Cannes 2011. New Films by Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof by mubi.com - David Hudson on 8 May 2011
Huge announcement from the Cannes Film Festival today: "Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, currently subject to legal proceedings in Iran which earned them a sentence of six years in prison and a 20-year employment ban, to which they have appealed, will be in Cannes with two films made in semi-clandestine conditions and which reached the festival in recent days. Cannes announces last minute film in competition by The Independent on 5 May 2011
The official selection at Cannes will consist of 20 films, organisers announced Wednesday, after they added "The Artist" by French director Michel Hazanavicius just a week before the event begins. The black and white silent film, starring US actor John Goodman, France's Jean... Cannes to Fete Egypt as the First Annual Country of Honor by Hollywood Reporter on 28 April 2011
PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes will be walking like an Egyptian up the Palais red carpet steps this year with the fest set to welcome Egypt as the first annual country of honor among other late entries to the official selection. Egypt will be the first of a new Cannes tradition to welcome a... 'The Beloved,' with Catherine Deneuve, will close the Cannes Film Festival by LA Times - Steven Zeitchik on 28 April 2011
The Cannes Film Festival has announced that "Les Bien-Aimes" ("The Beloved"), a French-language romantic comedy set across Europe in different parts of the 20th century, will be the closing-night movie. Catherine Deneuve stars in the movie, which is directed by Cannes veteran Christophe Honore... 
