A Special Day for Cannes Film Festival
HBO Latin America announced that it will premiere the documentary, A Special Day, this upcoming May 21st at 9 pm, only one day after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, in order to mark the celebration of the 65th edition of the festival.
Directed by Gilles Jacob, president of the Cannes Film Festival, and produced by Pyramide Productions and Le Festival de Cannes (The Cannes Film Festival), the documentary presents a tribute to film and its contemporary creators, and follows 35 renowned directors during the day of the Cannes Film Festival’s 60th Anniversary.
[ Also Read: How 3D Is Making Inroads in the Entertainment World ]The film takes a behind-the-scenes look at the organization of the festival, from the arrival of the directors, the photos, the red carpet, and the press conferences until the final farewell.
Some of the renowned directors that this documentary features are David Lynch, Joel and Ethan Coen, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Roman Polanski, among others.
A Special Day, edited by Samuel Faure, is 52 minutes long and was arranged entirely from official archive material and images from the Festival.
[ Also Read: 10 Reasons I Like Bollywood Movies ]The documentary premieres in all of Latin America on the MAX channel this Monday, May 21st, at 9 pm, and will be rebroadcast Thursday, May 24th at 10 pm; Saturday, May 26th at 12:30 am and Sunday, May 27th at 7:30 pm.
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