Cannes: 67th Fest Poster Celebrates Marcello Mastroianni In Fellini’s ‘8 1/2’

Cannes: Sun Shines On French Riviera As World’s Most Famous Film Festival Gets Ready To Roll Out The Red Carpet

With just about 48 hours to go until Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux unveils the lineup for this year’s event, the fest has revealed its 2014 official poster. Hervé Chigioni and graphic designer Gilles Frappier based the design on a photogram of Marcello Mastroianni taken from Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2, which was an Official Selection title in 1963. In Mastroianni and Fellini, the festival says, “We celebrate a cinema that is free and open to the world, acknowledging once again the artistic importance of Italian and European cinema through one of its most stellar figures.” The poster is a source of pride for the festival, and has increasingly featured iconic images to help set the scene. In recent years, images of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Faye Dunaway and Monica Vitti have graced the affiche officielle. The way Mastroianni “looks at us above his black glasses draws us right in to a promise of global cinematographic happiness… The happiness of experiencing the Festival de Cannes together,” Chigioni said today. Extra, extra happiness if attendees actually need sunglasses this year. The fest runs from May 14-25.

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