William Friedkin answers a question about paranoia after the screening of his feature film Bug at the 59th International Film Festival in Cannes.
The film was competing in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs”.

Inside the Carlton Hotel, on La Croisette, we met Haitham Ahmed Zaki who introduces HALIM.

The world premiere of the film happened the 19th of May and was followed by a huge party on the Carlton beach.

Hiroyuki Nakano presents Iron, his short movie about a Yakusa who is still alive today.

Good News Group is one of the biggest media group in the arab world and its CEO, Adel Adeeb, explains its strategy while presenting the world premiere of “Halim” in Cannes.

Seems like Egypt is gaining momentum in cinema with Good News Group which schedules another big project, about Al Qaeda, after Halim.

Halim is the most expensive film to date in the arab world with an overall budget of USD 6 millions.

Interview recorded the 18th of May at the Carlton, in Cannes.

A Complicated Story, Simply Told (short)
Director: Jaap van Heusden

Interview with a promising young director whose film has been selected in the prestigious Cinefondation selection at the 2006 International Film Festival in Cannes.

Here is an exclusivity from Cinelogs, the cinema’s weblog : the debate following the screening of Sonhos de Peixe for the International Critic’s Week in Cannes 2006.

SONHOS DE PEIXE, directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky
SYNOPSIS : In a village on the northeastern coast of Brazil, Jusce, 17, scrapes a living by diving 30 meters, with rudimentary equipment, for lobster. His “prize” at the end of a long day of risky work is sitting close to Ana, who lives with her mother and young daughter, as she savors the drama of urban sophisticates on her favorite soap opera. Ana dreams of leaving the village to see the world. Jusce is content with the life he leads .The other fishermen, friends of Jusce’s dead father, help him to buy and fit out his own fishing boat. One day an old buddy, Rogério, returns from the big city to work at giving dune buggy rides along the coast. The day Rogério gives Jusce a ride to Ana’s place marks the beginning of their rivalry for Ana’s attention. Jusce has to reinvent himself in order not to loose Ana to the adventurous life style of Rogério.

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Solaf Fawakhergy is a syrian actress coming to Cannes for the first time and will attend the world premiere of Halim directed by Sherif Arafa.

She plays Didi, Halim’s first love.