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HFPA journalist Michele Manelis met Antonio Banderas at Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s offices in West Hollywood.   In this in-depth interview, Banderas looks back to the beginning of his career as a theatre actor and tells why he feels that theatre was like a woman he abandoned.

HFPA Grantee In 1997 a group of Latino activists and cinema lovers living in Los Angeles realized that there was a lack of exposure of Latin American film and film culture within the community. In response, they began screening vintage Mexican films in L.

The weather was perfect Riviera spring, the photographers were at the ready, bizarre creatures roamed the Croisette (some of them promoting a new kids' movie) and the Palais des Festivals hosted its first press conference and its first gala screening. The 71st  Cannes Film Festival is officially open.

Showcasing films outside the mainstream and connecting indie filmmakers is part of the mission of the IndieLisboa International Film Festival, which held its 15th edition this year in Lisbon, Portugal. Nuno Sena, one of the three festival directors, is very happy how it went: “The most remarkable achievement of this year's festival was the increase in audience numbers.

And we're off…. Hours before the opening ceremony and the screening of Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish language Todos lo saben, starring the high voltage husband-and-wife team of Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, the Competition Jury press conference signaled the 71st Cannes Film Festival is officially underway.

Early trend on the first day of the 71st Cannes Film Festival: hair was anything but boring. Knots, buns, braids, curls and controlled non-control epitomized by the amazing Isabelle Adjani.

The glamour of Cannes is unfolding as you look at this. Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York brought out the glitterati and hinted at what we will see on the Croisette in the days ahead – though the Met Gala provided extreme spectacle of a unique kind.

The 71st Cannes Film Festival begins under the pressure from assorted and interesting forces: the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, which put women’s rights front and center in the entertainment industry; the clash between French distributors and streaming platforms, especially Netflix; and the growing disenchantment from major studios and independents with the cost, the length, the timing and the peculiarities of the festival. At a last-minute, unscheduled press conference on the eve of the festival, Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux handed out #MeToo flyers to participants, announced a hotline – a phone number an email address – to allow attendees to reach out and denounce instances of harassment.

Here’s a quick look at some of the things we’ll be looking for off-screen and on the red carpet throughout this year’s Cannes Film Festival: spectacular fashion, distinctive accessories, the de rigueur heels that women are demanded to wear. A quick look at the accessories and glamour of last year’s Cannes Film Festival.

In a country whose film industry has rapidly – and firmly – established itself as one of the most dynamic in the world, it's no wonder that the Jeonju International Film Festival, which runs May 3 -12, is quickly finding an international – not just Asian – recognition. The festival takes place in the old town of Jeonju, one and a half hour fast-train ride south of the capital of Seoul, a much smaller town filled with traditional houses, restaurants, walkways, street food and young people often wearing the traditional Hanbok costume strolling its streets and parks.