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News and tips about doing business in Cannes for the Festival, MIPIM, Midem, and Creativity festival.
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The #Cannes Dance Festival also featured a remarkable selection of short dance films. The winner was "Bigger". My personal fav was "The Deepest Dance". Take a few minutes for some very surprising shorts #dance
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🤩 The new OzApp platfrom opens a frontier for European #cinema. The digital ecosystem, devised & directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, aims to bring creatives & audiovisual sector operators in contact with one another & to give more visibility to audiovisual works.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Quote of the day (and possibly a prompt for a noir movie):
did the bluesky find a friend thing, turns out he was right there in the trunk where i left him
December 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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If you liked One Battle After Another, don't miss Secret Agent in theaters right now - great stuff!
December 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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For the 1st time in the history of Arab Cinema, The Critics Awards for Arab Films by Arab Cinema Center - awards ceremony will take place every year at the Cannes Film Festival #Cannes2026
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The Arab Critics Awards for Arab Films
For the first time in the history of Arab Cinema, the Critics Awards, an initiative created by the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), will bring together the finest film critics from all over the world to sele...
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December 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The World Soundtrack Awards run a #playlist section on Spotify. They are so left-field, they should just call them "This is not #Hollywood"! open.spotify.com/playlist/6Gs... #soundtrack
Spotify – Web Player
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December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Jim Jarmusch is miffed at #Cannes refusing to include "Father Mother Sister Brother" in the competition as he had financiers to account for. Unlike which other director this year? www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/12...
Jim Jarmusch on Cannes Rejecting His Film: “That Was Not Appropriate [...] Now I Kind of Never Want to Go to Cannes” — World of Reel
It was last April that word got out about Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” being rejected by the Cannes Film Festival. It was quite the surprise since Jarmusch tends to get a free pass at Can...
www.worldofreel.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Movie projector company Barco has announced new titles to be shown in its higher quality HDR system. Lots of tent-pole movies in the pipeline. The new "lightsteering" tech enables more vibrant and detailed images. Available in US, DE, UK and NL www.hdrbybarco.com
HDR by Barco
Step into movies where every scene explodes with breathtaking detail, vibrant color, and incredible intensity. HDR by Barco: Experience Extraordinary
www.hdrbybarco.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For #soundtrack buffs: Alexandre Desplat's movie work on Arte.tv
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Let me guess: he's an engineer or an insurance salesman.
December 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Anyone interested in buying screenplay-europe.com ? Send a DM. #screenplay #domainname
Screenplay Europe
News about the scriptwriting and screenplay scene from the perspective of European cinema.
screenplay-europe.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Winner of the Un Certain Regard Youth Award at the Cannes Film Festival, this moving love story is an intimate portrait of the hardscrabble life of French agriculture, and above all an ode to the love of cheese.

HOLY COW (2024) is now streaming on Kino Film Collection: knlor.com/kfc
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Filmmakers: what is ACID Cannes and what can it do for you? #Cannes2025 #moviebiz cannes-or-bust.com/2025/12/what...
What is ACID Cannes and how do you apply? - Cannes or Bust
ACID Cannes is a parallel sidebar at the Cannes festival. How do you submit a movie?
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December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Neon will release one of its high-profile Cannes acquisitions, “Sirāt,” during prime awards season.

The Spanish-language drama will open theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 14 for a one-week qualifying engagement before a nationwide rollout in January.”
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
One from the vaults
New release: Festival de Cannes - 50 ans de cinéma (1997 - Win/Win 3.x/Mac) - https://www.myabandonware.com/game/festival-de-cannes-50-ans-de-cinema-zbo #abandonware
December 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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EFP presents the 2026 European Shooting Stars
Ten of the most promising up-and-coming actors (including Salif Cissé for France) and actresses from Europe have been selected to participate in special events at the upcoming Berlinale in February.
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EFP presents the 2026 European Shooting Stars
15/12/2025 - Ten of the most promising up-and-coming actors and actresses from Europe have been selected to participate in special events at the upcoming Berlinale in February
cineuropa.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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I talk in here about how the Cannes edit of RESURRECTION, which is what my review is based on, differs from the final, sharper edit
Here is my roundup of this year's London Film Festival 📽️ (not all of my reviews have gone live and this will be updated once they have) but I still thought you all might enjoy my picture of Pillion Alley sarahsnewideas.com/2025/12/04/l...
London Film Festival 2025 roundup
This has been a really strong year for cinema and it was a treat to have such a fun time at the LFF. Even the movies which were not good were on the whole interesting, and putting the press screeni…
sarahsnewideas.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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The Assange film which won Cannes festival’s L’Œil d’or prize for best documentary has struggled to get deals with streamers which its director puts down to their fear of the Trump administration.
www.screendaily.com/features/the...
“The streamers are scared of this film”: Eugene Jarecki on making and releasing his Julian Assange documentary ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’
Despite a buzzy premiere at Cannes, the documentary filmmaker struggled to sell the film's US rights and is releasing it himself in the UK.
www.screendaily.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Loved this:
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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#Documentary : 𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬 by award-winning Iranian director Sepideh Farsi.

Depicts life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls with Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassouna.

The day after the #film was selected for Cannes 2025, Fatma & her family were killed.
December 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Official International Trailer - RESURRECTION - A Bi Gan Film

“A young dreamer is reincarnated across five eras.
As the 20th century unfolds, a woman follows his trace…

🏆 Special Prize - Cannes Film Festival
Starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi”

m.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvr...
Official International Trailer - RESURRECTION - A Bi Gan Film
YouTube video by Les Films du Losange
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December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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European Film Streamer Sooner, Cannes Critics’ Week Unveil Partnership

France-based streaming platform Sooner and Critics’ Week have announced a new partnership bolstering the parallel Cannes section’s Next Step program, which supports directors as they move onto their first feature-length film.…
European Film Streamer Sooner, Cannes Critics’ Week Unveil Partnership
France-based streaming platform Sooner and Critics’ Week have announced a new partnership bolstering the parallel Cannes section’s Next Step program, which supports directors as they move onto their first feature-length film. The new partnership was announced as the latest round of Next Step participants arrive in Paris for meetings with producers and sales agents about their upcoming projects, following a week-long development workshop in Normandy.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Anyone want to buy the domain name screenplay-europe.com from me?
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Side-note: On Dec 11 1967, the first #Concorde was unveiled near Toulouse. I flew in it once (I'm available for interviews 😁)
Le 11 décembre 1967, le Concorde est dévoilé au public à Toulouse-Blagnac #AFP @AFParchives

#Nice #NiceRendezVous® #Nice06
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM