There’s arguably no better time to be in Cannes than this month, during the film festival, but there’s definitely no better place to be based in Cannes than on a superyacht. Curator of the exceptional, VeryFirstTo.com, is offering a film-buff spendthrift the opportunity to experience the festival from the 59-m M/Y Vicky, a five-cabin vessel that can accommodate up to 12 guests while sitting cosily in a berth adjacent to the Palais des Festivals.
In addition to staying in this floating haven of glamour, guests can also arrange to experience the festival just like the A-listers, with access to the exclusive opening ceremony, its after party and the opportunity to walk the red carpet with the stars during the festival’s opening movie premier. The fun doesn’t end there, however, as the De Grisogono annual dinner and after party at Hotel du Cap is also on the menu, a can’t-miss, star-studded experience.
PRICE: Vicky rental per week from US$299,581
– festival events from appx. $23,379 per person
AVAILABLE: A week minimum between May 11-22
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Five festival films to look out for:
1 – Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
The plot is focused on Michèle, the head of a successful video game company. After being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, her life changes forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game.
2 – Loving (Jeff Nichols)
Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married – starring Australian actor Joel Edgerton plays husband, Richard Loving, while Ethiopian-Irish actress Ruth Negga plays his wife, Mildred.
3 – The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook)
In this modernised Korean version Sarah Waters's novel, Fingersmith, an heiress falls in love with a petty thief. Oldboy director Chan-wook brings his spin on the love story between a woman and her maid, and the filmmaker has moved the action to 1930s Korea, a period of Japanese occupation.
4 – Café Society (Woody Allen)
Woody Allen’s third film to open at Cannes tells the tale of a girl (Kristen Stewart) who meets a boy (Jesse Eisenberg) after he moves to Hollywood in the 1930s, pursuing his cinematic dreams.
5 – The BFG (Steven Spielberg)
This one’s for the dreamers. One of Roald Dahl’s most cherished stories makes it to the silver screen, updating the animated 1989 edition and featuring Oscar-winner Mark Rylance as the titular friendly giant who is very large indeed. Screenwriter Melissa Mathison previously teamed with Spielberg with ET, so fingers crossed for another iconic experience.
