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Kore-eda says first South Korean film is a 'universal story'

Seoul (AFP) - Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose first South Korean film "Broker" helped its male lead to a best actor prize at Cannes, said the movie about unwanted children is a "universal" story that defies cultural barriers.

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Iran rejects Cannes movie award as 'biased, political'

Tehran (AFP) - Iran on Monday rejected as "biased and political" last week's award at Cannes for a film about a serial killer who targeted sex workers in an Iranian Shiite shrine city.

AFP

Postcard from Cannes #9: Place your bets

It’s been a whirlwind two weeks at the Cannes film festival 2022, where dreams definitely came true for some at the awards ceremony on Saturday night. As winners' names were read out, those who had seen the films whooped with joy, while others sighed, disappointed at not having placed the…

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Triangle of Sadness: The Woody Harrelson satire that earned an eight-minute ovation at Cannes (old)

Director Ruben Östlund previously picked up the festival’s top prize in 2017

The Independent UK

Triangle of Sadness: Woody Harrelson’s biting satire about the ultra rich wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

Director Ruben Östlund’s movie received an eight-minute standing ovation

The Independent UK

S.Korea Has Big Cannes Night with Actor, Director Awards

The South Korean cinema industry added to a global winning streak on Saturday by scooping two key prizes at the Cannes Film Festival for a pair of beloved veterans. Star film-maker Park Chan-wook clinched the best director award for his erotic crime movie "Decision To Leave" while Song Kang-ho, best…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cannes 2022: South Korea scoops record awards haul

Parasite star Song Kang-ho becomes first South Korean male to win an acting prize, while director Park Chan-wook wins for Decision to Leave

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Sweden’s Östlund wins second Palme d’Or for social satire ‘Triangle of Sadness’

Ruben Östlund picked up the top prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his “Triangle of Sadness”, a satire of the super wealthy set on a luxury cruise liner, joining the elite club of two-time Palme d’Or winners.

France 24

Postcard from Cannes #8: Making ends meet

Besides love stories, one of the recurring themes in films shown at Cannes this year is overcoming economic hardship, by any means possible. Two films in the main competition show very different families, from Iran and South Korea, who come up with ingenious and precarious plans to make ends meet.

Radio France Internationale

The best-dressed stars from week two of the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Celebrities are flocking to the French Riviera to showcase their style

The Independent UK

Cannes 2022 week two roundup: a bloated Elvis and a brush with greatness

Baz Luhrmann’s Presley biopic was an extravagant bust, but Ruben Östland and Kelly Reichardt offered satirical entertainment and quiet wonder

The Guardian - UK

Cannes 2022: Pakistani transgender film 'Joyland' wins Jury Prize

Set in Lahore, 'Joyland' probes how the dreams of individual choice and freedom are muzzled by a patriarchal society. The film is an extension of Sadiq's short film, 'Darling', which won the Best Short Film prize at the Venice film festival in 2019. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Cannes Film Festival: The Worst Ones wins Un Certain Regard prize

French film wins top prize in the arthouse section, while Pakistan’s first-ever Cannes entry Joyland wins jury prize.

Al Jazeera

Yes, we Cannes!

Cannes Film Festival had it all: Deepika’s Bengal tiger sari & Aishwarya’s dark-yet-floral gown; alas, gum-baring Akshay & patriotic Kangana were missing. BTW, if we have a Cannespur, what would happen to Kanpur?

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The Independent UK

Cannes to wrap with presentation of Palme d'Or on Saturday

The 75th Cannes Film Festival wraps Saturday with the presentation of the Palme d’Or and other awards selected by a nine-member jury headed by French actor Vincent Lindon

The Independent UK

Cannes: Indigenous filmmaker says he was initially turned away from the red carpet for wearing moccasins

Kelvin Redvers was later invited to attend the ‘Crimes of the Future’ screening

The Independent UK

Lukas Dhont's tender boyhood drama 'Close' stirs Cannes

Lukas Dhont’s sensitive coming-of-age film “Close,” about the tender friendship of two 13-year-old boys whose bond is tragically separated, has provided a late, emotional wallop at the Cannes Film Festival

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Postcard from Cannes #7: Crazy love

Passionate, head-over-heels love stories are nothing new on the big screen. There are as many variations as there are couples in the world. If you’re up for some crazy cinematic love potion, “Stars at Noon” and “Decision to Leave”, both in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, will fit the…

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Cannes 2022: Hirokazu Kore-eda decamps to South Korea for 'Broker'

After charming the Cannes jury with "Shoplifters" in 2018, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Croisette with "Broker", an elegant reflection on family, fate and life-changing decisions that's set in South Korea. Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us about the tender tone of this latest film, which starts with the search…

The Guardian - UK

Hamlet Within: why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare’s dithering prince?

A provocative new film at Cannes featuring Ian McKellen attempts to de-romanticise the Dane but lags behind what theatre productions have been telling us for decades

The Guardian - UK

‘I have never seen a Cannes like this’: verdict and awards predictions for 2022

This year’s festival had its ups and downs, but flashes of brilliance broke through the disappointments. Our critic forecasts the winners, and suggests a few more for categories that don’t (yet) exist

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cannes Fashion Highlights

It is one of the special aspects of the Cannes Film Festival that it serves as much as a parade of extremely expensive clothing as it does as a showcase for devastating films that often focus on poverty, inequality and social crises. What should one wear to the premiere of…

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: The glamour of Cannes in black & white

The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most colorful spectacles in the world — all Cote d’Azur sunshine, palm trees and glittering ballgowns

France 24

Cannes 2022: Noomi Rapace on her Cannes Film Festival jury experience

FRANCE 24's Jennifer Ben Brahim meets the actress who was launched to international stardom as Lisbeth Salander in the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Swedish actress Noomi Rapace is on the jury that will decide which film gets the big prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. She has to…

France 24

‘Front-row seats to the apocalypse’: Cannes doc takes on Delhi pollution, sectarian violence

India’s prolific movie industry enjoyed pride of place at the Cannes Film Festival, starring as the film market’s first-ever guest of honour. FRANCE 24 spoke to director Shaunak Sen about his stunning New Delhi-set documentary “All That Breathes”, which screened at the festival this week.

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