Published on : 06/19/2020 – 15:49Modified : 06/19/2020 – 22:39 To everyone’s astonishment, the Cannes Film Festival announced this Friday, June 19, that it will indeed award a Palme d’Or: the competition will take place in the fall and will only concern the eleven short films selected. ” Here, as every year, is the Official … Read more
Le Festival de Cannes 2021 n’a pas la même saveur que les éditions précédentes, le serial-killer Covid-19 est passé par là, fermant de nombreux mois les salles de cinéma, et transformant les pratiques de consommation des spectateurs qui se sont habitués aux plateformes et aux petits écrans. C’est donc un retour du film en salles … Read more
DIn two hours, he and his team will be at the top of the steps of the Palais des Festivals. Thursday, July 8, early afternoon: Chadian filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun gives a few minutes to “Sud Ouest”, before heading off to prepare for the presentation of his film, “Lingui”, in competition. He seems to be a … Read more
Until February 2017, Mehdi Meklat was, with his accomplice Badrou, the darling of the media. But Mehdi, from the duo of “kids”, columnists on France Inter and at the Bondy blog, is then overtaken by his past. Because old racist and filthy tweets, posted under the pseudo Marcelin Deschamps, have, without warning, created the “Meklat … Read more
225,000 admissions between July 14, the day it was released, and August 10. It is both an honorable score and a big disappointment for “Titane”, by Julia Ducournau, Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Honorable because the second film by the young filmmaker has already done better than the first, ” Grave ”, … Read more
After being chosen to represent France at the Oscars, Titanium was finally sidelined from Oscar voters. In 2021, French cinema once again demonstrated its liveliness and strength with the double victory of the most respected awards of international film festivals : the golden lion at the Venice Film Festival for The event by Audrey Diwan … Read more
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda and his Palme d’Or for “A Family Affair” during the closing ceremony of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2018. ERIC GAILLARD / REUTERS End clap on the 71e edition of the Cannes Film Festival. During the closing ceremony, Saturday May 19, presented by actor and host Edouard Baer, the jury … Read more
In awarding the Palme d’Or to “A Family Affair” by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, the jury chaired by Cate Blanchett did not make a bad choice. But what a shame not to have won awards for works as major as those of Jia Zhang-ke, Lee Chang-dong and Nuri Bilge Ceylan! The evening started strong: the … Read more
It is a disappointment for French cinema. Julia Ducournau’s film “Titanium” was not selected for the best foreign film selection for the Oscars 2022, which will take place on March 27. The Academy of Oscars unveiled on Tuesday the list of 15 films still in the running for the award for best foreign film, chosen … Read more
© MGM / United Artists The Cannes film festival will not take place. In any case, not in May. And not in the form we know. The editorial staff offers you a non-exhaustive selection of Palmes d’Or which have marked the history of the festival since its creation. In 1990 with Sailor and Lula, his … Read more