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Palme d’Or winning director Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison by Iran Revolutionary Court

Iran has sentenced acclaimed filmmaker and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and imposed a travel ban for allegedly engaging in “propaganda activities” against the state. The verdict, delivered in absentia, was confirmed by his lawyer Mostafa Nili.

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Sirāt review – rave in the desert leads to exasperating quest in the sands of Morocco

Oliver Laxe’s Cannes prize winner about a father’s search for his missing daughter starts impressively then descends into Pythonesque perdition

The Guardian - UK

European Film Awards 2026: 'Sentimental Value' and 'Sirāt' lead nominations in key categories

Three Cannes-premiering (and winning) films - Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value,' Óliver Laxe's 'Sirāt' and Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident' - are among the nominees for Europe's top film prize.

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Desert raves and apocalyptic doom collide in 'Sirāt,' one of the year's most talked about films

Since its prize-winning debut at the Cannes Film Festival, “Sirāt” has been one the year’s most talked about films

The Independent UK

See-Through Clothing, Garment That Broke The Internet: Before Sydney Sweeney's Silver Dress, These Naked Fashion Made Headlines

Sydney Sweeney's silver dress went viral, but see-through fashion has long turned heads — from Bella Hadid to Julia Fox on the Cannes red carpet.

International Business Times UK

A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir

The actor on being called ugly, telling Johnny Rotten to F-off, and striking gold at Cannes

The Guardian - UK

‘I hope he goes to jail’: Brazil’s Cannes-winning director on Bolsonaro and political amnesia

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gripping thriller The Secret Agent is set in the 70s but casts light on present-day politics

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‘London could 100% compete with Cannes’: Aids charity UK gala debut honours Tracey Emin

AmfAR, set up by Elizabeth Taylor, is known for hosting lavish parties and raising huge sums for HIV and Aids research

The Guardian - UK

It Was Just an Accident LFF review: this comic Iranian revenge thriller is devastatingly superb

5/5 Director Jafar Panahi won the big prize at Cannes and no wonder. This will surely be 2025’s best film

Evening Standard

Palme d’Or winner hits global cinemas, France backs it for 2026 Oscars

After winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, It Was Just an Accident, directed by the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, was released in cinemas worldwide on Wednesday. Produced in secret and co-financed by France, the film was inspired by his time in prison. It has been…

Radio France Internationale

Steve McQueen’s 34-hour Holocaust doc 'Occupied City' to be projected on Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum

'Occupied City' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 as a 4h28 minute cut. It focuses on the stories of more than 2,000 Amsterdam homes during WWII. Now, it will be shown continuously until the end of January 2026 as the full work of art director Steve McQueen originally…

Euronews

An almost entirely AI-generated animated movie is in the works, and it's aiming to debut at Cannes next year

Critterz is aiming for a 2026 debut

Total Film

Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Hit US mockumentary The Office gets a follow-up, David Byrne releases a new solo album, Brussels celebrates all things art, while Cannes favourite 'Sentimental Value' hits French cinemas.

Euronews

‘The most difficult word to say is “Cut!”’: an audience with Cannes conquerors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

They have won the Palme d’Or twice, and their latest offering about teen motherhood scooped the screenwriting prize. The brothers discuss their working methods, who inspires them, and what they disagree about

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‘Overwhelming and sublime’: the primal power of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s cinematic art

The Cannes-winning film-maker’s latest work, created specially for Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, is a tribute to his obsession with the magic of light and shadow

Euronews

Fact check: Is Kevin Spacey really heading to the Venice Film Festival for directorial comeback bid?

After showing up at an event during the Cannes Film Festival, Kevin Spacey will debut a trailer in Venice for a sci-fi thriller he directed. This is part of his continued efforts to stage a comeback, following sexual misconduct allegations and legal issues which have derailed his Hollywood career.

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Sharon Stone claims she had a heated 'argument' with Michael Douglas before Basic Instinct

Sharon Stone has recalled how she and Basic Instinct co-star Michael Douglas had an angry row at Cannes before starring in the film together, although he has no recollection of the incident.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish firm to bring Gaza documentary dropped from Cannes to UK cinemas

A SCOTTISH-BASED firm is set to bring a documentary shot by 22 different Palestinian filmmakers about their day-to-day lives living in a warzone to…

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Marie Claire

Reese Witherspoon Nails the Casual Cannes Dress Code in an Alexander McQueen Little White Dress

It's giving Elle Woods in the French Riviera.

The Guardian - UK

Cal review – grieving Helen Mirren superb in compassionate Troubles romance

Mirren won best actress at Cannes in 1984 for her role as Marcella, who forms a relationship with John Lynch’s Cal – a man complicit in her husband’s murder

Euronews

Akinola Davies Jr. on representing Nigerian cinema at Cannes with 'My Father's Shadow'

Euronews Culture sat down with filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. to discuss Nollywood, his debut film’s Cannes selection, his passion for shooting on film, the role of women in Nigerian society, and more.

AAP

Riding the New Wave: how Aussie movies won the world

The accents and colloquialisms of 1970s Aussie movies initially baffled the world but that changed when one was subtitled with Parisian street slang at Cannes.

Evening Standard

Elle Fanning on ice facials, freckles and finding confidence at Cannes

The Great star and soon-to-be new Effie Trinket shares her beauty hacks, pinch-me moments — and the movie that changed her

Total Film

Hideo Kojima reunited with The Batman star Robert Pattinson, but won’t reveal what they talked about: "There are things I can't really say here"

Hideo Kojima and Robert Pattinson linked up at the Cannes afterparty for Die My Love

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Jennifer Lawrence’s latest film ‘Die My Love’ secures $24 million global distribution deal

In one of the biggest successes from this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Jennifer Lawrence’s latest film ‘Die My Love’ has secured a $24 million global distribution deal.

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