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The biggest teen star of her generation is eyeing a long term international career, if her 2016 films are any indication (Click here)
The biggest teen star of her generation is eyeing a long term international career, if her 2016 films are any indication (Click here)
The Cannes Classic sidebar was home to the World Premiere of Nicholas Winding Refn's restoration of Italian horro legend Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (Click here)
The feature debut for French director Julia Ducournau is a chilling, charming, stomach-churning minor classic of the vet-students-as-cannibals sub-genre (Click here)
What reads as the dream-come-true triptych of the great storytellers Steven Spielberg, Roald Dahl and Disney Studios becomes something else entirely in the finished product (Click here)
A Russian teen turns increasingly hostile as dogmatic Christian fundamentalism drives him towards an act of heartbreaking religious extremism in Kirill Serebrennikov's The Student. (Click here)
The Hollywood power triptych of George Clooney, Julia Roberts and director Jodie Foster deliver bang-for-buck and some social commentary to boot in their crowdpleasing thriller, Money Monster (Click here)
Woody Allen returns to The Croisette with a work of sweet, sly immorality, a star turn from Kristen Stewart and award season buzz for veteran DOP Vittorio Storaro (Click here)
Shine director Scott Hicks returns to the obsessive personalities and brilliant talents of classical music in his new documentary, Highly Strung (Click here)
An expanded focus on international content and a strong commitment to diversified visions highlight the 250+ films on offer at this year's Sydney Film Festival (Click here)
A third Opening Night honour for Woody Allen ensures the director a place in cinema history even before the 69th Cannes Film Festival launches next week (Click here)
A surfing protege denied the life he envisioned and the country girl struggling with acceptance share a newly-unified fate in Michael Lawrence's heartbreaking, spirit-lifting doco (Click here)
Under the curative might of Richard Sowada, a new film festival event celebrates the fearless and off-centre spirit of American independent cinema and the mavericks, like John Cassavetes (pictured, left) who have forged its path (Click here).
A Canadian octogenarian, a Hungarian with one feature to his name, an Iranian producer imprisoned for her films and Spiderman's girlfriend are just some of the jurors who'll serve under Aussie George Miller at this years Cannes Film Festival (Click here).
Artistic director Edouard Waintrop fought back tears while honouring the late Ronit Elkabetz, ensuring the announcement of his Director's Fortnight program was a solemn gathering. (Click here)
The full transcript of the SCREEN-SPACE Live Blog event, including the full list of In-Competition films for Cannes 2016 (Click here)