This year’s five titles represent a wide spectrum of voices, from emerging talents to seasoned auteurs, from independent studios to international collaborations. Whether through deeply personal stories, daring stylistic choices or genre-defying narratives, this year’s selection underscores why animation continues to be one of cinema’s most exciting mediums

For the second time in six years — and only the fourth in its 78-year history — the movie that cinched the Palme d’Or at Cannes went on to win best picture at the Oscars. When it happened to “Parasite,” it was easy to look on that as a fluke. Not since “No Country for Old Men” (another film launched at Cannes) had a genre film earned the Academy’s top prize. And of course, no South Korean movie had ever won (or even so much as been nominated) for best picture before. But the

Credit: Petit Chaos Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “ All We Imagine as Light ” could find itself being in the enviable position...

Credit: Jean-Louis Hupe Can the Cannes Film Festival top itself after a 2022 edition that premiered three picture nominees, “Top Gun:...

Stars at Noon (Courtesy of A24) New movies from directors Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, Ruben Östlund, Kelly Reichardt and Paul Schrader...

WME Independent / UTA / CAA As the global film industry emerges from the worst of the pandemic — and wide-ranging consolidation in the...

Brut Brut, Cannes’s new official partner, is bringing the world’s biggest film festival in the metaverse with Epic Games’ hit vidgame...

Courtesy of MK2 Films The Cannes Film Festival has added a string of new titles to its Official Selection, including three movies in...

BAFTA BAFTA has unveiled new eligibility rules for British debut movies that will widen the net for emerging filmmakers. For the first...

Gaspar Noé’s “Vortex,” an acclaimed meditation on mortality told entirely in split-screen, has sold to Utopia. The deal is for North...

Cannes Film Festival (Courtesy of Sipa/AP Images) The Cannes Film Festival has confirmed a new set of dates for this year’s event, which...

Courtesy of FIF/Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival is set to announce by the end of the month whether it will keep its May...