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Cannes Closes With Iranian, Ukrainian Films Tipped For Glory

The Cannes Festival draws to a close on Saturday, with a wry Iranian film about political prisoners and a Ukrainian-directed drama about despotism among the frontrunners to pick up the Palme d'Or top prize.

International Business Times

Falling palm trees and a faltering Palme d’Or director: how Cannes 2025 went – and who will win

In a Cannes film festival where the greatest movies were about dictatorships and political cruelty, our chief critic shares his picks for the prix

The Guardian - UK

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's presence in Cannes speaks volumes

Before this week, the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi hasn’t attended the premiere of one of his films in more than 15 years

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Banned film-maker Jafar Panahi says friends lost hope he would direct again

Speaking during his first visit to Cannes in 22 years, Panahi who has previously been imprisoned in Iran said he wasn’t doing ‘anything heroic’

The Guardian - UK

A Simple Accident review – Jafar Panahi takes us on a nightmare trip into a land of bribes and brutality

An unfortunate encounter with a dog sets off a chain of surreal, grotesque events that expose the corruption and tyranny at the heart of Iran

The Guardian - UK

‘I think of those I left behind in prison’: Iran’s Jafar Panahi on life as a banned film-maker

He’s been jailed, gone on hunger strike and been forced to sell his house for bail. In his first newspaper interview for 15 years, the great director explains why every film is worth the consequences

The Guardian - UK

Iran's Panahi Pokes Fun At Iran's Jailers In Cannes Comeback

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi makes his first appearance at an international film festival in 15 years at Cannes on Tuesday with a story about political prisoners trying to get their own back on their jailers.

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Cannes Film Festival: What To Look Out For

The glitz and glamour of the Cannes film festival returns to the French Riviera on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Cannes Film Festival organisers announce women-majority jury

American star Halle Berry and Franco-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani have been chosen to serve on the women-majority jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, headed by French actress Juliette Binoche.

Radio France Internationale

The Academy are implementing new rules for voting, AI and refugee filmmakers

The Academy has put forth a handful of new regulations on issues including voting, AI, refugee filmmakers and the newly launched casting category. Here's everything you need to know.

Euronews

Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar-sweeping streak

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothers

The Guardian - UK

Scarlett Johansson, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor set for Cannes 2025 as lineup announced

Premieres of new movies by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Joachim Trier and Jafar Panahi to screen at film festival – as well debuts by actor-turned-directors Johansson and Harris Dickinson

The Guardian - UK

Cannes Film Festival unveils diverse line-up of veteran stars and fresh talent

Cannes Film Festival organisers have revealed the films competing for the coveted Palme d'Or prize on Thursday. Six women are among the 19 directors nominated, including the 2021 winner, French filmmaker Julia Ducournau with her new film Alpha.

Radio France Internationale

The Oscars are more international than ever. So why is the international film category broken?

The Oscars are more international than ever

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Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's definition of home is shifting

Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran

The Guardian - UK

‘The main issue was always the hijab’: the Iranian directors arrested for their gentle septuagenarian comedy

Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, makers of My Favourite Cake, received an ovation at the Berlin film festival while under house arrest in Tehran. They speak about the struggle of creating art under a dictatorship

The Guardian - UK

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging

Rasoulof is one of Iran’s leading directors and his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig is due to premiere at Cannes film festival

The Guardian - UK

Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies

As Luca Guadagnino’s tennis film Challengers makes its case for sporting immortality, critic Guy Lodge chooses 20 of the genre’s undisputed heavyweights

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The Guardian - UK

20 greatest Venice film festival Golden Lion winners – ranked!

With the 80th instalment of the festival on the Lido around the corner, we sort through the winners of one of cinema’s most prestigious accolades

The Guardian - AU

From The New Boy to Asteroid City: 10 films to see at the 2023 Sydney film festival

The festival’s June program includes climate heists, FBI whistleblowers, new Wes Anderson – and 20,000 bees

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Ari Aster’s cultural highlights

The Hereditary and Midsommar film-maker on the genius of Daniel Clowes’s Eightball, a haunting Iranian drama and the revelatory writing of Édouard Levé

The Guardian - UK

Film-maker Jafar Panahi leaves Iran for first time in 14 years as travel ban lifted

The award-winning director who was released from prison in February is rumoured to be a juror at Cannes

Tom’s Guide

7 top new movies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Apple and more this week (April 18-24)

The top movies online this week may feature Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, but this list also includes films that got much better reviews.

The Independent UK

New this week: 'Judy Blume,' Rodrigo y Gabriela, Minecraft

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from The Heavy and Rodrigo y Gabriela, a new Judy Blume bio-documentary and video games set in the Minecraft and Dead Island universes

The Guardian - UK

Film-maker Hassan Nazer on his love letter to Iranian cinema

The Scottish-Iranian director’s heartwarming new film, Winners, tells the tale of a child in Iran boy with a passion for movies

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