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Festivals

Summer (Leto) – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

This shape­less, dra­ma-free dirge through the rock scene in 1980s Leningrad has no place in the Cannes competition.
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Cold War – first look review

by David Jenkins

This minia­ture mono­chrome epic from Pawel Paw­likows­ki is a extra­or­di­nary piece of cin­e­mat­ic craftsmanship.
A man rides a donkey-drawn cart on a rural road, with another person walking in the background.
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Yomeddine – first look review

by Manuela Lazic

This sweet but slight Egypt­ian road movie fol­lows a lep­er and an orphan on the road to self-discovery.
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Birds of Passage – first look review

by David Jenkins

Embrace of the Ser­pent direc­tor Ciro Guer­ra returns with a full-bore nar­co saga set in rur­al Colombia.
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Everybody Knows – first look review

by Adam Woodward

Asghar Farha­di returns to Cannes with a slow­burn domes­tic dra­ma about secrets, lies and unset­tled scores.
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote may not screen at Cannes after all…

by Adam Woodward

Legal action could pre­vent Ter­ry Gilliam’s pas­sion project from pre­mier­ing at the fes­ti­val next month.
Two men in historical costumes on horseback, one wearing a leather jacket and scarf, the other in armour and a helmet, against a backdrop of trees and buildings.
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will close the 71st Cannes Film Festival

by Adam Woodward

Ter­ry Gilliam’s epic pas­sion project is set to receive its world pre­mière on 19 May.
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Gaspar Noé is unveiling his new film at the 50th Directors’ Fortnight

by David Jenkins

The French provo­ca­teur will be joined by Ciro Guer­ra and Debra Granik at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
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The Cannes Film Festival just announced its most diverse line-up ever

by David Jenkins, Adam Woodward

Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee and Alice Rohrwach­er are set to com­pete for this year’s Palme d’Or.
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Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows to open the 71st Cannes Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

Every­body Knows is set for the cov­et­ed open­ing slot of the fes­ti­val on 8 May.