Ice and the Sky (La glace et le ciel)(2015)

  • 2015 Los Cabos Film Festival Announces Films in the Horror, Environmental and American Specials Programs

    TALE OF TALES 2015 Los Cabos International Film Festival revealed the films selected to screen in the After DARK, American Specials and Green programs. For the second year running, the Festival presents its After Dark program, with three films from prestigious festivals such as Sundance, Cannes and Fantastic Fest, that are on the borderlines between horror, science fiction and black comedy. TALE OF TALES (pictured above) Dir. Matteo Garrone (Gomorra, Reality) Cast: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel and Toby Jones Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival. THE WITCH, directed and written by Robert Eggers, THE WITCH (Latin American Premiere) Dir. Robert Eggers (The Tell-Tale Heart, Hansel and Gretel) Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie Premiered at Sundance Film Festival. WHAT WE BECOME (Latin American Premiere) Dir. Bo Mikkelsen (First Feature) Cast: Mille Dinesen, Toels Lyby and Ole Dupont Premiered at Fantastic Fest The new American Specials program will feature the following American films that have won critical acclaim and set box-office records, among them the Mexican Premieres of: BLACK MASS (Mexican Premiere) Dir. Scott Cooper (Out of the Furnace, Crazy Heart) Cast: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dakota Johnson Premiered at Venice International Film Festival. The Diary of a Teenage Girl THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (Mexican Premiere) Dir. Marielle Heller (First Work) Cast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård and Kristen Wiig Premiered at Sundance. In this fourth edition, Green is presented by Discovery Channel. In this program awareness-raising films prompt us to ponder on our responsibilities vis-à-vis the environment, and on the urgent need to establish a balance among all the links in the chain of life on our planet. The films in this program are: RACING EXTINCTION RACING EXTINCTION (Mexican Premiere) Dir. Louie Psihoyos (Oscar Winner for Best Documentary for The Cove, Chaising Ice, Dinosaur 13) Premiered at Sundance. HURRICANE 3D (Latin American Premiere) Dir. Cyril Barbançon y Andy Byatt LA GLACE ET LE CIEL (Mexican Premiere) Dir. Luc Jacquet This film was the closing gala at Cannes Film Festival.

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  • ICE AND THE SKY by Luc Jacquet is Closing Night Film of 2015 Cannes Film Festival

    ICE AND THE SKY by Luc Jacquet is Closing Night Film for 2015 Cannes Film Festival Luc Jacquet, director of the Oscar-winning March of the Penguins, will present his fourth feature film, Ice and the Sky, as Closing Film of the 68th Cannes Film Festival, Sunday, May 24 in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals. In this documentary Luc Jacquet discusses the scientific discoveries of Claude Lorius who left in 1957 to study the Antarctic ice. In 1965 he was the first to be concerned by global warming and its consequences for the planet. Today, aged 82, he continues to look at the future with hope: “I believe that men will still up. Men will find the solidarity that will lead the people living on this planet to another type of behavior.” “Cannes is a huge opportunity for this film and for what it says,” said Luc Jacquet. “I am pleased and impressed, much like The Fifer from the tales that is welcomed at the palace. Showing this film in the world’s largest film festival is contributing to this huge challenge facing humanity as quickly as possible to secure its future and the future of the planet. My language is cinema. In different times, I would have made other films. But I make fierce cinema, political cinema, cinema that has no choice.” Luc Jacquet has dedicated all his work to environment and nature issues: March of the Penguins (2005), Le Renard et l’enfant (2007) et Il était une forêt (2013). He has created an NGO, Wild Touch, to educate more young people to respect and preserve the planet. Echoing and supporting the fighting of those who have been alerting for a long time, the Festival de Cannes is pleased to get also engaged by programming Ice and the Sky to close its 68th edition. Programming such a film is sending it to the future and to make an appointment for a successful Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris from November, 30th to December, 11th, 2015. Ice and the Sky has been written and directed by Luc Jacquet. It has been produced by Eskwad and will be distributed by Pathé. Wild Bunch will handle international sales and Le Public Système will be in charge of the French media and Martin Marquet of the international media. The 2015 Cannes Film Festival will run May 13-24, 2015. The Jury is chaired by Joel and Ethan Coen whom will hand out the prizes to the winners of the Competition before the screening of Luc Jacquet’s film.

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