classes, lounging out listening to learned folk discuss current thinking in relation to the upcoming cosmic and spiritual shift (including the impending end of the Mayan calendar), dancing under the sweet kiss of sprinkling water, of being surrounded by sculptures and murals and living art, that is what convinced me to join thousands of people for a week of celebrations rather than huddle quietly with the odd cluster of scientists and astronomers for one night only.

And so the days went by and people stomped and bounced day in, day out, taking moments to refresh themselves with fruit juices and wholesome, fair priced curries, to solar shower away a thick caking of dust, to chat and catch-up with friends, new and familiar.

Daytime Sun Stage raving

Sprinkler dancing @ the SkyCannes Fest Taps Pierre Lescure as President

Lescure will take over Gilles Jacob on July 1.

Pierre Lescure, who co-founded Gaul’s pay-TV leader Canal Plus, has been officially nominated to succeed 83-year-old Gilles Jacob as president of Cannes Film Festival in 2015. He will take office on July 1. The appointment was made today during a board meeting.

As president, Lescure’s role will be to advise and support the festival director and artistic topper Thierry Fremaux, who will remain in charge of the official selection.

The other frontrunner vying for the presidency was Jerome Clement, former prexy of Franco-German cultural net Arte. Clement, however, recently told local journalists that he wasn’t eligible since he isn’t a member of the Cannes Film Festival’s administration board, which is a prerequisite.

Jacob, a film critic and