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Me voilà de retour après quelques jours dans un lieu mythique du cinéma mondial.
I am finally back after spending a few days in one of the main destination for the cinema around the world. It was my very last business trip with Cartooning for Peace just before quitting my job. Well, I couldn't have ever expected a better event! Under the aegis of the Festival, we organized a charity auction of original cartoons for our association along with an exhibition of cartoons on cinema in the Palais des Festivals. A single word summarizes the whole event : stunning ... a tremendous success! Claudia Cardinale, James Franco, Bérénice Bejo, Agnès b., Costa Gavras and other big names of the cinema industry... All gathered in the same room to bid, have fun and share this beautiful moment with us!
I swear I am not going to tell you about Cannes and its Festival. 66 years of stars, starlets and paparazzis did it, and keep doing it, better than me. But to tell you the truth, I spent three days holding my phone (too bad I didn't have my camera) to take pictures at every street's corner and on every terrace of the Palais des festivals... Some people go to Cannes for the stars and some other for the beautiful objects and stylings ;-)
Nevertheless, I had the chance to see some extraordinary movies, I walked on the red carpet, and found out that : movie stars appear for the show but you never see them anywhere else, you cannot make the difference between day and night by the crowd of people walking in the streets, you can spend hours sit on the head of a ladder chained to the city lights just to see the top of the head of a star ...
It was a short trip but extremely intense in events and emotions. This is just a little selection of the pictures I took. More is on my instagram feed ♥
Me voilà de retour après quelques jours dans un lieu mythique du cinéma mondial.
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| Un petit cadeau de départ : la très belle affiche du Festival dédicacée par les dessinateurs et les collègues avec qui j'ai partagé ces belles journées cannoises ♥ |
C'était mon dernier déplacement avec Cartooning for Peace à quelques jours de mon départ définitif. Et j'avoue je ne pouvais pas espérer mieux! Sous l'égide du Festival, on organisait une vente aux enchères d'originaux de dessins de presse au profit de notre association accompagnée d'une exposition de dessins sur le cinéma au Palais des Festivals. Un seul mot résume le tout : époustouflant ... un énorme succès! Claudia Cardinale, James Franco, Bérénice Bejo, Agnès b., Costa Gavras et des grands noms de l'industrie du cinéma ... tous réunis dans la même salle pour enchérir, s'amuser et partager ce beau moment avec nous!
Promis, je ne vais pas vous raconter Cannes et son Festival. 66 ans de stars, starlettes et paparazzis l'ont fait, et le font, mieux que moi. Mais pour tout vous dire, j'ai passé trois jours avec mon téléphone à la main (faute d'avoir emmené mon appareil photo) pour prendre des photos à chaque angle de rue et à chaque terrasse du Palais des Festivals ... il y a ceux qui guettent les stars et ceux qui cherchent les beaux objets ;-)
Je vous assure par contre que j'ai réussi à voir de très beaux films et j'ai monté les marches, que les stars apparaissent comme pour magie sur le tapis rouge mais qu'on ne les voit jamais ailleurs, que la ville est animée de jour comme de nuit, sans aucune distinction possible, qu'on peut passer une journée tout entière assis sur le haut d'un escabot enchainé aux poteaux juste pour apercevoir une star de loin ...
ça a été court mais très intense. Ceci n'est qu'une petite sélection des photos prises lors de ces journées inoubliables. Les autres vous attendent comme toujours sur mon compte instagram ♥
Pictures by Ilaria Fatone ⎬ taken with my iPhone
I am finally back after spending a few days in one of the main destination for the cinema around the world. It was my very last business trip with Cartooning for Peace just before quitting my job. Well, I couldn't have ever expected a better event! Under the aegis of the Festival, we organized a charity auction of original cartoons for our association along with an exhibition of cartoons on cinema in the Palais des Festivals. A single word summarizes the whole event : stunning ... a tremendous success! Claudia Cardinale, James Franco, Bérénice Bejo, Agnès b., Costa Gavras and other big names of the cinema industry... All gathered in the same room to bid, have fun and share this beautiful moment with us!
I swear I am not going to tell you about Cannes and its Festival. 66 years of stars, starlets and paparazzis did it, and keep doing it, better than me. But to tell you the truth, I spent three days holding my phone (too bad I didn't have my camera) to take pictures at every street's corner and on every terrace of the Palais des festivals... Some people go to Cannes for the stars and some other for the beautiful objects and stylings ;-)
Nevertheless, I had the chance to see some extraordinary movies, I walked on the red carpet, and found out that : movie stars appear for the show but you never see them anywhere else, you cannot make the difference between day and night by the crowd of people walking in the streets, you can spend hours sit on the head of a ladder chained to the city lights just to see the top of the head of a star ...
It was a short trip but extremely intense in events and emotions. This is just a little selection of the pictures I took. More is on my instagram feed ♥