Acclaimed French director Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan won the top prize, the Palme d”Or, at the 2015 Cannes Film Fest, which concludes tonight. Son of Saul, a powerfully Holocaust drama from first-time Hungarian filmmaker Laszlo Nemes, received the Grand Prix, the competition’s runner-up prize. Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao-hsien received the festival’s director prize for The Assassin, […]
Cannes Film Fest 2015: Awards in Directors Fortnight Series
May 22, 2015 by
The Embrace of the Serpent, Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s adventure saga about the ravages of colonialism in the Amazon, won the top Art Cinema Award at the 47th Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes on Friday.
Cannes Film Fest 2015: Opening Night–Paying Tribute to Women
May 13, 2015 by
The 68th edition of the Festival de Cannes opened on Wednesday with “Standing Tall,” a French drama about a socially aware judge (played by mega-star Catherine Deneuve) who counsels a juvenile delinquent and troubled teenager, powerfully played by Rod Paradot, who is a rising star to watch. It was only the second opening-night film in the […]
High Sun: Dalibor Matanić’s Tale of Three Couples Over Time
May 10, 2015 by
Dalibor Matanić’s eighth feature, The High Sun (Zvizdan), premiered at the Cannes Film Fest.
Cannes Film Fest 1969: Directors Fortnight–Year 1
May 9, 2015 by
Inaugural edition of the Directors Fortnight, under the direction of Pierre-Henri Deleau, who will embody its spirit for the next 30 years. With the slogan «Cinema at liberty», the event is put together in barely two months. Finally, 62 feature films and 26 shorts are programmed and screened. Free public screenings are held at the […]
