#Red Sea Film Fest Books ‘Black Dog,’ ‘Santosh,’ ‘Familiar Touch’ for Festival Favorites Program

#Red Sea Film Fest Books ‘Black Dog,’ ‘Santosh,’ ‘Familiar Touch’ for Festival Favorites Program

The Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has picked 12 movies for its Festival Favorites selection of standouts from the fest circuit, including U.K. Oscar submission Santosh, an Indian police procedural about two women who form an unlikely alliance directed by Sandhya Suri, and Chinese auteur Guan Hu’s Black Dog, which won the Un…

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#Cannes: Korean Action Maestro Ryoo Seung-wan on Reinventing the Cop Movie for ‘I, The Executioner’

#Cannes: Korean Action Maestro Ryoo Seung-wan on Reinventing the Cop Movie for ‘I, The Executioner’

Ryoo Seung-wan has been a pillar of the South Korean film industry for over 20 years, respected there for his keen social observation and thrilling action. But Europe’s great film festivals have feted him conspicuously less than some of his more internationally well-known peers. The Cannes Film Festival recently took a step toward correcting that…

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#Inaugural Prix Luciole Awards Honor Poster Art at Cannes

#Inaugural Prix Luciole Awards Honor Poster Art at Cannes

The inaugural Prix Luciole Awards ceremony, celebrating artistic achievements in the field of film poster design, took place Friday at the Le Gray d’Albion hotel in Cannes. Co-sponsored by China’s leading movie ticketing platform, Taopiaopiao, and the Paris-based Alliance Cinéaste Chine-Europe, the Prix Luciole aims to raise awareness of the importance of graphic design in…

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#Selena Gomez on “Insane” Audition For Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Breakout ‘Emilia Perez’: “I Just Surrendered and Completely Gave Myself”

#Selena Gomez on “Insane” Audition For Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Breakout ‘Emilia Perez’: “I Just Surrendered and Completely Gave Myself”

Jacques Audiard returned to his stomping grounds at the Cannes Film Festival last weekend to present Emilia Perez, the French auteur’s 10th work and sixth in the main competition. The audience inside the Grand Lumiére Theatre responded with a 10-minute standing ovation after the world premiere of the film, described as a “bracingly original crime…

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#‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ Review: Riveting Debut From Belgium Exposes the Ruptured Relationship Between a Teenage Tennis Star and Her Coach

#‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ Review: Riveting Debut From Belgium Exposes the Ruptured Relationship Between a Teenage Tennis Star and Her Coach

Belgian director Leonardo Van Dijl’s assured debut feature, Julie Keeps Quiet, builds a riveting psychological drama around the choice of a star player from an elite youth tennis academy not to speak up in the wake of tragedy. In her first acting role, young tennis ace Tessa Van den Broeck internalizes the title character’s brooding…

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