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Annette Insdorf is our correspondent at this year's
Cannes Film Festival 2013. We are honored to feature her coverage each year, which
will also include breaking news announcing the winners at the end of
the Festival.
Professor Insdorf has reported from Cannes for over a quarter
century, previously co-anchoring with the late Roger Ebert for Bravo and
The Independent Film Channel. Her knowledge and insight about cinema,
past and present, is a veritable treasure trove of film history and
culture. And we're extremely proud to have her report for Arts Express, as our
correspondent reporting from Cannes this year.
The Cannes Film Festival Reports
By Annette Insdorf
'...What was the smartest thing I did in preparation for the 2013 Cannes
Film Festival? It wasn't doing research or watching screeners in
advance, but packing my elegant waterproof boots and a new compact
umbrella. The constant rain for four days since the cinematic
extravaganza began on May 15 not only dampened the usually sizzling
atmosphere, but left many wet and gelid toes in its wake. At least I was
able to walk to screenings and parties with happy feet and relatively
dry black-tie attire...'
CONTINUE TO READ THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL REPORT HERE
Cannes Film Festival Wrap-Up Report
In her final Wrap-Up Report for Newsblaze and Arts Express Radio on
location at the Cannes Film Festival, Annette Insdorf reflects on this
year's events and trends. Along with impressions and directions within
the current film world.
READ THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WRAP-UP REPORT HERE
Annette
Insdorf is the Director Of Undergraduate Film Studies at Columbia
University, and the author of Indelible Shadows: Film And The Holocaust,
and other books on cinema. Professor Insdorf is an internationally
renowned educator, and her works are hailed as the definitive texts on
their subjects. She has also been a jury member of numerous
international film festivals.
Annette Insdorf is a member of The Women Film Critics Circle.
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