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Adoor’s film for Munich film fete
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Well-known film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Malayalam film ‘Oru Pennum Randaanum’ will be screened at the Munich International Film Festival commencing on June 26.
The film, which bagged the State government award for best film for 2008, would be screened thrice at the festival, a release from the Director’s office said here on Wednesday.
Munich will […]
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Actor Aishwarya Rai and American actor Elizabeth Banks arrive for the opening ceremony of the 62nd International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Photo: AP
Aishwarya Rai arrives for the opening ceremony of the 62nd International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.Photo: AP
Actor Aishwarya […]
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‘Fish Tank’ tells story of a betrayed loveGuardian News Service
In the claustrophobic flats which incubate family dysfunction and rage, and the wild beautiful spaces thereabouts, where the urban sprawls out into the country, film-maker Andrea Arnold finds a powerful story of betrayed love -one of three British movies in competition at Cannes this year.
This is a powerfully-acted drama, beautifully photographed by the […]
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Haneke’s ‘The White Ribbon’ bags top prize at CannesCannes (PTI): Austrian director Michael Haneke’s somber black-and-white drama ‘The White Ribbon’, a chilling account of a German village in the build-up to World War I walked away with the Palme d’Or for the Best Film at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Haneke beat off competition from French director Jacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet’, Jane Campion’s period […]
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Animated film sets Cannes festival alight; economic climate dampens enthusiasmGuardian News Service
On May 13th night, the great and the good of the movie world foregathered at the Cannes film festival, and paired their dinner jackets and designer gowns with 3D glasses - resembling nothing so much as 1970s NHS specs - for the premiere of the opening film, a Pixar animation called Up.
Meanwhile, Isabelle […]