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Annecy Festival to Honor Michel Gondry
The French director of 'Silence of Sleep' and 'The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' will receive a lifetime achievement award from the world's leading animated film festival
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Cannes Film Festival Re-Elects Iris Knobloch to Second Term as President
Knobloch will serve another three-year term through 2028.
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How the VFX Team on ‘The Substance’ Turned Demi Moore Into a Blob
Most of the creature work on Coralie Fargeat's body horror hit was old-school practical effects but for the final shots of the movie, the director mixed on-set constructions with digital magic.
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‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’: How Norwegian Filmmakers Turned Mats Steen’s Online Life into a Netflix Oscar Contender
In Benjamin Ree's documentary, Steen's parents learn about their son's rich social life as an avid 'World of Warcraft' gamer after he dies of a degenerative neuromuscular disease.
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Mohammad Rasoulof Sees Hope for Dissident Directors in ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Oscar Campaign
The filmmaker's drama on the Women, Life, Freedom movement, banned in Iran, was submitted by Germany in the best international feature race: "It gives hope to all filmmakers working under repression."
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Which International Films Will Rival ‘Emilia Pérez’ for the Oscar?
French director Jacques Audiard’s audacious transgender-crime-musical-drama is the clear international favorite, but a handful of other buzzy contenders will be hard for the Academy to ignore.
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This Year’s International Oscar Dark Horses, From ‘Kneecap’ to ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’
Beyond the apparent locks for the shortlist, a hilarious mock-doc about Irish hip-hop hooligans, an animation film out of Latvia, and a Thai comedy about mortality could make the cut.
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‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Flow’ Creators on Facing Off Against Studio Tentpoles
Adam Elliot and Gints Zilbalodis discuss being underdogs and the big financial or creative challenges they dealt with on their respective animated movies.
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Rotterdam Fest Highlights Forgotten Film History With “Cinema Regained” Program
The 2025 lineup of restorations, documentaries, and film history homages features Soviet classics, pre-1979 Iranian features, and a look at the legacy of Indonesian filmmaker Bachtiar Siagian.
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‘Dune 2,’ Zendaya Top Letterboxd 2024 Year in Review
The 17 million members of the film fan app ranked Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi blockbuster the best movie of last year, but there was also a lot of love for 'I'm Still Here' and 'Hundreds of Beavers.'
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European Film Awards Moving to Athens, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Home Town, for 2027 Gala
From next year, the EFAs are shifting to January to play a bigger role in awards season.
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French Far-Right Firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96
The founder of France's National Rally party, and father of Marine Le Pen, pioneered Trump-style populist, anti-immigrant politics.
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