Tag: Film industry

Hollywood and French film royalty walk the Cannes red carpet

CANNES, France (Reuters) — The cream of the crop in French and Hollywood cinema walked the red carpet at the 70th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday (May 17). The opening film was the out-of-competition ‘Ismael’s Ghosts,’ directed by Arnaud Desplechin and stars Marion Cotillard and Charlotte Gainsbourg. There are 19 films in competition for the Palme d’Or this year, including Sofia Coppola’s remake of the 1971 classic Clint Eastwood movie of the same name, and […]

Cannes film festival announces full jury line-up

LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — The Cannes film festival announced on Tuesday (April 25) its full line-up for the jury which presides over the main competition at France’s most famous cinema event. Although Spanish director Pedro Almodovar was announced as President of the Jury at the end of January, the additional eight were formally unveiled as four women and four men from the international film industry. From Hollywood, actors Will Smith and Jessica Chastain […]