FILM/SNEAK PEEK : LOCAL MINI-FESTIVAL FOR CANNES-DEPRIVED.Film buffs who couldn't make the trip to the French Riviera for the recent 50th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. can make plans to enjoy a mini-version of the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. slated for 8 p.m. June 17 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . Clips from this year's prize-winning films will be screened, and the salute will include a discussion with Cannes-honored filmmakers and actors. Expected to attend are Isabelle Adjani, who served as this year's jury president, along with Anouk Aimee, Marie-Jose Nat, Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil (born January 24, 1950) is a French actor. He was born in Algiers, Algeria, to French parents who were both opera singers. His starring role in Jean de Florette , Michel Blanc, Roland Joffe and Delbert Mann. On June 18 and 19, three new French films from the festival's Official French Selection will receive their American premieres at the Bing Theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. , 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Additionally, a retrospective of films that have won Cannes' Palme Pal·me , Olaf 1927-1986. Swedish politician. As premier (1969-1976 and 1982-1986) he was widely respected for his efforts toward peace and disarmament. Palme was assassinated in 1986. d'Or, best director, actor or actress awards will unspool at LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association for three consecutive weekends, beginning June 20. For information, call (213) 857-6010. Meanwhile, the Independent Film Channel, which dedicated the month of May to showing past Cannes festival selections, wraps up that series this weekend, airing Jean Cocteau's 1946 masterpiece ``Beauty and the Beast'' at 6 tonight and Susan Seidelman's gritty 1982 punk-rock saga ``Smithereens'' at 8 p.m. Saturday. Both were nominated for the Palm d'Or. Varda retrospective With your cultural radar now sweeping the horizon for all things cinematic and French, it'd be a good time to lay plans for the tribute to filmmaker Agnes Varda, considered ``the mother of the French new wave,'' which runs Thursday through June 20th at the Raleigh Studios Chaplin Theater in Hollywood. Varda, a prototype independent filmmaker and feminist who began working in the 1950s, has devoted her work to capturing the hardships and pleasures of women's lives. In this first major in-person Los Angeles retrospective, presented by American Cinematheque, Varda will be present for discussion after the first screening nearly every evening. The series begins 7:15 p.m. Thursday with Varda's 1995 tribute to the cinema, ``One Hundred and One Nights'' At 7:15 p.m. June 6, it's ``Vagabond VAGABOND. One who wanders about idly, who has no certain dwelling. The ordinances of the French define a vagabond almost in the same terms. Dalloz, Dict. Vagabondage. See Vattel, liv. 1, Sec. 219, n. ,'' Varda's most acclaimed work, the brutal and unrelenting tale of a young female drifter (Sandrine Bonnaire). For more information, call (213) 466-3456. More things French And while you're expanding your French cinema consciousness, check out the new movie ``Irma Vep,'' a sendup of the current state of French cinema that critics are raving about, now playing at Laemmle's Town Center 5 in Encino and Music Hall in Beverly Hills. `Nuremberg' screening ``Nuremberg,'' the remarkable record of the 1945 Nuremberg trials Nuremberg Trials surviving Nazi leaders put on trial (1946). [Eur. Hist.: Van Doren, 512] See : Justice and the rise and fall of Hitler and the Third Reich by noted American documentary filmmaker Pare Lorentz, will be presented at 7 p.m. Monday in a rare, one-time-only screening at the Museum of Tolerance The Museum of Tolerance is a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, with an associated museum in New York City, designed to examine racism and prejudice in the United States and the world with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust. , Simon Wiesenthal Center  This article is currently semi-protected to prevent sock puppets of currently blocked or banned users from editing it. , 9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call (310) 284-8422. Ready, set, schmooze Notice to independent filmmakers with ultra-low-budget works in progress: A board of advisers has been recruited by recently launched New Wave Films to help it locate deserving projects in need of finishing funds and possible sales representation. ``New Wave Films is eager to work with promising new directors from the U.S., Canada and overseas,'' said Peter Broderick, president of the company, which is a project of the Independent Film Channel. Filmmakers and other industry figures who've been tapped as talent scouts include John Sayles, Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Smith, Charles Burnett, Carl Franklin, Terence Malick, Victor Nunez, Robert Rodriguez, Matthew Harrison, Lisa Krueger and Maria Maggenti. Also, Scott Mosier, Laurie Parker, Andrea Sperling, Lynda Hansen, Robert Hawk, John Pierson, Amy Taubin, Marc Weiss, Atom Egoyan, Mina Shum, Lynne Stokewich, Neil Jordan, Stephen Frears and Peter Jackson. All these folks can recommend your work-in-progress to New Wave Films for finishing funds and sales assistance. How to contact them? You're on your own. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Isabelle Adjani Cannes jury president |
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