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What Faye Dunaway told this Penn undergrad at the Cannes Film Festival

Over the past three years (2008 coverage and 2009 coverage and 2010 coverage) DT has given you an insider’s look at the films and politics of the Cannes Film festival from the perspective of our Penn in Cannes program correspondents. This year DT correspondent Jonah Stern (C’13) recently returned from the 2011 Cannes film festival […]

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The Economic Crisis and the Croisette: Penn Alumni Weigh in on the Current State of the Entertainment Industry

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This week, our Penn in Cannes 2010 DT correspondent Chloe Castellon (C’11) reviewed some of the good and horribly awful films of this year’s film festival, talked about the badge system and how she conned her way into some of the better theatres. In her final post, Chloe shares with us inside info about the […]

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Begging, Bamboozling, and B.S.ing: How to Cheat the Badge System at Cannes

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Yesterday, our Penn in Cannes 2010 DT correspondent Chloe Castellon (C’11) reviewed some of the winner and horribly awful films of this year’s film festival. In today’s post, Chloe talks about the badge system and how to con your way into some of the better theatres. More insight (and photos of some of the theaters […]

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The Lackluster Year that was Cannes 2010 and Why Audiences Were Leaving the Theaters

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Yesterday, I introduced Chloe Castellon (C’11), our special Penn in Cannes DT correspondent for the 2010 Cannes Film festival. Today, Chloe give us scoop on: the winning films that kept her on the edge of her seat the “bitterly disappointing” films she saw and the surprisingly overall poor selection of films for this year’s festival. […]

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Your Insiders Look at Penn in Cannes 2010 …all this week!

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Over the past two years (2008 coverage and 2009 coverage ) we’ve given you an insider’s look at the films and politics of the Cannes Film festival from the perspective of our Penn in Cannes program correspondents. This year Chloe Castellon (C’11) just finished her week in Cannes and is our DT Correspondent giving us […]

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Penn Alumni Dish Advice in Cannes & What the Entertainment Industry is Looking for in Its Next Generation of Employees

All last week, I posted about Brian Tran’s (W’10) inside scoop of his time at the Penn in Cannes Program.  As our final “Cannes” post, Julie Blanc (W’12), another one of my great DT correspondents fills us in on advice given this year from Penn alumni:-Rick Hess (C’84, Head of Creative Artist Agency’s Film Finance […]

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