2004 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT Wellspring in association with Nightlight Films Presents TARNATION A Film By Jonathan Caouette EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Gus Van Sant John Cameron Mitchell PRODUCER Stephen Winter Jonathan Caouette's spellbinding debut TARNATION re-imagines the whole idea of what a documentary can be. This wholly original and breathtaking film establishes Caouette as a cinematic visionary to reckon with. Caouette has been documenting his life since he was 11 years old. With TARNATION, he weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture and dramatic re-enactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love. TARNATION is a raw and sensual display of self-destruction and rebirth that announces the arrival of an exceptional new filmmaking talent. "A powerful and heartbreaking film Caouette shows himself to be a documentarian of rare skill in the way he uses his materials... TARNATION is a moving and technically impressive work." - Roger Ebert "I feel transcendence in reality, watching TARNATION, in which Jonathan Caouette, like a digital Kenneth Anger, takes a deathless swan dive into the fractured memories of his strange, tormented, beautiful life..." - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly Official screening: Saturday, May 15, 17:00, Noga Hilton Press Screening: Saturday, May 15, 9:00, Noga Hilton Additional Screenings: Sunday, May 16, 22:00, Studio 13 Monday, May 17, 22:30, Arcades Thursday, May 20, 12:00, Arcades 2 Thursday, May 20, 15:30, Arcades 3 Wellspring in Cannes Residence Gray D'Albion Entrance G 4 Rue Des Serbes (corner of Croisette) Apartment 5G5 Cannes, France Phone: 33 (4) 93 38 05 95 Contact: Linda Saetre - 33 (0) 6 75 18 49 45 Territories: Europe lsaetre@wellspring.com Michael Thornton - 33 (0) 6 74 43 37 70 Territories: North America, UK, Greece, Australia, Japan, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, South Africa mthornton@wellspring.com Susan Petersen 1-917-497-8323 spetersen@wellspring.com WELLSPRING 419 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 212-686-6777