When a movie buff reads news about a film festival, his or her desire to see the films dominating the headlines increases exponentially. Thanks to various Spanish distributors and their purchases at the recent Cannes Film Festival, the cinephiles’ wishes will soon come true. For instance, Golem will oversee the Spanish release of Loveless [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Andrey Zvyagintsev
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intervista: Fatih Akin
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Golem will release The Workshop [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laurent Cantet
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Q&A: Michael Haneke
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Avalon, meanwhile, will bring three of the most highly acclaimed titles at the French event to Spanish screens: Bright Sunshine In [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Claire Denis, a romantic comedy starring Juliette Binoche, which took part in the Directors’ Fortnight, scooping the SACD Prize; the winner of the Grand Prix in the official section, the FIPRESCI Prize and the Queer Palm, BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud Valois
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scheda film] by Robin Campillo, a film about the fight against AIDS, which deeply moved jury chair Pedro Almodóvar; and the Palme d’Or winner, The Square [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ruben Östlund
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At Cannes, Betta Pictures acquired Closeness, the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section, which is the feature debut by Kantemir Balagov. It will also release the latest movie by Naomi Kawase, Radiance [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]. Diamond Films will distribute Wonderstruck by Todd Haynes and The Killing of a Sacred Deer [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yorgos Lanthimos
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Vértigo Films will bring Redoubtable [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: Michel Hazanavicius
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intervista: Santiago Mitre
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Rodin [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bruno Dumont
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intervista: Jonas Dornbach
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intervista: Valeska Grisebach
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intervista: Pedro Pinho
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