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Cannes Film Festival postponed, potentially to June or July
Organizers of the Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to take place May 12-23, said Thursday that they are considering moving the festival to the end of June or the beginning of July
2 min read20 Mar 2020Netflix isn't absent at Cannes. It's everywhere.
A study conducted by the Sorbonne captured just how vital Netflix has been to festival marketplaces39% of Cannes premieres since 2009 have gone on to stream on Netflix, although most first had theatrical runs
5 min read24 May 2019With his new film, Nuri Bilge Ceylan takes stock of Turkey’s future
In Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'The Wild Pear Tree', the young hero follows his dreams to become a writer but, as Ceylan says, it's difficult to be a writer today, as many are finding out in Turkey
5 min read18 Jun 2018Pawel Pawlikowski wins best director at Cannes for ‘Cold War’
The best actress award was given to Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova for playing a jobless single mother from post-Soviet Central Asia adrift in Moscow in Sergey Dvortsevoy's 'Ayka'
1 min read19 May 2018The year Cannes was canned
Fifty years ago, the protests of 1968 caused the Cannes Film Festival to be shut down. As the 71st edition gets underway, we examine the importance of May 1968 in French cinema
4 min read11 May 2018Cannes gets an Asian flavour this summer
Two films from India among a sparkling Asian line-up at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
3 min read8 May 2018Saudi Arabia to show films for first time at Cannes festival
Saudi Arabia culture minister Awwad Alawwad announces that the country will make its first official appearance at France's Cannes film festival, submitting a selection of short films when the prestigious competition opens next month. We are very happy... that there will be an official participation at the Cannes festival, for the first time, said Alawwad. Saudi is going through some major changes and this is part of crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman's Saudi Vision 2030 that seeks to reduce the Kingdom's dependency on oil and tap into the entertainment industry.
10 Apr 2018Cannes Film Festival: Ruben Ostlund wins Palme d’Or for ‘The Square’
Sofia Coppola won best director for 'The Beguiled'. The award winners of the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in images.
29 May 2017Cannes Film Festival: Swedish satire ‘The Square’ wins Palme d’Or
Sofia Coppola won best director for 'The Beguiled' at the Cannes Film Festival 2017
2 min read29 May 2017Success of Baahubali 2 raises profile of Indian regional cinema over Bollywood
While Bollywood movies still dominate India's box office, there's been a surge in investment in regional cinema as illustrated by Baahubali 2
4 min read26 May 2017Popular Topics
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