On Sunday, May 18, the 2025 Women In Motion Award was presented to Nicole Kidman during the official Women In Motion Awards Ceremony at the Place de la Castre by François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes. Rising Brazilian director Marianna Brennand received the Emerging Talent Award, honoring her bold vision and promise as a new, powerful voice in global ...

Alex Kahuam, the founder & CEO of the film production companies Kahuam Films [US] and Promotora NAE [Mexico], is an award-winning film director/producer/writer. He is best known for "Failure!" (starring Ted Raimi), "Forgiveness" (World Premiere in FrightFest) and the horror film "The Remedy" starring: Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why), London Thor (Gen V), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks) and Jenny O’Hara (Devil).&nbs...

French Actress, Producer, Director Nitsa Benchetrit is known for her work known for “My Old Lady” (2014) and “Mary Pickford: Love Wild” (currently in post-production). She has recently produced "The Shameless" (2024) directed by Konstantin Bojanov, which premiered in Cannes 2024 in Un Certain Regard and won Best Performance by Best Actress Anasuya Sengupta and “Ravens” (2024) written and directed by mark Gill. She lives in Paris where sh...

French Actress, Producer, Director Nitsa Benchetrit is known for her work known for “My Old Lady” (2014) and “Mary Pickford: Love Wild” (currently in post-production). She has recently produced "The Shameless" (2024) directed by Konstantin Bojanov, which premiered in Cannes 2024 in Un Certain Regard and won Best Performance by Best Actress Anasuya Sengupta and “Ravens” (2024) written and directed by mark Gill. She lives in Paris where she is c...

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    Last Monday, of the European Film Academy gathered for a special cocktail reception. They were ed by Academy President Juliette Binoche, who is also presiding over this year's Cannes Main Competition Jury, and who made time in between her busy screening schedule. It was a unique and joyful occasion, bringing together 250 people of our vibrant community. Amid the excitement of the festival, the cocktail reception created some memorable moments and chances to meet...

    Meet actor and former stuntman Stephen Oyoung; the newest cast member to Paramount Pictures' action-packed film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (in theaters now). Stephen plays a U.S. Navy Dive Master nicknamed “Pills” who aids Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in a time of need.   Featured on Men's Fitness and CBS Mornings, Stephen is available to discuss his move from stunts to acting, being on the set of Mission: Impossible - The Fin...

Academy Award-winning for his work on Rob Marshall’s Memoirs of a Geisha, filmmaker with whom he has filmed seven times (from Chicago to The Little Mermaid), the Australian cinematographer Dion Beebe also collaborated with Jane Campion (Holy Smoke and In the cut) and with Michael Mann (Collateral and Miami Vice). He is currently shooting the biopic of Michael Jackson, directed by Antoine Fuqua.   ...

Tonight at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Jafar Panahi won the prestigious Palme d' Or for his film "A Simple Accident". Below, Panahi can be seen posing proudly with his award, all images are courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video).               ...

"...So because Denzel you are here we want to make something special for you We want to to do a g to the gift and a a surprise because it's so precious to have you here, It's a kind of way for us to tell you our iration for what you have done in history of cinema Nobody knows about that except Spike Lee who allowed me to do that and allowed us and within few minutes we're going to to give you something special..." Thierry Fr...

The Dardenne Brothers took home the Positive Cinema Prize for their newest film Jeunes Merés, A contender for this year's Palme d'Or. Juenes Merés, their 10th feature on the croisette, follows five teenage mothers who live together in a shelter trying to make a better life for themselves and their children. The Positive Cinema Prize is awarded as part of Positive Cinema Week, an event dedicated to cinema that awakens consciousness, remains alert, questions the film indust...

Revisiting Sunshine: A conversation with Istvan Szabo, 25 years later Twenty-five years after the release of Sunshine, acclaimed Hungarian director István Szabó returns to Cannes with a mix of joy and reflection. Reuniting with his work after so many years, Szabó its that there’s always a lingering urge to “fix” things—an inevitable feeling for any creator revisiting old projects. “To be a filmmaker is kind of a disease,” he say...

At a recent masterclass, Guillermo del Toro and Alexandre Desplat sat down for a conversation on the invaluable role of music in films. Desplat, who has composed the music for a staggering number of critically acclaimed films, started the conversation off by answering a question about why he connected to the role of a composer so deeply, even in his childhood. Desplat replied “my idols as a teenager were the new Hollywood…it was a form of compulsion… I bought all the vinyl ...

As a special tribute to the legendary filmmaker Guru Dutt's 100th birth anniversary this year, Ultra Media & Entertainment Group unveils the fully restored versions of Guru Dutt's timeless classics for the Global audience at the Cannes Restored gems of Guru Dutt like *Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam & others are present at the Cannes . This is a celebration of Indian creativity, its past, present & future & a step towards in...

Alfred Cervantes, Executive Director of  the Houston Film Commission, has worked in the film industry in various capacities since 1992. As freelance crew, some of the movies he has worked on are Reality Bites, The Chase, Jason's Lyric, Powder, and Apollo 13. His role with the film commission is to promote the greater Houston area and to facilitate any production's local filming experience. Interview by Vanessa McMahon   ...

  European Film Promotion (EFP) has elected a new Board of Directors and welcomes two new : Lizette Gram Mygind from the Danish Film Institute and Nerina Kocjančič from the Slovenian Film Centre. Simone Baumann, Managing Director of German Films, was re-elected as Vice President. Vitor Manuel Pinheiro from the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. / ICA (Portugal), who was re-elected to the board, has been appointed as the new EFP president. He succeeds Markéta Santroc...

Tonight at 7PM.  The Better World Fund Gala Is Set To Make History CLICK HERE TO WATCH Livestream Access:  Hosting the first-ever interactive global red carpet Live stream powered by TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.   The gala will feature a dazzling celebrity lineup, including Kevin Spacey, Rosanna Arquette, Julia Ormond, Spike Lee, and the cast of The Awakening Movie. Adding to the mystery and glamo...

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Actress Nora Armani is the recipient of the GOLDEN KIRK (Le Prix KIRK d’OR) awarded by Associated Artists and its president Régis Raffi Bakian. The Golden KIRK Award was given to Armani for her commitment to social cinema. Le Prix KIRK (The KIRK Award for excellence in Armenian Cinema) and the Le Prix KIRK d’OR (The Golden KIRK) were awarded at the Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film on May 17, 2025, at the Pan-Armenian Federation of Film...

Paul Pogba one of top football players Cannes 2025 will be my 46 th Anniversary Cannes film Festival ;-) ALOHA PICTURES © Winner First Price Photographer's Award Cannes Film Festival Images Collection by  Alan Schoenauer Carlotti  & Patrick Mascaraque © ALOHA PICTURES © Reproductions interdites All rights reserved 70TH EVENT - 28.05.17  Photographer's Award - The ultimate photo In celeb...

On Monday, May 19th, founder of The Horror Section Eli Roth, founder of Media Capital Technologies Christopher Woodrow, and founder of Construction Film Veronica Ferres, hosted an exclusive luncheon at a private estate in Biot, , for the festival’s 78th year,  in honor of the President of the Festival de Cannes Iris Knobloch, and also honoring President of Golden Globes, Helen Hoehne. Guest notables such as Jameela Jamil, Barbara Palvin, Dylan Spro...

Bruno Chatelin, filmfestivals.zoneani.me founder spoke in Cannes with   Linjee Huang about her new short film which played in Cannes.     ...

Launched in 2015 by Kering, in partnership with the Festival de Cannes, the Women In Motion program shines a light on women in cinema. Guided by an ambition to shift perspectives, this year sees Women In Motion celebrate 10 years of commitment and initiatives to champion gender equality in arts and culture. ...

Today, the second part of the annual Film Finance Forum was held at the Plage des Palms with Producer Lars Knudsen and Writer, Director, and Producer Ari Aster to discuss their t venture, Square Peg. Square Peg is a production company that protects directors and helps filmmakers finance films in a time when financing is difficult to obtain. “We’re looking for filmmakers who have a vision that we believe in,” Knudsen told the . The duo also spoke on what the company i...

Between actors and producers present at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, European Film Promotion (EFP) has 34 former participants involved in films. EFP’s Producers on the Move program has brought forth 34 producers who have works showcasing at the festival, additionally EEP’s Shooting Stars program has produced 16 actors and actresses with work present at the festival. Together, these EEP alum are participating in 35 films from both the competition variety and other subsections of t...