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The Cannes International Film Festival (French: ''Le Festival International du Film de Cannes'' or just ''Festival de Cannes''), founded in 1946, is the most prestigious film festival in the world. The private festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France.

The 64th edition took place from 11 to 22 May 2011. The President of the Jury was the American actor Robert De Niro.

History

The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in the late 1930s when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of Philippe Erlanger and with the support of the British and Americans, set up an international cinematographic festival in response to the interference of the fascist governments of Italy and Germany in the selection of films for the Venice Film Festival. Cannes was selected for the location over other candidates, such as Vichy, Biarritz and Algiers. In June 1939, Louis Lumière agreed to be the president of the first festival, set to be held from 1 to 30 September 1939 as "Le Festival International de Cannes". The German attack on Poland on 1 September 1939, followed by the declaration of war against Germany by France and the United Kingdom on 3 September, ended the first edition of the festival before it started.

The festival was relaunched after the Second World War in 1946, in the old Casino of Cannes, financed by the City of Cannes and the French Foreign Affairs Ministry. Although the initial spirit of the French festival was to compete with its Italian counterpart, a secret agreement took place between both nations that they would celebrate their international festivals in alternating years. The first Cannes Festival was a considerable success, so when the agreement was made public it was heavily criticised and considered as a "capitulation of France". The next year, in 1947, the festival was held as the "Festival du film de Cannes", with films from sixteen countries were presented. Moreover, the principle of equality was introduced, so that the jury was to be made up only of one representative per country. Also, this year the festival was held at the made-for-the-occasion ''Palais des Festivals'', although the roof was unfinished and blew off during a storm. The festival was not held in 1948 and 1950 on account of budgetary problems. In 1951, owing to better relations between France and Italy, the Cannes Festival was moved to Spring, while the ''Mostra'' remained in Autumn.

In 1955 the Golden Palm was created, replacing the ''Grand Prix du Festival'' which had been given until that year. In 1957 Dolores del Rio was the first female member of the jury as a Sélection officielle – Member. In 1959 the ''Marché du Film'' (Film Market) was founded, giving the festival a commercial character and facilitating exchanges between sellers and buyers in the film industry. Today it has become the first international platform for film commerce.

In 1962 the International Critics' Week was born, created by the French Union of Film Critics as the first parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival. Its goal was to showcase first and second works by directors from all over the world, not succumbing to commercial tendencies. In 1965 an hommage was paid to Jean Cocteau after his death, and he was named Honorary President for life. The next year, Olivia de Havilland was named the first female president of the festival.

The 1968 festival was halted on 19 May 1968. Some directors, such as Carlos Saura and Milos Forman, had withdrawn their films from the competition. On 18 May, filmmaker Louis Malle along with a group of directors took over the large room of the ''Palais'' and interrupted the projections in solidarity with students and labour on strike throughout France, and in protest to the eviction of the then President of the Cinémathèque Française. The filmmakers achieved the reinstatement of the President, and they founded the Film Directors' Society (SRF) that same year. In 1969 the SRF, led by Pierre-Henri Deleau created the Directors' Fortnight, a new non-competitive section that programs a selection of films from around the world, distinguished by the independent judgment displayed in the choice of films.

During the 1970s, important changes occurred in the Festival. In 1972 Robert Favre Le Bret was named the new President, and Maurice Bessy the Managing Director. He immediately introduced an important change in the selection of the participating films. Until that date, the different countries chose which films would represent them in the festival. Bessy created one committee to select French films, and another for foreign films. In 1978 Gilles Jacob assumed the President position, introducing the Caméra d'Or award and the Un Certain Regard section. Other changes were the decrease of length of the festival down to thirteen days, reducing the number of selected films thus; also, until that point the Jury was composed by Film Academics, and Jacob started to introduce celebrities and professionals from the film industry.

In 1983 a new, much bigger ''Palais des Festivals et des Congrès'' was built to host the Festival. It was nicknamed "The Bunker" and provoked many reactions against it. In 1984 Pierre Viot replaced Robert Favre Le Bret as President of the Festival. It wasn't until 1995 that Gilles Jacob created the last section of the Official Selection: la Cinéfondation. Its aim was to support the creation of works of cinema in the world and to contribute to the entry of the new scenario writers in the circle of the celebrities. The Cinéfondation was completed in 2000 with ''La Résidence'' and in 2005 ''L'Atelier''. The Festival's current President, Gilles Jacob, was appointed in 2000, and in 2002 the Festival officially adopted the name ''Festival de Cannes''.

Impact

The festival has become an important showcase for European films. Jill Forbes and Sarah Street argue in ''European Cinema: An Introduction'', that Cannes "became...extremely important for critical and commercial interests and for European attempts to sell films on the basis of their artistic quality" (page 20). Forbes and Street also point out that, along with other festivals such as Venice and Berlin, Cannes offers an opportunity to determine a particular country's image of its cinema and generally foster the notion that European cinema is "art" cinema.

Additionally, given massive media exposure, the non-public festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for film producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

Programmes

The Cannes Film Festival is organised in various sections:

The Official Selection – The main event of the festival.

*In Competition – The twenty films competing for the Palme d'Or. They are projected in the ''Théâtre Lumière''.

*Un Certain Regard – Twenty films selected from cultures near and far; original and different works. They are projected at the ''Salle Debussy''.

*Out of Competition – These films are also projected in the ''Théâtre Lumière'' but do not compete for the main prize.

*Special Screenings – The selection committee chooses for these films an environment specially adapted to their particular identity.

*Cinéfondation – About fifteen shorts and medium-length motion pictures from film schools over the world are presented at the ''Salle Buñuel''.

*Short Films – The shorts competing for the Short Film Palme d'Or are presented at the Buñuel and Debussy theatres. There are approximately 10 films in this competition.

Parallel Sections – These are non-competitive programmes dedicated to discovering other aspects of cinema.

*Cannes Classics – It celebrates the heritage of film, aiming to highlight works of the past, presented with brand new or restored prints.

*Tous les Cinémas du Monde – It showcases the vitality and diversity of cinema across the world. Each day, one country is invited to present a range of features and shorts in celebration of its unique culture, identity and recent film works.

*Caméra d'Or – It rewards the best first film of the Festival, choosing among the debutants' works among the Official Selection, the Directors' Fortnight and the International Critics' Week selections.

*Cinéma de la Plage – Screening of Cannes Classics and Out of Competition films for the mass public on Macé beach, preceded by a programme dedicated to film music.

Other Sections – Produced by outside organizations during the Cannes Festival.

*Directors' Fortnight

*International Critics' Week

Events

*Marché du Film – The busiest movie market of the world.

*Masterclasses – Given in public by world renowned filmmakers.

*Tributes – Honors internationally renowned artists with the presentation of the Festival Trophee following the screening of one of their films.

*Producers Network – An opportunity to make international co-productions.

*Exhibitions – Each year, an artist, a body of work or a cinematographic theme becomes the focus of an exhibition that diversifies or illustrates the event's programme.

*60th Anniversary – Events organised in 2007 dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Festival.

Juries

Prior to the beginning of each event, the Festival's board of directors appoints the juries who hold sole responsibility for choosing which films will receive a Cannes award. Jurors are chosen from a wide range of international artists, based on their body of work and respect from their peers.

Feature Films – An international jury composed of a President and various film or art personalities, who determine the prizes for the feature films in Competition.

Cinéfondation and Short Films – Composed of a President and four film personalities. It awards the Short Film Palme d'Or as well as the three best films of the Cinéfondation.

Un Certain Regard – Composed of a President, journalists, students in cinema, and industry professionals. It awards the Un Certain Regard Prize for best film and can, moreover, honour two other films.

Caméra d'Or – Composed of a President, as well as film directors, technicians, and French and international critics. They award the best film in any category.

Awards

The most prestigious award given out at Cannes is the ''Palme d'Or'' ("Golden Palm") for the best film.

Competition

* ''Palme d'Or'' – ''Golden Palm''

* ''Grand Prix'' – ''Grand Prize of the Festival''

* ''Prix du Jury'' – ''Jury Prize''

* ''Palme d'Or du court métrage'' – ''Best Short Film''

* ''Prix d'interprétation féminine'' – ''Best Actress''

* ''Prix d'interprétation masculine'' – ''Best Actor''

* ''Prix de la mise en scène'' – ''Best Director''

* ''Prix du scénario'' – ''Best Screenplay''

Other Sections

* ''Prix Un Certain Regard'' – ''Young talent, innovative and audacious works''

* ''Cinéfondation prizes'' – ''Student films''

* ''Caméra d'Or'' – ''Best first feature film''

Given by Independent Entities

* ''Prix de la FIPRESCI'' – ''International Federation of Film Critics Prize''

* ''Prix Vulcain'' – Awarded to a technical artist by the CST

* International Critics' Week Prizes

* Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Palm Dog, for best canine performance.

Queer Palm, for LGBT-related films.

List of Palme d'Or winners

2011: The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick

2010: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Apichatpong Weerasethakul

2009: The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke

See also

Directors' Fortnight

List of Palme d'Or winners

Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

References

Further reading

''Cannes: Fifty Years of Sun, Sex & Celluloid : Behind the Scenes at the World's Most Famous Film Festival '' by Peter Bart (Miramax, 1997)

''Cannes – A Festival Virgin's Guide'' by Benjamin Craig (Cinemagine Media Publishing, 2004)

''Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival'' by Cari Beauchamp and Henri Behar (William Morrow & Co, 1992)

External links

Cannes Film Festival official website

Cannes Film Festival Blog

Radio France Internationale coverage of the Cannes Film Festival 2010 Radio France Internationale coverage of the Cannes Film Festival 2011

Footage from the 1958 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes – A Festival Virgin's Guide – Detailed festival history and information for attendees

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A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings. The films may be of recent date and, depending upon the focus of the individual festival, can include international releases as well as films produced by the organisers' domestic film industry. Sometimes there is a focus on a specific film-maker or genre (e.g., film noir) or subject matter (e.g., horror film festivals). A number of film festivals specialise in short films, each with its defined maximum length. Film festivals are typically annual events.

History

The first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932; the other major and oldest film festivals of the world are: Festival del film Locarno (1946), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1946), Edinburgh International Film Festival (1947), Cannes Film Festival (1947), Melbourne International Film Festival (1951) and Berlin International Film Festival (1951).

The Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK was established in 1947 and is the longest continually running film festival in the world. Raindance Film Festival is the UK's largest celebration of independent film-making and is taking place in London in October.

The first North American high film festival was the Columbus International Film & Video Festival, also known as The Chris Awards, held in 1953. According to the Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco, "''The Chris Awards'' (is) one of the most prestigious documentary, educational, business and informational competitions in the U.S; (it is) the oldest of its kind in North America and celebrating its 54th year."

It was followed four years later by the San Francisco International Film Festival held in March 1957 whose emphasis was on feature-length dramatic films. The festival played a major role in introducing foreign films to American audiences. Among the films shown in its founding year were Akira Kurosawa's ''Throne of Blood'' and Satyajit Ray's ''Pather Panchali''.

Today there are thousands of film festivals around the world, ranging from high profile festivals such as Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT) to horror festivals such as Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA).

Digital feature film distribution began in 2005, along with the arrival of the world's first online film festival, the GreenCine Online Film Festival, sponsored by DivX *.

Entry fee

Most film festivals require filmmakers to pay an entry fee to have their works considered for screening. This is especially commonplace among larger film festivals, such as the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest and even smaller "boutique" festivals such as the Miami International Film Festival and the British Urban Film Festival in London.

However, not all film festivals require an entry fee. Rotterdam Film Festival, for example, does not charge an entry fee to submit work. There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do. In some cases, such as the Portland International Film Festival, there is an entry fee, but it is waived for filmmakers within a certain region, such as the Northwestern United States.

Significant or Notable festivals

The three most prestigious film festivals are commonly regarded to be that of Cannes, Berlin and Venice; these festivals are sometimes called the "Big Three." Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''The Three Colors Trilogy'' were each made for these festivals, with ''Blue'' for Venice, ''White'' for Berlin, and ''Red'' for Cannes.

The Toronto International Film Festival is North America's most popular festival. ''Time'' wrote it had "grown from its place as the most influential fall film festival to the most influential film festival, period.". Seattle International Film Festival is credited as being the largest film festival in America, regularly showing over 400 films in a month across the city The Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival and Gimli Film Festival are also major festivals in North America.

"A" Festivals: The festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Shanghai, Moscow, San Sebastián, Montréal, Locarno (since 2002), Karlovy Vary, Mar del Plata, Cairo, Tokyo, and Warsaw are listed as "A festivals", or "category one" by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

Experimental films: Ann Arbor Film Festival was started in 1963. It is the oldest continually operated experimental film festival in North America and has become one of the premiere film festivals for independent and, primarily, experimental filmmakers to showcase their work.

Independent films: In the US, Telluride Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Austin's South by Southwest, and New York City's Tribeca Film Festival, are all considered significant festivals for independent film. The Zero Film Festival is significant as the first and only festival exclusive to self-financed filmmakers. The biggest independent film festival in the UK is Raindance Film Festival.

North American'': The San Francisco International Film Festival, started in 1957, is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. It highlights current trends in international filmmaking and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution. The Toronto International Film Festival, begun in 1976, is regarded North America's most major and most prestigious film festival, and the most widely attended worldwide. Toronto's Hot Docs is the leading North American documentary film''' festival. Toronto also has the largest amount of film festivals in the world, ranging from cultural, independent, and historic films. The largest festival, in terms of the number of features shown, is the Seattle International Film Festival, screening 270 features, and approximately 150 short films. Meanwhile, the New York Film Festival only shows a few films in each year, but it still has big impact in the United States. The Sundance film festival is a major festival for independent film.

Latin American significance: The Cartagena Film Festival, founded by Victor Nieto in 1960, is the oldest film festival in Latin America. The Festival de Gramado (or Gramado Film Festival) Gramado, Brazil along with the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico are considered to be the most important film festivals of Latin America. It was first held in 1973, awarding Latin American films. The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival has been held since 1975 in that Spanish city. While the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in Mexico, specializing in emerging talents, and is held each year during the last week of July in the two colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato. Among Spanish speaking countries the Dominican International Film Festival is held annually in Puerto Plata, DR, the Valdivia International Film Festival is held annually in the city of Valdivia. It is arguable the most important film festival in Chile.

Animation: Founded in 1960, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival is the oldest international film festival dedicated exclusively to animation. The others are: Zagreb (f. 1972) Ottawa (f. 1976), Hiroshima (f. 1985), KROK (f. 1989), and Anima Mundi (f. 1992). There are also a variety of regional festivals in various countries.

Asian Film Festival: Most notable amongst the Asian Film Festivals are the Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival, which was recently expanded to include Arab Cinema as well, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF).

European festivals The biggest European festival is the Cannes film festival in France along with Berlin and Venice.

Art and Technology: The Palo Alto International Film Festival, a program of the Palo Alto Institute, is the only film festival in the United States to celebrate the convergence of art and technology, by focusing on the influence of emerging technologies on cinema.

Emerging Filmmakers: The KahBang Film Festival, part of the KahBang Music-Art-Film Festival in Bangor, Maine, is one of the newest film festivals in the United States to discover and showcase the work from Emerging Filmmakers throughout the world. Their programming continues to be unique by also showcasing the best new Comedy features, Music Documentaries, and Maine made films. Each year they honor one notable actor, actress, or filmmaker with the "Kevin Norwood Bacon Award for Achievement in Cinema", acknowledging the success the recipient has achieved in being so closely connected to Kevin Bacon. One of their films is screened in the KahBang Off Screen Category, "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" which connects the honored back to the man himself.

See also

List of film festivals

Outdoor cinema

References

Further reading

Turan, Kenneth, ''Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made'', Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2002, hardback, ISBN 0-520-21867-1.

Watson, Nigel, "The Sense and Sensationalism of Film Festivals", Talking Pictures website

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Gael García Bernal (; born November 30, 1978) is a Mexican film actor and director.

Early life

García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Angel García, an actor and director. His stepfather is Sergio Yazbek, whom his mother married when García Bernal was young. He started acting at just a year old and spent most of his teen years starring in telenovelas. Gael studied the International Baccalaureate, with chemistry being unquestionably his favorite subject. When he was fourteen, he taught indigenous peoples in Mexico to read, often working with the Huichol Indians. In his later teens, he took part in peaceful demonstrations during the Chiapas uprising of 1994.

Career

García Bernal was becoming a soap opera heartthrob, but at age of 19, he left Mexico's television world to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, becoming the first person from Mexico to be accepted into the program. In the brief period beforehand, he had begun to study philosophy at UNAM, Mexico's national university, before a strike closed the college and he then left for London. Describing his time in London as 'life forming', he considered acting merely an 'odd job profession' until the Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu offered him a part in ''Amores Perros''. Subsequently, García Bernal starred in some of Mexico's most celebrated recent films, including 2001's ''Y tu mamá también'', and ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'' (2002). He has also done some theatre work, including a 2005 production of ''Bodas de Sangre'', by Federico García Lorca, in the Almeida Theatre in London. His debut as a working-class dreamer in the Oscar-nominated ''Amores Perros,'' however, was what first grabbed Hollywood's attention.

García Bernal also portrayed Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara twice, first in the 2002 TV miniseries ''Fidel'' and then, better known, in 2004's ''The Motorcycle Diaries'', an adaptation of a journal a 23-year-old Guevara wrote about his travels across South America. García Bernal has worked for acclaimed directors including Pedro Almodóvar, Walter Salles, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Michel Gondry, among others. He recently took on roles in English language films, including the Gondry-directed ''The Science of Sleep'', the Alejandro González Iñárritu-directed ''Babel'', and ''The King'', for which he earned rave reviews. He has been nominated for a BAFTA in 2005 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for ''The Motorcycle Diaries'' and, in 2006, was nominated for the Orange Rising Star award which acknowledges new talents in the acting industry.

García Bernal also directed his first feature film, ''Déficit'', which was released in 2007. García Bernal is also featured on the 2007 Devendra Banhart album ''Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon'', contributing vocals on the first track entitled "Cristobal." Bernal was cast for the 2008 film ''Blindness'', an adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by José Saramago about a society suffering an epidemic of blindness. Like in the novel, the characters have only descriptions, no names or histories; while director Fernando Meirelles said some actors were intimidated by the concept of playing such characters, "With Gael, he said, 'I never think about the past. I just think what my character wants.'"

Recently, García Bernal starred in ''Rudo y Cursi'' with Diego Luna, directed by Carlos Cuarón.

Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna own Canana Productions. The company recently joined with Golden Phoenix Productions owned by Producer Tom Golden of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to jointly produce a number of television documentaries about the unsolved murders of more than 300 women in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.

In May 2010, García Bernal did a cameo appearance as himself, playing Cristiano Ronaldo in ''Ronaldo: The Movie'' for Nike advertisement "Write The Future".

In 2010, he co-directed with Marc Siver four short films in collaboration with Amnesty International. This tetralogy is called "Los Invisibles" about migrants from Central America in Mexico, their journey, the violence imposed, their hopes and what they can contribute to Mexico, the US and the World. He directed the movie, did the interviews and also is the narrator of this four short movies that can be freely seen on the Amnesty website or on Youtube.

Garcia Bernal narrated ''Human Planet'' for Hispanic audiences, which will premiere on Discovery en Español on April 25 2011 and will air on Discovery Channel in Latin America on May 12. For the third time Gael reunites with fellow friend Diego Luna, this time in the American Spanish-language comedy film ''Casa de Mi Padre'' opposite Will Ferrell where he plays a feared drug lord. Gael's next few projects include starring with Al Pacino in ''Hands of Stone'', and alongside Daniel Day Lewis in Martin Scorsese's ''Silence''.

Personal life

He was raised by his mother and stepfather, the photographer Sergio Yazbek. García Bernal studied at The Edron Academy in Mexico City. García Bernal's parents participated in an annual clown competition which inspired García Bernal as a young child to become the actor he is today.

García Bernal is "culturally Catholic" and "spiritually agnostic". He speaks fluent Spanish and English; and Portuguese, French and Italian to some degree.

On Thursday January 8, 2009, his girlfriend, Argentine actress Dolores Fonzi gave birth to a son Lázaro in Madrid, Spain. Their daughter Libertad was born on April 4, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Roles in Academy Award-nominated films

Gael García Bernal has been in six Oscar-nominated films:

''De tripas, corazon'' - (Best Live-Action Short Film)

''Amores Perros'' - (Best Foreign Language Film, Mexico)

''El Crimen del Padre Amaro'' - (Best Foreign Language Film, Mexico)

''Y Tu Mamá También'' - (Best Original Screenplay)

''The Motorcycle Diaries'' - (Best Song, Best Adapted Screenplay)

''Babel'' - (Best Picture, Best Director, Best S. Actress, Best S. Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Score)

Quotations

"The talent survives and remains while the beauty is diluted." "Changes occur that way. Suddenly the bricks fall into place in some sort of chaotic serenity." "I'm an actor. I don't need to abide by any ethnicity." "I was very involved. I helped with sending food, writing and reading about the situation, and demonstrating about it on the marches. It was great. I was young, and it was fun. And I've got to say, I met my first girlfriend – my first real girlfriend - there as well. It was a great place to meet girls!"- Gael on the Chiapas uprising

Filmography

''Amores perros'' ''Sin Noticias de Dios'' ''Vidas privadas'' ''Y tu mamá también'' ''El ojo en la nuca'' ''I'm with Lucy'' ''Fidel (film) ''El Crimen del Padre Amaro'' ''Dreaming of Julia'' ''Dot the I'' ''Bad Education'' ''The Motorcycle Diaries (film) ''The King (film) ''Babel (2006 film) ''The Science of Sleep'' ''Déficit'' ''El Pasado'' ''Blindness (film) ''Rudo y Cursi'' ''Mammoth (2009 film) ''The Limits of Control'' ''8 - 'The Letter''' ''Letters to Juliet'' ''Even the Rain'' ''José and Pilar'' ''A Little Bit of Heaven (2011 film) ''Casa de Mi Padre''

Year !! Title !! Role	Notes
2000	Queen of Swords (TV series)>Queen of Swords''	Churri
2000	|	Octavio
2001	|	Davenport	Goya Awards>Goya nomination for Best Supporting Actor
2001	|	Gustavo 'Gana' Bertolini
2001	|	Julio Zapata
2001	|	Pablo Urrutia	Honorary Foreign Student Oscar Award
2002	|	Gabriel
2002	Fidel'' ||	Ernesto "Che" Guevara
2002	|	Padre Amaro
2003	|	Ricky	Released as ''Cuban Blood'' in the US
2003	|	Kit Winter
2004	|	Ángel/Juan/Zahara
2004	The Motorcycle Diaries'' ||	Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna
2005	The King'' ||	Elvis
2006	Babel'' ||	Santiago
2006	|	Stéphane	French film, written and directed by Michel Gondry
2007	|	Cristobal	Also Director/Producer
2007	|	Rímini
2008	Blindness'' ||	King of Ward 3
2008	|	Tatto
2009	Mammoth'' ||	Leo Vidales
2009	|	Mexican
2009	|	-	Producer/Writer/Director Only
2010	|	Victor
2010	|	Sebastián
2010	|	Self	Doc about José Saramago (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1998)
2011	A Little Bit of Heaven'' ||	Julian Goldstein
2011	|	Onza

References

External links

Gael García Bernal on Twitter

El ojo en la nuca - (Short film on YouTube)

Gael Garcia Bernal interview for ''Rudo & Cursi'' By Alastair Smart, ''Telegraph'', July 8, 2009

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Petra Němcová (; born 24 June 1979 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a Czech model, television host, author, and philanthropist. She is the founder and chair of the Happy Hearts Fund. In December 2004, she was injured in Thailand by a tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; her fiancé, photographer Simon Atlee, was killed in the tsunami.

Early life

Petra Němcová was born June 24, 1979 in Communist Czechoslovakia. She grew up in Karvina with her sister Olga. As a child she was teased at school for sharing her name with the famous Czech author Bozena Němcová. She was scouted on the streets of Prague by "Next Model Management". Upon signing with the renowned agency Němcová moved to Milan.

Career

Modeling

Petra Němcová was scouted walking through the streets in Prague. In 1995 she won the Czech ''Elite Model Look''. Upon signing with Next Models, Němcová moved to Milan where her career flourished. She was featured in campaigns for Benetton, Bulgari Sunglasses, Cartier, Clarins, Cortefiel, Dirk Bikkembergs, Fortunoff, Graff, HP Intel Personal Computer, HS, Intimissimi, John Lewis, Lancaster, La Perla, La Senza, Maindenform, Max Factor, Pantene Pro-V, Passport, Playtex, Rampage, Schwarzkopf, Victoria's Secret, and Wild Orchid. Additionally, she has appeared on the covers of Madame Figaro, Elle, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Flare, Vegas, Glamour, FHM, and Sports Illustrated. From 2000 to 2004, she has walked for designers Lolita Lempicka, Gai Mattiolo Erreuno, Matthew Williamson, Custo Barceloa, Blunauta, Dirk Bikkembergs, Gugliemo Cappone, Luciano soprani, Marina Babini,Yumi Katsura, Akadius, and Michino Koshino.

Němcová was featured on the cover of the 2003 ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue and appeared in the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 editions. In addition to working with world class photographers on her ''Sports Illustrated'' shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair's body painting work.

Petra is currently signed to Mikas in Stockholm, View Management in Barcelona, Unique One in Prague, and "Next Model Management" in London, Paris, Milan, New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.

Television

In 2001, the up-and-coming model appeared on British television series Absolutely Fabulous. On 3 June 2004, she was one of the telecast judges during the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition in Quito, Ecuador. In 2007, she was the host of TLC's ''A Model Life''. On 7 July 2007 she was a presenter at the American leg of Live Earth and appeared in the music video "Misfit" by American indie group Elefant. She is currently working with HP computers to produce a multi-million dollar TV and web campaign.

She was a contestant on season 12 of ''Dancing with the Stars'' and her professional dance partner was Dmitry Chaplin. She was voted off in the 5th week of the competition and came in 8th place. "Dancing with the stars" performances : {|class="wikitable" align="left" |rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Week # |rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Dance Style/Song |colspan="3" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Judges' score |rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|Result |- |- |bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Inaba |bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Goodman |bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Tonioli |- |- |align="center" |1 |align="center" |Foxtrot/"Don't Know Why" |align="center" |6 |align="center" |6 |align="center" |6 |align="center" |No Elimination |- |- |align="center" |2 |align="center" |Jive/"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" |align="center" |6 |align="center" |6 |align="center" |6 |align="center" |Safe |- |- |align="center" |3 |align="center" |Waltz/"You Raise Me Up" |align="center" |8 |align="center" |9 |align="center" |8 |align="center" |Safe |- |- |align="center" |4 |align="center" |Paso Doble/"Les Voici! Voici La Quadrille!" |align="center" |8 |align="center" |7 |align="center" |8 |align="center" |Safe |- |- |align="center" |5 |align="center" |Quickstep/"Viva Las Vegas" |align="center" |7 |align="center" |7 |align="center" |8 |align="center" |Eliminated |}

Other Ventures

In 2005, Němcová released her autobiography ''Love Always, Petra'' (ISBN 0446579130) published December 2005, which tells of her early life under Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, her entrance into the field of fashion and modeling, and her breakthrough into ''Sports Illustrated'', which was her springboard to becoming a supermodel. She also tells of her life with Simon Atlee and how they fell in love and became engaged to marry.

In July 2007, Němcová partnered with New York City power broker Ron Schnackenberg to form a luxury boutique real estate firm Aglow Properties, which specializes in representing high net worth and high-profile clients in a very discreet manner.

Personal life

Němcová speaks Czech, Slovak, Polish, English, French and Italian. In December 2010, she became engaged to English actor Jamie Belman. In April, 2011 she confirmed on The Wendy Williams Show that she is currently married.

In February 2007, Němcová became a vegan and gave up meat and dairy in order to 'help save ocean life.'

2004 Tsunami

During the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Němcová was at the Khao Lak resort in Thailand with her main photographer and fiancé, Simon Atlee, when the tsunami struck where they were staying. Initially, Atlee was presumed missing, but his body was found and identified on March 3 2005, on the shores of Sumatra (near the epicenter of the earthquake that caused the tsunami).

Atlee had drowned, and Němcová suffered a broken pelvis and serious internal injuries, but she managed to hold onto the top of a palm tree, reportedly for eight hours, until she was rescued by Thai civilians and airlifted to an inland hospital nearby. Němcová spent three weeks in a Thai hospital, and then flew home to the Czech Republic, where she spent an additional three weeks in the hospital. Němcová's first interview after her near-death experience was with Diane Sawyer on ABC's ''Primetime Live'', on March 9 2005. She has also spoken of her experiences on the ''Larry King Live'' program on CNN.

Philanthropy

In 2005, Němcová created the Happy Hearts Fund (HHF), a charitable organization and campaign formed after her survival and recovery from the Tsunami of 2004. When Němcová returned to Thailand a few months after the tsunami, she witnessed families without homes, children without parents and entire communities swept away. She was most affected by the children and sought to figure out a way to help them rebuild their lives and bring back hope and opportunity. Unsatisfied with the response of organizations that were unable to specify which children, or even which country, would benefit, Němcová set out to create her own entity and structured it so that all administrative costs would be underwritten, thereby ensuring that 100% of all donations received would be directed to children's programming. She also helped in the recovery efforts of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 with HHF.

On 12 November 2007 Němcová visited Haiti alongside Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean as part of a charity-sponsored event. The inauguration of a computer lab and an eatery in the slums of Port-au-Prince were funded and sponsored by Jean's Yéle Haïti Foundation and Němcová's Happy Hearts Fund.

On December 15, 2009, Němcová and HHF Executive Director Phillip Caputo launched the "Bring Happiness Back!" campaign at the United Nations to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami. That same day, Němcová and Caputo also participated in the closing bell ceremonies at NASDAQ where the "Bring Happiness Back!" Campaign was also highlighted.

In 2008 she went with Happy Hearts Fund to Peru to help children who were affected by the 2007 Peru earthquake.

''Glamour'' magazine awarded Němcová a "Survivor Award" in 2005 for her charity work following her tsunami ordeal.

References

External links

Official website

Happy Hearts Fund

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Zuhair Murad () is a Beirut-based Lebanese fashion designer.

In 1995, Zuhair Murad opened his first atelier in Beirut and not long after has established a very high reputation in the international fashion scene. What began as a mere hobby soon turned into an empire of unique sophistication and revered fashion. "Ever since I was a child, I used to imagine designs for imaginary clients. I have always loved to work in the world of luxury and design...As my country in well known for its natural beauty...that expertise...made me fall into the world of haute couture," Murad has said. His lavish creations, in sensational colors and extraordinary fabrics, are reminiscent of Egyptian princesses, Grecian goddesses and pure, glorious splendor, complete with an edgy twist that modernizes his collections just enough.

His extensive lines encompass haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories and eyewear. Plans to expand the fashion line are underway to include beauty products, perfumes, swimwear and lingerie as well as furnisher.

Two boutiques (including showrooms) have been established. The first in Beirut on Charles Helou Avenue and the second on rue Francois Ier in Paris. A showroom is also present in Milan on rue Borgogna.

Zuhair Murad, although still relatively new in the scene has already dressed the likes of Najwa Karam, in her video clips, "Lashhad Hobbak" and "MaFi Noum." Taylor Swift,Carrie Underwood, Ivana Trump, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Kellie Pickler, Shakira, Katy Perry, Christina Applegate, Vanessa Williams, Ana Ortiz and many more. Miley Cyrus was seen wearing one of his creations at the Academy Awards, and most recently Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez wore his creations at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards.

He also designed miss France's dress Chloé Mortaud for Miss universe 2009 and 5 dresses for the final of Miss France 2010 .

Brits Awards

Florence Welch was last seen wearing one of his creations during the Brits awards. His dress was silver silk with gold and silver beaded designs. Nina Dobrev, Christina Aguilera, Wanda Sykes and singer Jewel were seen wearing Zuhair Murad dresses at the 2010 Emmy Awards.

External links

References

Category:Lebanese fashion designers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people

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