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All Stories for Cannes Film Festival 2021
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Notes on returning to live screenings and the red carpet, with lurking thoughts of saliva tests
Prathap Nair • 4 years ago"The applause for the opening film Annette seemed to crack the auditorium open even before the screening began, a telltale sign of an emotional audience who have missed watching anything on big screen far too long."
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Eka, Kabul Melody, Birds Street — South Asian films looking for break at fest
Fp Staff • 4 years agoWhile Suman Sen's Eka is one of 10 projects in La Fabrique Cinema, four South Asian documentaries one each from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Nepal is vying for the docs-in-progress awards of Cannes Docs 2021
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Sean Penn on directing, co-starring with daughter Dylan in Flag Day
Fp Staff • 4 years ago"Dylan is — and I can say this in equal parts for my feeling about her as a person and as an actress — as uncontrived as it gets," says Sean Penn.
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Val Kilmer docu charts actor's Hollywood rise and fall through his own home recordings
• 4 years agoThe film draws heavily from Val Kilmer's huge library of home videos, providing intimate behind-the-scenes footage from his hits, including Tombstone, The Doors and Batman Forever.
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Jury president Spike Lee denounces authoritarian regimes, says ‘world is still run by gangsters’
Fp Staff • 4 years agoAhead of the Cannes 2021 opening night screening of Annette, Spike Lee and other jury members addressed a press conference.
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Prakash Javadekar inaugurates India Pavillon at the 74th edition
• 4 years agoIndia Pavilion will serve as a meeting ground to discuss the future of the world of cinema, said Prakash Javadekar during the inauguration ceremony.
With the pandemic pushing cinema into hibernation, will Cannes Film Festival jolt moviegoing awake?
• 4 years agoOn Tuesday, the Cannes Film Festival, delayed from May to July, will finally open its doors for its 74th and maybe most critical edition.
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Tahar Rahim, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Song Kang-Ho join Spike Lee for jury duty
• 4 years agoOther jury members include Mélanie Laurent, directors Mati Diop, Jessica Hausner, and Kleber Mendonça Filho, and singer/songwriter Mylène Farmer
Cannes Film Festival 2021: Jodie Foster to receive honorary Palme d'Or at the opening ceremony
• 4 years agoJodie Foster on Palme d'Or: "Cannes is a festival to which I owe so much, it has completely changed my life"