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DFI supporting the Palestinian pavilion in Cannes this year, with Fatma Hasan Alremaihi, center, Elia Suleiman, third from left and Hanaa Issa, third from right.

Doha Film Institute proves once again the cinematic force to be reckoned with in Cannes

E. Nina Rothe May 18, 2025

And with a new upcoming international film festival announced for November 2025, the Gulf cultural organization plans to prove to the world what many of us already knew.

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In Cinema, Interviews, Festival Tags Elia Suleiman, Doha Film Institute, DFI, Doha Film Festival, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Hanaa Issa, Qatar, Media City Qatar, Katara
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A still from ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ by Diego Céspedes

Moments incroyables: A second Cannes Dispatch

E. Nina Rothe May 17, 2025

Everything moves so fast on the Croisette, that sometimes I imagine I’ve been here for a year, others that I landed just five minutes ago. But in that time, somewhere in between, I’ve definitely watched loads of films, met interesting people and attended a few parties. So here’s a recap of… only the last 48 hrs?! Incroyable, I tell you.

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In Cinema, Fashion, Festival Tags Film AlUla, Cannes Film Festival, The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart, Imogen Poots, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, Diego Céspedes, Screen International, Marco Calvani, Netflix, Chanel, Lidia Yuknavitch, Un Certain Regard, Ken Kesey, ngelina Jolie, The Four Seasons., Colman Domingo, Marrakech International Film Festival, Finn Halligan, Red Sea International Film Festival, Faisal Baltyuor, Jeddah, Abduljalil Al-Nasser, Saudi Film Commission, Zaid Shaker, Mahsa Motamedi, Abeer Al Akel, Royal Commission for AlUla
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Don’t be fooled by the official images, those trains are no longer allowed on the red carpet in Cannes

Oops they did it again: a first dispatch from Cannes

E. Nina Rothe May 14, 2025

Well, I’m almost there, writing this on the flight, but the trials and tribulations have already started. And the controversies too.

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Festival de Cannes, Bella Hadid, Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Paramount, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Britney Spears, The Hollywood Reporter, Marco Consoli
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More goodies, like an award for Nicole Kidman added in Cannes, plus the Competition Jury is announced and 'Yes', please!

E. Nina Rothe April 29, 2025

Among the new additions, Nadav Lapid’s absurdist tale, focusing on a struggling jazz musician tasked with reinventing the Israeli national anthem, taking place in the aftermath of October 7th, but also Lynne Ramsay’s latest, Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut and Lav Diaz’s ‘Magellan’ starring Gael Garcia Bernál as the Portuguese explorer.

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Cannes Jury, competition titles, Nadav Lapid, Yes, Kristen Stewart, Lynne Ramsay, Lav Diaz, Gael Garcia Bernál, Juliette Binoche, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Jeremy Strong, Thierry Frémaux, Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t!, Die My Love, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Nicole Kidman, Kering Women in Motion
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Welcome to the first episode of The Culture Influential

E. Nina Rothe April 22, 2025

Starting right here, right now, I’m kicking off a podcast that brings together film and fashion in a brand new way, where you'll find yourself sitting in the room with celebrities and artists, for some cozy conversations. Cultural events and world affairs decoded, from Cannes to Venice to London and across the pond, to NYC. 

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In Cinema, Fashion, Festival, Interviews, Television, Art Tags The Culture Influential, Podcast, Qumra, Doha Film Institute, Qatar, Walter Salles, Lav Diaz, Darius Khondji, Cannes, Venice, London, fashion weeks, film festivals, DFI, Apple podcasts, Spotify
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Cannes' sidebars -- Critics' Week, Directors' Fortnight and ACID selections announced

E. Nina Rothe April 15, 2025

Among the titles which stand out to me immediately are two beautiful projects, one selected for Critics’ Week and the other in the Fortnight line up, which participated in the recent DFI Qumra industry incubator. And I included the shorts in Critics’ Week!

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Critics week, Cannes Film Festival, festival de Cannes, Quinzaine de Cineastes, Directors' Fortnight, ACID, Cannes, Harmony Korine, The President’s Cake, Hasan Hadi, Leah Chen Baker, Qumra, DFI, Doha Film Institute, Barry Jenkins, Dangerous Animals, Sean Byrne, Kokuho, Lee Sang-il, Eva Victor, Sorry Baby, Daniel Kaluuya, Guillermo Galoe, Sleepless City, Ciudad Sin Sueño, Spain, Iraq, Madrid, Kaouther Ben Hania, Sylvain George, Life After Siham, Namir Abdel Messeeh, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, Sepideh Farsi
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Laetitia Ky in a still from Erige Sehiri’s ‘Promised Sky’

Cannes Line-Up announcement 2025: Wondrous women filmmakers, returning favorites and a Spike Lee joint

E. Nina Rothe April 11, 2025

You have to love Spike Lee for crashing Thierry Frémaux’s insiders party at the line-up press conference… via social media of course!

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Laetitia Ky, Cannes Film Festival, Festival de Cannes, Promised Sky, Thierry Fremaux, Spike Lee, Iris Knobloch, UGC Montparnasse, Competition, Un Certain Regard, Highest 2 Lowest, Denzel Washington, High and Low, Jeffrey Wright, Akira Kurosawa, ASAP Rocky, Dardenne Brothers, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Joachim Trier, Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt, Hafsia Herzi, Carla Simon, Chie Hayakawa, Mascha Schilinski, Tarek Saleh, Tarik Saleh, Eagles of the Republic, Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agnet, The Secret Agent, Wagner Moura, Jafar Panahi, A Simple Accident, Mario Martone, Fuori, Valeria Golino, Goliarda Sapienza, The Art of Joy, Blue Moon, Nouvella Vague, Jean-Luc Godard, Zooey Deutc, Zooey Deutch, Darius Khondji, Walter Salles, Ari Aster, Eddington, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, La Petite Derniere, Fatima Daas, Tom Cruite, Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Erige Sehiri, Under the Fig Trees, Marie & Jolie, Tunisia, Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson, Eleanor the Great, June Squbb, Golden Globes, Urchin, Frank Dillane, Amr Waked, Juliette Binoche
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Valeria Golino on the set of ‘The Art of Joy’ courtesy of Sky

'The Art of Joy' to screen at London's Ciné Lumière with special star-studded Q&A to follow

E. Nina Rothe April 2, 2025

The upcoming Sky original series, co-directed by Valeria Golino and Nicolangelo Gelormini, will have its UK premiere at the Institut Français’ Ciné Lumière, ahead of its availability on Sky TV.

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In Cinema, Television Tags Valeria Golino, The Art of Joy, French Institute, Institut Français, Cine Lumiere, London, Sky TV, Nicolangelo Gelormini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jasmine Trinca, Tecla Insolia, Alma Noce, Goliarda Sapienza, Francesco “Citto” Maselli, L'arte della gioia, Adrian Wootton OBE, Viola Prestieri, Film London
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Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius at Ciné Lumière in London to present his latest

E. Nina Rothe March 28, 2025

‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’ is the French-born director’s foray into animation and features the narration of legendary actor Jean-Louis Trintignant in what would turn out to be his last role.

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In Cinema, Interviews Tags Michel Hazanavicius, The Most Precious of Cargoes, Cine Lumiere, Institut Français, London, Cannes Film Festival, Festival de Cannes, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Studiocanal, Patrick Sobelman, Studio Ghibli, Disney, Jean-Claude Grumberg, La plus précieuse des marchandises, The Artist, Oscars, BAFTA
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The 7th Arab Film Festival Zurich announces program, with special tributes to Sudanese and Saudi cinema

E. Nina Rothe March 24, 2025

The five day event, which takes place every two years and celebrates the best of Arab cinema, will be held from 2nd to 6th April 2025 in the Swiss city.

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In Cinema, Festival Tags Arab Film Festival Zurich, AFFZ, Arab cinema, Aida Schlaepfer Alhassani, Michel Bodmer, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Goodbye Julia, Mohamed Kordofani, Amjad Abu Alala, You Will Die at Twenty, Ahd Kamel, My Driver and I, Red Sea International Film Festival, Roula Dakheelallah, Mishaal Tamer, Abu Bakr Shawky, Hajjan, Screen International, NEOM, Mehdi M. Barsaoui, Aïsha, Sofia Alaoui, Animalia, Palestine, Scandar Copti, Happy Holidays, Ajami, Asmae El Moudir, The Mother of All Lies, Backstage, Khalil Benkirane, Afef Ben Mahmoud and Khalil Benkirane, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Tunisa, Morocco, Tunisia, Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo, Khaled Mansour, Meryam Joobeur, Who Do I Belong To, Brotherhood, Animation Lab at AFFZ, Virtual Reality
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Gems by Almodóvar, Tony Gatlif and Paz Vega to screen during upcoming London Spanish Film Festival Spring Weekend

E. Nina Rothe March 13, 2025

Now in its 14th edition, the couture festival will also feature the latest film by veteran filmmaker David Trueba and Enrique Buelo’s debut feature, along with two homages dedicated to personalities of Spanish cinema.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags London Spanish Film Festival, Fashion & Cinema, Pedro Almodóvar, Marisa Paredes, The Flower of My Secret, Rossy de Palma, Chus Lampreave, Imanol Arias, Prof. Maria Delgado, Vengo, Tony Gatlif, Antonio Canales, Flamenco, Antonio Dechent, Orestes Villasán Rodríguez, José Ramírez “El Cheli”, Bobote, Juan Luis Corrientes, David Trueba, Spain, San Sebastian Film Festival, The Good Man, Jorge Sanz, Vito Sanz, Macarena Sanz, Aia Pérez, Mallorca, Paz Vega, Rita, Sofia Allepuz, Alejandro Escamilla, Roberto Álamo, Amanda Santos, Arantxa Echevarría, Undercover, Goya Awards, Aranzazu Berradre Marín, ETA, Cine Lumiere, Institut Français
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Qumra 2025 projects include an outlaw Bedouin bandit couple adventure and a Palestinian dystopian sci-fi thriller

E. Nina Rothe March 6, 2025

Also included in the extensive line up of projects participating in the upcoming industry incubator organized by the Doha Film Institute is the follow up by Algerian helmers Damien Ounouri and Adila Bendimerad to their award winning epic ‘The Last Queen’, as well as Suzannah Mirghani’s highly anticipated feature debut ‘Cotton Queen’.

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In Cinema, The Diaries Tags Qumra 2025, Doha Film Institute, DFI, Damien Ounouri and Adila Bendimerad, Suzannah Mirghani, Cotton Queen, Qatar, Sofia Djama, Quarter to Thursday, Larissa Sansour, Palestine, Algeria, In Memory of Times to Come, Tunisia, Erige Sehiri, Marie & Jolie, The Joyful 1926, Speak Image Speak, Pary El-Qalqili, 1972 Munich Olympics, Sari & Amira, A.J. Al-Thani, Wadi Sakheema, Flower of the Sand, Morocco, Jaouad Babili, Sudan, Atlas Workshops, The President's Cake, Iraq, Hasan Hadi, Saddam Hussein, Souraya Mon Amour, Nicolas Khoury, Souraya Baghdadi, Maroun Baghdadi, Lebanon, Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, The Pearl, Noor Al-Nasr, In the Name of Safia, Safia Kessas, Love 45, Anas Khalaf, Sound of Silence, Joyce A. Nashawati, Syria, The Fin, South Korea, Syeyoung Park, The Reserve, Mexico, Pablo Pérez Lombardini, Roqia, Yanis Koussim, Sleepless City, Spain, Guillermo García López, Fatna a Woman Named Rachid, Hélène Harder, Mother of Silence, Zahraa Ghandour, Once Upon a Time in Shiraz, Iran, Hamed Zolfaghari, The Day of Wrath: Tales from Tripoli, Rania Rafei, Jodari Meno, Dr. Jamal Rashid Al-Khanji, Al-Michelin, Abdul-Rahman Sakr, Jordan, Dirty Hands, Georges Hazim and Maya Dagher, Task Force: Apocalypse!, Dana J. Atrach and Anne Sobel, El’Sardines, Zoulikha Tahar, Villa 187, Eiman Mirghani
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Fabrizio Gifuni and Romana Maggiora Vergano in Francesca Comencini’s ‘The Time It Takes’

Cinecittà present Cinema Made in Italy at London's BFI Southbank

E. Nina Rothe March 5, 2025

Cinema Made in Italy (CMII) returns to London this spring with exclusive presentations of nine new Italian feature films to UK audiences, presented by the internationally renowned Cinecittà.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Cinema Made in Italy UK, BFI Southbank, Cinecittà, London, Federico Fellini, Francesca Comencini, The Time It Takes, Luigi Comencini, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida, Bread Love and Dreams, Vittorio De Sica, Tina PIca, The Great Ambition, Andrea Segre, Elio Germano, Enrico Berlinguer, Diva Futura, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Riccardo Schicchi, Ilona Staller, Cicciolina, Jeff Koons, Anywhere Anytime, Milad Tangshir, Vittoria, Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kaufmann, Love and Glory - The Young Deledda, Maria Grazia Perria, Grazia Deledda, Nobel Prize for Literature, The American Backyard, Pupi Avati, Filippo Scotti, Rita Tushingham
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Clockwise from left: Walter Salles, Anna Terrazas, Darius Khondji and Lav Diaz

Walter Salles, Lav Diaz and 'Roma' costume designer Anna Terrazas announced as Qumra Masters 2025

E. Nina Rothe February 25, 2025

The list for the upcoming edition also includes César and Academy Award nominated DoP Darius Khondji, and Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To Kei-Fung.

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In Cinema, Fashion, The Diaries Tags Lav Diaz, Darius Khondji, Hong Kong, Iran, Brazil, Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Qumra, Doha Film Institute, DFI, Walter Salles, Roma, Anna Terrazas, Oscar nominated
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BFI Flare 2025 slated to conquer 'Hearts, Bodies and Minds'

E. Nina Rothe February 23, 2025

The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, one of the world’s most significant and long-standing queer film events in the LGBTQIA+ calendar recently revealed its full program, with general tickets to go on sale February 27th.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags BFI Flare London, LGBTQIA+, film festival, The Wedding Banquet, Andrew Ahn, Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-Jung, Ang Lee, Five Films for Freedom, BFI Southbank, British Council, BFI player, Hearts Bodies and Minds, Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon, Night Stage, Grace Barber-Plentie, Diana Cipriano, Zorian Clayton, Jaye Hudson, Rhianna Ilube, Darren Jones, Wema Mumma, Luca Guadagnino, Queer, Daniel Craig, Will & Harper, Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Berlinale, Hot Milk, Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Deborah Levy, Mea Culpa, Patrick Tass, Belgiium, Lebanon, Pink, Yassa Khan, Gordan Warnecke, My Beautiful Laundrette, Onir, We Are Faheem & Karun
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Margaret Qualley and Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon by Richard Linklater © Sabrina Lantos / Sony Pictures Classics

Berlinale announces main line up which includes Linklater, Franco, Hong Sang-soo titles & German premiere of Timothée Chalamet star vehicle

E. Nina Rothe January 21, 2025

“Cinema helps us connect and understand each other,” says new Artistic Director Tricia Tuttle during the press conference announcing all the Competition and Perspectives titles, plus the few remaining films in their Special Gala program.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Berlinale, Tricia Tuttle, Michael Stütz, Jacqueline Lyanga, Richard Linklater, Blue Moon, Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott, Michel Franco, Dreams, Jessica Chastain, Isaac Hernández, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Hot Milk, Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Perez, A24, Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, Conan O'Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Mother's Baby, Claes Bang, La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower), Lucile Hadžihalilović, Marion CotillardGaspar Noé, What Does that Nature Say to You, Hong Sangsoo, O último azul (The Blue Trail), Gabriel Mascaro, Sebastian Sepulveda, Brazil, Denise Weinberg, Yunan, Ameer Fakher Eldin, Georges Khabbaz, Ali Suliman, Hanna Schygulla, Al mosta'mera (The Settlement), Mohamed Rashad, Adham Shoukry, Ziad Islam, Hajar Omar, Mohamed Abdel Hady, Emad Ghoneim, Egypt, Syria, James Mangold, A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet, Bob Dylan, Tom Shoval, Israel, A Letter to David, Hiam Abbass, Palestine, Burhan Qurbani, No Beast. So Fierce., Todd Haynes, TIlda Swinton
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A still from Gianluca Jodice’s ‘The Flood’ courtesy of the Institut Français

Fashion & Cinema at London's Ciné Lumière to present special screenings of 'The Flood' and 'Maria'

E. Nina Rothe January 15, 2025

If ever there was an event that had me at “hello” it’s this one. And I’ve been graciously asked to moderate the Q&A following Gianluca Jodice’s fab film, which opened the 2024 Locarno Film Festival on the Piazza Grande.

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In Cinema, Fashion, The Diaries Tags The Flood, Le Deluge, Fashion & Cinema, London, Maria, Pablo Larraín, Paolo Sorrentino, Filippo Gravino, Mélanie Laurent, Guillaume Canet, Institut Français, Ciné Lumière, Gianluca Jodice, Massimo Cantini Parrini, Locarno Film Festival, Joana Granero Sánchez
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Fernanda Torres holds her Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Golden Globe, photo courtesy of @GG2025

Men in shades of green, first time winners and a groundbreaking host - this year's Golden Globes decoded

E. Nina Rothe January 7, 2025

This year’s Golden Globes ceremony was an affair to be remembered.

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In Cinema, The Diaries Tags Golden Globes, winners, Fernanda Torres, Walter Salles, CBS, Paramount+, Jeremy Strong, Loro Piana, Deliver Me From Nowhere, Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen, Wicked, Jeff Goldblum, Amiri, Michelle Yeoh, Gucci, Andrew Garfield, Nikki Glaser, I'm Still Here, Olivier Theyskens, Demi Moore, The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, Armani Privé, Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard, YSL, Mi Camino, Karla Sofía Gascón, Cartier, Karla Sofia Gascon
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The soundtrack to Pablo Larraín's 'Maria' is music to make you sing with joy

E. Nina Rothe December 26, 2024

But also cry with pain, and don’t tell me the film, and its legendary singer didn’t make you feel until your heart could burst.

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In Cinema, The Diaries, Art Tags Maria, soundtrack, Maria Callas, Angelina Jolie, opera, Netflix, Pablo Larrain, Steven Knight, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Massimo Cantini Parrini
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Palestinian story 'Happy Holidays' wins Etoile d'Or in Marrakech

E. Nina Rothe December 8, 2024

Plus Polish director Damian Kocur won the Best Directing Prize for his Ukrainian story ‘Under the Volcano’.

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In Cinema, Festival, Interviews, The Diaries Tags Marrakech International Film Festival, FIFM, Happy Holidays, Palestine, Etoile d'Or, Atlas Workshops, Luca Guadagnino, Patricia Arquette, Virginie Efira, Jacob Elordi, Andrew Garfield, Nadia Kounda, Across the Sea, Sudan Remember Us, Scandar Copti, The Cottage, The Village Next to Paradise, Under the Volcano, Damian Kocur, Wafaa Aoun and Manar Shehab, Roman Lutskyi, Sean Penn, La Mamounia, Musee YSL, Maria Callas Monica Bellucci an Encounter, Majorelle Blue, YSL, The Apprentice, Donald Trump, Ava DuVernay, Rosalie Varda, ARRAY
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