The Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film has announced Greece as the Country of Honor for its 2027 edition, taking place from 11 to 19 May 2027. The market said the focus – bannered “Ride the Greek Wave” – will celebrate Greece’s “remarkable rise as one of Europe’s leading audiovisual hubs”. The honor adds to […]
The Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film has announced Greece as the Country of Honor for its 2027 edition, taking place from 11 to 19 May 2027. The market said the focus – bannered “Ride the Greek Wave” – will celebrate Greece’s “remarkable rise as one of Europe’s leading audiovisual hubs”. The honor adds to […]
Nothing says “I love you” like a bullet to the heart in Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s La Bola Negra (The Black Ball), an unashamedly romantic decades-spanning drama that emerged in the last days of a very austere Cannes Film Festival as a possible dark horse Palme d’Or winner. It’s long even by Cannes standards, […]
Nothing says “I love you” like a bullet to the heart in Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s La Bola Negra (The Black Ball), an unashamedly romantic decades-spanning drama that emerged in the last days of a very austere Cannes Film Festival as a possible dark horse Palme d’Or winner. It’s long even by Cannes standards, […]
With the global craving for Korean genre entertainments showing no sign of abating, it can’t be easy to be a filmmaker tasked with feeding the beast with ever bigger, better, bonecrunching-er novelties. And that must go double for a director like Yeon Sang-ho who, with 2016’s “Train to Busan,” previously gnawed into the throat of […]
With the global craving for Korean genre entertainments showing no sign of abating, it can’t be easy to be a filmmaker tasked with feeding the beast with ever bigger, better, bonecrunching-er novelties. And that must go double for a director like Yeon Sang-ho who, with 2016’s “Train to Busan,” previously gnawed into the throat of […]
EXCLUSIVE, Updated with details: Hot off a 12-minute standing ovation earlier this week at Cannes with his first directorial in ten years, Nicolas Winding Refn, has already set sights on his next directing gig, his long-in-the-works Maniac Cop with Mubi and Goodfellas. Originally, the project was announced at Cannes 2016 as a feature, partly based […]
EXCLUSIVE, Updated with details: Hot off a 12-minute standing ovation earlier this week at Cannes with his first directorial in ten years, Nicolas Winding Refn, has already set sights on his next directing gig, his long-in-the-works Maniac Cop with Mubi and Goodfellas. Originally, the project was announced at Cannes 2016 as a feature, partly based […]
Neon may be the toast of Cannes — again — after landing its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or on Saturday thanks to “Fjord,” but according to Boots Riley, the distributor could have had another hot film in its festival lineup. With the musician and filmmaker’s latest movie “I Love Boosters” having hit cinemas on May 22, Riley has […]
Neon may be the toast of Cannes — again — after landing its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or on Saturday thanks to “Fjord,” but according to Boots Riley, the distributor could have had another hot film in its festival lineup. With the musician and filmmaker’s latest movie “I Love Boosters” having hit cinemas on May 22, Riley has […]
Sundance, Berlin, Cannes – the world’s most important film festivals are embracing the latest work from award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins: his 16-chapter The Story of Documentary Film. At Sundance, Cousins premiered chapter 1 of the series; the Berlinale premiered chapters 2-4 (as well as screening chapter 1). In Cannes, the Northern Irish Scottish director unveiled […]
Sundance, Berlin, Cannes – the world’s most important film festivals are embracing the latest work from award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins: his 16-chapter The Story of Documentary Film. At Sundance, Cousins premiered chapter 1 of the series; the Berlinale premiered chapters 2-4 (as well as screening chapter 1). In Cannes, the Northern Irish Scottish director unveiled […]
Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord has won the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Previously, Russian director Andreï Zviaguintsev’s Minotaur scooped the Grand Prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Directorial duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and Paweł Pawlikowski jointly won the Best Director Prize for La Bola Negra and Fatherland respectively. German director […]
Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord has won the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Previously, Russian director Andreï Zviaguintsev’s Minotaur scooped the Grand Prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Directorial duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and Paweł Pawlikowski jointly won the Best Director Prize for La Bola Negra and Fatherland respectively. German director […]
On today’s Crew Call podcast straight from the Cannes Film Festival, we chat with director James Gray, who returned to the Croisette with his sixth feature, the competition title Paper Tiger. Also on today’s episodes are his producers, Oscar winner Anthony Katagas and Oscar nominee Rodrigo Teixeira, who talk about mounting the filmmaker’s penchant for […]
On today’s Crew Call podcast straight from the Cannes Film Festival, we chat with director James Gray, who returned to the Croisette with his sixth feature, the competition title Paper Tiger. Also on today’s episodes are his producers, Oscar winner Anthony Katagas and Oscar nominee Rodrigo Teixeira, who talk about mounting the filmmaker’s penchant for […]
This year's iteration of the Cannes Film Festival is officially over, but one director is still drawing plenty of attention. Zachary Wigon brought his new Maika Monroe-led period horror thriller, Victorian Psycho, to the prestigious cinematic event in the Un Certain Regard section, where it was met with high praise from attendees. With the bloody breakout success now due to bring its reign of terror to theaters this fall, producers Anonymous Content have opted to stay in business with the indie
This year's iteration of the Cannes Film Festival is officially over, but one director is still drawing plenty of attention. Zachary Wigon brought his new Maika Monroe-led period horror thriller, Victorian Psycho, to the prestigious cinematic event in the Un Certain Regard section, where it was met with high praise from attendees. With the bloody breakout success now due to bring its reign of terror to theaters this fall, producers Anonymous Content have opted to stay in business with the indie filmmaker. Collider can exclusively confirm that Wigon has signed a deal with the company for representation through its much-lauded Commercial division.
Tilda Swinton warned that cinema needs to avoid “formulaic” work and privilege “messy, adventurous experiences” to survive in the age of AI in an onstage conversation at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. “As long as what we’re producing is not formulaic and in some way tiring for the audience, AI doesn’t have a chance, […]
Tilda Swinton warned that cinema needs to avoid “formulaic” work and privilege “messy, adventurous experiences” to survive in the age of AI in an onstage conversation at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. “As long as what we’re producing is not formulaic and in some way tiring for the audience, AI doesn’t have a chance, […]
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Good afternoon Insiders, the sun is shining, Cannes is ending, and we’re still reporting. Scroll down for a round-up of a busy week. And sign up here for the newsletter. Interested in hearing from some of the biggest names in the entertainment world? Deadline’s reality TV summit is coming to SXSW London on June 2 […]
You think you know what Andy Garcia’s Diamond is going to be right from the opening scenes as we meet ’40s-style, fedora-wearing private eye Joe Diamond (Garcia), who looks, talks and walks like he is in a film noir, the kind of B&W Bogart and Mitchum regularly gravitated to. He’s all business in his aging […]
You think you know what Andy Garcia’s Diamond is going to be right from the opening scenes as we meet ’40s-style, fedora-wearing private eye Joe Diamond (Garcia), who looks, talks and walks like he is in a film noir, the kind of B&W Bogart and Mitchum regularly gravitated to. He’s all business in his aging […]
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