Category: Festivals
Star Wars timeline: A complete guide to the galactic history
EW chronicles the major moments that took us from 'The Phantom Menace' to 'Andor' to 'The Rise of Skywalker.' [...]
Neon acquires Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Competition title ‘Sirât’ for North America; Mubi takes Italy, Turkey, India
UPDATE, 16.10 BST 23/5/25: Neon has acquired North America rights to Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Competition title Sirât.
It is the distributor’s fifth [...]
Rithy Panh to chair international competition jury of 2025 Locarno Film Festival
Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh is to serve as jury president of the international competition at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which takes [...]
Cannes Winners Are Again Good For Neon But Create Confusing Picture For Oscar Race – Which Films Could Place In Both?
For many years most in the industry have looked to the Fall Trifect of Venice, Telluride, and Toron [...]
‘Imago’ Director Déni Oumar Pitsaev On Winning Two Prizes In Cannes: “I Didn’t Expect It At All”
When Chechen-born filmmaker Déni Oumar Pitsaev came to Cannes with his modern documentary Imago, he felt very uncertain about how it would be recei [...]
Cannes closing ceremony to go ahead despite mass power cut across south of France
UPDATE 12.15pm CEST: The Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony is aiming to go ahead as scheduled this evening, despite a power cut across much [...]
amfAR 31st Cannes Gala Dances On The Sand With Duran Duran, Adam Lambert, Spike Lee, Michelle Rodriguez, More & $17M+ Raised
At a 78th Cannes, which on the party side wasn’t as cacophonous as previous ones with drone shows (2022’s Elvis) and Elton John performing on the b [...]
UK sales executives report good Cannes business on well-packaged projects
As Cannes draws to a close, UK sellers have reported good business from buyers who generally responded positively to projects that were very cle [...]
‘Imago’ Wins L’Oeil d’Or Prize For Top Documentary At Cannes; Julian Assange Film Wins Special Jury Prize For l’Oeil d’Or 10th Anniversary
Imago, a documentary by Chechen-born filmmaker Déni Oumar Pitsaev, won the L’Oeil d’or prize today, the top award for nonfiction film at the Cannes [...]
Bi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’ divides critics on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘Woman And Child’ also lands
Bi Gan’s Resurrection received a mix of scores on Screen International’s Cannes Jury Grid, for an overall average of 2.4.
The science fiction de [...]