Young actors are making waves at this year’s Cannes film festival — often in films that are hardly suitable children’s viewing. AFP takes a look at some of the kids who are making a splash: Starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell, family horror “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” has shocked audiences at the world’s … Read more
South African visual artist William Kentridge, best known for his animated films of shape-shifting charcoal drawings, won on Thursday Spain’s top arts prize, the Princess of Asturias award. The prize jury hailed Kentridge, 62, as “one of the most multifaceted innovative artists on the international scene” in its citation for the 50,000 euros ($57,000) award. … Read more
Will Smith has been nominated for two Oscars (The Pursuit of Happyness and Ali) Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jessica Chastain will sit on the Cannes jury when the festival kicks off next month. The pair, both former Oscar nominees, will help choose the Palme d’Or winner from films including Michael Haneke’s Happy End and … Read more
Sofia Coppola’s Civil War thriller “The Beguiled” starring Nicole Kidman and “Happy End” by Austria’s Michael Haneke starring French icon Isabelle Huppert are among the 18 films picked to compete in Cannes, organisers said Thursday. Also in the running at the 70th anniversary edition of the festival will be Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck”, relating the parallel … Read more