French first-timers win top prize in Cannes’ arthouse Un Certain Regard strand
A French film about a group of film-makers, The Worst Ones, has picked up the top prize in the Un Certain Regard strand
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Un Certain Regard
Cannes Gives Top Prize To a Woman for only the Second Time
The Cannes Film Festival has given its top prize, the Palme d’Or, to a female director for only the second time in its
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South Korean Parasite wins Cannes Palme d’Or
Parasite – a dark social comedy from South Korea – won the Palme d’Or. The South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has achieved what
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Cannes 2019 – The First Wednesday
Themes often come out of no-where at Cannes, and just weeks after a Swedish teenager brought the issue of climate change back to
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Un Certain Regard prizes at 2018 Cannes Film Festival
A Swedish fantasy romance thriller has won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard strand at the Cannes Film Festival. Gräns, about
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Cannes 2018 – The First Wednesday
Every festival delegate was given a post-card to remind them not to commit the grotesque sin of taking selfies on the red carpet
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Art Satire The Square is Surprise Palme d’Or Winner
Palme d’Or winner The Square satirises the art world The Cannes jury, led by the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, has handed the prestigious
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Loach’s anti-austerity cry wins him a second Palme d’Or
The British director Ken Loach has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the second time. Ten years after winning
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