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184 articles available in total starting from 05/01/2006. Last article published on 01/06/2006.

Loach: The director that shook the festival

It was a European sweep – with the UK, Spain and France leading the way – at the 59th edition of the Cannes Film Festival , where a surprise Palme d'Or went to veteran UK director Ken Loach for...  

28/05/2006 | Cannes 2006 | Palmarès

European co-productions get recognition

European involvement in international productions was recognised yesterday at the Un Certain Regard awards ceremony of the 59th Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prize, awarded by jury president...  

28/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Un Certain Regard | Awards

The Boy on a Galloping Horse

After Retrieval , presented in Un Certain Regard, The Boy on a Galloping Horse (The Boy on a Galloping Horse ) by Adam Guzinski is the second Polish film at Cannes this year. Screened out of...  

28/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Out of competition | PL

Special mention for Poland

While the Ecumenical jury awarded the official competition prize to Babel, by Mexico’s Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, Slawomir Fabicki’s debut feature Retrieval (see the article and Making of) was...  

27/05/2006 | Cannes 2006 | Ecumenical Jury Prize

Climates announced winner

Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Climates (see article) won the Fipresci Award today, a prize given to the best film in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. This achievement was...  

27/05/2006 | Cannes 2006 | Prix Fipresci

No sure-fire winners

In Cannes, an air of uncertainty surrounds the speculations of this year’s winners, after a competition that failed to produce one or two definite favourites. However, the last days of the...  

27/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Competition | Predictions

A frenzied Transylvania

"Give us a blade of straw to set fire to the world". Back at Cannes two years after winning Best Director award with Exils, French director Tony Gatlif closed the 2006 Official Selection today...  

27/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Closing | France

White Palms: The freedom of movement

Screened in the Directors’ Fortnight, White Palms was the big winner at this year’s Hungarian Film Week (see news). Szablocs Hadju’s film won awards for Best Actor, Best Photography, Best...  

27/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Directors’ Fortnight | HU

Black and white magic in Pan’s Labyrinth

The last film screened in official competition at Cannes 2006, the Spanish/Mexican title Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro, was well received this morning in the Grand Théâtre Lumière, taking...  

27/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Competition | Spain

Along the Ridge wins Prix Art et Essai

The debut feature by Italy’s Kim Rossi Stuart, Along the Ridge, was today awarded the Prix Art et Essai by the CICAE (Confédération Internationale des Cinémas d’Art et d’Essai) in the Directors’...  

27/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Directors’ Fortnight

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