AwardsWatch - cannes film festival

2018 Cannes Official Lineup: Spike Lee, Jean-Luc-Godard In Competition; Women Still Underrepresented

Erik Anderson April 12, 2018

The announcement of the film playing the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been announced and they include Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Livre D’image, Jafar Panahi’s 3... Read More

2018 Cannes Film Festival: Official Short Films and Cinéfondation Selection

Erik Anderson April 11, 2018

The Short films in Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection 2018 for the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. The announcement of the Official Selection... Read More

2018 Cannes: Festival Offers 3-Day Passes to 18-28 year-olds

Erik Anderson April 10, 2018

3 days in Cannes © FDC Are you aged between 18 and 28? A cinema lover and a film buff? From 17 to 19 May 2018,... Read More

Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Gets August Release Date and Name Change

Erik Anderson April 9, 2018

Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansman, is going to be released by Focus Features on August 10th and gets a name change, too (it was previously... Read More

2018 Cannes: ‘Solo – A Star Wars Story’ to debut at Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 6, 2018

In 2002, it was Star Wars – Episode II – Attack of the Clones and in 2005, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. In 2018, what is one... Read More

2018 Cannes: Edouard Baer will be Master of Ceremonies for 71st Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 5, 2018

The Cannes Film Festival is pleased to announce that Edouard Baer will be the next master of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of its 7th... Read More

2018 Cannes: Ursula Meier is President of the Jury of the Caméra d’or

Erik Anderson April 4, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] This year’s Caméra d’or Jury will be headed by a representative of the new generation of filmmakers. Along with six fellow... Read More

Elle Fanning and Nicole welcome the punk revolution in trailer for ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’

Erik Anderson April 3, 2018

From director John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus) comes a sci-fi punk fantasy based on the Neil Gaiman short story about an... Read More

Trailer for ‘Loro (Part 1)’ – Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino’s biopic on Silvio Berlusconi

Erik Anderson March 29, 2018

From Academy Award winner Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty – Foreign Language Film) comes the first part of Loro, a sprawling epic detailing the life... Read More

2018 Cannes: Press Screenings Shuffled Ahead of World Premieres; Selfies Banned

Erik Anderson March 23, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In an announcement a few years in the making, Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux revealed today that press screenings for... Read More