Cannes Film Festival

MIFF to screen record number of films direct from the Cannes Film Festival

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will include a whopping 43 feature films and special shorts hand picked from this year’s Cannes Film Festival. For many of these films, this will be their first screening outside of Cannes. Ahead of the full program announcement on 10 July, the Cannes line-up will feature festival award winners…

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Bong Joon-ho’s OKJA mildly NSFW trailer looks like the mutant super-pig film you never knew you wanted

Who would have thought that one of the most anticipated movies of the year would be a film about a mutant super-pig? Well, this is thanks to the critically acclaimed Korean director, Bong Joon-ho, whose previous films have been critical successes all over the world. His impressive resume so far includes films like the strikingly…

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Australian Genna Chanelle Hayes heads to Cannes

Filmmaker and actress Genna Chanelle Hayes sees the international debut of her film, Wurinyan at Cannes this week.   Wurinyan is a short film about human connection from different backgrounds. It is set in Sydney’s eastern suburbs with an all Australian cast including Mark Coles Smith, Christine Anu and  Peter Mochrie. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to have our film screened…

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Film Review: The Lobster (UK, 2015)

Yorgos Lanthimos’ first English-language feature film is a brutal and confronting dark comedy with a touch of surrealism. In a community that is fixated on couples, a man called David (Colin Farrell) checks into a hotel where he must either find a suitable partner in 45 days, or be turned into an animal of his choice….

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Entertainment One Announces Cannes Lineup

Entertainment One have recently announced their latest theatrical release schedule, and are delighted to announce that three of their films will have their world premier at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Now in its 68th year, the festival is set to run from May 13-24. Amy From the BAFTA-winning team behind the acclaimed documentary Senna, comes…

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Entertainment One announces its 2015 lineup for Cannes Film Festival

The 68th Cannes Film Festival is fast approaching and Entertainment One is on board, screening 3 films at the prestigious event. First up is a moving and deeply personal journey into the life and times of late singer Amy Winehouse entitled Amy. The team behind Senna have ascertained interviews with close friends and  family and…

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