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Electrolux at Cannes Film Festival 2013 catered for the film elite with Michelin star dining style

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Electrolux celebrated nearly 100 years of professional expertise by continuing its support of the Cannes Film Festival, by providing Michelin quality fine dining during the Film Festival.  Electrolux is the chosen supplier of almost 50% of Michelin starred restaurants in Europe and a number of its partner chefs teamed up during the prestigious 2013 festival to ensure gastronomic excellence for all gala events and dining occasions. Within the Electrolux Agora Pavilion a rotating team of award-winning chefs catered for guests throughout the duration of the festival, including three Michelin star holder Anne- Sophie Pic; two Michelin star holders Claude Bosi and Bruno Oger as well as brothers Christian and Manuel Costardi who hold one Michelin star. Electrolux at Cannes Film Festival, based at The Electrolux Agora Pavilion is the largest temporary structure along the Croisette and was host to all official culinary festival events, hosting as many as 45 chefs at its busie...

The American Pavilion celebrates 25th Anniversary at Cannes International Film Festival, as well as announcing full list of Sponsors

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The American Pavilion (AmPav) has revealed its full line up of sponsors joining Presenting sponsors American Express and The Peninsula Hotel Group and Premiere Sponsor SodaStream at Cannes Film Festival 2013 announced AmPav Founder Julie Sisk, more details below :- The American Pavilion is the center of activity at the Cannes International Film Festival for the American film community, offering membership for professionals, provocative and insightful programming, immersive student programs, the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and more.   Serving as a communication and hospitality center for the thousands of Americans in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival, The American Pavilion provides an impressive array of facilities and services to the international film community. Since its debut at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, The Pavilion has become a permanent fixture on the Cannes landscape. This year is a landmark year celebrating  25 years as the center of American ...

Film Celebrities join Steven Spielberg on the 66th Jury - Cannes Film Festival 2013

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American director and producer Steven Spielberg will preside this year over a star-studded Jury. Well known international film celebrities listed below, will offer their expert opinions to select winners during this years Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their tasks and challenges as part of the Jury of the 66th Festival de Cannes is to decide between the various films in Competition, who is deserving and worthy of the renown, prestigious and coveted prizes. The prizewinners will be announced during the Closing Ceremony on May 26th, culminating in the award of the most coveted title of all – the Palme d’Or - Jury -Vidya Balan (Indian actress) -Naomi Kawase (Japanese director) -Nicole Kidman (Australian actress/producer) -Lynne Ramsay (British scriptwriter/director/producer) -Daniel Auteuil (French actor/director) -Ang Lee (Taiwanese director/producer/scriptwriter) -Cristian Mungiu (Romanian scriptwriter/director/producer) -Christoph Waltz (Austrian Actor) For more...

Steven Spielberg announced as Jury President, 66th Cannes Film Festival 2013

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Steven Spielberg today was announced as Jury President of the 66th Cannes Film Festival 2013. This years Cannes Film Festival to be held in Cannes France between 15-26th May 2013 - “My admiration for the steadfast mission of the Festival to champion the international language of movies is second to none. The most prestigious of its kind, the festival has always established the motion picture as a cross cultural and generational medium.” Renown American director and producer Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, Color Purple) agrees to head up the jury of the 66th Cannes Film Festival taking place May 15-26 this year. “As they say across the Atlantic”, said Gilles Jacob, President of the Festival de Cannes, “Steven Spielberg is a Cannes ‘regular’ But ET that I screened as a world premiere in 1982 that ties were made of the type you never forget. Ever since, I’ve often asked Steven to be Jury President, but he’s always been shooting a film. So when this year I was told “E....