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From theindianentertainment.com ● Volume No: I-19 pickle● Feb10-16, 2007 ● New ●

India is the Focus Country at Cannes 2007 Brand India at

Register now for the CANNES Market and Indian and corporate India have Screenings agreed to jointly make a big India splash at the CII has chalked out a special package for world’s biggest film festival in May 2007 filmed entertainment companies looking to participate at Cannes. The festival begins from May 16-27, 2007. The Cannes Market ends on May 26, 2007.The registration has begun for the Market, screenings and producers net- work. The India focus events are slated in the first week of the festival. Companies like Sunstone Sangeeta Singh Director (Films) I&B Ministry, Bobby Bedi Chairman, CII Entertainment Committee, Nilekanni Chairman, CII Brand Entertainment, Adlabs, India Committee, Ajay Khanna Deputy Director General , CII at the meeting on India participation at Cannes iDream Independent Films, Moser Baer, or the fifth consecutive year, is convinced that is a Shemaroo have Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) great opportunity to get the global mind- already blocked space will head for the 12-day Cannes Film share and engage India brand. He said at the Palais exhibition F Festival/Market beginning May 16, 2007 Indian films are powerful brands in many space to market films to project Indian cinema with support from countries, and the campaign at Cannes has and co-productions. the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. to be entertainment industry led initiative. CII will bring out the For the first time, corporate India and the ``It is fantastic time for India to do something second edition of the Indian Film Industry have joined together to at Cannes. We are very high on everybody's India Big Picture book make an India splash at the Cannes Film radar screen. It is time to take advantage of during Cannes film Festival 2007. This year marks a special syn- India's soft power,'' said Nilekanni. He is the festival 2007. ergy as it is the 60th year of Indian CEO of Infosys. Independence and 60th year of the Cannes Leading players in the filmed entertain- (For more details on Film Festival. India is also the focus country ment space (Adlabs, UTV, Mukta Arts, India@Cannes contact in the Cinema of the World category. (Eight Kaleidoscope, Saregama, Moser Baer, Zee .bhargava@ to 10 Indian films will be screened in this Group, Times Group) have agreed to support ciionline.org). slot). Industry leaders who met recently and position India brand at Cannes Film under the CII umbrella at have Festival/Market. Corporates like Yashraj agreed to work out and execute an `India Films, Prasad Labs, UFO Moviez, Percept For Everyone' campaign at Cannes similar to Picture Company, Prana Studios, Ramaji Rao the `India Everywhere' campaign at the Group, Network 18, Pixion, Pyramid Davos World Economic Forum. Samaira, Eros Multimedia have a lot to gain Nandan Nilekanni, chairman of CII Brand in participating in this initiative. India Committee , who chaired the meeting,

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India’s last competition film was by Shaji Karun in 1994 Indian Films at Cannes India has an old association with Cannes with Chetan Anand's having won the Grand Prix award in 1946. Here is the full list of Indian films screened at Cannes

Competition Section Section parallèle 1982 Un Certain Regard 1946 Dakhal directed by 1997 Neecha Nagar directed Gudia directed by by Chetan Anand ●● Goutam Ghose Winning the Grand Prix Competition Section : Mithun Actors: Uma Anand, 1983 Chakraborty, Nandana Rafiq Anwar directed by Dev Sen, , Masood ●● Mrinlal Sen Akhtar, Short Films 1952 AWARA, 1954 ●● SALAAM BOMBAY, 1988 ●● Rustic Delights Competition Section Un Certain Regard Directed by V.R. Prithviraj, 1984 Section Parallel 1988 1999 SARMA ●● Ghare Baire directed by Salaam Bombay Marana Simhasanam ●● Competition Section directed by directed by Nair Feature Film in 1962 Actors: Soumitra Prix de la Caméra d'Or First film Competition in 1953 Devi directed by Chatterji, Swatilekha Long métrage Actors: Awara directed by Raj Satyajit Ray Chatterjee ●● Raman, Vishwas Kapoor Actors: Soumitra ●● Un Certain Regard Njavakkal, Sudhas Actors: Leela Chintnis, Chatterjee, Sharmila Un certain regard 1984 1988 Thayat KN Singh, , Raj Tagore, directed by Antarjali Yatra directed ●● Kapoor, Prithviraj ●● Mrinlal Sen by Goutam Ghose Un Certain Regard ●● Section Parallel 1970 Actors: Shatrughan 1999 Short films 1953 directed Sinha, Promode The Great Experiment by Mrinlal Sen In 2005, Ganguli, Mohan Agashe directed by Directed by V.R.Sarma ●● ●● Shaji N. Karun Competition Section was selected to honor Out of Competition Actors: Venmani 1974 it as one of the world's 1989 Haridas, , Garam Hava directed greatest films, on the directed by Suhasini by M.S. Sathyu fiftieth anniversary of Satyajit Ray Actors: , its release in ●● Gita Siddharth, 1955. Pather Panchali Un Certain Regard 1989 received one of the ●● directed by Section Parallel 1974 most prestigious Shaji N.Karun SWAHAM, 1994 Padatik directed by awards of the event in First film Mrinlal Sen 1956 — the Best Human Mention d'honneur - , 2002 ●● ●● Document award. Caméra d'Or Short Films 1954 Competition Section Actors: , , ●● River of Hope 1976 ●● C.V. Sreeraman Retrospective of Raj Directed by N. Nishant directed by Competition Section ●● Kapoor in 2002 Bhavnani Benegal 1986 Section Parallel 1993 A retrospective of Raj ●● Actors: Mohan Agashe, Genesis directed by Padma Nadir Majhi Kapoor: 1948's Aag, Competition 1956 , Mrinlal Sen directed 1949's Barsaat and Pather Pantchali Naseeruddin Shaha, Actors: Shabana Azmi, by Goutam Ghose 1951's . Directed by Satyajit Ray , , ●● ●● ●● Competition Section Out of Competition Competition Section ●● ●● 1994 2002 1958 Section Parallele 1978 Swaham directed by Devdas directed by Paras Pathar Oka Oorie Katha Shaji N. Karun Directed by Satyajit Ray directed by Mrinlal Sen Actors: , Actors: Tulsi ●● Actors: Mullenezhi, Kiron Kher, Aishwarya Chakravarthy, Ranibala, Competition Section Gopi, Aswani, Sarath, Rai, Shahrukh Khan, Gangapada Basu 1980 ●● Exdin Pratidin directed ●● ●● Competition Section by Mrinlal Sen Competition Section Out of Competition 1958 ●● 1996 Section (2005) Pardesi directed by Un Certain Regard Oru Neenda Yathra Pather Pachali directed 1982 directed by by Satyajit Ray AActors: Balraj SAhni, Elippathayam directed Murali Nair Actors: Subir Sachdev Achala, by Adoor Actors: K. G. Ramu, M. Bannerjee, Nargis, Gopalakrishnan M. Roy, Parvati, Runki Bannerjee, Oleg Streezhenov, ●● PATHER PANCHALI, 1956 ●● Uma Das Gupta

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Criteria for Selection for Competition MARKET INFO Submitting a film for Competition The Cannes Official Selection include Competition (features and shorts) and Cannes Market The Marché du Film badge Out-of-Competition among others. entitles you to permanent Deadline for submission is March 15 access to the Festival de Cannes and its films. Early bird: 268 euro per he spirit of the Festival de motion picture event person, VAT included Cannes is one of friendship ■ Films that have not been exhibited (deadline: March 2, 2007). and universal cooperation. Its on Internet 299 euro aim is to reveal and focus ■ If participating in the "" cat- per person, VAT included (deadline: April 12, Tattention on works of quality in order egory, films that do not exceed 15 min- 2007). Registration on-site will to contribute to the evolution of utes in length, including credits All films cost 360 euro per person. motion picture arts and to encourage must be presented in their original lan- development of the film industry guage, with French subtitles. By "origi- The market offers 30 screen- ing rooms, divided between throughout the world. nal language" is meant the one in the Palais and theaters in CRITERIA which a film is or will be exhibited in its town where you can attend The Board of Directors chooses and country of origin. over 1400 screenings. invites the films which will be present- DEADLINE ed in Competition, Out of Competition All films to be submitted for the Official or for Un Certain Regard. Selection must be entered by March MARKET SCREENINGS Each film invited to be part of the 15th, 2007. An entry form must be Screening request: in 2007 Official Selection by the Board of filled out on the website www.festival- screening requests are to be Directors will receive a Certificate of cannes.com prior to this date. made online.Your films can be participation. A print, videocassette or DVD of the screened digitally at the Only films that meet the following con- films submitted for selection must Cannes Market. ditions may be chosen for invitation in reach the Festival by March 20th, 2007. Titles of films and all informa- the Official Selection: Once announced in the Competition tion on the screening request ■ Films that have been Complete documentation must be forwarded to the produced during the for each selected film is to Screenings Department no later than 2 April 2007, failing twelve months preceding be made available to the which the slots will be can- the Festival Film Department when celled. ■ Films that have not required.. The final print been released anywhere of each invited film should Films with a running time over 115 minutes will be invoiced other than their country of be made available by May at a different rate. To cancel a origin 14th, 2007. This deadline screening with partial refund ■ Films that have not is final. May 7, 2007. been presented at any other international Festival De Cannes (Festival de Cannes) Register Now: 299 Euros till March 2; 335 Euros till April 12 Get into the Producers Network he Producers Network was Accreditation for the Producers launched in 2004 and Network became an instant success. T ● Access to the Breakfast Meetings It is reserved for producers whose ● Access to the Producers main activity is production and Network's who have produced at least one ● Happy Hours feature film theatrically released ● Access to the Producers Network within the last 3 years. Designed to speed dating session ● stimulate production and promote It is a great place to network The 2007 Producers Network international co-production oppor- Catalogue tunities in today's competitive and Networks" will 500 pro- ● Listing in the 2007 Producers dynamic market, it has continually ducers from around the world, with Network Catalogue evolved to meet your needs. The an ever-increasing attendance from (if registered before April 12, 2007) fourth edition of this "Network of Asian countries. (Marche du Film)

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MARKET INDICATORS PICKLE DIGEST Media & Entertainment Companies traded in the Bonbay Stock Exchange (value in Rs and crore) Company Feb 9 P/E Ratio Market Cap Adlabs Films 487.55 77.39 1940.45 German Bag Films 20.30 39.80 122.00 actress Diane Balaji Telefilm 128.8 15.48 839.78 Druger will be Cinevista Ltd 26.4 -18.86 26.66 the Master of Crest Animation 131.6 138.53 252.67 Ceremonies Cyber Media 107.85 21.27 107.85 for the 60th Cannes Film 864 52.36 3568.32 Festival ETC Networks 54.40 11.10 81.60 beginning May ENT Network India 347.00 86.97 1651.72 16, 2007 Galaxy Entertainment 171.65 163.40 218.00 HT Media 185.35 15.6 4337.19 Inox Leisure 144.6 49.35 867.60 Master of Ceremonies JagranPrakashan 368.05 53.26 1847.61 erman model-turned actress Diane Kruger will be the Master of Ceremonies for the K Sera Sera 34.45 7.85 67.18 G 60th Festival de Cannes. She will welcome on Mid Day Multimedia 49.45 27.17 221.54 May 16th 2007 the President Moser Baer 349.55 3897.48 and his Jury on the stage of the Palais des Mukta Arts 59.2 -24.67 133.79 Festivals. She will also host the Closing NDTV 310.1 -289.81 1897.81 Ceremony, on Sunday May 27th, during which Prime Focus 394 31.34 500.38 the Awards will be announced. She succeeds in PVR 212.5 93.2 486.63 this role to Monica Bellucci, Laura Morante, Pritish Nandy 53.00 13.8 55.65 Cécile de France and Vincent Cassel. Kruger has Pyramid Samira 419.25 395.52 419.25 starred in Troy, Wicker Park and is currently Sahara One 412.8 96 891.65 working on Goodbye Bafana alongside Joseph Fiennes and Dennis Haysbert. Saregama India 218.65 42.87 321.42 Shringar Cinema 61.15 -39.45 193.23 Sun TV 1776.75 87.61 12241.81 TV 18 614.85 65.55 1291.19 TV Today Network 101.35 20.52 587.83 Big Parties at Cannes uring the festival, it is the films or the parties that TIPS Industries 28.00 47.46 41.44 Dbrings the attraction at Cannes. Life at Cannes begin UTV Software 292.05 668.79 after wee hours. Zee Telefilms 361.55 213.93 15351.41 ● The Biggest Party at Cannes: The Matrix Reloaded party, which cost an estimated £2m and was the CONTACT INFORMATION most expensive bash in the festival's history. It made the £1m Lord of the Rings launch party in 2001 seem Send your letters, views, suggestions to positively penny-pinching. The Editor Designed by The other big networking parties include: aneeta.saha PICKLE @gmail.com ● email: [email protected] The opening night festival party after the screening of the inaugural film is the sought after one ● Cannes Film Market party is also a gathering of who's who of the industry Make your ad ● MTV party made lot of noise in 2006; FTV party is the most talked about in recent times. Vanity Fair more powerful than the party is regular and niche. ● The producers network breakfast is a great network- Edit in the Pickle ing place. Happy Hours at the Producers Network is fun time. Block this space for 52 weeks ● The best known parties take place at the boats and yachts. Barry Diller's Mikado, Ronald Perelman's Size: 8cm X 5cm Ultima III, Charles Skimonyi's Skat and a newcomer Bushido, the sleek and teak sailboat of Taki Write to: [email protected] Theodoracorpulos. Also round the corner was Larry Ellison's The Rising Sun and the second largest boat in Paul Allen's fleet Tatoosh. BY THE NUMBERS 10, 061 professionals were registered at the Cannes Film Market in 2006 from 91 countries, compared to 9, 476 in 2005 from 83 countries. The market saw a strong Asian presence China had 82 participants (41 in 2005) India with 131 (88 in 2005) and Japan with 472 (418 last year)

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