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COUNTRIES ONLINE
Join us on a journey through the greatest filmmaking countries. Our short articles summarize the history of cinema as seen through the eyes of specialists. Each text is brought to life by film extracts, photographs, posters, personal accounts and...
POLAND
BY CHRISTIAN SZAFRANIAK* In France, when we think of Polish cinema, a few names spring to mind: Polanski, Wajda, Kieslowski, Zulawski, Skolimowski, and maybe also Munk, Kawalerowicz and Has. A slightly older generation or the most eager...
GERMANY
BY WIM WENDERS* Dreamed up before the Second World War (Louis Lumière should have been its first President!), the Festival didn´t actually get underway until 1946 — one effect of Germany's most disastrous contribution not only to history,...
UNITED KINGDOM
BY GILLES JACOB “There is no such thing as British cinema,” François Truffaut once said, never at a loss for provocative exaggeration. Well, well! Who would have thought that our François suffered from historical...
Press review about the 2012 Selection
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Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke's 'Amour' Wins Palme d’Or
Press article - Rebecca Leffler - hollywoodreporter.com - 27 May 2012Nanni Moretti and his jury fell for the Austrian filmmaker's ode to love as the festival wrapped...
Haneke's 'Love' conquers Cannes top prize
Agencie article - AFP - 27 May 2012Cannes, France, May 27, 2012 (AFP) - "Love", a wrenching tale of a devoted Parisian husband caring for his dying wife, took the top prize at Cannes on Sunday, bringing a second Palme d'Or to Austrian director Michael Haneke.Starring French acting legend Jean-Louis Trintignant, the French-language film beat 21 other movies to claim Cannes gold for Haneke three years after he won with "The White Ribbon" set on the eve of World War I.Danish...
Thérèse Desqueyroux
Press article - Dan Fainaru - screendaily.com - 27 May 2012Fifty years after George Franju’s adaptation of the Francois Mauriac novel reached the Paris...
