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What initially appeared to some to be a bomb scare forced the partial evacuation of the Cannes Film Festival’s main venue, the Palais des Festivals, this afternoon. Police set up a security perimiter in the area surrounding the building, and shortly after 3PM local time, a bomb squad destroyed a suspicious package outside, causing a slight explosion, France Info reported. The alert was subsequently called off with police tweeting a “return to normal.”

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentWriter-director Jonas Carpignano has scored at Cannes with “A Chiara,” winning the Europa Cinemas Cannes Label nod for best European film at Directors’ Fortnight, the festival’s biggest independent parallel section. Carpignano took the same prize for his previous film, “A Ciambra,” which was exec produced by Martin Scorsese, in 2017.In the second big Directors’ Fortnight prize announcement, Vincent Maël Cardona’s feature debut “Magnetic Beats (“Les Magnétiques”) won the section’s SACD Prize, awarded by France’s Writers’ Guild.

Eddie Alcazar is gearing up to make his Cannes debut with the short film The Vandal on Thursday night, a long way away from his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was raised by a single mother of Bolivian heritage. She will be one of many honored guests attending the film’s world premiere where executive producer Darren Aronofsky will present their collaboration.

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It’s safe to say that director Sean Baker‘s latest film, “Red Rocket,” is one of the most anticipated of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. “The Florida Project,” Baker’s last film, premiered during the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes 2017 and quickly became one of the most talked-about films at the festival.

The Robert Bresson quote that opens the anthology film “Year of the Everlasting Storm” — “you don’t create by adding, but by taking away” — makes a tidy adage of the time-honored idea that deprivation breeds innovation. Just as the signees of the Dogme 95 Manifesto believed that restricting themselves along various formal guidelines would enforce a newfound authenticity in their work, the seven directors contributing to this omnibus operate under the premise that the obstructions of the COVID-19 era could be more boon than bane, compelling them to get crafty and dig deeper.

Cannes Film Festival, was hit by a temporary lockdown on Thursday afternoon. The building is expected to be closed for upwards of 45 minutes.Police said at 3pm local time that they had found a suspicious package in a storage area at the back of the building and that they were preparing to investigate.“This is not a bomb alert.

Helen Mirren to Jodie Foster gracing the red carpet with their elegant styles. In addition to being a go-to spot for top celebrity fashion, the festival has also seen some sweet moments between friends and families.

In “A Hero” (“Ghahreman”), Asghar Farhadi blurs the line of innocence and guilt in a fraught drama about the true weight of a good deed. During a two-day reprieve from prison, Rahim Soltani (Amir Jadidi) and his girlfriend Farkhondeh (Sahar Goldust) discover a handbag full of golden coins.

A confidential screening of Hong Kong protests documentary Revolution Of Our Times was held for select members of the press at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. Not on the official schedule, the Special Screenings title is a harrowing two-hour-plus look at the 2019 pro-democracy riots and is directed by Kiwi Chow (A Complicated Story, Ten Years, Beyond The Dream).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn a late move, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the addition of a new film to its official line-up. The documentary, “Revolution of Our Times,” depicts recent political and social events in Hong Kong, and will play on Friday in a special screening.Cannes this year is chock full of issue-led programming about climate change, crises in Africa, diversity and equality.

Celine Dion has received a five-minute standing ovation at Cannes film festival.The biopic stars its 57-year-old director Valerie Lemercier. The filmmaker plays the singer at each stage of her life, including her childhood.

The Basic Instinct actress looked blooming amazing as she walked the red carpet in a baby-blue tulle gown covered in an explosion of multi-coloured roses.Sharon teamed her dazzling Dolce and Gabbana gown with diamond earrings for the premier of The Story of My Wife.After help navigating a staircase with her flowing skirt, she turned to wave at thrilled fans - who thought her fabulous frock was the stuff of fairytales.One said on social media: "She appeared as Cinderella".

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Spotify playlisting and more.Winners will also have the opportunity to share the stage with Yungblud at his headline shows in January 2022.New acts from across Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region are all eligible to enter Musicians Wanted 2021, with no restrictions on genre. Submissions will be judged by an expert panel comprised of rapper Denzel Curry, Grammy-nominated artist and songwriter to the stars Julia Michaels, and 88rising’s founder Sean Miyashiro, and Yungblud.The top five finalists from each region will perform at the Vans Musicians Wanted virtual concert series in September 2021.

Red Rocket director Sean Baker is prepared to receive hate mail, he said at a press conference in Cannes on Thursday.

Naman Ramachandran Grasshopper Film and Gratitude Films have jointly acquired U.S. distribution rights to Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard selection “Rehana” from sales agent Films Boutique.The film will open in cinemas in early 2022 followed by digital, home video, and non-theatrical releases.The deal was negotiated by Ryan Krivoshey of Grasshopper Film with Julien Razafindranaly of Films Boutique.The film follows Rehana, played by Azmeri Haque Badhon, an assistant professor at a medical college, who struggles to keep the harmony between work and family, as she has to play all the complex roles of a teacher, doctor, sister, daughter, and mother.

French Dispatch actor’s outfit at Tuesday night’s Louis Vuitton dinner during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.  For the star-studded event — which was also attended by Spike Lee, Amina Muaddi, and Maria Bakalova, among others — Chalamet wore (shocker!) Louis Vuitton in the form of an ‘80s-inspired teal track jacket from the spring ‘22 menswear collection, as well as two locket bracelets that designer Virgil Abloh made in partnership with UNICEF.

The eclectic veteran French director Jacques Audiard shifts gears yet again (his last feature was 2018’s unusual western, The Sisters Brothers) with Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades), an adaptation of stories by the American comic book writer and artist Adrian Tomine. It’s an oddly segmented affair that involves a great deal of sex — quite a bit of it thwarted or in other ways less than satisfactory, at least where the women are concerned — is shot predominantly in black-and-white and seems more like tasty samplings from a smorgasbord rather than a full meal.

A man declares he will marry the next woman to walk into a bar. That’s the most interesting thing about Ildiko Enyedi’s The Story Of My Wife, a flat Cannes Film Festival competition entry that squanders its intriguing premise.