According to Variety, the Cannes Film Festival will launch a new section this year for smaller films "that may have done well in their own country of origin but have never been seen elsewhere, or films that are almost finished and that illustrate the creativity of local filmmaking":

"Fest organizers on Tuesday announced the launch of Tous les Cinemas du Monde, giving six countries a day the chance to screen recent or even unfinished movies [in a 170-seat temporary theater that will be constructed next to the city's Old Port]...Countries taking part [this year] include Morocco, Sri Lanka and Austria... New fest appointee Serge Sobczynsi, a former culture adviser for the Provence-Alpes-Cotes D'Azur region, is organizing the event."
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# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 3/23/2005 11:04:00 AM

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