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144 articles available in total starting from 03/01/2008. Last article published on 28/05/2008.

Author Saviano calls Gomorra “a film for change"

Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra was met with much applause at the Grand Theatre Lumiere, after its competition screening at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. It has also opened successfully at home, where...  

18/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/Italy

StudioCanal and TF1 International play their trump cards

While the weather and the euro’s strength against the dollar have affected Cannes attendance figures (which are not as high as usual), business deals and announcements have certainly not died down...  

18/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Market/France

Industry invited to Look to and Taste Norway

The Look to Norway promotional campaign, which includes the erection of a Sami lavvo tent in front of the Grand Hotel in Cannes, for one day became a Taste of Norway yesterday, as selected press...  

18/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Norway

23 projects at the European Producers Club Forum

Future alliances will be forged today in the France Film Commission Pavilion, which this afternoon hosts the 34th Co-production Forum organised by the European Producers Club (see interview with...  

18/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Industry

The Collectress to compete at Karlovy Vary

Sitting at the Baltic stand in the Riviera hall, at the Marché du Film, Lithuania’s 2006 Producer on the Move Ieva Norvilienė is ecstatic and a bit anxious. Her film The Collectress, shot on HDV...  

18/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Lithuania

Amalric in the dark depths of the Kingdom in On War

"Today, pleasure has to be won, just as you win a war". In On War, French director Bertrand Bonello plunges viewers into the world of a sectarian cult, focusing on the experiences of one...  

17/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Directors’ Fortnight/Fra

Directorial trio back with burlesque Rumba

A failed suicide, leg amputation, amnesia, job loss, a burned-out house, a punch-up, as well as laughter and poetry all combine in Rumba, the second Belgian/French feature by Dominique Abel, Fiona...  

17/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Critics’ Week/Belgium

Cloud 9 shines on the Croisette

Director Andreas Dresen continues to illuminate the lives of average Germans in his new film Cloud 9 (Wolke 9), in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Like in his previous...  

17/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Un Certain Regard/Germany

Woody Allen's Catalan kind of love

Woody Allen presented his latest work from his “European tour” yesterday at Cannes. After making three films in the UK, the US filmmaker moved to Catalonia, Spain to shoot Vicky Cristina...  

17/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Out of Competition

Life and emptiness in Better Things

Better Things deals with shocking subject matter in a sophisticated style. Opening with a death by drug overdose and infused with a mournful atmosphere, this debut feature by the UK’s Duane...  

17/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Critics’ Week/UK

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