Cannes Film Festival

K11 Group to Host Louis Vuitton's Global First Men's Pre-Fall 2024 Show at K11 Victoria Dockside, Hong Kong

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Monday, November 20, 2023

HONG KONG, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- K11 Group is proud to announce that the globally renowned luxury Parisian fashion maison Louis Vuitton will be debuting its highly anticipated Men's Pre-Fall 2024 Show on the runway in Hong Kong.

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  • HONG KONG, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- K11 Group is proud to announce that the globally renowned luxury Parisian fashion maison Louis Vuitton will be debuting its highly anticipated Men's Pre-Fall 2024 Show on the runway in Hong Kong.
  • Set for 30 November (Thursday), this event will be history-making for Hong Kong.
  • The "Silicon Valley of Culture" will provide an exceptional platform to showcase the epitome of global fashion, luxury, art, and culture.
  • The groundbreaking METAVISION NFT exhibition added to K11 MUSEA and K11 Victoria Dockside's milestones in 2022, underscoring Hong Kong's diversity and innovation in the digital art world.

How To Have Sex: landmark film wants to change how we talk about consent

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Like those in this film, they are navigating a murky post-MeToo environment, where the lines of sexual consent are blurred and often misinterpreted, leaving women vulnerable to sexual abuse.

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  • Like those in this film, they are navigating a murky post-MeToo environment, where the lines of sexual consent are blurred and often misinterpreted, leaving women vulnerable to sexual abuse.
  • Wowing at Cannes
    The film won the Un Certain Regard prize at this year‘s Cannes Film Festival.
  • Established in 1998, the prize celebrates innovative cinematic styles and storytelling by new and emerging filmmakers from around the world.
  • She has expressed her desire for this film to be a talking point for all age groups and genders to discuss consent openly and honestly, and drive change.

In Killers of the Flower Moon, true crime reveals the paradoxes of the past

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Martin Scorsese’s latest film Killers of the Flower Moon is based on a 2017 book of the same name by David Grann that chronicled a true story of Osage Indians being systematically murdered in the 1920s.

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  • Martin Scorsese’s latest film Killers of the Flower Moon is based on a 2017 book of the same name by David Grann that chronicled a true story of Osage Indians being systematically murdered in the 1920s.
  • This oil brought enormous riches to the Osage people, who legally enjoyed “headrights” to land that could not be bought, only inherited.

New Journalism

    • His bestselling book was based around the principles of New Journalism, which developed as a popular literary genre during the 1960s in the hands of writers such as Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe and Joan Didion.
    • They typically eschew the more closeted dimensions of experimental fiction to engage openly with the public world.
    • The third and final section of the book, titled “The Reporter”, boasts an epigraph from William Faulkner’s novel Absalom, Absalom!

The mythology of West

    • During the investigation, the Bureau of Investigation – the precursor to the FBI – regarded a rancher named William Hale as the “lone mastermind” of the killings.
    • He quotes an Osage tribe member as saying the white community considered murdering an Indian as merely akin to “cruelty to animals”.
    • He suggests that such illegal forms of brutality were always embedded at the heart of the mythology of the American West.
    • This narrative complexity has interesting repercussions for the debates around the question of “truth-telling” in the fraught conditions of contemporary Australia.
    • White’s memoir was rejected by publishers, but many years later it did morph into a fictionalised version by Grove entitled The Years of Fear (2002).

New light

    • The director remarked in a recent interview with Deadline that he was more interested in exploring the story’s “mystery” than reproducing “a police procedural”.
    • He casts the two men as charismatic villains with one foot in the old Wild West.
    • He has explored capitalism’s dangerous proximity to criminal activity in films such as The Aviator (2004), starring DiCaprio as Howard Hughes.
    • Its depth of archival research shines new light on a distressing but not entirely anomalous episode in the recent American past.

SSFF & ASIA 2023 Screening in Autumn's Online Grand Theater and "DOOR" Theater Open Today

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of the biggest international short film festivals in Asia, and officially recognized by the Academy Awards®︎ announced that the official website of the Screening in Autumn event and the Online Grand Theater for early screenings as well as the virtual "DOOR" theater open today. Special screening lineup and event information have been also released and seats reservations have begun.URL: https://shortshorts.org/2023autumn/en

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  • SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of the biggest international short film festivals in Asia, and officially recognized by the Academy Awards®︎ announced that the official website of the Screening in Autumn event and the Online Grand Theater for early screenings as well as the virtual "DOOR" theater open today.
  • Arisa Nakano, who appeared in the Cannes International Film Festival award-winning film "Perfect Days," stars in this short film "Permanence."
  • On Wednesday, October 18th, we will hold an online seminar featuring Izumi Yoshida, an animation artist living in Poland and winner of the SSFF & ASIA 2023 Grand-Prix, George Lucas Award "Bridge".
  • ② Brillia Short Shorts Theater Online from Oct. 4 -, 2023
    Venue: TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MUSEUM Hall:
    ◆Content: In addition to screening SSFF & ASIA 2023 award-winning short films, there will also be a special screening of Korean short films, a talk event with guests, an online seminar for creators, and a BRANDED SHORTS seminar.

Over 130 legendary boats gather at the Monaco Classic Week-La Belle Classe

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

MONACO, Sept. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 130 boats will gather for the16th Monaco Classic Week-La Belle Classe organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco (13-16 September).

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  • MONACO, Sept. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 130 boats will gather for the16th Monaco Classic Week-La Belle Classe organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco (13-16 September).
  • Launched in 1994, this biennial meeting showcases the boats of yesteryear still sailing.
  • Alongside will be the superb Charles Nicholson masterpiece, the three-mast schooner Creole(58.22m), showing off her elegant lines.
  • During her time in Italy, the Diva rehearsed on board, an event engraved in the collective Italian memory reflected in the boat’s nickname ‘La Divina’.

Nancy Grant named 2023 CMPA Indiescreen Award winner

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Friday, September 8, 2023

Nancy Grant (Metafilms) was named the recipient of the Established Producer Award.

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  • Nancy Grant (Metafilms) was named the recipient of the Established Producer Award.
  • As the winner of the Established Producer Award, Ms. Grant was awarded a $20,000 cash prize.
  • Anam Abbas was named the recipient of the 2023 Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award.
  • The Established Producer Award jury and the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award jury were each chaired by last year's CMPA Indiescreen Award winners, Damon D'Oliveira, and Sara Blake, Magali Gillon-Krizaj and Tyler Hagan, respectively.

StoryFit Partners with MediaXchange, Expands Global Footprint

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- StoryFit, a rapid-growth AI technology company providing machine learning and predictive audience insights for the entertainment industry, today announced a new partnership with international media consulting agency, MediaXchange. Their widespread expertise and resources will support StoryFit's continued push to expand its European client base, which has continued to grow following a successful appearance at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

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  • This partnership will allow StoryFit to better connect with global entertainment firms already eager to utilize AI tools that enable creators to produce new work.
  • As the global market continues to grow at an unprecedented rate for film and television, so does the need to create a wide range of global content audiences love.
  • "We're seeing a real energy towards trying to adopt these new tools from an international standpoint," says Monica Landers, Founder and CEO at StoryFit.
  • To learn more about StoryFit and its work in advanced AI entertainment analytics, visit https://storyfit.com .

Kakao Entertainment Set to Captivate Audience Worldwide with Highly Anticipated Titles including "Song of the Bandits," "The Worst of Evil," "Castaway Diva," and "Gyeongseong Creature."

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Monday, August 28, 2023

Not Others was produced by Kakao Entertainment's production subsidiary Baram Pictures in collaboration with Arc Media.

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  • Not Others was produced by Kakao Entertainment's production subsidiary Baram Pictures in collaboration with Arc Media.
  • This drama is an adaptation of a popular webtoon of the same name, similar to Business Proposal that created synergy between each business last year.
  • With its high artistic quality and box-office potential, the film has been well-received by audience and critics alike.
  • In partnership with Pan Entertainment, Baram Pictures is producing You Have Done Well (working title), directed by Kim Won-suk and written by Lim Sang-choon.

Chinese Beauty Influencer and Top Live-streamer Ma Shuai Participants in the 25th World Congress of Dermatology in Singapore

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

SINGAPORE, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 25th World Congress of Dermatology Singapore 2023 (WCD 2023), the largest and most influential global event in the field of dermatology, has been held in Singapore recently.

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  • SINGAPORE, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 25th World Congress of Dermatology Singapore 2023 (WCD 2023), the largest and most influential global event in the field of dermatology, has been held in Singapore recently.
  • Among the esteemed attendees is Ma Shuai, a Chinese beauty influencer who is a signing expert of Dandelion Digital and a top beauty influencer on Douyin (Douyin ID: PgyMa), the Chinese version of TikTok.
  • The WCD is the world's largest dermatology conference, representing the latest research and development in skin science.
  • Looking ahead, Ma Shuai is poised to become an even more influential figure in the global beauty and personal care market.

IIWB Co-organizes Successful Charity Gala with Better World Fund in 76th Cannes Film Festival

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Cannes, known for its picturesque landscapes and the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, recently played host to another highly anticipated event.

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  • Cannes, known for its picturesque landscapes and the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, recently played host to another highly anticipated event.
  • The Better World Found charity gala, jointly organized by a charitable organization and renowned movie stars, took place on May 21, 2023, at the iconic InterContinental Carlton Cannes.
  • Members of IIWB participated in the Cannes Film Festival red carpet as film investors, demonstrating their support to young filmmakers and the industry as a whole.
  • Moving forward, IIWB will intensify its focus on young filmmakers and contribute within its capabilities to the field of film production.