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Cannes Palme d'Or - by the Official Partner, CHOPARD

By: KIH : May 24th, 2018-06:40

Well, I can't say I am not proud about this

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The 71st Cannes Festival is over, with Palme d'Or presented to the film directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, a Japanese film director whose films have brought in many awards including other awards of Cannes. Finally, he got the one. Congratulations!

Now as you may know, the trophy for the Palme d'Or is proudly made by Chopard with "Fairmined Gold". Below is the pic I took when I visited Chopard's Geneva factory.

Let us see the news release from Chopard about this trophy.

The Palme d’or

The Maison Chopard crafts cinema’s most precious award

Coveted by every film director on the planet, the Palme d’or yearly honours the best film of the Cannes Film Festival. Redesigned in 1998 by Caroline Scheufele, it has since become a radiant symbol of a love story uniting Chopard with the most glamorous film festival in the world. A testimony to the Maison’s commitment to sustainable luxury, the Palme d’or is meticulously made each year with Fairmined-certified ethical gold in its Haute Joaillerie ateliers. This year brings a first, since in addition to the Palme d’or, the workshops of the Maison will produce every single trophy to be presented at the Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony, making Chopard the artisan of all these official prizes that catalyse such a wealth of emotions.

Chopard’s love story with the Cannes Film Festival

It all began in 1997 when Caroline Scheufele, Co-President and Creative Director of Chopard, met Pierre Viot, then director of the Cannes Film Festival. While she was attentively examining the trophy displayed in Pierre Viot’s office, he invited her to redesign a fresh interpretation of the Palme d’or. For this keen film-lover, it was a new challenge that she took up with great enthusiasm, devoting her boundless inspiration and creativity to one of the film industry’s most sought-after awards. The following year, at the closing ceremony of the 1998 Cannes Festival, the new Palme d’or was unveiled to the world in the form it still takes to this day.

Ever since, Chopard and the Cannes Film Festival have formed a glittering relationship: “It’s a magnificent historical partnership. As I used to say to Gilles Jacob, we have become a fixture… just like the red carpet”, says Caroline Scheufele with a smile. In addition to the Palme d’or and its two miniature versions awarded for Best Actor and Best Actress since 2000, this year the Maison’s ateliers will be producing – for the first time – five mini-Palmes intended for the recipients of the “Grand Prix”, “Best Director”, “Best Screenplay” distinctions, the “Jury Prize” as well as the “Short Film Palme d’or” awarded by the Cannes Film Festival jury. Up until now, winners of these five prizes have been awarded with a diploma.

Chopard, artisan of emotions

Since 1860, the workshops of the Maison Chopard have been creating watch and jewellery models brimming with contemporary charm and blending ancestral skills with cutting-edge technologies. Not only is the House a master of creating exquisite watches and jewellery, but it produces creations that are crafted with emotion. Meticulously fashioned in its Haute Joaillerie workshops since 1998, the precious trophy vividly reflects this approach. The Palme d’or, whose motif is a direct nod to the palm trees lining the famous Croisette and to the Cannes coat-of-arms evoking the famous legend of Saint Honorat, is made with 118 grams of Fairmined-certified ethical 18-carat yellow gold. As if ruffled by a gentle breeze, its exquisite leaves appear to have settled for a brief moment, while the base of the branch forms a small heart, a tribute paid by Caroline Scheufele to a beloved symbol of the Maison, the Big-Hearted jeweller. Finally, the Palme d’or rests on a dainty rock crystal cushion shaped like an emerald-cut diamond. This ultimate detail makes each trophy truly unique, since nature never yields two identical rock crystals. Five Chopard artisans devote no less than 40 hours to hand-crafting the Festival’s most coveted treasure.

When aesthetics meets ethics

Since 2014, the Palme d’or has been crafted with Fairmined-certified ethical 18-carat yellow gold, reflecting the responsible approach the Maison has undertaken with its Journey to Sustainable Luxury. By endowing the famous award with this aura of eco-responsibility, Chopard is writing a new chapter in its history, firmly asserting its determination to work on behalf of civic-minded luxury that is respectful of human beings and of the environment. Keen to take this approach as far as possible, Chopard will – as of July 2018 – be using exclusively ethical gold in its watch and jewellery creations, thereby confirming its pioneering role in the field of responsible luxury.

1. Wax Palme in caoutchouc mold

2. Fixing the wax Palme in the plaster mold

3. Pouring the plaster in the mold

4. Plaster mold completed

5. Taking out the mold from the heater

6. Fairmined gold

7. Pouring the fairmined gold in the mold

8. Melted gold after heating 1

9. Melted gold after heating 2

10. The Palme before sculpting

11. The Palme and the mini Palmes before sculpting

12. Hand Carving the Palme after casting 2

13. Reworking the shape with a file after casting

14. Reworking the shape with a file after casting 3.

15. Polishing the Palme 1

16. Polishing the Palme 2

17. Polishing the Palme 3

18. Fixing the Palme on its cristal base 1

19. Fixing the Palme on its cristal base 2

20. The Palme on its cristal base 1

.. and, "Making Videos"

And, this is the final shape, ready to be presented.

Wonderful creation by a wonderful brand. Thank you, Chopard.

Ken

Omedeto gozaimasu おめでとうございます, Kore'eda-san

By: MTF : May 24th, 2018-08:46

Congratulations to Kore'eda-san.

His melodramatic works are not usually known by general film viewers.

Cate Blanchett, Khadja Nin, Adrien Brody, Caroline Scheufele, Haru Kuroki wore Chopard to the Closing Ceremony of 71st Cannes Film Festival.

Cate Blanchett wears Chopard at 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Australian Actress and President of the 71st Cannes Film Festival Jury Cate Blanchett dazzled in earrings from the Red Carpet Collection in a 18ct white gold and aluminum set with rubies (196.53 carats) and a ring in 18ct rose gold set with a ruby cabochon (30.19 carats) and diamonds.

Khadja Nin wears Chopard at 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Burundian Singer and Member of the 71st Cannes Film Festival Jury Khadja Nin selected earrings from the Red Carpet Collection in 18ct white gold and titanium set with blue sapphires (14.17 carats) and diamonds (13.82 carats), a bracelet from the Haute Joaillerie Collection in titanium set with beryls (31.18 carats), sapphires (21 carats), paraiba tourmalines and diamonds and a ring from the Copacabana Collection set with sapphires (40.20 carats) and diamonds.

Adrien Brody wears Chopard at 2018 Cannes Film Festival

American Actor Adrien Brody selected a L.U.C Lunar One Black Tie in platinum set with diamonds.

Co-President and Artistic Director of Chopard Caroline Scheufele dazzled in a necklace from the Red Carpet Collection in 18ct white gold set with diamonds (58.50 carats) and emeralds (52.13 carats), along with diamond studs in 18ct white gold and a ring in 18ct white gold set with a pear shaped emerald (10.83 carats) and diamonds, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

Caroline Scheufele and Haru Kuroki wear Chopard at 2018 Cannes Film Festival

Japanese Actress Haru Kuroki selected a necklace in platinum set with heart shaped diamonds (62.10 carats) and earrings in 18ct white gold set with two pear-shaped diamonds (10.14 carats) and diamonds, all from the Haute Joaillerie Collection.

The Palme d'or, crafted by Chopard with rose Fairmined gold, was awarded to the film "Shoplifters", by Japanese Director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

photo by AFP-JIJI

Regards,

MTF

Ah, thanks. Nice addition of the pics!

By: KIH : May 24th, 2018-15:11

I am a big fan of Cate Blanchett! Haru Kuroki and Caroline's two-shot is wonderful one. Thanks, MTF!
It is amazing how Chopard makes the Palme d'Or trophy.....