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BMW Group at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival


May 2006
 Filed under: BMW CORPORATE Car News | BMW CORPORATE Headlines

Director Lou Ye in competition with "Summer Palace"

Munich/Cannes (05/17/2006) -- The 59th International Film Festival in Cannes, to be held from 17 to 28 May 2006, is amongst the most famous film festivals in the world. 55 films from 30 countries will be appearing in various categories. In the competition for the award of the coveted "Palme d'Or': "Summer Palace" from Lou Ye, which was co-produced by producer Helge Albers from Flying Moon film production, based in Germany. The BMW Group supports the Chinese film-maker Lou Ye.
The political love story "Summer Palace" is competing.
In "Summer Palace", the Chinese author and director Lou Ye, born in Shanghai in 1965, depicts a love story over ten years, ranging from the Imperial Summer Palace in a Beijing in a tumult of student unrest to the former divided Berlin. Lou Ye became internationally famous at the turn of the century with his multi-award-winning feature film "Suzhou River". Lou Ye is part of the "sixth generation" of Chinese film makers who are trying to assert their "authors' cinema " in the face of Chinese state censorship. The statement from Cannes is: "From an artistic perspective, a major festival cannot exist today without Asian films. In choosing Wong Kar-Wai as president of the jury, we are sending out a clear signal".

"Stormbreaker" - action-packed entertainment in the film market.
Long a best seller in the English-speaking world, the young person's novel "Stormbreaker" by British author Anthony Horowitz has been turned into a fast-moving film and is now being offered to the film market in Cannes. In the action-packed thriller, young Alex Rider is hired by the British Secret Service, MI6, and, as an undercover agent, begins his battle against evil. The cast list includes such illustrious names as Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke and Alicia Silverstone. Likewise, Jeno Hodi's mystery thriller "Metamorphosis", co-produced by the young German company "Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv" is also being shown. In this, Hollywood actor and "Highlander" legend Christopher Lambert plays the nobleman Constantin.

DĂ©but film "Ping Pong" in the "Semaine de la Critique" section.
In the "Semaine de la Critique", which is held in parallel with the international film festival, Matthias Luthardt has entered the running with his full-length début film "Ping Pong". The film was produced by Niklas Bäumer, one of the three partners in the up-and-coming production company Junifilm, from Berlin.

Focus on short films.
High-quality short films are the focus of the support provided by the BMW Group. AG Kurzfilm, which works in partnership with the BMW Group, sees itself as representing the interests of German short films, and is making it possible for German short films to be presented to the international film world in Cannes. The "Next Generation" section is showing the short film "Bazar" by Markus Sehr, one of the winners of the BMW Short Film Award 2005, and Philipp Wolf's "On the field". In the "Short Film Corner" section, Andreas Pieper, a winner of the BMW Short Film Award 2006, has been invited to Cannes with "The Woman of the fourth picture down right". This section also includes Armin Völcker's "Leroy cleans up". In the "Cinéfondation" section, Stefan Müller is showing his seven-minute "Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen & Mr. Horlocker", an animation about grotesque disputes between neighbours.

Producers on the Move.
Cannes' "film market" is considered to be the largest in the world. Around 400 suppliers expect visitor numbers to exceed 10,000, and will be showing their films in over 1,400 screenings. This is where the film industry from all over the world meets and talks about international co-productions. To provide European film with a forum, European Film Promotion e.V. has been organising the event known as "Producers on the Move" since the year 2000. Since then, over 100 young European producers have been invited to Cannes to make international contacts. This year, up-and-coming young producer Bettina Brokemper will be attending from Germany; she co-produced the Israeli-French-German feature film "The Syrian Bride" by Eran Riklis and has also produced such high-quality works as "Low Profile" by Christoph Hochhäusler, with her Cologne-based company Heimatfilm, founded in 2003. The BMW Group is a partner to the "Producers on the Move" event for the second year.

Source: BMW Group

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