“I feel just very proud to have been a part of helping create something so unique,”
When the Light Breaks: Rúnar (“Volcano”) Rúnarsson’s Tale of Youth Dealing with Loss and Grief (Opener, Certain Regard, Cannes Fest 2024)
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Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature, which opened Un Certain Regard at Cannes, chronicles a day in the life of young adults dealing with unexpected loss.
Armand (Nor-Swe-Neth): Directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tondel (Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann’s Grandson)–Certain Regard, Cannes Fest 2024
May 17, 2024 by
Tondel wrote the original story about a woman called into a school meeting about an accusation involving her six-year-old son, which spirals out of control.
Blue Sun Palace: Constance Tsang’s Chronicle of Chinese Women Immigrants in New York (Critics Weeks, 2024 Cannes Fest)
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Director Constance Tsang drew on her youth in Queens and real-life stories from Flushing’s Asian community for the film about two women struggling to get by while working in a massage parlor.
Beauty of Gaza, The (La Belle de Gaza): Yolande Zauberman’s Chronicle of Trans Women From Gaza
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when you become a trans woman, especially if you’re Arabic, it really amounts to a separation most of the time from your family.”
