We have someone (actually two people, the Coen bros.) to preside over the famed Cannes Film Festival jury and now we have a poster. Next? The movies themselves. The Festival du Cannes revealed the poster for the 68th edition of the famed international film festival today and this year's edition puts the spotlight on Ingrid Berman. The acclaimed Swedish actress presided over the Cannes Jury in 1973. Hervé Chigioni and Gilles Frappier designed this year's poster which always sets the stage for the upcoming festival. Besides the poster, the festival also released an animated video inspired by the new image featuring the music that plays before every Cannes screening, "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns. This version was arranged by two Swedish musicians, Patrik Andersson and Andreas Söderström. You can watch the new video below the embedded poster image in this post. The 68th Festival du Cannes runs from...
- 3/23/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
The sun is staying out longer and the days are getting warmer, which for movie fans means that the Cannes Film Festival is around the corner. We're already made our list of the 20 Films We Hope To See At The 2015 Cannes Film Festival and soon the announcements, hype and buzz will be escalating into fever pitch. But today things start out softly with release of the festival's official poster. Ingrid Bergman is this year's highlight star —the image above is based on a photograph by David Seymour, and the poster was put together by graphic designer Gilles Frappier. In addition, Frappier also put together an animated promo featuring a new version of Camille Saint-Saëns' "The Carnival of the Animals" by Patrik Andersson and Andreas Söderström. As festivalgoers know, that song is played along with the Cannes Film Festival logo prior to each screening at the fest. Check out the full one sheet below,...
- 3/23/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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