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2280 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 05/06/2025.

Seidl’s human import/export

Fifty year-old Viennese documentary filmmaker Ulrich Seidl previous shook up audiences at the 2001 Venice Film Festival with the sex and violence of Austria’s torrid provinces in Dog Days...  

21/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/Austria

MK2 gives artist Van Sant carte blanche

"Nobody is ever ready for Paranoid Park," says one of the characters at the start of the new film of the same name by US filmmaker Gus Van Sant, at this morning’s official competition press...  

21/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

Tehilim: Menachem’s blues

Foreign cinema on Israeli soil by young French director Raphaël Nadjari made its first appearance yesterday evening in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival with Tehilim ("Psalms"),...  

20/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

Demy’s shadow hangs over Love Songs

For his first time in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, French director Christophe Honoré this morning presented his ambitious musical Love Songs to an international press, as much...  

18/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

A cruel 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

A very warm welcome was received at the two press screenings of Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s second feature 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, presented in official competition at the Cannes...  

17/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/Romania

Asia in French spotlight with Wong Kar-Wai

Back on the Croisette one year after his role as jury president, Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai opened the official competition of the 60th Cannes Film Festival this afternoon with My Blueberry...  

16/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition

Romania aims high with Christian Mungiu

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s official competition title 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days will be a surprise at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The European country with the lowest number of...  

16/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition

Three directors and L’avocat de la terreur

Four French films feature on the list of 17 titles selected in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the 60th Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27). Female directors take pride of place with films by...  

23/04/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition

Eight wild cards for France

In addition to the five majority French certified productions (see article) in official competition at the 60th Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27), three minority co-productions and five...  

23/04/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition

Hungary in the running with maestro Tarr

All’s well that ends well for Hungarian helmer Bela Tarr, with his The Man from London selected yesterday to compete in the Official Selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27). The...  

20/04/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition

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