World news about “Cannes Film Festival” published by euronews.
Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos dies in road Accident Award winning Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos has been killed in a road accident in Athens. The 76-year-old sustained serious head injuries after he was… 25/01/2012
The Artist screens at London Film Festival After receiving awards and critical acclaim at Cannes, The Artist got the red carpet treatment at the BFI London Film Festival. Jean Dujardin, who won the… 20/10/2011
Opening of the 64th Cannes Film FestivalA worker climbs a ladder in front of the Festival Palace before the start of the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 10, 2011. The festival runs from May 11 to 22… 11/05/2011
Back in the Day: curtain up at the Cannes film festivalSeptember 20, 1946. The first edition of the Cannes International Film Festival opens on the French Riviera. It was originally intended to offer an… 19/09/2011
Robert de Niro’s waiting for Cannes curtain-raiserFaye Dunaway is the star of the poster for this year’s Cannes film festival which begins on May 11. There are 49 movies in the official selection with 19 in… 15/04/2011
Binoche cries for jailed Iranian film makerFrench actress Juliette Binoche shed a few tears after she heard that a jailed Iranian colleague had begun a hunger strike against his detention. Binoche… 19/05/2010
Tim Burton to head Cannes juryTop movie director Tim Burton will head this years Cannes film festival jury. Its a break with tradition for what is arguably the worlds premier film event to… 26/01/2010
Abuse and hypocrisy in Haneke’s The White RibbonStrange and threatening events in a German village on the eve of World War One are the basis of Austrian director Michael Haneke’s latest film The White… 21/10/2009
Samson and Delilah win Camera d’OrAboriginal director Warwick Thornton has won the Camera d’Or at Cannes for his first feature film “Samson and Delilah”. Thornton’s teenage romance looks… 26/05/2009
White ribbon wins Palm D’OrAustrian director Michael Haneke’s film ‘The White Ribbon’ has won the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes. Another Austrian, actor Christof Waltz, won the… 25/05/2009
Hanecke’s ‘The White Ribbon’ wins Palme d’OrThe Austrian film Director Michael Hanecke scooped the top prize at the Cannes on Sunday, winning the prestigious Palme d’Or. Jury President Isabel… 25/05/2009
‘The prophet’ leads the packThe 12 day film frenzy at Cannes reaches a thrilling climax tonight with the award of the prestigious Palme D’Or. A bleak prison drama by French director… 24/05/2009
Audience walk-outs as Cannes winds upThe streets of Tokyo and Paris’s Louvre museum were the setting for two stylised East-meets-West films as the 62nd Cannes film festival began winding up… 23/05/2009
Cannes: the final dayAudiences at Cannes would be forgiven for feeling nervous ahead of yesterday’s screening of Gaspar Noé‘s latest film “Enter the Void.” The Argentina-born… 23/05/2009
Ledger wins posthumous plaudits at CannesHeath Ledger’s final film — The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — has made its debut at Cannes. Starring Lily Cole, actors Johny Depp, Jude Law and Colin… 22/05/2009
Daniel y Ana at CannesMexican director Michel Franco’s new film “Daniel Y Ana” is in competition at Cannes, in the “Un Certain Regard” section. The film centres on the horrific… 22/05/2009
Clinton sax auctioned at Cannes Aids galaThe actress Sharon Stone and the former US President Bill Clinton have lead this year’s Aids charity bash at the Cannes film festival. Among the items… 22/05/2009
Sex, Violence and Football compete at CannesLars Von Trier’s new film “Anti Christ” stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple coming to terms with the death of their child. The film’s… 21/05/2009
Coppola’s Tetro premieres at CannesFrancis Ford Coppola’s new film Tetro has opened the Director’s Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival. It is the first original screenplay he has… 20/05/2009
Cannes embraces AlmodovarDirector Pedro Almodovar was the toast of Cannes on Tuesday with the showing of his latest movie, Broken Embraces, a hot favourite for the Palme D’Or. It… 19/05/2009
Campion back at Cannes Film FestivalThe New Zealand director Jane Campion has shown her latest feature at the Cannes Film Festival, 16 years after she made her name there with The Piano. In… 15/05/2009
Old favourites make a return to CannesThere will be a host of familiar faces at the Cannes Film Festival this year with, in addition to the usual glamour, the return of several big name directors… 23/04/2009
