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Cinema Culture France Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival announced Tuesday that Juliette Binoche, one of France's best-known actresses, will preside over its 78th edition, scheduled to take place in May. The 60-year-old star, known for The English Patient and Certified Copy, will succeed Barbie director Greta Gerwig, who served as jury president last year. Gerwig, the first ...
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Cinema Festival Film Cannes France Culture
The Cannes Film Festival has extended Iris Knobloch’s presidency for another three-year term, organizers announced on Wednesday. After succeeding Pierre Lescure in 2022, Iris Knobloch was unanimously reelected for a new term that will run until June 30, 2028, according to a statement from the French Association of the International Film ...
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Culture Cinema Film Art Cannes UK
Releasing Wednesday, Bird reinvigorates the social drama genre in the spirit of Ken Loach, exploring the fringes of UK society with irresistible rock energy, a touch of fantasy, and a stellar performance from Irish actor Barry Keoghan. Directed by British filmmaker Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey), the film competed at Cannes but left ...
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Iran Germany Cannes Oscars Film
After his hasty escape from Iran, his latest film will represent Germany at the Oscars: a symbolic escape for director Mohammad Rasoulof, both grateful and overwhelmed by having to reach this point to have his art recognized. The Seed of the Sacred Fig, his paranoid thriller shot clandestinely in Iran, has enchanted critics and won the Special ...