Cannes Report
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Cannes Lessons: Sideshows Are Fun, but ‘Love’ Is All You Need
The 2012 Cannes Film Festival honored Europeans and went for the emotion, but a crazy American film snuck in there too
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Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour’ Wins Palme d’Or
Michael Haneke's quiet, emotional story of aging and dying, "Amour," takes top prize; "Reality" and "The Angels' Share" are runners-up, but English-language films are nearly shut out
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Cannes 2012: Sundance Selects Acquires ‘Like Someone in Love’
Sundance Selects picks up U.S. rights to former Palme d'Or winner Abbas Kiarostami's "Like Someone to Love"
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Cannes 2012: Indomina Acquires Wild and Weird ‘Holy Motors’
Leos Carax's "Holy Motors," one of the festivals most acclaimed but divisive films, goes to the Indomina Group on the eve of the Cannes awards ceremony
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Cannes 2012: Oscilloscope Acquires Matteo Garrone’s ‘Reality’
Oscilloscope plans 2013 release for "Reality," story about reality television starring an actor serving prison time for murder
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Cannes 2012: IFC Midnight Acquires Erotic Korean Drama ‘Taste of Money’
IFC will handle North American distribution for Im Sang-soo's "The Taste of Money," a drama about sexual desires and power struggles in a rich Korean family
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Cannes 2012: ‘Despues de Lucia’ Wins Top Prize in Un Certain Regard
Michel Franco's Mexican drama "Despues de Lucia" takes top award from jury headed by Tim Roth; Emile Dequenne and Suzanne Clement win acting awards
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Cannes 2012: ‘In the Fog,’ ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Win Critics Awards
International critics' association FIPRESCI honors "In the Fog," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Hold Back"; Eucumenical Jury goes for "The Hunt"
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Cannes 2012: ‘Mud’ Director Jeff Nichols Steals the Spotlight from Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon
Jeff Nichols so captivates the media after a screening of "Mud" that they ignore his two stars, Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey
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Cannes 2012: Does the Palme d’Or Race Come Down to Naughty vs. Nice?
Day 11: It's (almost) all over but the voting, and the two frontrunners in the Palme d'Or race appear to be the quiet, emotional "Amour" and the loud, crazy "Holy Motors"
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Cannes 2012: ‘No’ Wins Top Prize at Directors Fortnight
Chilean film "No," starring Gael Garcia Bernal, is among prize-winners in Cannes' Directors Fortnight section
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Cannes 2012: ‘The Anti-Semite’ Is Banned From Cannes Marketplace
Anti-Defamation League applauds cancellation of Cannes market screenings for film featuring "grotesque anti-Semitism"
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Cannes 2012: Russian Student Film ‘Doroga Na’ Wins Cinefondation Award
Student films from Russia, the United States and Cuba are selected by Cannes' Cinefondation jury headed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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Cannes 2012: Alec Baldwin Apologizes for Trashing Harvey Weinstein
Alec Baldwin pulls out of his onstage appearance at the amfAR gala but makes up with Harvey Weinstein after publicly blasting the mogul earlier in the festival
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Cannes 2013: Anchor Bay Films Wins Rights to ‘Shadow People’
Arclight Films sells rights to Chinese romantic drama "Dangerous Liaisons"