AwardsWatch - Cannes

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (July)

Erik Anderson July 20, 2021

Definitely glad I waited until after Cannes to do July Oscar predictions because the festival, and the winners in particular, really gave the race a... Read More

Cannes Film Festival: canceled but not yet canceled

Erik Anderson April 14, 2020

“It is clearly difficult to assume that the Festival de Cannes could be held this year in its original form.” In an announcement today, the... Read More

Tensions rise in first trailer for France Oscar submission and Cannes winner ‘Les Misérables’

Erik Anderson October 23, 2019

Amazon Studios has revealed the first trailer and poster for Les Misérables, the feature film debut from Ladj Ly, who won the Jury Prize at... Read More

Senegal selects ‘Atlantics’ for International Feature Film Oscar

Erik Anderson October 2, 2019

Grand Prix winner Mati Diop made history as the first black female director to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in... Read More

Music Box Films nabs Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title and Swedish Oscar hopeful ‘And Then We Danced’

Erik Anderson August 20, 2019

Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to And Then We Danced from Swedish filmmaker Levan Akin (Certain People, The Circle) and starring... Read More

Things aren’t what they seem in the trailer for Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’

Erik Anderson August 14, 2019

Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Mother) brings his singular mastery home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale, Parasite. Meet the Park Family: the picture... Read More

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson go a little mad in first trailer for ‘The Lighthouse’

Erik Anderson July 30, 2019

From Robert Eggers, director of The Witch, comes a murky sea tale starring three-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, comes The Lighthouse.... Read More

Interview: Cannes winner Ladj Ly, director of ‘Les Misérables’

Jack King May 30, 2019

“We have the impression that the politicians don’t care. […] If you really want to make a revolution, you have to be in the streets... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is passionate, unconventional lesbian cinema

Valerie Complex May 26, 2019

Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the romance drama set in 18th-century French high society has all the boxes checked: stunning cinematography, elegant... Read More

Netflix acquires Cannes winners ‘Atlantique,’ ‘I Lost My Body’

Erik Anderson May 25, 2019

Hot off their wins at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Netflix has snapped up the rights to Grand Prize winner Atlantique (Atlantics) from Mati Diop... Read More