The Cannes International Film Festival took center stage in May, starting with Justine Triet's Palme d'Or win for her fourth feature, Anatomy of a Fall.
The Hollywood Reporter published an interview with Justine Triet, a few days before the awards ceremony.
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Also of note is the second Palme d'Or for French cinema, won by Flóra Anna Buda and her short 27, produced by Miyu Productions. Animation Magazine spoke about it in the article below.
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The Film Stage presented the three journalists who formed the 2nd edition of Unifrance's Critic's Lab at Cannes:
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And Screen highlighted the Unifrance 10 to Watch Day at Cannes.
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Another important festival for French cinema was Panorama Chine (April 27-June 30). China Daily reported on it:
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The international press also reported on the latest theatrical releases of French films.
In Germany, Critic.de published a long article on De Humani Corporis Fabrica, released in the country on Mubi: "an unusual experience."
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Portugal welcomed Simone: The Journey of the Century in cinemas. C7nema published an interview with actress Elsa Zylberstein.
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Omar Sy, in Spain to present Father & Soldier, was interviewed by El Nacional: "I don't want to be a reference, I want to sleep peacefully at night."
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In Greece, The Crime Is Mine released theatrically on June 1. The daily Ethnos published an interview with Nadia Tereszkiewicz:
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In Japan, Nobody Mag focused the spotlight on One Fine Morning .
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And in Australia, Pierre Niney gave an interview to Filmink, following the release of Mascarade in this country.
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Television
The American website Vulture recommended the Japanese/French series Drops of God: "an Intoxicating Pairing."
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On the Audiovisual 451 website, we learned that Shine Ibera bought the rights to The A Talks.
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Señal News announced the agreement between Dandelooo and Midolala for the latter to handle the development of pre-sales and management of co-production partnerships and opportunities in the Chinese market for Dandelooo's programming slate.
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C21 Media revealed the acquisition of Ivory Coast-based production and distribution company Côte Ouest by Mediawan.
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World Screen announced the round table on French animation to be held at the next TV Kids Summer Festival.
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Cartoon Brew informed us that Netflix had acquired world rights to Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which will be available on the platform from July 28.
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We end this roundup with the British magazine Drama Quarterly's article on HIP, an investigation into how screenwriters have sought to depict autism on screen.
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