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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Cannes 2025: 'It Was Just an Accident' wins sixth Palme d'Or; check full list of winners here
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival has come to an end, turning attention away from the red carpet glitz and onto the compelling stories that moved audiences and juries throughout the event. This year's edition showcased a powerful selection of films poised to leave a lasting impact on global cinema. Topping the list of honours, It Was Just an Accident claimed the prestigious Palme d'Or, earning Neon its sixth consecutive win. Here's a look at the full list of winners. The jury behind the coveted Palme d'Or The main competition jury was led by European Film Academy president Juliette Binoche, supported by an international panel that included Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sang-soo, Jeremy Strong, Dieudo Hamadi, Carlos Reygadas, Leïla Slimani, and Alba Rohrwacher. Cannes Film Festival 2025: Full winners list Palme d'Or: It Was Just an Accident Grand Prix: Sentimental Value Jury Prize: TIE – Sirât & Sound of Falling Best Actress: Nadia Melliti – The Little Sister Best Actor: Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent Best Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho – The Secret Agent Best Screenplay: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne – The Young Mother's Home Camera d'Or (Best First Feature): Hasan Hadi – The President's Cake Special Award: Bi Gan – Resurrection Short Film Palme d'Or: I'm Glad You're Dead Now – Tawfeek Barhom Short Film Special Mention: Ali – Adnan Al Rajeev Golden Eye Prize: Imago – Déni Oumar Pitsaev Golden Eye 10th Anniversary Special Award: The Six Billion Dollar Man Queer Palm Award: Hafsia Herzi – La Petite Dernière
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How to Watch the 2025 Cannes Awards Ceremony Live Stream
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival came at precarious moment in the history of cinema, yet still managed to revel in the splendors this art form can provide. While the annual international event may be coming to a close, it leaves behind a bevy of gems that will continue to be discussed throughout the year and may even land on the Oscars stage in 2026, as was the case with Sean Baker's 2024 Palme d'Or winner, 'Anora.' But before all that, there still remains the important act of closing out the festivities with the ever-important awards ceremony. Predicting the Palme d'Or recipient has become a cherished pastime for fans and critics alike, but as is the case every year, the final decision rests in the hands of the Main Competition jury. This year it's led by French actress and current European Film Academy president Juliette Binoche, and also includes Halle Berry, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sang-soo, Payal Kapadia, Carlos Reygadas, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, and Jeremy Strong. Films featured in the Un Certain Regard section, such as Scarlett Johansson's 'Eleanor the Great' and Harry Lighton's 'Pillion,' will be judged by jury president Molly Manning Walker, as well as Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Louise Courvoisier, Vanja Kaluđerčić, and Roberto Minervini. More from IndieWire 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes 2025 All 8 'Mission: Impossible' Movies, Ranked Worst to Best Many films are in contention for the Palme this year, but distributor Neon seems to be hedging its bets for what could be its sixth win in a row. During the festival, it acquired three features in addition to the four it bought before this year's fest: Kleber Mendonça Filho's historical thriller 'The Secret Agent,' Iranian dissident Jafar Panahi's nail-biter 'It Was Just an Accident,' and Oliver Laxe's rave tragedy 'Sirât.' Neon acquired the North American distribution rights to Julia Ducarneau's body horror 'Alpha' and Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value' at last year's festival before either went into production. After the successful rollout of 'The Substance' last year and during this year's awards race, Mubi is also jumping into the Palme d'Or fray, with acquisitions of Mascha Schilinski's generational epic 'Sound of Falling' and Lynne Ramsay's maternal drama 'Die My Love.' Coming into the festival, the distributor had already purchased Kelly Reichardt's historical heist film 'The Mastermind' and Oliver Hermanus' 20th Century romance 'A History of Sound,' both of which premiered in competition. The award ceremony will begin Saturday, May 24, at 6:45pm Central European Summer Time (CEST), which translates to 12:45pm ET or 9:45am PT in the United States. You can follow along (in French) via Brut's YouTube channel. Or in English on its Facebook page. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
Time of India
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Feel overjoyed: Pan Nalin on becoming European Film Academy member
, whose Gujarati film Chhello Show (Last Film Show) was India's official entry for Oscars 2023 and also made it to the shortlist, has become a registered member of the European Film Academy (EFA). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Pan, who is shooting for his next film in Italy, tells us, 'I have been told that I am the first film director of Indian origin to be invited by the European Film Academy. It is a huge honour and I feel overjoyed. Cinema was born in Europe and was followed by many waves and innovations. Italian Neorealism, German Expressionism and French New Wave changed global cinema forever. I feel blessed that what I do in my solitude continues to echo in multitude. I feel grateful and want to thank the EFA.' 'We are delighted to officially welcome Pan Nalin as a registered member of the European Film Academy. Together with over 5,400 other long-standing and distinguished members, now he is part of an important community of filmmakers in Europe,' shared Matthijs Wouter Knol (CEO and Director) & Viviane Gajewski of the European Film Academy. What is European Film Academy? The creation of the European Film Academy was the initiative of a group of Europe's finest filmmakers brought together during the first European Film Awards' ceremony in November 1988. It was finally founded in 1989 as the European Cinema Society by its first president Ingmar Bergman and 40 filmmakers to advance the interests of the European film industry. 'Excited that I will get to watch the best of European cinema' Pan, who was also invited to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2022, is excited about this new role. He says, 'I have always tried to make films that are very Indian at heart and this recognition shows that people there have seen my work. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now I was told by several Academy members that they had watched my films like Chhello Show, Samsara and Angry Indian Goddesses and loved them. I am looking forward to the creative discussions with the members and also feel excited that I will get to watch the best of European cinema.' He adds, 'It's heartening to see that Chhello Show continues to get so much love even now. Earlier this year, the film was screened for the royal family of Bhutan. It was also screened in Switzerland for 6,300 school students. Recently, the film was released theatrically in Sao Paolo (Brazil). I can't reveal much about my next film right now. It's an English language film and features some known global actors.' 'For filmmakers like me, co-productions are the way ahead' Pan's films have been co-productions with other countries. Talking about it, he says, 'For filmmakers like me, that is the way ahead because it is difficult to sell the kind of films I make in India. The cost of releasing a film in India is very high. I may make a film for ₹1 crore, but I will need ₹10 crore to release it. So, I love collaborating with people who believe in the kind of stories I want to tell. There is no formula to make a good film. I believe that if I am honest towards my craft and find a story that I fall in love with, the audience will love it too.' He adds, 'Now, the Indian government has a great scheme in place. If an official co-production (with a country that has a co-production treaty with India) is shot in India, about 30 per cent of the expenses (spent in India) is reimbursed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.'
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hamdan Ballal's 'No Other Land' co-directors skewer film academy for silence on attack, detainment
The filmmakers behind "No Other Land" say the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed this week to publicly step up and support co-director Hamdan Ballal when he "needed them most." Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and Palestinian activist Basel Adra, who both co-directed and appeared in the documentary, criticized the film academy Wednesday for its silence on the recent attack against Ballal and his detainment by Israeli military and police in the occupied West Bank. Israel forces detained Ballal on Monday after he was attacked by settlers. He was released Tuesday. Just weeks ago he, Abraham, Adra and Israeli filmmaker Rachel Szor accepted the documentary prize for "No Other Land" at the 97th Academy Awards. Abraham tweeted a heated missive early Wednesday morning, writing that the academy "declined to publicly support Hamdan Ballal while he was beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers." He said several members of the academy, which oversees the Oscars, pushed for a statement in support of Ballal, "but it was ultimately refused." Earlier this week, the European Film Academy and the International Documentary Assn. were among the film groups raising awareness of Ballal's detainment and calling for his release. "We were told that because other Palestinians were beaten up in the settler attack, it could be considered unrelated to the film, so they felt no need to respond," Abraham said. Read more: 'No Other Land' co-director Hamdan Ballal, bloodied and bruised, released from Israeli custody Abraham wrote that his co-director heard Israeli soldiers "joking about the Oscar as they tortured him" and that Ballal "was also targeted for being Palestinian." Adra, retweeting Abraham's post, doubled down his collaborator's claim Wednesday. He tweeted: "They refused to support Hamdan just because he is Palestinian. Another sign that our lives don't matter." "This, it seems, gave the Academy an excuse to remain silent when a filmmaker they honored, living under Israeli occupation, needed them the most," Abraham said, before adding "it's not too late to change this stance." He ended his tweet: "Even now, issuing a statement condemning the attack on Hamdan and the Masafer Yatta community would send a meaningful message and serve as a deterrent for the future." A representative for the academy did not immediately respond to The Times' request for comment. Israeli military and police detained Ballal on Monday evening after a group of settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area as its residents broke their daylong fast for Ramadan, according to the Associated Press. Ballal's wife Lamia Ballal told AP she heard her husband being beaten outside their home and heard him screaming, "I'm dying." She said she saw three men in uniform using the butts of their rifles and that the attention surrounding 'No Other Land's' Oscar win led settlers to 'attack us more.' Read more: In harrowing 'No Other Land,' journalists unite to chronicle a community under siege Abraham and the activist group Center for Jewish Nonviolence announced Ballal's detainment Monday. Abraham tweeted Monday that 'soldiers invaded the ambulance [Ballal] called, and took him.' Adra also tweeted about Ballal's detainment Monday, sharing a photo of a person with their hands behind their back being escorted into a vehicle bearing the Israeli flag. ' still missing after soldiers abducted him, injured and bleeding,' Adra said at the time. On Monday, the Center for Jewish Nonviolence posted time-stamped, dashcam footage on Bluesky of the confrontation. The video showed someone shoving three people and punching one member of the group, and another person — whose face is covered by a mask — joined by several others, picking up an object from the ground and hurling it at the vehicle, destroying the windshield. Anna Lippman, a delegate for the activist group, shared video showing an alternate angle of the confrontation and tweeted photos of a vehicle with shards of glass in the passenger seats. She told The Times on Monday that Israeli soldiers took Ballal from the ambulance where he was receiving care, and also detained two other Palestinian men. Hours after news of Ballal's detainment spread Monday, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that the "violent confrontation" broke out after after several people it described as 'terrorists' allegedly hurled rocks at Israeli citizens and damaged their vehicles. The incident involved 'mutual rock-hurling between Palestinians and Israelis at the scene,' the statement said. According to the statement, IDF and Israel police responded to "disperse the confrontation" and the people it described as 'terrorists' started hurling rocks their way. Israeli forces detained four people, including an Israeli person allegedly involved in the incident, and took them into custody for further questioning. The IDF spokesperson Monday denied the allegations that it detained someone from inside an ambulance. Israeli forces detained Ballal on suspicion of hurling rocks at IDF and police. Ballal was released Tuesday from an Israeli police station with bruises on his face and blood on his clothes. He told AP he was blindfolded, forced to sleep under a "freezing" air conditioner and he "heard the voices of soldiers laughing about me." Read more: The co-directors of 'No Other Land' on Trump's Gaza plan, the Oscars and the fight ahead In a statement to The Times on Wednesday morning, the IDF spokesperson denied 'baseless' allegations that the detainees were beaten at a military detention facility and said forces 'facilitated medical treatment' for the people it detained. The statement said detainees remained handcuffed 'in accordance with operational protocol,' but it did not address Ballal's claims about detainment. Israeli forces questioned three detainees 'on suspicion of rock hurling, property damage, and endangering regional security,' according to the statement. They were released from Israeli custody 'under conditions that include a ban on contact with other individuals involved in the incident and personal bail.' The spokesperson added that an Israeli civilian was allegedly injured in Monday's confrontation and required medical attention. 'The investigation is ongoing, and further arrests are expected,' the statement said. After Ballal's release, Abraham tweeted Tuesday that his co-director "is now free and about to go home to his family." Adra also shared photos of his co-director receiving medical care. The photos show Ballal on a medical exam table with two medical personnel around him, one wrapping a blood pressure monitor around the director's left arm. There are dark stains that look like blood on a sleeve and the front of his striped shirt. Ballal, in an interview with the Guardian published Wednesday, said, "It was a revenge for our movie." "No Other Land" captures Israel's demolition of Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta and displacement of its communities in favor of Israeli military training grounds. Get notified when the biggest stories in Hollywood, culture and entertainment go live. Sign up for L.A. Times entertainment alerts. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Hamdan Ballal's ‘No Other Land' co-directors skewer film academy for silence on attack, detainment
The filmmakers behind 'No Other Land' say the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed this week to publicly step up and support co-director Hamdan Ballal when he 'needed them most.' Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and Palestinian activist Basel Adra, who both co-directed and appeared in the documentary, criticized the film academy Wednesday for its silence on the recent attack against Ballal and his detainment by Israeli military and police in the occupied West Bank. Israel forces detained Ballal on Monday after he was attacked by settlers. He was released Tuesday. Just weeks ago he, Abraham, Adra and Israeli filmmaker Rachel Szor accepted the documentary prize for 'No Other Land' at the 97th Academy Awards. Abraham tweeted a heated missive early Wednesday morning, writing that the academy 'declined to publicly support Hamdan Ballal while he was beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers and settlers.' He said several members of the academy, which oversees the Oscars, pushed for a statement in support of Ballal, 'but it was ultimately refused.' Earlier this week, the European Film Academy and the International Documentary Assn. were among the film groups raising awareness of Ballal's detainment and calling for his release. 'We were told that because other Palestinians were beaten up in the settler attack, it could be considered unrelated to the film, so they felt no need to respond,' Abraham said. Abraham wrote that his co-director heard Israeli soldiers 'joking about the Oscar as they tortured him' and that Ballal 'was also targeted for being Palestinian.' Adra, retweeting Abraham's post, doubled down his collaborator's claim Wednesday. He tweeted: 'They refused to support Hamdan just because he is Palestinian. Another sign that our lives don't matter.' 'This, it seems, gave the Academy an excuse to remain silent when a filmmaker they honored, living under Israeli occupation, needed them the most,' Abraham said, before adding 'it's not too late to change this stance.' He ended his tweet: 'Even now, issuing a statement condemning the attack on Hamdan and the Masafer Yatta community would send a meaningful message and serve as a deterrent for the future.' A representative for the academy did not immediately respond to The Times' request for comment. Israeli military and police detained Ballal on Monday evening after a group of settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area as its residents broke their daylong fast for Ramadan, according to the Associated Press. Ballal's wife Lamia Ballal told AP she heard her husband being beaten outside their home and heard him screaming, 'I'm dying.' She said she saw three men in uniform using the butts of their rifles and that the attention surrounding 'No Other Land's' Oscar win led settlers to 'attack us more.' Abraham and the activist group Center for Jewish Nonviolence announced Ballal's detainment Monday. Abraham tweeted Monday that 'soldiers invaded the ambulance [Ballal] called, and took him.' Adra also tweeted about Ballal's detainment Monday, sharing a photo of a person with their hands behind their back being escorted into a vehicle bearing the Israeli flag. ' still missing after soldiers abducted him, injured and bleeding,' Adra said at the time. On Monday, the Center for Jewish Nonviolence posted time-stamped, dashcam footage on Bluesky of the confrontation. The video showed someone shoving three people and punching one member of the group, and another person — whose face is covered by a mask — joined by several others, picking up an object from the ground and hurling it at the vehicle, destroying the windshield. Anna Lippman, a delegate for the activist group, shared video showing an alternate angle of the confrontation and tweeted photos of a vehicle with shards of glass in the passenger seats. She told The Times on Monday that Israeli soldiers took Ballal from the ambulance where he was receiving care, and also detained two other Palestinian men. Hours after news of Ballal's detainment spread Monday, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that the 'violent confrontation' broke out after after several people it described as 'terrorists' allegedly hurled rocks at Israeli citizens and damaged their vehicles. The incident involved 'mutual rock-hurling between Palestinians and Israelis at the scene,' the statement said. According to the statement, IDF and Israel police responded to 'disperse the confrontation' and the people it described as 'terrorists' started hurling rocks their way. Israeli forces detained four people, including an Israeli person allegedly involved in the incident, and took them into custody for further questioning. The IDF spokesperson Monday denied the allegations that it detained someone from inside an ambulance. Israeli forces detained Ballal on suspicion of hurling rocks at IDF and police. Ballal was released Tuesday from an Israeli police station with bruises on his face and blood on his clothes. He told AP he was blindfolded, forced to sleep under a 'freezing' air conditioner and he 'heard the voices of soldiers laughing about me.' In a statement to The Times on Wednesday morning, the IDF spokesperson denied 'baseless' allegations that the detainees were beaten at a military detention facility and said forces 'facilitated medical treatment' for the people it detained. The statement said detainees remained handcuffed 'in accordance with operational protocol,' but it did not address Ballal's claims about detainment. Israeli forces questioned three detainees 'on suspicion of rock hurling, property damage, and endangering regional security,' according to the statement. They were released from Israeli custody 'under conditions that include a ban on contact with other individuals involved in the incident and personal bail.' The spokesperson added that an Israeli civilian was allegedly injured in Monday's confrontation and required medical attention. 'The investigation is ongoing, and further arrests are expected,' the statement said. After Ballal's release, Abraham tweeted Tuesday that his co-director 'is now free and about to go home to his family.' Adra also shared photos of his co-director receiving medical care. The photos show Ballal on a medical exam table with two medical personnel around him, one wrapping a blood pressure monitor around the director's left arm. There are dark stains that look like blood on a sleeve and the front of his striped shirt. Ballal, in an interview with the Guardian published Wednesday, said, 'It was a revenge for our movie.' 'No Other Land' captures Israel's demolition of Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta and displacement of its communities in favor of Israeli military training grounds.
