Iran’s Jafar Panahi wins Cannes Palme d’Or
The dissident Iranian film-maker, Jafar Panahi, has won the prestigious Palme d’Or – the prize for the best film at the Cannes Film
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Opioid documentary wins top prize at Venice
For only the second time in its ninety year history, the Venice Film Festival has given its top prize, to a documentary. All
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Spike Lee, poster boy Jean-Luc Godard & 8 newcomers join Cannes competition
Spike Lee is back in competition in Cannes for the first time since Jungle Fever, 28 years ago, with (read it carefully) BlacKkKlansman
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Berlin win for Panahi seen as victory for free speech
The dissident director Jafar Panahi plays a taxi driver in his Golden Bear winning Taxi The top award at the Berlin Film Festival,
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