Cannes 2012: News, fashion and views

From May 16-27 some of the biggest names in fashion, film and international society will descend on the French Rivera for the annual Cannes Film Festival, home of the prestigious Palme d'Or award. Get news, views and analysis from the festival via the blogs below.

From May 16-27 some of the biggest names in fashion, film and international society will descend on the French Rivera for the annual Cannes Film Festival, home of the prestigious Palme d'Or award. Get news, views and analysis from the festival via the blogs below.

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News, views and analysis

Originally founded in 1996, before sold to SnagFilms and re-launched in 2005, indiewire.com provides news, views and reviews for independent film makers, industry experts and movie lovers alike. Reports from film festivals form a large part of the Indiewire's daily coverage and the blog's coverage of Cannes has previously lauded been by sites such as Entertainment Weekly. Expect slide shows of stills from this year's Cannes entries, rundowns of the films on show and detailed profiles and analysis of the attending directors.

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Cannes from a professional's point of view
Mobile network and digital communications provider Orange has partnered with five cinema blogging specialists - Hélène Luder (nivrae.fr), Nicolas Gilli (filmosphere.com), Sandra Mézère (inthemoodforcannes.com), Frédérik Porquier (Myscreens.fr), Lewis Bazley (editor at Ornage Film)- to provide expert round the clock coverage of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
http://live.orange.com/category/cinema/festival/cannes-festival/cannes2012/?lang=en

Cannes fashion
Maker of luxury jewelry and one of the official partners of this year's Cannes Film Festival Chopard has teamed up with Garance Doré, voted one of the ten most influential fashion bloggers in the world, to provide pictures of, and comments on, some of the fashion highlights of this year's festival.
http://diary.chopard.com/garance-dore-in-cannes-with-chopard