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Cannes 2006


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

Fresh Air or aesthetic despair

A mixed reception met Critics’ Week title Fresh Air this afternoon. The film marks the feature debut of Hungarian director Ágnes Kocsis, who didn’t make it easy for herself by exploring difficult...  

24/05/2006 | Cannes 2006 | Critics’ Week

Wild Bunch and Fidélité join forces with Noé

Gaspard Noé, the Argentinean-born enfant terrible of French cinema, is making his return to Cannes this year. The director’s last time at the festival was in 2002 with the competition film...  

24/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Market | France

Lucas Belvaux’s "brothers"

Social realism was featured on yesterday evening’s evening programme, at the screening of Belgian director Lucas Belvaux’s The Weakest Is Always Right, in official competition. With its run-down...  

24/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Competition | France

Zidane: Portrait of an artist

Unveiled to festival participants yesterday out of competition, and released today on 300 French screens by UIP, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is a challenging piece of filmmaking by visual...  

24/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Out of competition | FR/IS

Three fictions for a Swiss day

Invited to participate in the "Tous les cinéma du monde" section, Switzerland is represented at the 59th Cannes Film Festival with three fiction features and a programme of nine shorts to be...  

23/05/2006 | Cannes 2006 | Switzerland

Transe: A nightmarish Europe

Teresa Villaverde is no stranger to major festivals. Her first feature film, Alex, was selected at Berlin in the Forum of Young Cinema in 1991. Three years later, Two Brothers, My Sister put her...  

23/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Directors’ Fortnight | PT

Objectives: Distribution and Internet

The international distribution of European films – this was the theme of this morning's meeting at Cannes between 16 EU Ministers of Culture as part of the fourth Europe Day (“Journée de...  

23/05/2006 | Cannes 2006 | Europe Day

Salvador, the last of the idealists

On March 2, 1974, Salvador Puig Antich, accused of having killed a police officer, was executed in Spain. He was 25. He was the last political prisoner to be subjected to the "garrota" and his...  

23/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Un Certain Regard | Spain

Flanders: War and (in)humanity

Yesterday evening was a triumphant one for French director Bruno Dumont, who left the press food for thought following the screening of Flanders, his new, radical masterpiece presented in official...  

23/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Competition | France

Non Stop gets Canadian link

Stockholm-based NonStop Sales has signed a multi-picture deal with Canadian production house Irreverent Media Ltd. The slate includes The Lighthouse, starring Kevin Zegers, Ryan Reynolds and Ewen...  

23/05/2006 | Cannes 2006/Market | Sweden

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