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In competition: "In The Beginning" by Xavier Giannoli • May 21, 2009 at 06:04 PM
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About the film: The third French film in the running for the Palme d’Or, In the Beginning, is the occastion for Xavier Giannoli to return to Cannes, three years after the in-Competition screening of...

Xavier Giannoli returns to the Competition with 'In The Beginning'
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In competition: "The White Ribbon" by Michael Haneke • May 21, 2009 at 06:01 PM
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About the film: For the fifth time in his career, Austrian director Michael Haneke is presenting a Competition feature at the Cannes Festival. The White Ribbon is set in a small Protestant village...

'The White Ribbon' competing for the Palme d'Or
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Un Certain Regard: "The Wind Journeys" by Ciro Guerra • May 21, 2009 at 05:58 PM
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Screening in Un Certain Regard, Wind Journeys is the second feature-length film by Ciro Guerra. Born in Rio de Oro in 1981, he studied cinematography at the National University of Colombia. At the...

Un Certain Regard: 'The Wind Journeys' by Ciro Guerra
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Un Certain Regard: "Adrift" by Heitor Dhalia • May 21, 2009 at 05:57 PM
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Presented in Un Certain Regard, Adrift by Heitor Dhalia tells the coming of age story of Filipa, 14, who is faced with the conjugal problems of her parents. Vacationing in Rio de Janeiro, the family...

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In Cannes for the Un Certain Regard presentation of Tale in the Darkness, Nikolay Khomeriki of Russian origin is not an unknown at the Festival, having won a runner-up prize in the Cinefondation...

'Tale in the Darkness' in Un Certain Regard
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In competition: "Wild Grass" by Alain Resnais's • May 20, 2009 at 06:01 PM
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About the film: It has been 19 long years since director Alain Resnais presented one of his films in Competition. However, with today's screening of Wild Grass, his latest feature, served by a...

Alain Resnais's 'Wild Grass,' serious Palme d'Or contender
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Un Certain Regard: "Eyes Wide Open" by Haim Tabakman • May 20, 2009 at 05:58 PM
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Selected to participate in the Cinéfondation program in 2003 and 2004 with short films Free Loaders and The Poet’s Home, Haim Tabakman is presenting his first feature film in Un Certain Regard, Eyes...

'Eyes Wide Open' by Haim Tabakman in Un Certain Regard
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Un Certain Regard: "Nymph" by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang • May 20, 2009 at 05:56 PM
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For the first time in his career, young Thai filmmaker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, selected by Directors Fortnight on two occasions, in 2002 for Monrak Transistor and in 2007 for Ploy, is presenting one of...

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In competition: "Inglourious Basterds" by Quentin Tarantino • May 20, 2009 at 05:54 PM
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About the film: Quentin Tarantino, President of the Jury in 2004 and Palme d’Or winner in 1994 with Pulp Fiction, has returned to the Croisette to show his latest work in Competition: Inglourious...

'Inglourious Basterds' lands in Cannes
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