Tag: Cannes 2024
the Palme d’Or 2024 Sean Baker narrates “Anora”
With his Palme d’Or, American director Sean Baker created a surprise at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Before receiving the supreme distinction, he told RFI of his vision of “Anora”,…
Mohammad Rasoulof conquered the Festival with “The Seeds of the Wild Fig Tree”
He was doubly successful. His incredible escape from Iran and his new film. “The Seeds of the Wild Fig Tree”, excellent, was presented this Friday, May 24 in competition at…
“Anora” by Sean Baker, “the story of Cinderella in the world we live in”
The son of a Russian oligarch falls in love with a stripper in New York. “Anora”, a very successful comedy, is one of the 22 films in the running for…
“East of Noon” by the Egyptian Hala Elkoussy, “what role does fear play?”
It’s a little gem, poetically speaking perhaps the most beautiful film of the Cannes Film Festival this year. With “East of Noon”, presented as a world premiere at the Directors’…
youth and transformations in competition
Highly anticipated films, surprises, disappointments and discoveries: from May 14 to May 25, our special correspondents bring you the 77th Cannes International Film Festival. Spotlight in particular on the American…
“The Daughters of the Nile” by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir at Critics’ Week
They work in tandem. The second documentary by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir was selected for Critics’ Week at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The action of the film,…
“In his image”, Thierry de Peretti tells the story of violence in Corsica
The attacks and assassinations of Corsican nationalists, but also the ferocious repression of the French state on the island, have often made the headlines in the media in France. Far…
The ambiguities of cinema and television in the face of #MeToo
The ambiguities of French cinema and the audiovisual world in the face of the #MeToo wave are currently resurfacing with the opening of the Cannes festival. The #MeToo of cinema…
a mega disappointment and two nice surprises
Cannes Film Festival Journal Highly anticipated films, surprises, disappointments and discoveries: from May 14 to May 25, our special correspondents bring you the 77th Cannes International Film Festival. Megalopolis, the…
women on screen to defend their freedom
Diary of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival This year, the programming for the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival promises to be like the opening ceremony, in other words,…