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Director Bi Gan wins applause with Special Award at Cannes
Chinese director Bi Gan has won the Special Award in the main competition section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival for his epic feature film Resurrection, which marks the first time in a decade that a Chinese film has won an award in the Cannes main competition. The...
Oscars: Germany Submits Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ For International Feature Film Race
Germany has selected Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. This decision was taken by an independent jury of experts...
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG. A film by Mohammad Rasoulof. Official Selection | Toronto International Film Festival 2024.
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CAUGHT BY THE TIDE by Jia Jhangke is selected at the Toronto International Film Festival in Special Presentation
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Venice: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’ — and Brendan Fraser’s Potential Career Comeback — Gets Rapturous Seven-Minute Ovation
BY ALEX RITMANP Brendan Fraser’s return to the movies was greeted with an adoring reception on Sunday night in Venice, one which seemed to even catch the star himself by surprise. The Whale — Darren Aronofsky’s A24 drama touted as a...
‘A period of repression’: Iran’s crackdown on filmmakers escalates
FRANCE24 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION One year after ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi came to power, Iranian authorities are targeting the country’s cinema. The July arrests of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, both icons abroad, reflect the...
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ to release in India
PTI JULY 18, 2022 15:58 IST The Hindu The absurdist comedy film is written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert American absurdist comedy-drama Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring renowned actor Michelle Yeoh, will be released in Indian...
Iran selects Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’ as Oscar international feature entry
By Ben Dalton / Screen Daily Iran has selected A Hero, from two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, as its entry for the international feature award at the 2022 Academy Awards. The film was chosen by a nine-person Iranian delegation, representing Iranian cinema to...
‘Parallel Mothers’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s Best Since ‘All About My Mother’
By Variety/ By Owen Gleiberman The director leaves camp and irony behind to tell the luminous but down-to-earth tale of two women, played by Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit, who navigate the joy and pain of motherhood. Among the multiple pop sources and forms that Pedro...
‘Spencer’ Venice Film Festival Review: Kristen Stewart Finds The Private Diana In Pablo Larrain’s Superb Royal Breakup Drama
By Deadline/ Pete Hammond There is an especially telling and actually chilling scene in Spencer, Pablo Larrain’s brilliantly imagined portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) facing the crossroads of a long dead marriage during a Christmas holiday at the...