Resonances

PARIS, April 12, 2012 (AFP) - British actor and director Tim Roth is to head up the jury at the Cannes film festival's parallel section for up-and-coming talent next month, organisers said on Thursday.Backed by a jury of artists, journalists and festival directors, Roth will pick the best among...

PARIS, April 5, 2012 (AFP) - French film director, producer and screenwriter Claude Miller, whose works include "The Best Way to Walk" and "Class Trip", has died aged 70, his production company said Thursday.Miller died Wednesday in Paris after a long illness, said Les Films du 24, one of his...

ROME, March 21, 2012 (AFP) - Italian script-writer and poet Tonino Guerra, who worked with renowned directors such as Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni, died Wednesday aged 92 in Rimini in central Italy.Guerra, who was born in 1920 and began writing while imprisoned in a German...

PARIS, March 9, 2012 (AFP) - American director Wes Anderson's new film "Moonrise Kingdom" will open the 65th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, the organisers announced Friday.The film, also co-produced by Anderson, will be released the same day in French cinemas prior to its US release on May...