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NewsTodd Haynes’ ‘May December’ lands top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Banel & Adama also lands on the grid with a 2.3 average.
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News‘May December’ star Natalie Portman highlights "different expectations" for women at Cannes Film Festival
“Some people in France call May-December relationships ‘Le Macron’” jokes Todd Haynes.
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NewsAgencies launch Asian Film Alliance Network to foster cross-country collaboration
The Asian Film Alliance Network will promote co-productions, co-financing and training among other initiatives.
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NewsSovereign to release ‘Lost In The Night’ in the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Amat Escalante’s title debuted in the Cannes Premiere section.
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NewsMedia Luna takes on psychological thriller ‘Sparrow Call’ (exclusive)
The film stars David Bark-Jones, Billie Vee, Anita Albrecht and Amber Lily-Butterworth.
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NewsEntertainment Squad, Australia’s Radioactive strike distribution pact (exclusive)
Source: Courtesy of Entertainment Squad Lili Taylor and Stefania LaVie Owen in ‘Paper Spiders’ Shaked Berenson’s Los Angeles-based Entertainment Squad has signed an output deal with Jessica Butland’s fast-rising Australian theatrical distributor Radioactive. The companies collaborated on the New Zealand release of Lili Taylor mental health dramedy ...
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NewsCity of Rio in bid to ramp up incentive fund (exclusive)
RioFilme applies to double annual funding to projects that qualify for cash rebate.
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NewsRenny Harlin on his vision for action epic ‘Deep Water’: “I feel like a kid again”
“People are missing the reality. I want to rig the actors to the wires and yank them out of the plane.”
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NewsTrustNordisk unveils ‘Back To Reality’ (exclusive)
Project to be written and directed by Denmark’s Anders Thomas Jensen.
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NewsHirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes title ‘Monster’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Japan’s Gaga Corporation is handling sales in Asia, while Paris-based Goodfellas has the rest of the world.
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NewsCannes’ UK Pavilion to tackle green crisis in production; plus ‘How To Have Sex’ talent talk
A talent talk with Cannes Un Certain Regard title ‘How To Have Sex’ director Molly Manning Walker is also on today’s line-up.
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NewsMartin Amis, author of ‘The Zone Of Interest’, dies aged 73
An adaptation of the novel has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsCannes clarifies ticket system as industry delegates get to grips with screening access
”We want to be clear the market badge has priority over festival badges,” said Guillaume Esmiol.
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NewsItaly’s EFM focus to spur further state investment in Italian film industry
Italy has boosted its minority coproduction fund from €5m-€6m.
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NewsCannes’ Thierry Fremaux involved in heated altercation with policeman
Fremaux was filmed being forcibly pushed by policeman after being asked to stop riding electric bike on pavement.
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NewsExperiential event releases can help arthouse cinemas survive, say global exhibitors
“The arthouse audience has changed and become younger, more ephemeral, more adventurous.”
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NewsFrance ramps up studios and training with 68 projects chosen for €350m “Great Image Factory” initiative
’The Great Image Factory’ is part of the French government’s €54bn France 2030 plan.
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NewsJonathan Glazer talks connection between Cannes title ‘The Zone Of Interest’ and modern far-right movements
“The film is trying to talk to the capacity within each of us for violence.”
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News‘About Dry Grasses’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’ out in front on Screen’s Cannes jury grid
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ’About Dry Grasses’ and ’The Zone Of Interest’ both scored 2.8.
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NewsFortissimo, Rediance join forces on Chinese human trafficking drama ‘Family At Large’ (exclusive)
Kang Bo’s neo-noir film centres on the world of human trafficking in China.