It's time for the Cannes Film Festival 2013

It's time for the Movie Scrum, the Cannes Film Festival, when the 'men' muscle in for the best deals they can find in the market, looking for the one film that will make their get rich quick schemes work. On the side lines women observe cautiously, side stepping the more than visible prostitution networks that sport long legged, high heeled women who look out of place among the creative low heeled, bohemian female film producers. Raw flesh meets the hard cashed intellectual side of the industry that sports the good script idea as the Goddess of Riches. Some will rise to the challenge.  Others will falter, at the point when their 'intellectual' property is picked over and gnawed at by a passing 'Movie Mogul'. But a good idea can 'ignite' and can make it's way to the 'studio floor'. All live in hope that, as they side swipe the competing executives and fawning lines of models, they might just make it to the movie 'touch down' of the year with a 'blockbuster'. They did have to block the busters to get there after all?

So what's on offer this year? You will find all you need to know at the Festival website here   My tip for the movie buff is 'Behind the Candelabra', starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, will give the Palme Dor a run for it's money. If it's official trailer available on You Tube is anything to go by, it puts Michael Douglas's voice back in the running with a convincing and touching portrayal of the love story of Liberace. But as the insiders know, the film that is scheduled for the  evening showing of the last Thursday of Festival is usually the one that gets the Palm D'or. Having not checked the schedule, I remain to be surprised.

For our fans, I'm sure there must be some, somewhere you can find out about Palm Tree Ents films here

In the mean time Distributor Le Pacte has 5 films in Competition this year despite the mag 'Indie Wire' having raised an eyebrow about the monopoly it has on the distribution process of the Award winning films.

As for the prostitution rings, according to an in depth article by Hollywood Reporter,  the trial of one of it's main instigators came to close this year. You can read all about it on their website here It remains to be seen if this will hold back the plethora of girls on the La Croisette or not.

In the meantime a new development for us all to negotiate is that Fashion TV, have taken over the roof suite of the Majestic Hotel for its shows, which allows celebrities to peek over the balcony for press photo calls prior to their Red Carpet dash. Tickets for this new enterprise range from between 300 Euros for one person to 1500 Euros for a table in the exclusive suite to watch the show.

Whatever the case we are all rolling up our sleeves for another 'bash' at the spotlight - Cannes 2013.