‘Rhapsody in August’ by Akira Kurosawa (1991) © Shochiku Co., Ltd. / Kurosawa Prod. – Graphic design © Hartland Villa
Turns out there are lots of winning people and moments on this year’s Croisette, and that’s before the festival has even started. And finally, we have a poster for the 77th edition of the festival!
Read More
Poster by Takeshi Kitano, titled, appropriately by the Japanese actor, writer, comedian, painter and director “Takeshi”
And there are some must-watch films in there which cannot be missed.
Read More
The festival will celebrate its 70th Anniversary this year.
Read More
Emma Stone and Joe Alwyn in ‘Kinds of Kindness’, photo by Atsushi Nishijima, courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
And it features the latest works from Yorgos Lanthimos, Karim Aïnouz, Ali Abbasi, David Cronenberg, Paolo Sorrentino and Francis Ford Coppola, to name a few — phew!
Read More
A still from ‘The Second Act’, photo © Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
Plus, the festival releases its latest guidelines to make the event more eco-friendly.
Read More
Without the messy murders, of course!
Read More
Bijoy Jain, photo © Bêka & Lemoine
Coinciding with an ongoing exhibition at the Fondation Cartier featuring the film’s subject, Indian architect Bijoy Jain, the event was a splendid way for me to reconnect with my love of Bombay — Mumbai.
Read More
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure “FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
And these aren’t for the faint hearted, you’ll see.
Read More
Photo courtesy of Church of the King, used with permission
I must have heard a hundred different opinions on what happened to Princess Catherine while she was gone — not one of them turned out to be true. We should be asking “why are we so attracted to gossip?”
Read More
A still from Ginevra Elkann’s ‘I Told You So’ which will screen at this year’s Cinema Made in Italy
Organized by Cinecittà, the French Institute in London and The Italian Cultural Institute, this audience favorite annual film festival highlights the best Italian cinema from the past year.
Read More
The Qumra class of 2024, captured in the courtyard of the Museum of Islamic Art
And no, I’m not talking about the bustling Souq Waqif on the eve of Ramadan!
Read More
From violence in cinema, to not watching films at all once you’ve made one, there were shocking and cool revelations at this year’s DFI industry meet, featuring filmmakers Jim Sheridan, Leos Carax and more.
Read More
The power of music is undeniable. And no one harnesses it better than French filmmaker Leos Carax, one of the Qumra Masters at this year’s DFI industry event.
Read More
Fatma Hassan Alremaihi at Qumra 2024, courtesy of the DFI
It is always great to be in Doha for their annual industry meetings, yet this time it feels extra crucial and important — as cinema is what I turn to in order to heal and help understand the world around me.
Read More
Mati Diop © Dirk Michael Deckbar, courtesy of the Berlinale 2024
There were a lot of themes at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival and some resonated deeply with me, as the world tries to wade through the perils of certainty — those who think they always know better.
Read More
Amos Gitai has never been far from our thoughts, or out of cinematic radars, with a film premiering almost every year at major film festivals like Venice and Cannes -- now he's bringing his tryptic of films about a house in Jerusalem to the stage in Paris and to La Biennale Architettura 2023.
Read More
A still from ‘The land was well past its zenith’ by Rita Mahfouz
Plus actress and producer Toni Colette, is confirmed as the sixth 2024 Master for the upcoming tenth anniversary edition of the industry incubator and the participating projects are announced.
Read More
A still of Cillian Murphy in ‘Small Things Like These’ © Shane O’Connor
And it’s a good thing. A very, very good thing.
Read More
Plus Atom Egoyan fresh from the Berlinale and Academy Award nominated sound designer Martín Hernández, all to give Masterclasses while in Qatar.
Read More
Wait, did you really think awards were fair?
Read More