Every day at 9:30PM, the Festival de Cannes reinvents itself as night falls, transforming the Croisette's Plage Macé, opposite the Majestic hotel, into an open-air cinema. In addition to the screenings, meetings and Official Selection events held at the Palais des Festivals, this is another way for everyone to get involved to the great cinema party. The program for the 78th Festival will include: film teams on stage, premieres and world cinema classics. From Hong Kong ac...

Check out the 78th Festival Official Selection screenings guide from May 13 to 24 and organize your stay in Cannes!    ...

With the following films, the Official Selection of the 78th Festival de Cannes is now complete. Competition     RÉSURRECTION Bi Gan ...

Rebecca Hall (Warner Bros.’ MonsterVerse franchise, Disney’s The BFG, Ethan Cohen’s Holmes & Watson) is set to star in the zombie-action horror film Zero Protocol, it was announced today. The film is directed by Debs Paterson (Paramount+’s “Halo,” Disney’s “Willow,” MGM+’s “Domina”), written by Dan Hall (The Silent Hour starring Joel Kinnaman), and produced by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s Imaginarium Prod...

Anton Handling International Rights, UTA Independent Film Group and Range Select Arranged Financing and Represent North American Rights   Theo James (Neon’s The Monkey, HBO’s “The White Lotus,” Guy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen”) is ing Vince Vaughn (Dragged Across Concrete, Brawl In Cell Block 99) in the gangster thriller The Bookie & the Bruiser, it was announced today. The film is written and directed by S. Craig Zahler (winner of Best Direc...

Leading global entertainment company Palisades Park Pictures is launching international sales ahead of the Cannes Film Market on writer-director Alex Vlack’s feature film debut, The Revisionist, starring Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie, Rain Man), Alison Brie (Promising Young Woman, “Glow,”), André Holland (Moonlight, Selma), and Tom Sturridge (Netflix’s “The Sandman,” On the Road).  The announcement came today from Palisades’ CE...

  Please welcome Brazil as our 2025 Country of Honour at the Marché du Film!  Discover a vibrant series of events in Cannes celebrating Brazil’s audiovisual industry, visionary talents, and standout projects across all our key programs.  This special edition coincides with the Brazil- Season, commemorating 200 years of cultural an...

David Dastmalchian (Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Apple TV+’s “Murderbot”) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian, The Watchers) are set to star in the horror-thriller The Shepherd, it was announced today. The film is directed by John Hyams (Sick, Alone, HBO’s documentary The Smashing Machine) and written by Alexander Gustaveson. Anton is handling worldwide rights and co-repping North American rights with UTA ...

Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious franchise, Steve McQueen’s Widows) and Golden Globe winner Richard Gere (Pretty Woman, Unfaithful, Chicago, The Agency) are set to star in the survival thriller Left Seat, it was announced today. The film is directed by Ben Younger (Bleed for This, Boiler Room, Prime, FX’s “Snowfall”). David M. Crabtree wrote the screenplay, with current revisions by Ben Younger. Anton is handling international sales, and WME Indepen...

  A Showcase into the World of Animation On Tuesday evening, 6 May 2025, the 32nd edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) – ’s largest animation film festival – was officially opened at Gloria 1 cinema. At the Festival Opening, directors Heike Mozer and Annegret Richter welcomed the audience in the sold-out auditorium, ed by State Secretary for Culture Arne Braun (Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts), Stuttgart’s Lo...

Film AlUla, the film agency of the Royal Commission for AlUla, has signed a landmark agreement with MBS MENA Limited, the newly established regional entity of The MBS Group, the world’s leading studio operator and production services provider, to exclusively manage and operate the state-of-the-art AlUla Studios. This strategic partnership marks a first-of-its-kind collaboration in the region, pairing Saudi Arabia’s premier production hub with a globally recognised studio bra...

Catalan Films returns to the 78th edition of Festival de Cannes, running from May 13th to 24th, with 6 standout productions in the Official Selection and a strong presence at Marché du Film. A delegation of 70 Catalan companies will hit La Croisette and Catalan Films will host industry events to connect, collaborate, and spotlight the talent shaping our audiovisual scene. Come and visit us at our stand Riviera A4!   ...

  Get our latest FOCUS World Film Market Trends Report in Cannes! Drop by on our stand H1 (Riviera) and there's a free copy for you!   ...

  SCELF, the French-Language Publishers' Copyright Collective, and the Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival announce the 12th edition of Shoot The Book!, to be held on May 15 and 16, 2025, at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. Since its creation, Shoot The Book! has established itself as a key event at the Marché du Film for publishing and film industry professionals. Each year in Cannes, literary works are presented to producers seeking new material to adapt, re...

   A spread of films and talent presented at CineMart and backed by the Hubert Bals Fund are once again a fixture of the Cannes lineup in 2025, telling profound family histories, stories of migrant resilience, Italian cowboys, the ruthless world of J-Pop – and a possessed vacuum cleaner. Two titles were financially ed with €60,000 of production funds each through the HBF+Europe scheme. Alumni of our Rotterdam Lab producers' workshop are also featured t...

Here are the links to the book reel and Amazon page for FILM SYNTAX, a non-fiction book that I recently released concerning the unspoken language of film. FILM SYNTAX - BOOK REEL on YouTube:      https://youtu.be/OS2Q_y5skdk FILM SYNTAX Amazon link:                https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZVM9L9N   Dive into the cinematic universe with Film Syntax by James W. Hawk, a meticulously craf...

'LALA, MY REDHEAD' Feature film by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala in development stage, with a finalised script Looking for : partners and financiers ing the fight for Women's rights.   On St. Todor’s Day, also known as Horse Easter, the Kalaidzhi Gypsy of Bulgaria celebrate the health of the horse and sell their daughters into marriages! Love and poverty, betrayal and wealth - centuries of traditions put to the test! A com...

'LALA, MY REDHEAD' Feature film by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala in development stage, with a finalised script  Looking for : partners and financiers.   On St. Todor’s Day, also known as Horse Easter, the Kalaidzhi Gypsy of Bulgaria celebrate the health of the horse and sell their daughters into marriages! Love and poverty, betrayal and wealth - centuries of traditions put to the test! A compelling story intricately woven into a comprehensive...

VIET NAM The Dynamic Market in Asia and the New Destination for Global Film Productions I Presented by Viet Nam Tourism Development Fund, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism  WED. 14 MAY, 09:30-11:30 | MAIN STAGE (RIVIERA) & ONLINE     NIGERIA A Landscape Overview of the Nigerian Production Ecosystem  WED. 14 MAY, 10:00-11:00 | PALAIS STAGE (PALAIS -1) & ONLINE     J...

SPOTLIGHTING THE MENA REGION   Through s, awards, and networking events, Arab Cinema Center will spotlight the richness of Arab cinema, explore key industry trends in the MENA region, and foster international dialogue among key filmmakers, producers and decision-makers.         Egyp...

The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) is returning to Cannes for the second edition of its Global Film Commission Network Summit , where highlights will include the presentation of the industry’s first comprehensive playbook for expanding global screen tourism. The “Screen Tourism Stakeholder Matrix and Best Practices Guide” will be presented on 17 May during the film commissioner Summit, which is part of the Marché du Fi...

16 immersive works from 9 countries will be presented in the Selection, including 9 in the Competition. The Immersive Competition Jury will be chaired by French director Luc Jacquet, who will be ed by American artist Laurie Anderson, French writer Tania de Montaigne, British director Martha Fiennes and Japanese video game creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi.  This prestigious jury will have the noble task of awarding the prize for Best Immersive Work at ...

The Legend of Ochi, Review: Conversations with a baby monster Whenever Hollywood films take-up a subject that is steeped in folklore, mythology, talking animals, birds, creatures or monsters, it creates a universe for them. In other, similar films, the creature is neither a hero or villain among his own ilk. Then there is the choice between full-fledged animation, or a combination of Animation and VFX. The Legend of Ochi is one film where the monster is neither glorified nor vilified. Instead...

Auntypreneur, Review: Stock market saves sassy Aunty’s housing society from demolition There are very few of his kind. Pratik Rajen Kothari is a cool, calm live-wire. I had seen him only in plays so far, so it came as a pleasant surprise that he has directed a Gujarati feature film. His father, Rajen Kothari, was an ace cinematographer, who died young. But Pratik is a real chip of the old block. Shot in Ahmedabad, with local actors, barring his protagonist, Supriya Pathak Kapur, the fil...

Another Simple Favor, Review: Hope, Charity, Faith and the other ‘f’ word forever An author who writes reality fiction and has a huge following on her ‘Moms’ social platform; she spills the beans on a gym instructor at a school, who films his children in the buff; he shoots and kills himself; she also provides material in her next book on a woman who, she says, murdered her sister; she sleeps with her half-brother; she has an obese black woman as an publishing agent wh...