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The new Festival Lodging Rental License allows properties to be rented out for a maximum of 29 days per year.
Our expert watched some 40 films from this year’s line-up, and nearly all of them – apart from one dud – were excellent.
AI in the film industry is a hot-button issue that filmmakers, tech companies, distributors, creatives’ guilds and unions, policymakers and viewers are struggling to negotiate.
Cancellation of screenings of the documentaries ‘Russians at War’ (TIFF) and ‘Rule of Stone’ (RIDM) means that provocative and timely films are silenced.
The recent U.S. announcement to tax and ban foreign films may seem out of place in trade talks. But culture has long been a key part of North American trade relations.
These five captivating films offer a snapshot of the very best of contemporary French cinema
Choosing a top five from this year’s festival was not an easy task.
Increasingly slick films attracting big budgets are major features of Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry.
More women won than ever this year but work must be done to make sure they are not forgotten or left out again.
From festivals to awards, generating buzz can increase the gross earnings of a film and even increase investment in a country’s film industry.
There’s something special about “going to the cinema” and the collective experience of watching a film.
British cinema has close ties to European cinema, as festivals such as Dinard suggest. Brexit will put them under strain.
Netflix has chosen a high-quality Mexican arthouse movie as a flagship production for its new distribution model.
Cannes is not so much a festival for new films and talent as a closed shop for the film industry’s elite.
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul opened a ‘Sleepcinemahotel’ where audiences let their subconscious minds watch his movies as they fell asleep.
At a festival intertwined with France’s national identity, the tension of art, politics and commerce always looms.
The French capital will light up to the sights and sounds of Cleverman, Samson and Delilah, and The Sapphires.
Does it matter that money plays such a big role in festivals like Cannes?
The dangerously alluring figure of the cannibal has long undermined the taboo status of cannibalistic practice.
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Emeritus Professor of Global CInema and Creative Cultures, University of St Andrews
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Senior Lecturer in Film, UNSW
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Lecturer, Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth
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Visiting Fellow, School of Communication, University of Technology, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Film and Media Studies, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer in African Film and Performance Arts, SOAS, University of London
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Professeur économie-gestion, École polytechnique
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Associate Dean Indigenous and Professor of Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in media School of Arts Australian Catholic University, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham
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Head of Department of Screen and Media, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth