Just 29% of filmmakers across all of this year’s Cannes sections are female, down from 31% last year.
When the Light Breaks: Rúnar (“Volcano”) Rúnarsson’s Tale of Youth Dealing with Loss and Grief (Opener, Certain Regard, Cannes Fest 2024)
May 17, 2024 by
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature, which opened Un Certain Regard at Cannes, chronicles a day in the life of young adults dealing with unexpected loss.
Blue Sun Palace: Constance Tsang’s Chronicle of Chinese Women Immigrants in New York (Critics Weeks, 2024 Cannes Fest)
May 17, 2024 by
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
May 16, 2024 by
when you become a trans woman, especially if you’re Arabic, it really amounts to a separation most of the time from your family.”
Cannes Film Fest 2024: Megalopolis, Coppola’s Much-Anticipated Epic Receives 10-Minute Standing Ovation
May 16, 2024 by
The legendary filmmaker, 85, last had a film in competition at the fest 45 years ago — ‘Apocalypse Now,’ for which he was awarded the Palme d’Or for the second time, five years after ‘The Conversation’ won it.
