Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d’or of the 77th Cannes Film Festival APRIL 17, 2024 The Cannes Film Festival is honoring a cinema legend, awarding its Honorary Palme d’or for the first time to a group: Studio Ghibli. Alongside the Hollywood…
77th edition, the Cannes film festival launches its Immersive Competition
Because there are now original works that are pushing the boundaries of storytelling, the Cannes film festival will introduce a new competition, the “Immersive Competition” for its 77th edition. In 2017, Alejandro González Iñárritu made history at the 70th…
George Lucas, Honorary Palme d’or of the 77th Cannes film festival
A Hollywood legend, the director, screenwriter and producer George Lucas will receive the Honorary Palme d’or on Saturday, May 25, at the Closing Ceremony of the 77th Cannes film festival, to be broadcast live on French TV channel France 2.…
Quentin Dupieux’s new comedy to open the 77th Festival de Cannes
To launch the festivities of the 77th edition, a daring and unpredictable artist will stride the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, surrounded by his entire team. A filmmaker who embraces freedom – in tone, form and subject – Quentin…
Dates Set for The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) and the festival’s affiliated market, TIFFCOM
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) and the festival’s affiliated market, TIFFCOM, are pleased to announce their 2024 dates. The 37th TIFF will be held for 10 days from October 28 (Mon.) through November 6 (Wed.), while TIFFCOM will…
Berlin Film Festival – Berlinale – Wrap up
We were at Berlinale – the Berlin Film Festival – in cold wet Berlin in February. Here is a write up of some of the films we saw: Small Things Like These If you like dark, deep, depressing films than…
The Awards of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival
Celebrating Excellence: Announcing the Recipients of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival Awards Winners of the 74th Berlinale – Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear for Best Film Dahomey dir. Mati Diop Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize A Traveler’s Needs dir. Hong…
2024 César Nominations : 16 films from the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes
49 nominations in all, including 12 for Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom, which opened Un Certain Regard, and 11 for Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Palme d’or 2023. The nominations for the 49th César Awards ceremony were announced…
NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2024 EE RISING STAR AWARD AHEAD OF THE EE BAFTA FILM AWARDS
Wednesday 10th January 2024, London: Today, the five nominees for this year’s prestigious EE Rising Star Award, now in its 19th year and created in honour of the late Mary Selway, were announced during a press conference at The Savoy Hotel…
Greta Gerwig, Jury President of the 77th Cannes Film Festival
Following a year in which she beat every record with her film Barbie, the American director, screenwriter, and actress Greta Gerwig is to preside over the feature film Competition Jury of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which takes place May…