intergenerational House funding efforts.
The Team:
• Sophie Dulac- President of the Paris Film Festival
• Isabelle Svanda – General Manager
• Béatrice Boursier – Director of Communications
• Eric Vicente – Program Director
• Yvan Hinnemann – Artistic Director
• Lisa Giacchero – Production Assistant
• Mathias Dulac – Communication’s assistant
Stanze di Cinema 