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Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the highest honor from the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters. He previously won the Jury Prize for 2013’s Like Father, Like Son. Shoplifters (review here) is the story of a family, both blood and cobbled together, who scrape by with multiple jobs and supplement their survival with minor thievery that threaten to …

The Un Certain Regard section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival has given the troll romance film Border (Gräns) its top award, the Grand Jury Prize. The film was picked up by Neon for US distribution. Check out my review of the film here. Newcomer Victor Polster won the jury’s Performance award for playing a transgender girl with hopes of …

Rafiki director Wanuri Kahiu comes from a line of strong, forward-thinking women. Her mother, a doctor, was one of the first female pediatricians in her region of Nairobi. Her mother-in-law is also a doctor and a CEO of a Kenyan hospital. While she didn’t pursue medicine, Kahiu fell in love with filmmaking at 16-years old when she entered an editing …

This is your first look at the stunning trailer for Wanuri Kahui’s groundbreaking lesbian romance Rafiki. Stunning in its beauty and vivid color, Rafiki (Friend) is the first film from Kenya to ever screen at the Cannes Film Festival. It will premiere there next month in the Un Certain Regard section (which is rich with female and LGBTQ films) where it’s …

The man who will preside over the fate of the Un Certain Regard Jury is not only a film lover but a brilliant actor, entirely devoted to his art. Eight years ago, along with Tim Burton, Benicio del Toro and his fellow members of the Jury selected Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee (The One Who Can Recall His Past Lives) as the winner …

  Ruben Östlund’s satirical drama The Square has won the Palme D’Or of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The tale of crime and revenge was bought by Magnolia Pictures for US distribution.  It was a bit of an upset as most had predicted the 90s era AIDS drama 120 Battements par minute (Beats Per Minute) to win the top award. That …

  Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake took home the coveted Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It is Loach’s second Palme win (he previously scored in 2006 with The Wind That Shakes the Barley). Loach has been In Competition for the Palme 12 times before and has won 13 awards at the festival. Original Mad Max star Mel …

The Festival de Cannes has the pleasure of revealing the composition of the Un Certain Regard Jury, the Short Films Competition and Cinéfondation Jury as well as the Caméra d’or Jury. Un Certain Regard Jury President: Marthe KELLER, actress (Switzerland) Céline SALLETTE, actress (France) Ruben ÖSTLUND, director (Sweden) Diego LUNA, actor, director and producer (Mexico) The Jury of Un Certain …

In what many consider a ‘long overdue’ win, Jaques Audiard has won the 2015 Palme d’Or for his film Dheepan, an intimate story of Sri Lankan refugees in Paris. “Thank you, Michael Haneke, for not making a film this year,” Audiard said as he accepted the Palme. The film, which was one of the more quietly received films at the festival, …

As it happens every year, the announcement of final addition of films to the In Competition and Un Certain Regard slates have been announced and, as usual, not without controversy. Naomi Kawase’s AN will be the opening night film for Un Certain Regard. Her Still the Water was in competition last year. Previous Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee …