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Ash Is Purest White – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Jiang hu er nv / Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke – China IN A NUTSHELL Spanning over 17 years, this film begins in 2001…
The Image Book – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Le livre d’images / The Image Book Jean-Luc Godard – France, Switzerland IN A NUTSHELL In this latest film (probably best described as avant-garde pose…
Cold War – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Zimna wojna / Cold War Paweł Pawlikowski – Poland IN A NUTSHELL This is director Pawlikowski’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Ida. Ziimma wojna is…
Sorry Angel – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Plaire, aimer et courir vite / Sorry Angel Christophe Honoré – France IN A NUTSHELL Set in the early 1990s, at the height of the…
Summer – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Leto / Summer Kirill Serebrennikov – Russia IN A NUTSHELL Kirill Serebrennikov’s latest film is punk movie-musical called Leto, fond tribute to the underground scene…
Yomeddine – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Yomeddine Abu Bakr Shawky – Egypt IN A NUTSHELL Beshay (Rady Gamal) is a man afflicted by leprosy, traveling across Egypt after his wife’s death…
Everybody Knows – Festival de Cannes In Competition Prospectus
Todos lo saben / Everybody Knows Asghar Farhadi – Spain IN A NUTSHELL This is the latest film from Iranian director Farhadi who has had…
Don Quixote Gets Back on his Horse: Gilliam's Film Will be the Closing Film of Cannes after all
On Wednesday 9th May, I received a message from fellow Filmotomy writer Rob Motto, saying ”Have you heard about this?” There was a link to…
Festival de Cannes: Meet The Jury
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 8-19, and now have their jury of nine ready and waiting for the main competition. The previously…
Festival de Cannes Update: Additions to Selection Line-up
As expected, there are some film additions to the 71st Cannes Film Festival line-ups. Familiar names Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Lars von Trier will be…
So Netflix Cannes-n’t Dance? – Some Thoughts
Distributors may have a stranglehold on some festivals, but art is like water – it finds the path of least resistance and eventually makes its way through, under and around the barriers to reach the thirsty. If filmmakers can reach audiences without bowing to the pressure of having to be “the best” or winning an award, so much the better.
Festival de Cannes 2017 – Winners
Cinema#Cannes2017 Are Joaquin Phoenix and Lynne Ramsay both winning this evening for You Were Never Really Here? — Robin Write (@WriteoutofLA) May 28, 2017 TOLD…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – You Were Never Really Here
You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom, United States, France CRITICAL RESPONSE “Male directors are often criticized for having a taste for gratuitous…
Cannes Compétition Prospectus – L'amant double
L’amant double François Ozon France CRITICAL RESPONSE “A sexy, deliciously silly and twisty thriller that laughs in the face of commonplace reason and ecstatically dials…
