Robert Pattinson The Lighthouse selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2019 ~ World Premiere

The Lighthouse has been selected as one of the films to have its “world premiere” during Directors’ Fortnight this year at Cannes. FestAgent provides a great background to the Directors’ Fortnight (“Quinzaine des Réalisateurs”):

Among the various sections at the Cannes Film Festival, the Directors’ Fortnight is distinguished by its independent-mindedness, its non-competitive nature and its concern to cater to non-professional Cannes audiences, which can buy a subscription for the entire Fortnight program or purchase tickets for individual screenings.

Striving to be eclectic and receptive to all forms of cinematic expression, the Directors’ Fortnight pays particular attention to the annual production of fiction features, short films and documentaries, to the emergence of independent fringe filmmaking, and even to contemporary popular genres, provided these films are the expression of an individual talent and an original directorial style.

Program of short and feature films, and documentaries from around the world.

Awards
All first features presented at the Directors’ Fortnight are eligible for the Caméra d’Or prize, awarded during the official award ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.

The films presented at the Directors’ Fortnight are also eligible for the following prizes (based on criteria set by each partner association): the SACD prize, the Label Europa Cinemas and the Art Cinema Award.

Will update when date and times known and if Rob is confirmed to attend.

Robert Pattinson #DamselMovie will have an Australian release

I had confirmation yesterday that Damsel does have an Australian distributor and we should be seeing it later this year. Stay tuned for more info soon.

Think there will be a few of us dancing like Samuel and Penelope about this news.

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Robert Pattinson Co-Chairs Inaugural Fred Hollows Foundation Gala in LA on 15 November 2017

Lisa Wilkinson is MCing and Joel Edgerton will host the inaugural Fred Hollows fundraising gala in LA tomorrow night, co-chaired by Hollywood heavyweights Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Chris Pine, Kate Beckinsale and Rob Pattinson.

From News.com:

“Wilkinson will be standing alongside Edgerton, who is a long-time Ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation, which works in more than 25 countries around the world to end avoidable blindness.”

Stay tuned!  Thanks @kv_kat for the heads up!

Great working dinner tonight with the wonderful Joel Edgerton and all the fabulously passionate team sorting the final details behind tomorrow night’s huge gala fundraiser for the @FredHollows Foundation here in LA. Also on the committee: Leonardo di Caprio, Robert Pattinson, Kate Beckinsdale, Al Pacino and Chris Pine. I’m so honoured to be asked to MC the event and to join Joel as a global ambassador for the Foundation. The Foundation now works tirelessly in 25 countries around the world to end avoidable blindness…often for just a handful of dollars. Right now the focus is on their very important – and urgent – work in Africa tackling an eye disease that particularly affects women and girls in Ethiopia. The cure is so simple. For more information just go the Fred Hollows Facebook page or website. Thank you.xx

A post shared by Lisa Wilkinson (@lisa_wilkinson) on Nov 15, 2017 at 12:39am PST

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Robert Pattinson and Jamie Bell Participating in Variety’s Actors on Actors

Remember how great Rob’s interview with Jamie Bell was for Interview Magazine back in 2015?  Variety announced today that we will get the opportunity to see them interview or chat to each other again.  From Variety:

“Actors on Actors” features exclusive, one-on-one conversations with top talent from the year’s most memorable films, who are expected to contend this awards season. Clips from the interviews will be available on variety.com at the end of November and full episodes of the new season will air from Jan. 2 to Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. on PBS SoCal KOCE.

The episodes will also be available to stream on pbssocal.org. PBS stations across the country will air the show in January.

The program feature pairs of acclaimed actors chatting with each other about their lives, their craft, and their careers. This season’s featured conversations will include: … Robert Pattinson (“Good Time”) with Jamie Bell (“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”).

For those of us outside the US, we should be able to appreciate it at Variety or on Variety’s YouTube.  Can’t wait – end of November is just around the corner for those snippets.

A Comprehensive Guide to Robert Pattinson Australia

No doubt you have gathered that RPAU Week in Review has been on hiatus since the last week of August 2017. I was on holidays for all of September and it was just not possible for me to keep on top of all things Rob when I wasn’t online for a large part of that month.  For those who relied on my ramblings, and don’t get to visit the site as often as they would like, I thought I might draw your attention to how you can keep up to date on all things Rob even when I’m not blabbering on either the site or social media.

To keep abreast of what’s been been posted in relation to films – whether it be film updates, release dates or movie reviews etc – posts relating to each film is linked at the relevant Film Page.  For example, if you visit the High Life page you will see that today’s post about Claire Denis talking to THR is at the bottom of the section titled “ARTICLES“.   In relation to cinema and/or dvd release dates or film festival inclusion, I either do a separate post or tweet the information.  In any event, all are linked on the film’s relevant page ie. Good Time. 

If you don’t have Twitter, you can always scroll through the Twitter widget found on the sidebar of the website.  Just remember a majority of what we tweet will be posted on the site.

For ease, here is a comprehensive guide that breaks down the resources available in relation to Robert Pattinson’s career at RPAU.  For those unaware of what is behind the Tabs appearing under the banner at the website, here is a breakdown:

HOME:  Will take you back to the first post regardless of which page you are searching on the website.

ROBERT:  Comprehensive biography which is updated regularly.

FILMS:  This is the index page for all individual film pages.  It has a comprehensive listing of all past, present and future films.  Each film page includes release dates, production information, movie reviews and more, including links to all RPAU posts relevant to each individual film.

MUSIC:  Videos of Robert’s performance in films.  (Note: I’m locating a replacement for Edward’s piano concerto I know I have the deleted scene somewhere)

BOOKS:  This is broken into two categories:  Books read by Robert and Books that have been made into films starring Robert.

PHOTOS:  Link to our gallery that includes photos from 2005 and beyond.  At the moment, I’m still in the process of updating Appearances for 2017.

DIOR:  Your go to page for all Dior posts.  Updated regularly.

FANS:  This is where you will find 12 Months of Rob which we ask you to vote for each month.  Each month’s winner is then included in RPAU’s Calendar prepared by Jules as a treat each year.

MASTERPOSTS:  Masterposts for all Premieres, Film Festivals, Events & Galas, RPAU Week in Review, The Year That Was … and In His Words.

We also have the following social media:

Twitter:  RPAustralia

Instagram:  robertpattinsonau

Youtube: Robert Pattinson Australia

Thanks for following and supporting us without which we wouldn’t have celebrated 9 years of running the website and supporting|promoting Rob and his career.