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Cannes crowds await jury's pick for best of fest
CANNES, France - Quentin Tarantino, Jane Campion and other past winners of the Cannes Film Festival's highest honor were competing with an international cast of up-and-comers for this year's prize Sunday.
People:Michael Moore Brad Pitt Isabelle Huppert Willem Dafoe Quentin Tarantino Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009-05-24
Gainsbourg wins actress prize at Cannes fest
CANNES, France - Charlotte Gainsbourg has won the best-actress honor at the Cannes Film Festival for a movie that shocked audiences with its explicit images of physical abuse and torture.
People:Willem Dafoe Quentin Tarantino Source:(AP)
2009-05-24
Danish 'Antichrist' provides Cannes' annual scandal
CANNES, France (AFP) - Cannes nearly always has its scandal and this year it came in the form of a Danish "Antichrist" that provoked such a storm its director promised a cleaner "Catholic" version for US audiences.
People:Willem Dafoe Source:(AFP)
2009-05-24
Von Trier agrees cuts to beat censors
COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier has agreed to a toned-down cut of his new film "Antichrist", which features graphic scenes of sexual mutilation, to satisfy foreign censors, his production company said Wednesday.
Nations:Denmark People:Willem Dafoe Source:(AFP)
2009-05-20
Big unknown: Cannes festival contenders
PARIS (AFP) - Two months before the curtain goes up on the Cannes film festival, the movie world is swirling with rumours on the films that will line up for the event's coveted Palme d'Or.
Nations:Denmark France Romania Mexico Italy People:Johnnie To Pedro Almodovar Willem Dafoe Steven Soderbergh Quentin Tarantino Brad Pitt
2009-03-22
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