French director Julia Ducournau wins the coveted Palm d'Or prize for her film Titane at Cannes 2021.
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More women won than ever this year but work must be done to make sure they are not forgotten or left out again.
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Cannes is not so much a festival for new films and talent as a closed shop for the film industry’s elite.
People are still drawn to cinema to share the mass experience of watching a movie.
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Netflix’s Chief Content Officer has said the streaming service is the future of film. But cinemas have survived many other threats to their dominance.
Austrian director Jessica Hausner, left, and other jury members at Cannes 2016.
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New analysis shows that women’s films get less EU backing, despite being more popular with critics than films directed by men.
Lauded: Sofia Coppola at Cannes.
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Father is a Hollywood great, but daughter is on course to take her own place in the movie pantheon.
Students and striking workers occupy the projection hall of the Cannes Film Festival Palace to prevent showing of films in 1968.
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At a festival intertwined with France’s national identity, the tension of art, politics and commerce always looms.
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Films funded and streamed by Netflix and Amazon are playing an important role in this year’s festival.