French Cinema

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Rest in peace, Anna Karina (1940-2019).

Highlights from her visit to NYC in 2016.

[theimpossiblecool]

Farewell, Jeanne. 

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2017 Cannes Film Festival Winners

Palme d’Or: “The Square”

Grand Prix: “Beats Per Minute (BPM)”

Jury Prize: “Loveless”

Best Actress: Diane Kruger, “In the Fade”

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, “You Were Never Really Here”

Best Director: Sofia Coppola, “The Beguiled”

Best Screenplay: “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “You Were Never Really Here” (tie)

Camera d’Or: “Jeune Femme/Montparnasse Bienvenue,” directed by Leonor Serraille

70th Anniversary Prize: Nicole Kidman

Short Film Palme d’Or: “Xiao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night),” directed by Qiu Yang

Queer Palm (Feature): “BPM (Beats Per Minute),” Robin Campillo

Queer Palm (Short): “Islands,” Yann Gonzalez

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Agnès Varda & J.R. won Cannes 2017 Oeil d’Or for Best Documentary for “Visages, villages”

Here photographed by Julien Lienard for Premiere

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Eva Green and Emmanuelle Seigner attend the “Based On A True Story” photocall during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 27, 2017 in Cannes, France.

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New L'Amant Double stills.

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Isabelle Adjani at the 46th Cannes Film Festival, 1993

[criterioncollection]

François Truffaut’s call to shut down the Cannes Film Festival in May 1968, Part 2

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François Truffaut’s call to shut down the Cannes Film Festival in May 1968, Part 1

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Brigitte Bardot at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival

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Catherine Deneuve, Jessica Chastain and Isabelle Huppert attend the 70th Anniversary Photocall during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2017 in Cannes, France.

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Isabelle Huppert attends the ‘Claire’s Camera (Keul-Le-Eo-Ui-Ka-Me-La)’ Photocall during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2017 in Cannes, France.

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Jean-Luc Godard at the Cannes Film Festival, 1985

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François Truffaut and Orson Welles at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival

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Berenice Bejo and Louis Garrel pose as they arrive on May 21, 2017 for the screening of the film ‘The Redoubtable (Le Redoutable)’ at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.

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Actress Juliette Binoche and director Claire Denis attend the “Okja” screening during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2017.

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François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, Roman Polanski, Jean-Pierre Léaud, & others protest the Cannes Film Festival, 1968