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Congolese filmmaker Baloji mixes magic with biting social commentary

"Omen", the debut feature from Congolese director Baloji, is a poignant tale of cross-cultural discovery that weaves together themes of witchcraft, exclusion and feminism. Having already impressed the jury at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the film has been picked to represent Belgium at next year's Oscars.

Radio France Internationale

Barbie director Greta Gerwig heads jury of 2024 Cannes Festival, 1st American woman director in job

Greta Gerwig, actor, writer and film director, notably for the blockbuster “Barbie,” will preside over the jury of the 77th Cannes Festival in May, the first American female film director to be named jury president, the festival announced Thursday

The Independent UK

Phạm Thiên Ân: From ‘Yellow Cocoon’ to Cannes

A Vietnamese filmmaker with Houston ties reveals more about his contemplative, award-winning film, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.

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‘Something magical’: the Famous Five are back – thanks to a hyperviolent director

He is a Cannes-winning auteur famed for brutality, who once declared: ‘I am a pornographer.’ Can Nicolas Winding Refn really turn The Famous Five into a heartwarming Christmas treat?

The Guardian - UK

How to Have Sex: Explore sexual consent with British teens on holiday

British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker’s Cannes prize-winning debut film, “How to Have Sex”, has been released in France. Across the Channel, French actress and director Mélanie Laurent helms a new female action-comedy “Wingwomen”, out on Netflix while French filmmaker Claude Lelouch celebrates his 60 year-long career with nationwide retrospective cinema-shows.

France 24

How To Have Sex is the powerful drama about consent that everyone is talking about

It was the breakout film at Cannes

Marie Claire

Anatomy of a Fall review: Sandra Hüller is a one-woman puzzle box in this stunning courtroom thriller

Justine Triet’s austere, methodical thriller – which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival – finds a woman put on trial for her husband’s mysterious death

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Mia McKenna-Bruce on her breakout role in How to Have Sex: ‘I was six months pregnant at Cannes – it was pretty mental’

The 26-year-old rising star plays a teenage girl growing up too fast in the Malia-set party film. She tells Ellie Harrison about filming the Cannes sensation and what it’s like to have the biggest moments in her life and career collide

The Independent UK

Film show: Hearts melt in Anthony Chen's 'The Breaking Ice'

Set amid the snowy mountains of northern China, "The Breaking Ice" follows three young people over the course of several days as they form a brief and life-changing friendship. It's the latest film from Singaporean director Anthony Chen, whose first feature "Ilo Ilo" won the Camera d'Or at Cannes in…

France 24

The sun-soaked innocence and debauchery of How to Have Sex brings back my first parent-free holiday abroad

Molly Manning Walker’s debut film got a standing ovation at Cannes. Jessie Thompson marvels at how the details chime with her teenage memories of flying to Tenerife with her friends

The Independent UK

‘I sobbed my heart out’: How to Have Sex star Mia McKenna-Bruce on consent, girlhood, and talking to teens

The actor’s turn as a 16-year-old pressured to lose her virginity on a boozy trip to Malia was a hit at Cannes. She talks about toxic teenage memories and the film’s surprising admirers

The Guardian - UK

‘Stuff happened, you know?’ How to Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker on wild youth, Magaluf and storming Cannes

The British director’s debut, the story of a teenage holiday based on her own experiences, won a top prize at the festival. She discusses her addictive personality and why we need to talk about consent

The Guardian - UK

Sudan selects Cannes award-winning film ‘Goodbye Julia’ for Oscars

“Goodbye Julia”, the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, has been selected by Sudan to represent the war-torn country at the Academy Awards in the Best International Film category.

France 24

Love Life review – wrenching Japanese melodrama

A tragedy upends a couple’s dynamic in this elegant, sensitive drama by the director of Cannes prize-winning Harmonium

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Les Indésirables review – Ladj Ly’s clumsy social drama is a let-down

The award-winning director of Cannes hit Les Misérables returns with a muddled and blunt-edged film about underprivileged Parisians

The Guardian - UK

Iranian director Saeed Roustayi jailed for ‘unauthorised’ Cannes film screening

Sentence of the Leila’s Brothers maker, along with producer Javad Noruzbegi, was for ‘propaganda of the opposition against the Islamic system’

Los Angeles Times

Karen Allen kept her 'Indiana Jones' cameo a secret for years, 'which was torture'

When "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, no one was happier than Karen Allen.

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Cannes 2023: It’s a Wrap, Now the Work Begins

Annual conference highlighted the urgency of connecting with consumers across screens and platforms

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Harrison Ford is back as an 80-year-old Indiana Jones – and a 40-something Indy. The highs (and lows) of returning to iconic roles

Saddle up, don the fedora and crack that whip: Harrison Ford is back as the intrepid archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The film premiered at Cannes, where Ford was awarded an Honorary Palme d’Or in recognition of his life’s work.

The Hindu

Cannes Lions 2023: The rise of David or the indie advertising agency

Cannes Lions 2023: Why independent advertising agencies are not succumbing to the causevertising dopamine hit, and are putting creativity and change first

Radio France Internationale

Jordan in the limelight at the Cannes Film Festival

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the film Insh’Allah a Boy. There’s “On This Day”, the “Listeners Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question too, so click on the “Play” button above…

Chronicle Live

Steve Wraith tastes Cannes success with Sayers film as return to acting pays off

Well known Newcastle actor and football enthusiast Steve Wraith is becoming quite a regular on the big screen

Bangkok Post

‘Let Her Grow’ campaign wins global award

A media campaign advocating for the freedom of Thai students to choose how to wear their hair has won an award at the Cannes Lions, the “Oscars of advertising”.

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp addresses whether he feels ‘boycotted’ by Hollywood

Actor addressed the notion that he was making a ‘comeback’ with his latest film, ‘Jeanne du Barry’

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp discusses Hollywood ‘comeback’ in behind-the-scenes video from Cannes

‘Comeback? I mean, you have to go away to come back,’ actor said

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