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Cannes spotlights Judith Godrèche, icon of France’s #MeToo moment

The Cannes Film Festival kept up its female focus on Wednesday with the pounding, action-packed “Mad Max” prequel “Furiosa” and the soft-spoken uprising of French actress Judith Godrèche, who has spearheaded the host country’s long-awaited #MeToo reckoning.

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Meryl Streep gives us a summer style masterclass in chic white trouser suit and silk shirt

She looked incredibly stylish at the Cannes Film Festival, and we're keen to copy

Woman & Home

Postcard from Cannes #1: Fiction is reality and reality is fiction

The Cannes Film Festival officially opened on Tuesday evening with a cheeky speech by hostess Camille Cottin, an emotional homage to Hollywood icon Meryl Streep, and a disconcerting deadpan film about making a film. You could call it a perfect cocktail to kick off the 77th edition of the international…

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Film director Mohammad Rasoulof leaves Iran for Europe ahead of Cannes premiere

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof said he fled Iran after being sentenced to prison on national security charges and is in Europe ahead of the screening of his new film at the Cannes Film Festival, where he may attend the premiere.

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AI cameras to be tested at Cannes Film Festival ahead of Paris Olympics

Security using artificial intelligence is being deployed at the Cannes Film Festival in a test for potential applications at the Paris Olympics two months later.

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Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof flees to Europe ahead of Cannes premiere

Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof said Monday he had left Iran after being sentenced to jail on national security charges, a day ahead of the opening of the Cannes Film Festival where his new film is in the main competition.

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AI cameras to be tested at Cannes Film Festival ahead of Paris Olympics

Security using artificial intelligence is being deployed at the Cannes Film Festival in a test for potential applications at the Paris Olympics two months later.

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Cannes Film Festival 2024: When and where to watch LIVE steaming, films competing, Bollywood celebrities attending and all you need to know

The Cannes Film Festival will bring together the industry's biggest stars to the South of France tomorrow to celebrate cinema. This year's festival is the 77th edition of the glitzy event on the French Riviera packed full of premieres, star-studded press conferences and glamorous parties.

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Thousands of French actors call for fair share of streaming profits

The day before the opening of the Cannes film festival, some 7,000 French actors called on streaming platforms for a more fair distribution of profits.

Radio France Internationale

Cannes Film Festival workers call for strike ahead of opening

Workers at the Cannes Film Festival in France have called for a strike over pay and conditions on Monday, just a week before the international event is due to start.

Radio France Internationale

Hollywood actress Meryl Streep to receive honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes

Meryl Streep will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on 14 May, organisers have announced.

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Homage to Japanese legends at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

This year's Cannes Film Festival will pay homage to Japan's contribution to film over the years. The poster for the Cannes Film Festival, for example, is inspired by the film Rhapsody in August by legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, while an honorary Palme d'Or will be awarded to Japanese animators…

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Restored cut of century-old Napoleon epic to screen at Cannes Film Festival

After a marathon restoration effort, visionary French director Abel Gance's silent masterpiece Napoleon will return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May – nearly 100 years after it was made.

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Cannes 2024: Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ to compete for the Palme d’Or

Payal Kapadia’s drama is the first Indian title in over 40 years to feature in the prestigious In Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival

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Cannes reveals 19-film line-up featuring Coppola and Cronenberg

Nineteen films have been picked to compete for the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France in May. The prize can give a major boost for arthouse films such as last year's winner Anatomy of a Fall that went on to win an avalanche…

International Business Times

Coppola's 'Megalopolis' Among Entries For Cannes Film Festival

Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola will return to the Cannes Film Festival with his long-awaited epic "Megalopolis", organisers said on Thursday, announcing a line-up that includes some huge names of world cinema.

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Cannes Film Festival promises fiery premiere for latest Mad Max

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the latest instalment of the post-apocalyptic franchise by Australian director George Miller, will get its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 15 May, organisers have said.

Radio France Internationale

Inshallah a Boy: a film that tackles women’s rights in Jordan

Director Amjad Al Rasheed’s first feature film, Inshallah a Boy, tells the story of a mother standing up to Jordan’s archaic, patriarchal inheritance laws. Carried charismatically by award-winning actress Mouna Hawa, the film also addresses broader issues of gender inequality.

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France 24

Film show: Jordanian drama 'Inshallah a Boy' makes for gripping viewing

Amjad Al Rasheed's directorial debut was also the first Jordanian film to be screened at the Cannes film festival last year. "Inshallah a Boy" focuses on a courageous mother and widow who's constrained by the patriarchal society she lives in. Amjad joins us in the studio to talk about making…

Evening Standard

Is Jennie Blackpink's most fashionable? From Buckingham Palace with the Princess of Wales to Jacquemus

Jennie rubbed shoulders with the Princess of Wales, made her Met Gala debut and is now the face of Jacquemus' Christmas campaign — has she pipped Blackpink bandmates Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa to the post as most fashionable in 2023, asks Joe Bromley

Radio France Internationale

American director Greta Gerwig chosen as jury president for 2024 Cannes Festival

The Cannes Film Festival announced Thursday that Greta Gerwig, director of summer blockbuster "Barbie", will preside over the jury at its 77th edition in May.

France 24

Film show: France sends a delicious foodie movie to the Oscars

Film critic Lisa Nesselson and presenter Eve Jackson talk about the week's film news, including Juliette Binoche starring in historical foodie movie "The Taste of Things", also known as "The Pot-au-Feu". They also discuss the biopic of adventurous skilled navigator Florence Arthaud, as well as "Goodbye Julia", the first ever…

The Independent UK

Sandra Hüller's burdens of proof, in 'Anatomy of a Fall' and 'Zone of Interest'

Since Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d’Or, Sandra Hüller has been dogged by a question: Did she do it

France 24

Sudan selects Cannes award-winning film ‘Goodbye Julia’ for Oscars

“Goodbye Julia”, the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, has been selected by Sudan to represent the war-torn country at the Academy Awards in the Best International Film category.

France 24

Iran sentences filmmaker to prison for screening film at Cannes

An Iranian filmmaker and his producer reportedly face prison time and being barred from filmmaking after they showcased a movie at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval, drawing immediate criticism internationally from leading American director Martin Scorsese and others.

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