Many women-directed gems were snubbed, in favor of a story about a sex worker written and directed by a male filmmaker.
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This year’s Palm Dog winner Kodi with his director and co-star Laetitia Dosch
The Cannes Diaries: The day the festival went to the dogs!
The Palm Dog winners, that is…
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A still from ‘The Girl with the Needle’, courtesy of the Festival de Cannes
The Cannes Diaries: Magical interviews, chance meetings and beautiful films
There is a trick to this festival. If you stand still long enough in Cannes — something a bit difficult to do on a weekend as crowds are bustling all around you — you’ll run into everyone who is anyone in the film universe.
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A still from ‘Maria’ by Jessica Palud
Cannes adds more titles, include Jessica Palud's 'Maria' and unveils jury for Un Certain Regard
Plus, their selection of short films from all over the world and an immersive program which includes fantastic works featuring the voices of Cate Blanchett, Indira Varma, Tahar Rahim and Colin Farrell.
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A still from ‘The Second Act’, photo © Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
The latest Cannes announcements, including the Léa Seydoux starrer which will kick off the festival
Plus, the festival releases its latest guidelines to make the event more eco-friendly.
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Tribeca Enterprises' WE ARE ONE forms collaboration with world class festivals to screen films on YouTube
Born out of the ashes of 9/11, one of the most catastrophic events NYC ever experienced, the annual Tribeca Film Festival is something very near and dear to my heart.
So, when they announced yesterday WE ARE ONE A Global Film Festival, joining forces with the likes of the Festival de Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Toronto, Tokyo and San Sebastian (for the full list read here) I was over the moon.
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Leading up to Cannes, here are the line-ups for Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week
I know, most critics go to the Festival de Cannes looking forward to the Competition titles and maybe will grant themselves the joy of viewing the Un Certain Regard selection. But I’ll admit I’m more of a sidebar person, and while I will view a few great titles in the main lineups, my craves lay more in the Quinzaine (Directors’ Fortnight) and Semaine de la Critique.
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