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'Political' Cannes film festival makes plea for dissidents
AFP, Published on 12/04/2018
» PARIS: The Cannes film festival made a dramatic show of support for dissident directors in Iran and Russia Thursday as it unveiled a highly political selection that mixed grit and glamour.
Top Chinese director in deal with French arthouse cinema
AFP, Published on 12/09/2016
» PARIS - Acclaimed Chinese film director Jia Zhangke said Monday he had struck a deal with French arthouse producers mk2 to distribute the "best of Asian cinema" worldwide.
From Tibetan filmmaker, a modern take on his ancient homeland
AFP, Published on 19/11/2015
» BEIJING - Snow-capped mountains, endless grasslands, smiling monks: Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden's latest vision of his homeland, shot in stark black and white, relegates these to the background.
Stars align for launch of Asia's largest film festival
AFP, Published on 01/10/2015
» BUSAN (SOUTH KOREA) - Stars from Asia and beyond gathered in South Korea's second largest city on Thursday for a Bollywood-flavoured launch of the 20th Busan International Film Festival.
Blanchett lesbian love tale, Holocaust shocker lead Cannes race
AFP, Published on 18/05/2015
» CANNES (FRANCE) - A powerful lesbian love story starring Cate Blanchett and a groundbreaking Holocaust drama emerged as favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark on Monday.
Japanese manga adaptation kicks off race for Cannes gold
AFP, Published on 14/05/2015
» CANNES (FRANCE) - One of Japan's most acclaimed directors, Hirokazu Koreeda, launches the competition at Cannes on Thursday with a manga comic adaptation he feared another filmmaker might snatch away.
China air quality dire but 'improving'
AFP, Published on 22/01/2015
» BEIJING - The skies of China's notoriously smog-filled cities saw a marginal improvement last year, according to figures released by Greenpeace Thursday, but pollution remained far above national and international standards.
Winter Sleep, Saint Laurent
Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/01/2015
» A tortured soul who cuts exquisite clothes hits the main Cannes screen, to our supreme delight. "<i>Saint Laurent</i>", a biopic of the French couturier that was premiered here Saturday, floats into the festival with intelligence and sensual poise. It's remarkable that the director, Bertrand Bonello, manages to avoid most of the cliches about a depressed genius despite the familiar arc of the story, meanwhile Gaspard Ulliel, playing the title role, makes Yves a champagne flute that's as fragile as it is unbreakable. The good news is that the film already has a Thai distribution; so just wait for the release date, hopefully soon.
China's censors thwart 'Gone with the Bullets' premiere
AFP, Published on 08/12/2014
» BEIJING - The premiere of acclaimed Chinese director Jiang Wen's latest film, "Gone with the Bullets" has been abruptly delayed due to last-minute demands by censors, its producer said Monday.
China's Wang Chao guns for second award at Cannes
AFP, Published on 21/05/2014
» Eight years after winning the new talent prize at Cannes, Chinese director Wang Chao is hoping to renew the feat with his new film about a family that falls apart over the father's cancer.