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Exiled Russian director returns to Cannes, decries war

The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the few Russian filmmakers at this year's Cannes Film Festival, says “art is always against war."

The Independent UK

Cannes 2022: 'Top Gun: Maverick' touches down on the Croisette

On day two of the Cannes Film Festival, FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us why the première of "Top Gun: Maverick" has movie fans jostling to catch a glimpse of US actor Tom Cruise on the red carpet. We also take a look at the first films competing for the…

France 24

Cannes Film Festival goes back to the future with post-Covid reboot

After two years of Covid disruption, the Cannes Film Festival returns to its traditional May slot for a 75th anniversary edition stacked with celebrated auteurs and Hollywood starpower, including Tom Cruise. The French Riviera gathering, which opens on Tuesday in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, promises to balance…

France 24

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Political, provocative and preposterous: why Cannes is a ‘cathedral of cinema’

The French cultural institution, which turns 75 this year, has always been a battle between radicalism and elitism – but that’s what makes it so essential

The Guardian - UK

Cannes Marks Its 75th Year in Nostalgic Form

From Maverick to Bowie to Elvis, the Cannes Film Festival launches its 75th-anniversary edition on Tuesday with a roster full of icons from the last century. The world's foremost film festival always tries to strike a balance between serious arthouse fare and popcorn-guzzling entertainment, AFP said. It has scored some…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cannes Festival refuses entry to Russian journalists from publications that do not oppose war in Ukraine

Official Russian delegates and anyone linked to Putin’s government have also been banned

The Independent UK

Russian theatre drops directors who spoke out against Ukraine war

The renowned Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow did not provide an official reason for cancelling two long-awaited performances.

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Russia's Bolshoi drops shows by two directors who spoke out against war

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has upset opera and ballet fans by abruptly cancelling a series of shows this week by directors who have spoken out against the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Germany ‘ready’ to ban Russian oil

Ukraine news from May 2: Economy minister says Berlin could back embargo, as EU energy ministers debate fresh sanctions.

Al Jazeera

'Top Gun' to star at Cannes film fest under Ukraine shadow

With tensions around the war in Ukraine as a backdrop, the Cannes Film Festival plans to host some 35,000 people as the movie industry looks to reclaim its pre-pandemic glamour

The Independent UK

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov on Ukraine: 'This is a war and Russia started it'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov said that what was happening in Ukraine is indeed "a war" and that Russia "quite obviously" started it. In his native Russia, the conflict is being called a "special military operation" and describing it as a war…

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