The Belgian incest drama ‘Dalva’ has been voted best film by the Fipresci, the association of international film critics, from two important side sections in Cannes, La Quinzaine des Realisateurs and La Semaine de la Critique. – ‘Dalva’ is the feature film debut of the Belgian filmmaker Emmanuelle Nicot. The jury praised the film ‘for … Read more
Johan Heldenbergh is ‘very happy and proud’ that The worstin which he plays a hired Flemish film director, won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. – The Prix Un Certain Regard, the most important prize in the side competition at the Cannes Film Festival, rewards daring and original films by lesser-known … Read more
During a premiere at the Cannes festival on Friday evening, a woman protested against sexual violence against women in Ukraine. The woman took off a large part of her clothes on the red carpet. She had written the text Stop raping us in paint on her body. Her back was covered in red paint, dripping … Read more
White suits her so well. So why change the dress code? Last year, Yseult made the red carpet of the Cannes festival his own. The singer appeared in an impressive lace dress that perfectly matched her imposing umbrella. An outfit that has eclipsed the traditional evening dresses. This Friday, May 20, the French singer hit … Read more
Hardly any other actress is so inextricably linked to the Cannes Film Festival as Léa Seydoux. Here she received her first prize as a young actress for the drama “The Beautiful Girl” (2008). And here, in 2013, she finally rose to the ranks of acting Olympus with the love story “Blue is a warm color”, … Read more
Na Close is with The eight mountains by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, a second Flemish film was included in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival at the last minute. – The eight mountains, in Dutch ‘de eight mountains’, was added to the Official Competition on Thursday. The organization of the film … Read more
For the film premiere of The French dispatch in Cannes, the director and a few lead actors posed neatly next to each other during the press moment. That in itself is not so special, but because of their striking outfits, the photo now has a life of its own on the internet … – When … Read more
At the beginning of the ceremony, which ended the festival on Saturday, the jury chairman Spike Lee announced the victory for Ducournau. However, he did so before the official announcement of the main award, foreign agencies wrote. According to the AP, the ceremony began where it should have ended. The unexpected announcement was followed by … Read more
U.S. director Spike Lee, the chairman of the jury, announced this by mistake too early during the festival’s closing on Saturday night. J.Ducournau is the second woman to win the “Golden Palm Branch in the 74-year history of the festival. The award goes to her for one of the craziest, sexiest and most brutal films … Read more
Dismay during the presentation of the prestigious Golden Palm film prize in Cannes: American director Spike Lee revealed much too early in a moment of confusion that Titaniumwould be the winner. The painful moment was then redone to top it all off. “I blew it,” Spike Lee said afterwards. – .