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'Just an Accident:' The Iranian Film That Won Over Cannes and Took Home the Palme d’Or

Bélinda Ibrahim, 18:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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From the very start of this 78th edition, the tone was set. The official poster, showing a couple running along a beach, taken from Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman, said it all: a nod to romance, but also to the familiar. This year, Cannes offered both comfort and disruption. Comfort, in the form of familiar faces: Claude Lelouch, Daniel ...

Cannes 2025: A Closing Full of Tears, Power and Purpose

Marie-Christine Tayah, 10:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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After ten intense days, Cannes brought down the curtain in an atmosphere of artistic elevation. It was a festival that felt political, raw and deeply human—where voices rose to fill the silence onscreen. As always, the iconic “Aquarium” piece from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns played before each red carpet entrance, ...

Jafar Panahi Honored at Cannes: A Palme d’Or for Freedom

This is Beirut, 24/05 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The curtain came down on the 78th Cannes Film Festival Saturday night with a deeply symbolic moment on the Croisette: Iranian director and political dissident Jafar Panahi was awarded the Palme d’Or for his underground film It Was Just an Accident. Shot in secret, the film moved the jury—chaired by Juliette Binoche—who granted it the ...

Inside Cannes 2025: 22 Films Vying for Palme d'Or

This is Beirut, 24/05 10:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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A total of 22 films are competing for the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which wraps up on Saturday. Here is a list of the titles vying for the Palme d'Or, which will be awarded by this year's jury president Juliette Binoche and her seven fellow judges, including Oscar-winner Halle Berry and Succession star Jeremy Strong. A ...

Cannes 2025: Films as Living Paintings

Bélinda Ibrahim, 23/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Some films speak, others depict, but rare are those that feel like paintings. At Cannes 2025, two films in competition stand out for their deep connection to visual art: Renoir by Chie Hayakawa and The Phoenician Scheme by Wes Anderson. The first explores the intimate world of a young girl immersed in Impressionism. The second, more stylized, ...

Cannes After 8 PM: Where Cinema Is Born

Bélinda Ibrahim, 21/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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It’s easy to assume that Cannes winds down after the last screening, that the gowns are packed away and everything fades into the next day’s headlines. But that’s a misconception of the true rhythm of the Croisette. After 8 PM, a different atmosphere takes over. A cinema without screens, yet one where everything can begin. This parallel ...

Kristen Stewart Breaks Silence with Bold, Unflinching Debut

This is Beirut, 21/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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"I can't wait to make 10 more movies," Kristen Stewart told AFP the morning after making what Rolling Stone called "one hell of a directorial debut" at the Cannes Film Festival. Nor can film critics, judging from the rave reviews of The Chronology of Water, her startling take on the American swimmer Lidia Yuknavitch's visceral memoir of surviving ...

Cannes Behind the Scenes: Red Carpet, Silent Hands

Bélinda Ibrahim, 20/05 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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In Cannes, everything seems to float. Spectacular gowns, knowing glances and intense spotlight beams. Yet, beneath this radiant veneer, hundreds of anonymous figures move quietly behind the scenes. They don’t climb the steps or feature in Instagram stories. But without them, the red carpet would simply be a piece of red fabric. Every ...

Denzel Washington Honored with Surprise Palme d’Or

This is Beirut, 20/05 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A hard-hitting Egyptian political thriller shook up the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, just before a surprise Honorary Palme d’Or was awarded to Hollywood icon Denzel Washington. The evening also marked the return of French director Julia Ducournau, four years after her explosive win with Titane. The event had been kept tightly under wraps: ...

Scarlett Johansson Steps Behind Camera in Cannes Debut

This is Beirut, 20/05 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Scarlett Johansson won praise from veteran filmmaker Wes Anderson as she nervously prepared to unveil her debut feature as a director at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. Actors behind the camera are something of a trend in Cannes this year, with Twilight star Kristen Stewart and British actor Harris Dickinson both unveiling their first ...

Cannes, Reimagined: When Style Becomes a Manifesto

Bélinda Ibrahim, 19/05 17:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Cannes Film Festival has always been a stage, not only for cinema, but for fashion that borders on the theatrical. Every May, the red carpet blooms with extravagant gowns, daring cuts and dramatic silhouettes. But in 2025, something deeper shimmered beneath the surface. Women are using style not to dazzle, but to declare. Less about seduction, ...

Wes Anderson’s Starry Cast Shines Bright at Cannes

This is Beirut, 19/05 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US director Wes Anderson brought his latest A-list cast led by Benicio del Toro to the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, ramping up the star power as the competition reaches the halfway mark. Anderson's typically whimsical The Phoenician Scheme, which also finds roles for Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Kate Winslet's daughter, Mia Threapleton, ...

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