"...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 Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes, chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche, surrounded by American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Carlos Reygadas and American acto...

  As part of the 78th Cannes International Film Festival, the Clap Citizen Cannes association presents   Winner The Citizenship Award 7th Edition Le Prix de la Citoyenneté 2025 7ème édition UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT de Jafar Panahi   Jury's Note: The jury awarded the Citizenship Award to Jafar Panahi's "A Simple Accident" for its ability to challenge our understanding of freedom, justice, and free will. We were particularly impres...

A power outage, reported by some as sabotage, has affected the city of Cannes and surrounding areas. Restoration efforts are underway. The Palais des Festivals has switched to an independent power supply, allowing all scheduled events and screenings, including the Closing Ceremony, to proceed as planned and under normal conditions. However, screenings at the Cineum have been temporarily suspended and will resume as soon as power is restored. We thank you for your patience and understanding. ...

Celebrating a cinema of discoveries, the 2025 selection has included 20 feature films – 9 of which are first features also competing for the Caméra d’or. This year, the opening film was Erige Sehiri‘s Promised Sky.  Chaired by British director, screenwriter and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker, the Jury included French-Swiss director and screenwriter Louise Courvoisier, Croatian director of the International Film Festival Ro...

MirrorWater Entertainment Begins Production on The Lost Voice, the Highly Anticipated Documentary about Pola Brückner, the First Woman To Have Filmed in the Amazon in Brazil/News Complements Brazil being named Country of Honor at this years' Marché du Film MirrorWater Entertainment (MWE) has begun production on The Lost Voice, the much-anticipated documentary about the first woman believed to have ever filmed in the Amazon. The story follows award...

The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Maren Ade and comprised of Camélia Jordana, José María Prado, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nebojša Slijepčević has awarded the 2025 La Cinef Prizes today during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.  La Cinef consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2 679 entries coming from 646 film schools around the world. First Prize FI...

The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes presented today the Best Immersive Work Award to From Dust, created by Michel van der Aa, recognizing a creation that pushed the boundaries of storytelling, art space, and audience engagement.   The Jury, chaired by French director Luc Jacquet included American musician, director and writer Laurie Anderson, French author and performer Tania de Montaigne, British director, screenwriter, an...

After winning the French Touch Prize of the Jury on Wednesday, IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev was presented with Cannes' prestigious Golden Eye – The Documentary Prize tonight! We are so proud of the film team and grateful for the privilege to work on this incredible film. Congratulations!    IMAGO By Déni Oumar Pitsaev – CRITICS' WEEK World Premiere Rediance Films © 2025     dscape, deserves recognition. Pitsaev f...

Bhool Chuk Maaf, Overview: 29 retakes of Scene 29, Take 29 Maddock Films has produced this movie. Maddock is a rarely used word and means "fortunate" or "goodly", and is of Welsh origin. It's an anglicised form of Madog, a Welsh given name. Historically, Maddock was a common surname and given name in Wales and neighboring areas. So, let’s put all mad in the dock, start looking at a film from this production power-house, and forgive mistakes, if any, for that is w...