Louis Vuitton: Cannes Film Festival 2009

September 21st, 2009 BANGKOK - Organized by SIPA and the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand, with the aim to promote the concept of "Creative Economy." Software Industry Promotion Agency (Public Organization) or SIPA, in cooperation with the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand is announcing today the launch of Thailand's very first 'Bangkok International Animation Film Festival 2009' which will be held between 25th and 30th September 2009 at Paragon Cineplex, Paragon Shopping Complex and at SF World Cinema, Central World. Over 40 animations from all over the world are being competed and shown during the festival.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - - British-Romanian Vampire Flick To Debut At Canadian Thrill Fest Strigoi (www.strigoimovie.com), a new independent vampire film set in present-day rural Romania, has announced that it will be holding its world premiere at the 4th annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival ( torontoafterdark.com/2009) on Monday, August 17th at the legendary Bloor Cinema. "Strigoi", an English-language independent production, was cast and filmed entirely in Romania, the true home of vampire folklore.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - - Global Mega Brands Support MOFILM 'Make an Ad' Competition for the London Film Festival MOFILM, a pioneer of User Generated Content (UGC), has announced it is to be a Main Sponsor of The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival taking place from 14-29 October 2009. Following the success of the MOFILM Cannes Lions User Generated Content (UGC) competition with Spike Lee, MOFILM is launching its second online competition with some of the world's biggest brands including AT&T, Best Buy, Campbell's, Hewlett Packard, McDonald's, Nokia, PepsiCo (Pepsi Max) and Unilever (OMO).

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival, which this year takes place from 22nd to 31st July, today announced its official festival program for 2009. The non-profit event celebrates its eleventh year as one of Europe's leading Short Film Festivals with an even greater choice of film, seminars and events.

June 28th, 2009 TOKYO - - UNIQLO decides to make and sell official T-shirts from 2010 onwards UNIQLO has been responsible for the creation and sale of official T-shirts for the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, one of the world's top three advertising fests. Ten short-listed designs have been made into commercial products.

June 25th, 2009 CANNES, France - 4th annual global student competition demonstrates digital concepts reaching the real world AKQA presented the winning entries in its fourth annual Future Lions Competition at the Cannes Lions Festival held today in Cannes, France. The global creative competition featured work from more than 700 teams around the world.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - - "Kit Kat Mail" Campaign Takes Home Top International Advertising Honor JWT Tokyo has been awarded the Media Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the world's premiere showcase for excellence in advertising. The prestigious honor recognizes JWT Tokyo for "Kit Kat Mail," a campaign developed for the Nestle Kit Kat brand.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK and CANNES, France - Honey Bee Campaign Among the Industry's Most Honoured The Cannes Lions (www.canneslions.com) International Advertising Festival, the largest and highly respected global awards program, honoured Ketchum and the Häagen-Dazs brand with a Cannes PR Lions award for their Häagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees(R) (www.helpthehoneybees.com/) campaign in the Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Issues category. It was one of only 18 PR Lions given from a field of 431 international entries in the very first year that public relations was featured at the festival.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - PR Part of Cannes Lions for the First Time in its 55 Year History - Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter Will Lead Hill & Knowlton's Seminar in the First 'Official Cannes Lions Tweet-Up' tinyurl.com/HK-Cannes - Members of H&K Global Management Team to Judge Awards in the PR Lions Category - H&K are Sponsors of Mofilm User-generated Content Competition - Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, www.twitter.com will lead Hill & Knowlton's seminar in the first ever 'Official Cannes Lions Tweet-Up' at this year's festival. H&K is the only PR agency to secure a seminar slot during the week-long programme of events, and Biz Stone will lead the session taking place on Monday 22nd June at 4pm.

May 5th, 2009 CANNES, France - The leader in luxury lifestyle and global luxury events have their starting line up complete for the upcoming Film Festival Week in Cannes. Residence Superieur By Richard Nilsson will be one of the major event hosts in Cannes with six different themed parties during the festival week.

January 6th, 2009 LONDON - American pop singer Madonna has stripped down to her knickers for an advertisement of the international brand Louis Vuitton. The 50-year-old is seen reclining on a leather seat wearing fishnet tights, Louis Vuitton pants and jacket, with one leg lifted in the air, reports mirror.co.uk.

March 6th, 2009 SHANGHAI - A Chinese court has opened trial against a Shanghai company which French luxury firm Louis Vuitton Malletier (LV) claims had been selling fakes of its products. The court said Louis Vuitton claimed the defendants - Wu Beiwen, her husband and her father - violated the company's trademark rights by selling fake Louis Vuitton products.

May 21st, 2009 CANNES - Pop singer Mariah Carey's Cannes Film Festival experience was almost ruined when she was abandoned by her hair stylist. The singer jetted to France to attend the premiere of her new movie 'Precious' May 15, and she almost had to trick her tresses herself when her hired help failed to show, reported contactmusic.com.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Late Australian actor Heath Ledger's last film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' is being touted to be at the Cannes Film Festival in mid-May, reports the Hollywood reporter's blog risky biz. The film will be released around autumn this year, though it is still in trouble as there are no distributors bidding for the movie in the US.

April 13th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Almost a decade after Nepal made a mark in the international film arena, a debutant Nepali director hopes to create a stir at the Cannes Film Festival starting May 13. Journalist-turned-filmmaker Dipak Rauniyar made a splash in December when his debut film 'Chaukath' (Threshold) received rave reviews at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival.

April 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Brad Pitt will be heading off to Cannes with his much-anticipated movie 'Inglourious Basterds'. Pitt, 45, will be attending the festival with writer/director Quentin Tarantino, who has entered the movie into the prestigious Palm D'Or competition, reports Fox News.

January 18th, 2009 LONDON - After her scantily clad appearance in a Louis Vuitton ad, Madonna is yet again seen in a provocative pose to promote her eleventh album 'Hard Candy'. For her album ad, Madonna, 50, is shown in thigh-high bondage boots and white fishnet tights, a g-string and a top that resembles a surgical bandage, reports telegraph.co.uk.

May 6th, 2009 Seven Days. Seven Award Winning Movies 8-14th May. Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore at PVR Cinemas Mumbai, May 5th, 2009: NDTV Lumière brings to you, ‘Experience Cannes’, a seven day cinematic treat of highly acclaimed and handpicked contemporary films from the Festival de Cannes.  Experience Cannes is presented by Himalayan – The natural mineral water in association with SG private banking.

April 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Heath Ledger's last film is set to premier at the forthcoming Cannes film festival in France. The flick titled 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' directed by Terry Gilliam will open on 22nd of May, reports Contactmusic.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The official lineup of films competing for the top honour Palme d`Or at the prestigious 62nd Cannes Film Festival was announced Thursday, and once again films from India, the world's largest film producing nation, have found no place. A total of 20 films from different countries are lined-up to compete at the 12-day event, at the French Riviera starting May 13.