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Cinema should be 'a place for everyone': Cannes rising star Anna Cazenave Cambet

France, May 31 -- A year before she graduated from Paris's prestigious La Femis film school in 2017, Cambet showed her first short film, Gabber Lover, at Cannes in the student filmmakers' section La C... Read More


Romanian director wins Palme d'Or at emotional Cannes ceremony

France, May 24 -- The emotionally-charged closing ceremony wrapped up an unusual festival, which contained a mix of political references to current conflicts and a host of stories from a LGBTQ+ perspe... Read More


From critic favourites to commercial hits, Japanese cinema wins fans at Cannes

France, May 23 -- It's hard to miss the number of people wearing kimonos in the streets of Cannes. That's because Japan has pride of place this year, with three films by Japanese directors in the mai... Read More


France has 'responsibility' to break glass ceiling for women in film

France, May 15 -- There are five women in the official competition at Cannes this year, three from France, one from Germany and one from Austria - representing 23 percent of the 22 films vying for the... Read More


The French archaeologists helping war-ravaged Sudan save its heritage

France, April 18 -- For French archaeologist Marie Millet, head of the Louvre Museum's Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Sudan "is a country with an exceptionally rich heritage". Like her colleague... Read More


A journey to the bottom of the ocean, beneath Paris's skyscrapers

France, April 12 -- Beneath the Grande Arche de la Defense, in Paris's business district, visitors equipped with headphones and pocket torches are plunged into darkness. The "Under the Hori... Read More


Nigerian brothers bring parallels of fatherhood, nationhood to the screen

France, March 29 -- The first Nigerian film ever to be selected in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, My Father's Shadow made a splash when it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section in 2025 ... Read More


'We are all foreigners': Japanese director casts dandelion seeds in migration tale

France, March 15 -- Planet Earth is burning, with explosions going off left and right. In the midst of this chaos, four dandelion plants, fearing for their survival, lift off and float away into space... Read More