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La Semaine de la Critique unveils the poster of its 64th edition

  The poster of the 64th Semaine de la Critique shows one of the heroines of Queens of Drama raising their hand to the heavens, challenging us and beckoning us to ecstasy. A vibrant tribute to all kinds of performance, Alexis Langlois’ film is a love letter to film, music, and celebration. This young generation of filmmakers breathes new life into the artform, absorbing the codes and casting their very own glow; asserting the freedom to take possession and enh...

Cannes Festival 2024 coverage from filmfestivals.com

VIDEO The Cannes red carpet channel The Cannes Channel  The Cannes 2010 2024 red carpet channel  with best from red carpet moments, conferences, interviews, ambiance and awards. Enjoy! ...     VIDEO red carpet magic recap Photos by Laurent Hou for filmfestivals.com ...   Un Certain Regard Winners List 2024 Celebrating a cinema of discoveries, Un Certain Regard’s m...

VIDEO The Cannes red carpet channel

The Cannes Channel  The Cannes 2010 2024 red carpet channel  with best from red carpet moments, conferences, interviews, ambiance and awards. Enjoy! ...

VIDEO red carpet magic recap

Photos by Laurent Hou for filmfestivals.com ...

VIDEO Interview : Breaking into the Film Industry with Ian Bjorn

Interview with Ian Bjorn, an upcoming fearless and talented actor shares his insight into his acting career and speaks on his time at the Cannes festival by Bella https://www.ianbjorn.com/   Ian on the red carpet in Cannes   ...

2025 César nominations: 83 nominations for 21 films from the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes

The César Academy has announced the nominations for its 50th ceremony, to be held on February 28, 2025 at the Olympia in Paris. The Festival de Cannes would like to congratulate the 21 films of its Official Selection which are among the nominees in 22 categories and have garnered 83 nominations.   21 films from the Official Selection were nominated in 22 categories: 14 nominations for The Count of Monte-Cristo by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patelli&e...

Iris Knobloch reappointed as President of the Festival de Cannes

Iris Knobloch © Olivier Vigerie - Festival de Cannes The Board of Directors has unanimously re-elected Iris Knobloch as President of the Festival de Cannes for a second three-year term. This new mandate, beginning in July 2025, will cover the 2026, 2027 and 2028 editions. This decision reflects a renewed vote of confidence in her leadership, acknowledging her achievements, ensuring stability, and enabl...

Juliette Binoche to preside over the Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes

Juliette Binoche © Photograph by Brigitte Lacombe The burst of an all-pervading laughter, an ideal of commitment to her art and her times —Juliette Binoche has won over audiences and critics alike, bringing together today’s greatest filmmakers in her world-class filmography. Exactly 40 years after her first appearance on La Croisette, she will preside over the Jury of the 78th ...

The six new faces of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes

Rudolf FITZGERALD-LEONARD © Problemkind Film - Diwa SHAH © IMDB - Anastasia VEBER © Dusya Sobol - Eglé RAZUMAITE © Nikita Ševcov - Sofia ALAOUI © Mehdi Sefrioui - Theo MONTOYA © Nata Teva Sofia Alaoui, Rudolf Fitzgerald-Leonard, Theo Montoya, Eglé Razumaité, Diwa Shah and Anastasia Veber are the six new filmmakers welcomed to the 48th session of La R...

The 48th Résidence of the Festival de Cannes

Over the years, the Résidence du Festival de Cannes has established itself as a key venue for many of the world’s emerging film talents. From October 1, 2024, to February 15, 2025, the 48th session welcomes six promising new filmmakers, four women and two men, in Paris : Sofia Alaoui, Rudolf Fitzgerald-Leonard, Theo Montoya, Eglé Razumaite, Diwa Shah and Anastasia Veber. They will also be in Cannes from May 13 to 24, 2025. La Résidence du Festival ...

Prizes awarded by La Semaine de la Critique's Jury

Prizes awarded by La Semaine de la Critique's Jury Sylvie Pialat, jury president Ben Croll, Iris Kaltenbäck, Virginie Surdej, Eliane Umuhire Grand Prize Simon de la montaña (Simon of the mountain) by Federico Luis French Touch Prize of the Jury Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang  Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award Ricardo Teodoro for Baby by Marcelo Caetano Leitz Cine ...

Un Certain Regard Winners List 2024

Celebrating a cinema of discoveries, Un Certain Regard’s mission is to bring out new trends, new paths and new countries of cinema. The 2024 selection has included 18 feature films – 8 of which are first features also competing for the Caméra d’or. This year, the opening film was Rúnar Rúnarsson’s When the Light Breaks. Chaired by Canadian actor, director, screenwriter and producer Xavier Dolan, the Jury included French-Sene...

The winners of the 27th La Cinef Selection

The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Lubna Azabal and comprised of Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Paolo Moretti, Claudine Nougaret and Vladimir Perišić has awarded the 2024 La Cinef Prizes today during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. La Cinef consisted of 18 student films, chosen out of 2 263 entries coming from 555 film schools around the world. © Maxe...

Awarded films and their French exporters representation

As the Cannes Festival and the Film Market have just come to an end, the Association of Film Exporters (ADEF), composed of companies ranging from very small enterprises to large groups, extends its heartfelt congratulations to the teams of the awarded films and to the French exporters who represent the majority of them this year. The international promotion support fund established in 2017 by the CNC helps to enhance the international visibility of French films, but the international sales compa...

L’OEil d’or 2024 – Two films ex aequo Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck

LaScam and L’OEil d’Or Jury are honored to give the 2024 Award for the Best Documentary ex aequo to  Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck and Les Filles du Nil by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir   Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck (FRANCE –1h45 – OFFICIAL SELECTION – SPECIAL SCREENINGS) Production Velvet film Jury’s note: « A film that follows the journey of a young South African photograp...

The 2024 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to : THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

The 2024 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to : THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof Iran / Allemagne / France (Official Competition) When religion is associated with political power and patriarchy, it can destroy the most intimate relationships and the dignity of individuals, as this Iranian family drama embodies. The jury was impressed by the film’s rich symbolism, its generous and hopeful ending, its touches of humour and its heartbreaking tension. The...

PIERRE ANGÉNIEUX TRIBUTE to SANTOSH SIVAN and ANGÉNIEUX SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT to KADRI KOOP (Estonia)

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  Friday May 24, 2024 at 8.15PM Buñuel Theater, Palais des Festivals       On May 24 2024, on the last evening before the closing of the Cannes Film Festival, Angénieux, the world-renowned optical manufacturer and flagship of the French lenses industry, celebrated the Pierre Angénieux Tribute.     ...

The 77th Festival de Cannes winners

After 11 days of an exceptional edition, the Jury of the 77th Festival de Cannes, chaired by American director, screenwriter and actress Greta Gerwig, surrounded by Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Japanese director Kore-eda ...

Colored awarded for Best Immersive Work of the 77th Festival de Cannes

    MAY 23, 2024  at the Plage des Palmes, the Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 77th Festival de Cannes awarded the prize for Best Immersive Work, presenting one winner among the eight in-competition virtual reality, augmented reality, video projection and holographic works. The Jury, chaired by French filmmaker and screenwriter Marie Amachoukeli, included French writer, director and producer Mathias Chelebourg, American producer, writer, and director Vassiliki Kho...

Olympic Games Flame light the Cannes Film Festival 2024

ALOHA PICTURES © Winner First Price Photographer's Award Cannes Film Festival Images Collection by  Alan Schoenauer Carlotti © & Patrick Mascaraque © ALOHA PICTURES © Reproductions interdites All rights reserved 70TH EVENT - 28.05.17  Photographer's Award - The ultimate photo In celebration of its 70th anniversary, the Festival de Cannes launched its Photographer's Award. ...

The Red Sea International Film Foundation (Red Sea IFF) and Vanity Fair Europe hosted the Women in Cinema Gala

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The Red Sea International Film Foundation (Red Sea IFF) and Vanity Fair Europe are reuniting to host the Women in Cinema Gala, championing the achievements of rising female talent on both sides of the camera who are reshaping the film industry in Saudi Arabia, Africa, Asia and the Arab world. During the event held alongside the 77th Cannes Film Festival at the remarkable Hotel du Cap-Eden- Roc in Cap d’Antibes, the Red Sea IFF and Vanity Fair Europe honoured six women who are fiercely...

Ioan Allen, a creator of Dolby Stereo, honored by the Festival de Cannes, marking 50 years of Dolby's work in film

Ioan Allen, a creator of the Dolby Stereo film program, receives medal from the Festival de Cannes, marking 50 years of Dolby's work in feature films Following half a century of technical collaboration, the Festival’s Louis Lumière auditorium will also be equipped with Dolby Atmos immersive audio for 2025   credit photo Joachim Tournebize   Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB), a leader in immersive entertainment experiences, announced that at the 77th edition o...

Dame Donna Langley received the 2024 Women in Motion Award during the official Women In Motion dinner

In honor of Dame Donna Langley, Kering and the Festival de Cannes were pleased to welcome the members of the Festival jury as well as Julianne Moore, Justine Triet, Uma Thurman, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Salma Hayek Pinault, Michelle Yeoh, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Jacques Audiard or Judith Godrèche on the occasion of the official Women In Motion dinner. François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, Iris Knob...

Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d'or of the 77th Festival de Cannes In the presence of Gorō Miyazaki

The 77th Festival de Cannes is delighted to celebrate Studio Ghibli, legendary Japanese animation studio. On Monday, May 20, at 3.30pm, film director and Creative Development Director of the Ghibli Park Gorō Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki' son, will take to the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to receive the Honorary Palme d'or, on behalf of the entire Studio Ghibli including the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka and Ghibli Park, from Festival President Iris Knobloch and Gener...

Paris 2024 in Cannes!

The Festival de Cannes and the City of Cannes are gearing up for Paris 2024! Sports personalities and athletes will be the guests of an exceptional evening on Tuesday, May 21, for the premiere screening of Mickaël Gamrasni’s documentary Olympiques! La France des Jeux, with its most prestigious ambassador, the Olympic flame!       ...

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