The film:  Palme d'Or laureates for Rosetta in 1999 and L’Enfant (The Child) in 2005, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne return to Festival Competition with Lorna's Silence. The filmmaking brothers have also served as Presidents of the Cinéfondation and Short Films Juries (in 2000) and of the Caméra d'Or Jury in 2006. In their latest feature, they take another plunge into their hometown, Liège, Belgium, to explore the character of Lorna, a young Albanian woman drawn by love into a sordid...

« It’s an odd place where to show films which are not sure of a theatre release to people who are not sure to go and see them, but the oddest of this thing, with Cannes, is the result of all this effervescence: to give the desire to see films, the desire to make films, the desire to love film. »Gilles Jacob« Cannes is the cinema: glamour and rigour, silly and serious, sexual and cerebral, excessive and refined, art and business, the ridiculous and the sublime. An elitism so discriminatory, ...

During my current experiment of trying to "do" Cannes while not actually being there (in others words, virtually if not physically), it is quite astonishing to me that so little actual coverage is available to the average American consumer. Yes, we did catch a glimpse of Tom Hanks on the red carpet, and read much speculation about the fate of THE DA VINCI CODE, but it seems that anything that is not part of the tyranny of celebrity gossip finds scant space in American newspapers or television s...

The 34th Festival du Nouveau Cinéma has chosen L’Enfant, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium, 2005) and De battre mon cœur s’est arrêté, Jacques Audiard (France, 2005) as the opening and closing films for the Festival’s 34th edition, with screenings on Thursday, October 13 and Saturday, October 22 at the Imperial Cinema. The Palme d’Or winner from this year’s Cannes Festival, L’Enfant, distributed in Quebec by TVA Films, tells the story of Bruno, a 20-year-old delinquent who l...

– PortugalIn The Darkness of the Night by Canijo– SpainObaba by Armendáriz- ItalyPrivate by Saverio Costanzo – FinlandMother of Mine by Klaus - BelgiumL'Enfant by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne- HongrieFateless by Lajos– FranceJoyeux Noël by Christian Carion– PolandKomornik – Germany/AustriaHidden - Caché– NorwayKissed By Winter– SwedenZozo – DenmarkAdam’s Apples – SwitzerlandWinter without a fire ...

The 58th Cannes Film Festival concluded after ten days of glorious cinema on May 21, and the distinguished jury of the official selection awarded prizes to directors, actors and screenwriters. The closing ceremony was officiated by Cécile de France who called on jury president Emir Kusturica to reveal the recipients of the awards.Two Palme d'Or, Two Brothers!The coveted "Palme d'Or" went to L'Enfant (The Child)directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, the story of a couple who sell their baby an...

Questions and Answers with Thierry Frémaux Cannes Festival Managing Director and Artistic Director.Cannes May 11-21, 2005 - What makes up the Official Selection?As it does every year, the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes 2005 comprises the Compétition, Un Certain Regard, Hors Compétition screenings, special screenings and midnight screenings. It also offers a short film competition and a film school competition (Cinéfondation). Cannes Classics is a selection of heritage films, sh...