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Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi faces plagiarism trial in Iranian court

Director and grand prix winner at last year’s Cannes festival for A Hero was sued by former student for using story from her documentary without credit

The Guardian - UK

After 75 years, Cannes Film Festival elects first woman president

The Cannes Film Festival's new boss is set to begin her mandate on 1 July, after the prestigious international event holds its 75th edition. German lawyer and businesswoman Iris Knobloch will take over from Pierre Lescure, who has been at the helm since 2014. However, the choice of Knobloch, far…

Radio France Internationale

Tom ready to cruise the Croisette at this year's Cannes film festival

Tom Cruise is headed for Cannes in May – his first appearance at the international film festival since 1992. Organisers say he's to present the long-delayed world premiere of the Top Gun sequel.

Radio France Internationale

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Russia faces growing cultural backlash over war on Ukraine

The Cannes film festival and the Munich Philharmonic are among those that have fired or cancelled Russian performers.

Al Jazeera

Cannes latest in culture industry to protest the Russian invasion

The organisers of the Cannes Film festival on Tuesday announced that Russian delegations will not be welcome at this year's event in May because of the invasion of Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

‘I couldn’t take it anymore’: 13 films that made audiences faint and be sick

From the ambulances called to a Cineworld in Bolton to the infamous castration scene cut for inciting panic attacks, Adam White gathers 13 notorious films that truly tested the endurance of their viewers

The Independent UK

When Abhishek Bachchan defended Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Cannes outfit against criticism

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are one of the power couples we have in Bollywood. Today, on the occasion of Valentine’s Day, we got our hands on an old interview where Abhishek defended Aishwarya's looks at Cannes and heaped praise on his beautiful wife.

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Get to know 'The Worst Person in the World': One of the year's first must-see movies

LOS ANGELES — "The Worst Person in the World" has been one of the best things to happen to actress Renate Reinsve and filmmaker Joachim Trier. The film won Reinsve the best actress prize when it premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival and has been joyously received as it…

Los Angeles Times

Acclaimed Franco-Malian director Ladj Ly opens free film school in Senegal

Ladj Ly, the director of Cannes Jury prize-winning film Les Miserables, this week opened Africa’s first free film school – in the Senegalese capital Dakar.

Radio France Internationale

The racism chronicle

The film that took Akshun Abhi, all of 24 years, and the team of 7 Rounds to Cannes is based on last year’s Kansas racial killing in which a 51-year-old Navy veteran shot an Indian techie who was enjoying a drink with a friend in a pub.“Suddenly, this man walked…

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