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I have been working with film festivals and helping filmmakers for the past 20 years in various capacities. There was only one big lesson I learnt in festivals: Cannes can work miracles for you, if you do the right thing with the right people : dare, work hard and be creative in each of your actions.
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The global independent industry will all convene in Santa Monica in just a few weeks for AFM23 with hundreds of productions, sales, distribution and buying companies from 70 countries registered. Over 230 companies – from A24 to XYZ - as well as international umbrella stands are set to exhibit - with more still being added. To find out more about the Exhibitors coming to AFM, click on the company’s name on the exhibitor list and you’ll be taken to their profile on The Film Ca...
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Alex is a divorced father, a stressed executive. His daily routine is work, work, work. Tonight he's in a hurry, he's due to meet a beautiful young stranger... who contacted him via the internet. But this blind date will flip him into a downward spiral and disrupt forever the course of his life.
Thriller, 75 min., Scope, Dolby 5.1
Directed by Thierry Sebban
Starring: Simon Abkarian, Igor Skreblin, Perrine Tourneux...
The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Maren Ade and comprised of Camélia Jordana, José María Prado, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nebojša Slijepčević has awarded the 2025 La Cinef Prizes today during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
La Cinef consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2 679 entries coming from 646 film schools around the world.
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The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes presented today the Best Immersive Work Award to From Dust, created by Michel van der Aa, recognizing a creation that pushed the boundaries of storytelling, art space, and audience engagement.
The Jury, chaired by French director Luc Jacquet included American musician, director and writer Laurie Anderson, French author and performer Tania de Montaigne, British director, screenwriter, an...
After winning the French Touch Prize of the Jury on Wednesday, IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev was presented with Cannes' prestigious Golden Eye – The Documentary Prize tonight! We are so proud of the film team and grateful for the privilege to work on this incredible film. Congratulations!
IMAGO
By Déni Oumar Pitsaev – CRITICS' WEEK
World Premiere
Rediance Films © 2025
dscape, deserves recognition. Pitsaev f...
Bhool Chuk Maaf, Overview: 29 retakes of Scene 29, Take 29
Maddock Films has produced this movie. Maddock is a rarely used word and means "fortunate" or "goodly", and is of Welsh origin. It's an anglicised form of Madog, a Welsh given name. Historically, Maddock was a common surname and given name in Wales and neighboring areas. So, let’s put all mad in the dock, start looking at a film from this production power-house, and forgive mistakes, if any, for that is w...
The Dardenne Brothers took home the Positive Cinema Prize for their newest film Jeunes Merés, A contender for this year's Palme d'Or. Juenes Merés, their 10th feature on the croisette, follows five teenage mothers who live together in a shelter trying to make a better life for themselves and their children. The Positive Cinema Prize is awarded as part of Positive Cinema Week, an event dedicated to cinema that awakens consciousness, remains alert, questions the film indust...
Every day at 9:30 p.m., the Festival de Cannes reinvents itself as night falls, transforming the Croisette’s Plage Macé, opposite the Majestic hotel, into an open-air cinema. The program for the 78th Festival will include: film teams on stage, premieres and world cinema classics. From Hong Kong action to Italian intimism, from Japanese animation to Hollywood classics, embark on a cinephile’s world tour.
Playing tonight at the Cinéma de la Plage is "One Flew...
Following a photocall earlier this week, the cast of new film "Renoir" interacted with fans as they commemorated the premier of their work.
Images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video)
Images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video)
Images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video)
“Renoir” photocall, images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video)
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Joachim Trier returned to the Cannes Film Festival after his critically acclaimed film The Worst Person in the World premiered during the 2021 festival, both films star actress Renate Rensive, who won the award for Best Actress at the festival for her role in The Worst Person in the World. With its premiere on Wednesday, May 21st, Joachim Trier's newest film Sentimental Value cemented itself in the history books. Receiving an extremely imp...
Lilo & Stitch, Review: A Stitch in Time, and Space--Bad kid+bad alien=good kid+good alien
Why li lo for 23 years, when you can stitch together a film that cocks-a-snook at genres? And what age-group is this cartoon, animation, live action, stop motion, motion capture, VFX, space travel, and many other technical processes, like AI? Get cracking. Wait a minute. Who is the product aimed at? The target audience? The age group?
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COMPÉTITION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
RERUN OF THE COMPETITION
CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE / CLOSING CEREMONY at 18:40
SÉANCES DU LENDEMAIN (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
RERUN OF THE COMPETITION
REPRISE DE LA SÉLECTION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
JEUNES MÈRES by JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE at 08:45 (runtime 1h44)
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a she...
Tonight, Director Kelly Reichardt returns to the Croisette with her second film in competition and third at Cannes: The Mastermind. Reichardt was last here in 2022 for Showing Up, which competed. The Mastermind's synopsis reads: "In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor), an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief, plans his first big heist. When things go haywire, his life unravels." The film stars Josh O' Conner, who is also in Th...
The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Maren Ade and comprised of Camélia Jordana, José María Prado Garcia, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nebojša Slijepčević has awarded the 2025 La Cinef Prizes during a ceremony held in Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.
La Cinef consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2,679 films entries coming from 646 film schools around the world. The awarded films w...
The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes presented today the Best Immersive Work Award to "From Dust", created by Michel van der Aa, recognizing a creation that pushed the boundaries of storytelling, art space, and audience engagement.
The Jury, chaired by French director Luc Jacquet included American musician, director and writer Laurie Anderson, French author and performer Tania de Montaigne, British director, scree...
THE MASTERMIND and JEUNES MÈRES
COMPÉTITION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE)
RESURRECTION (RÉSURRECTION) by BI GAN at 8:30 (runtime 2h40)
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see—until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what...
At a recent photocall for new film "Vie Privée", Jodi Foster was joined by fellow castmates to celebrate the upcoming release of their new picture.
Jodi Foster, photographed by Laurent Hou
Daniel Auteuil, photographed by Laurent Hou
Virginie Efira, photographed by Laurent Hou
Cast of "Vie Privée", photographed by Laurent Hou
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