Born February 6, 1964, Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev, the Russian filmmaker is mostly known for his 2003 film The Return, which won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fest. Zvyagintsev was born in Novosibirsk, Siberia.  In 1984, he graduated from the drama school in Novosibirsk as an actor. In 1986 he moved to Moscow, […]

Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash and Jim Mickle’s Cold in July, two American dramas that world premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Fest in January, are among the 19 features in the 46th annual Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at Cannes. Selected by delegate general Edouard Waintrop in his third year, the Fortnight, a long-running parallel program to the […]

Created by Herve Chigioni graphic designer Gilles Frappier, the poster for the 67th Cannes Festival is taken from Fellini’s 1963 masterpiece, “8 ½.”

A passionate romance, unfolding within a nuclear plant, is at the center of Rebecca Zlotowski’s Grant Central, which world-premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Fest in the series of Un Certain Regard.

Though a prolific director, with a huge body of work, Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike is not a well-known director beyond the cults of fans and the festival circuit.