Jim Le: Off to Cannes!

Jim Le, Department of Media Arts BFA senior has been accepted into The American Pavilion Student Filmmaker Program and will be interning at the Cannes International Film Festival in May, 2007. Le will be departing on his two-week internship after his May graduation with a BFA in Media Arts and BA in French.

The American Pavilion, host to U.S. journalists, publicists, celebrities, filmmakers and motion picture executives, is the communications and hospitality center of the Cannes Film Festival. The Pavilion is centrally located on the beach beside the Palais des Festivals (the main Festival venue for screenings and special events).

As a member of the Student Program, Le will be participating in educational workshops, seminars, pitch sessions, roundtable discussions and screenings, as well as working 6 hour shifts at The American Pavilion, in various roles. Approximately 140 students are accepted into this highly competitive program each year; the program is now in it's 19th year. All students will have the opportunity to visit the thousand-plus film production and distribution offices and see films in official competition, neither of which is open to the general public.

For more information on the American Pavilion Student Program, visit
http://www.ampav.com/ampav.html