everybody became very intimate with stories during the pandemic, were it books, movies, tv series, we needed stories to stay alive, and i felt it very much in a way i have not felt it before. the high point for me at any rate in 2021 was going to a real, in person cannes film festival in july. it was a vintage year. joining me on the film festival bandwagon was my colleague emma jones, who has been looking back at some 2021 festival highlights. cannes was the first major film event to bounce back in 2021 with a physical festival. those famous red steps were busy with celebrities and the cast of films including wes anderson s long delayed the french dispatch. they needed a bus to discharge them all onto the carpet.
at any rate in 2021 was going to a real, in person cannes film festival in july. it was a vintage year. joining me on the film festival bandwagon was my colleague emma jones, who has been looking back at some 2021 festival highlights. cannes was the first major film event to bounce back in 2021 with a physical festival. those famous red steps were busy with celebrities and the cast of films including wes anderson s long delayed the french dispatch. they needed a bus to discharge them all onto the carpet. stillwater, starring matt damon also had its world premiere. the blockbuster was filmed in france, and matt damon summed up the feelings of many attendees about the return of the cannes film festival. i m glad that we are here this year. after watching things on television for two years just about,
in 2021 was going to a real, in person cannes film festival in july. it was a vintage year. joining me on the film festival bandwagon was my colleague emma jones, who has been looking back at some 2021 festival highlights. cannes was the first major film event to bounce back in 2021 with a physical festival. those famous red steps were busy with celebrities and the cast of films including wes anderson s long delayed the french dispatch. they needed a bus to discharge them all onto the carpet. still water, starring matt damon also had its world premiere. the blockbuster was filmed in france, and matt damon summed up the feelings of many attendees about the return of the cannes film festival. i m glad that we are here this year. after watching things on television for two years just about, to be in a room with 1000 other people, i never would have appreciated it in
the power of the dog is the story of a rancher, phil, who visciously bullies his brother s new wife rose played by kirsten dunst. it s world premeire was at venice where jane campion got the best director prize in venice. thejury, amazing, so to get a recognition from them was quite heart stopping. really happy. good beginning for our tour. miss caruso, welcome. thank you. the lost daughter also premiered at the venice film festival and got its first time director, maggie gyllenhaal, for best screenplay award. this is an adaptation of eleanor ferranti s novel starring olivia colman, a nuanced portrait of the complexities of motherhood. in this story, a woman eventually leaves her children. i want women who maybe would never pick up an eleanor ferranti novel, no idea who she is, that s not their thing, to still be able to take in what she offered me. some of the year s festival highlights are streaming releases, but they will also show in cinemas. 2021 s return of the spectacle
miss caruso, welcome. thank you. the lost daughter also premiered at the venice film festival and got its first time director, maggie gyllenhaal, for best screenplay award. this is an adaptation of eleanor ferranti s novel starring 0livia colman, a nuanced portrait of the complexities of motherhood. in this story, a woman eventually leaves her children. i want women who maybe would never pick up an eleanor ferranti novel, that s not their thing, to still be able to take in what she offered me. some of the year s festival highlights are streaming releases, but they will also show in cinemas. 2021 s return of the spectacle of cinema was something film fans could celebrate, and the new knowledge that such events are not always guaranteed.