Wherever we are in the world, we face decisive environmental challenges. In 2021, conscious of its role and duties, the Festival de Cannes puts in place a series of measures aiming at implementing its presence and future in an essential movement of which the cultural events must be committed environmental campaigners. The Festival de Cannes  intends to start the third decade of the 21st century with an even greater commitment to environmental responsibility and action

Responsibility because the time has come for a radically different way of producing a major international event

Action through strong and unprecedented measures put in place for the 74th Festival which will take place from July 6-17 2021. Read more

The Marché du Film will take place as usual alongside the Festival in Cannes from 6 to 15 July 2021. Due to the unusually long delay between the EFM in Berlin and the Marché du Film in Cannes (6-15 July), many international sales agents have expressed the need for an intermediate event in the spring, which will allow them to do business and to network virtually, while awaiting the big rendez-vous in July when the film industry will meet up again in large numbers.

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The Festival de Cannes is delighted to confirm that the American Spike Lee will be the President of the Jury of its 74th edition, which will be held this year from July 6 to 17, 2021. Loyal to his commitments, the American director promised to support the Festival on its return to the Croisette. Prevented last year due to the health crisis, the Festival de Cannes inaugurates this new decade with an outstanding President of the Jury, one of the greatest directors of his generation, as well as a screenwriter, actor, editor and producer. For 30 years, the tireless Spike Lee has been an astute chronicler of the questionnings of his time, with a resolutely contemporary approach that’s never without a dash of levity and entertainment. Read more

New original paintings by Bob Dylan now available to view by private appointment. These works are the latest addition to The Beaten Path series depicting a remarkable unfolding portrait of the American landscape through Dylan’s eyes.
“In some paintings, the brightness of reflected light was brought forth in evident brushstrokes. Sometimes sunlight hitting certain places would contrast deeply with areas of shadow” – Bob Dylan, Vanity Fair. A world-exclusive collection of rare, archival, limited edition portfolios by Bob Dylan featuring full and complete portfolios dating from as early as 2008 and including; The Drawn Blank Series, The Beaten Path, and the brand new release of Mondo Scripto from 2020 and The Asia Series from 2021, coinciding with the tour of Dylan’s first major museum retrospective, Retrospectrum, across Asia. Read more

For #IWD2021 WOW are hosting a free programme of events released throughout the day on their YouTube (@WOWGlobal) and also Facebook page: (@womenoftheworldfestival), all celebrating and exploring female leadership across the world. They are also streaming events throughout the whole of March, looking at a range of topics – from gender equality in the tech industry to childcare, and there is even songwriting

It’s what we were all hoping for, and now it’s been decided: the Festival will be at Cannes in this very special year, featuring part of the 2020 Cannes Official Selection. This exceptional event, organised in collaboration with the Cannes  This extraordinary “2020 Special Cannes” event will invite the general public to  the Louis Lumière auditorium of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, where four previews of films from the 2020 Official Selection, the short films selected in Competition and the Cinéfondation’s school films will be screened. A Jury, whose composition will be announced shortly, will award the Palme d’or for short films and the Cinéfondation prizes.  Read more

The 2020–21 Premier League is the 29th season of the the top English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. Twenty days on from the Champions League final, seven weeks on from the end of the last league season, welcome back, roll up and take a bio secured seat for the autumn-to-summer grind of football in the time of plague. For English football this really is a journey without maps, an attempt to return to some modified version of reality at a time when the limits of the possible seem to shift every few days. It is also the right moment to ask how this is going to feel. Nobody knows right now to what degree the public will be allowed to return to the spectacle.

More info:https://www.premierleague.com