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Lush images, audience walk-outs as Cannes winds up
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The neon-lit streets of Tokyo and the corridors of the Louvre museum in Paris provide the setting for a trio of stylized East-meets-West films that caused audience walk-outs as the Cannes festival ended.
Nations:France People:Johnny Hallyday Tsai Ming-liang Johnnie To Activities:2009 Cannes Film Festival Source:(Reuters)
2009-05-24
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
Brad Pitt, George Clooney light up Venice red carpet
VENICE, Italy (AFP) - Hollywood megastars George Clooney and Brad Pitt helped kick off the 65th Venice film festival, taking to the red carpet along with their directors the Coen brothers in "Burn After Reading."
Nations:Italy Germany Japan People:Lucrecia Martel Tilda Swinton Hayao Miyazaki Johnnie To Anne Hathaway Jonathan Demme Activities:2008 Venice Film Festival
2008-08-27
Venice film festival announces Chahine tribute
ROME (AFP) - This year's Venice film festival showcasing new offerings by the Coen Brothers, Takeshi Kitano and Hayao Miyasaki, will be dedicated to the late Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, organisers said Tuesday.
Nations:France People:Lucrecia Martel Fred Astaire Tilda Swinton Johnnie To Wim Wenders John Malkovich Activities:2008 Venice Film Festival
2008-07-29
'Warlord' Jet Li celebrates Hong Kong award
Chinese action star Jet Li was celebrating on Monday after being named best actor at the Hong Kong film awards with period drama "The Warlords," a departure from his usual martial arts fare.
People:Siqin Gaowa Johnnie To Lydia Shum Peter Chan Ang Lee Chow Yun-fat Activities:2008 HK Film Awards
2008-04-14
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