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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Oliver Laxe's ‘Sirat' Sold by the Match Factory to Slew of International Territories After Cannes Jury Prize Win
The Match Factory has sold Oliver Laxe's 'Sirat' to a slew of international territories following its jury prize win at Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night. The Match Factory has secured distribution for the film in the United Kingdom and Ireland (Altitude), LATAM (Cine Video y TV), BeNeLux (Cineart), Germany and Austria (Pandora Film), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Japan (Transformer), South Korea (Challan), Taiwan (Andrews Film), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (New Horizons), Sweden (TriArt Film), Norway (Fidalgo), Finland (Cinema Mondo), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Portugal (Nitrato Filmes), Former Yugoslavia (MCF MegaCom), Romania (Transilvania Film), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Aerofilms), Hungary (Cirko Film) and the Baltics (A-One Films). More from Variety Jeremy Strong Says Serving on Cannes Jury Was 'Like "Conclave" With Champagne' and Celebrates Palme d'Or Winner 'It Was Just an Accident': It 'Changed Me' Cannes Awards: Jafar Panahi Vindicated With Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident,' Marking Sixth Consecutive Cannes Win for Neon Kleber Mendonça Filho's Brazilian Epic 'The Secret Agent' Wins Fipresci Award at Cannes: 'A Rich, Strange and Deeply Troubling Story' Negotiations for additional territories are underway. Earlier this week, Neon acquired rights to release the film in North America, while Mubi will handle Italy, Turkey and India. BTeam Pictures will release the film in Spain on June 6 and Pyramide is distributing in France. 'Sirat' follows a father (Sergi López) and his son as they 'arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco,' according to its official synopsis. 'They're searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.' 'Sirat' earned rave reviews out of Cannes, with Variety's Jessica Kiang calling it a 'brilliantly bizarre, cult-ready vision of human psychology tested to its limits' that defies 'all known laws of narrative and genre.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Perth Now
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Jeremy Strong compares Cannes jury to 'Conclave with Champagne'
Jeremy Strong has compared serving on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival to "'Conclave' with Champagne". The 'Succession' star was among the famous faces entrusted with picking the winners at the glitzy festival this year and he's revealed jury duty was comparable to the election of a new Pope in critically-acclaimed movie 'Conclave'. According to Variety, Jeremy said during a press conference: "I feel immeasurably inspired by what I've seen here. It's been so invigorating, and this sort of cumulative tally of the work I'll carry with me ... "This has been a really wonderful experience, a really connected experience with these people - it's like 'Conclave' with Champagne. It's really great." The festival jury was led by president Juliette Binoche and also featured Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sansoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leila Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas. The festival's top prize - the Palme d'Or - was awarded to director Jafar Panahi's new drama 'It Was Just an Accident', which tells the story of a group of former prisoners in Iran who plot their revenge on a man they believe was a guard who tortured them behind bars. Binoche said of the film: "It's very human and political at the same time because he comes from a complicated country, politically speaking. "When we watched the film, it really stood out. The film springs from a feeling of resistance, survival, which is absolutely necessary today. So we thought it was important to give this film the paramount award. "Art will always win. What is human will always win. Our creative urge can transform the world." Strong added: "[We] wanted to recognize films that we felt were transcendent intrinsically as pieces of work ... Ibsen talked about: 'Deep inside, there's a poem in a poem. And when you hear that, when you grasp that, you will understand my song'. "And I feel that this film and the other films have these poems within the poem that allow us to grasp something ineffable that have changed me." Panahi previously admitted the film drew on his own personal experience of prison, telling the Guardian newspaper: "The first time I was in prison I was in solitary confinement. "I was on my own in a tiny cell and they would take me out blindfolded to a place where I would sit in front of a wall and hear this voice at my back. It was the voice of the man who would question me – sometimes for two hours, sometimes for eight hours. "And I would just hang on his voice all that time, fantasising about who this person was from his voice. And I had an intuition that someday this voice would be an aspect of something I'd write or shoot and give a creative life to.' Speaking after winning the top prize at Cannes, the moviemaker said: "Let's put all the problems, all the differences aside; the most important thing right now is our country and our country's freedom. "Let's reach that moment together when no one dares to tell us what we should completely include, what we should say, what we shouldn't do… Cinema is a society. No one has the right to tell us what you should do, what you shouldn't do." The festival's second prize - the the Grand Prix – went to 'Sentimental Value' starring Stellan Skarsgard and the Jury Prize was a tie between ' Sound of Falling' and 'Sirat' while the Camera d'Or award went to 'The President's Cake'.
Mint
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
'This has been a really wonderful experience': Jeremy Strong on serving as Cannes jury
Cannes [France], May 25 (ANI): Actor Jeremy Strong reflected on his past 11 days as a member of the Cannes Film Festival competition jury, comparing it to the process of choosing a new pope as depicted in the Oscar-nominated film 'Conclave'. "I feel immeasurably inspired by what I've seen here," Strong said during a press conference after the jury awarded Jafar Panahi's "It Was Just an Accident" with the Palme d'Or. "It's been so invigorating, and this sort of cumulative tally of the work I'll carry with me," reported Variety. Strong continued, "This has been a really wonderful experience, a really connected experience with these people -- it's like 'Conclave' with champagne. It's really great." Strong served under president Juliette Binoche along with Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sansoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leila Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas. During the presser, the group explained their decision to give the top prize to "It Was Just an Accident," which follows a group of former prisoners in Iran who must decide whether or not to enact revenge on a man they think was their torturous guard. The film marked Panahi's first project since being imprisoned for several months in 2023 for criticizing the Iranian government, according to Variety. "It's very human and political at the same time because he comes from a complicated country, politically speaking," Binoche said, adding, "When we watched the film, it really stood out. The film springs from a feeling of resistance, survival, which is absolutely necessary today. So we thought it was important to give this film the paramount award." She continued, "Art will always win. What is human will always win. Our creative urge can transform the world." Strong said that the jury "wanted to recognise films that we felt were transcendent intrinsically as pieces of work," aligning with how Robert De Niro kicked off the festival during its opening ceremony by saying that "fascists should fear art," reported Variety. (ANI)
Japan Times
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Times
Jeremy Strong brings male power-dressing to Cannes
Not content to let extravagant sculptural dresses steal all the limelight on the Cannes red carpet, "Succession" star Jeremy Strong has brought some eye-catching male designer wear to the film festival. The 46-year-old, who is serving on the Cannes Festival jury, has showcased a range of bold sartorial choices from a baggy peach-colored corduroy shirt on opening day to a pastel green tuxedo and bow tie. The father-of-three, Oscar-nominated for his role in Donald Trump biopic "The Apprentice," has given full expression to his love of bright monochrome outfits in a place where most men play safe in black and white. For Saturday's closing night, he appeared in a pastel blue suit, with sunglasses and a silk neck scarf as he strode down the red carpet with his fellow jury members. Fashion website WWD said the Boston-born actor had been wearing suits by Italy's Loro Piana, continuing an association that dates back to his time in "Succession," which sparked the so-called "quiet luxury" trend. Jeremy Strong has been reportedly working with Italy's Loro Piana for many of his pastel-colored suits. | AFP-JIJI Strong is one of the nine-member Cannes jury to hand out the festival's top Palme d'Or prizes on Saturday. In a press conference with his fellow judges at the start of the festival, he stuck a serious note, saying cinema had a responsibility beyond fashion statements. He said that we are living at a "time where truth is under assault, where truth is becoming increasingly in danger. "Here specifically in this temple of film, the role of film is increasingly critical, because it can combat those forces in the entropy of truth, and it can communicate truths, individual truths, human truths, societal truths, and affirm and celebrate our shared humanity." Strong is known for his intense demeanor and commitment to acting, though "Succession" co-star Brian Cox once called his methods "annoying." Cannes juries can sometimes be riven with tension as they weigh up over 20 films and try to reach a consensus. French screen legend Juliette Binoche is the chairwoman this year, with Hollywood actor Halle Berry, Franco-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia and Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher making it a women-majority panel.
NZ Herald
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
What Cannes is really like when Hollywood descends
Which one? 'Any!' A photographer approaches out of nowhere, speaking urgently in French, before snapping some pictures of me and demonstrating that he'd like me to pose in an exaggerated starlet fashion. Unsurprisingly, I don't. The series of pictures he captures is presumably that of me making the universal 'no, thanks' gesture while trying to escape. He doesn't mind – simply hands me a card with the address of a photo kiosk and scurries off to immortalise more equally 'precious' moments. This happens three more times as I linger in the grassy area outside the jewel in the Cannes crown, the Grand Théâtre Lumière (AKA where all the biggest gala premieres happen). The day rolls on and brings an Angelina Jolie hotel sighting. Walking along the street to find lunch, Succession 's Jeremy Strong is to my right. A film producer I've just met mentions he'd bumped into Kristen Stewart the day before. Later, Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence are metres in front of me, stepping onto the red carpet for their new psychological drama, Die My Love. Discover more Welcome to Cannes Film Festival, where Hollywood has descended and life is absurd and surreal. The town is synonymous with glamour, wealth, and celebrity. Billionaire-owned yachts are dotted all along the harbour, and the palm-lined Croisette, the main boulevard stretching along the French Riviera coastline, is populated by some of the world's most famous luxury hotels and retailers. And speaking of fashion, one golden rule has been regularly stressed to me by veteran attendees since the day I arrived: 'You cannot be overdressed in Cannes'. It's true. Never before have I seen so many groups of people adhering to such varied dress codes, and with absolutely no one batting an eye. Is it a coffee date? Is it lunch at a fancy restaurant? Are they attending the wedding of European royalty later on? Their own presidential inauguration? Impossible to tell. At a dinner, I'm surrounded by film and TV people, swapping stories of Cannes days gone by. 'I used to have meetings here with Harvey Weinstein,' one tells me. 'He was always here at the centre of it all, he loved it. Always doing business.' I ask what he'd been like to deal with back then, and get a grimace in response. Another tells me of the time that she and a friend had ended up at a party hosted by a former actress who had been in the midst of a severe career (and reputational) downturn, and had sadly admitted to them that she was surrounded by strangers upon their arrival. 'It was really grim. I just wanted to leave,' she tells me. Two former set PAs are arguing about who had the worst boss. It's between a pair of very famous actors, and both their former staffers provide excellent points for their cases – including outrageous demands and impromptu sackings. Another day, I'm having a brief moment of solitude at a beach club bar when a foreign director plops down beside me, drink in hand. About two minutes into our small talk, he names the very famous figure he's recently spent time with and whom he alleges has a drinking problem. I don't remember exactly what I asked to prompt the information, though I think it was along the lines of, 'enjoying Cannes so far?' Meanwhile, there are two Cannes running in parallel. The town is overrun by press and those within the film industry. The former is here to attend screenings, interview cast members, and report on related events. The other major group is here to negotiate getting movies made – holding endless meetings to exchange ideas, negotiate deals, and sign contracts. It's a very different story for the handful of lucky film fans, or cinephiles, who manage to secure accreditation for the festival. But the system is a fixed hierarchy, and they are unfortunately at the bottom of the chain – meaning that while they are theoretically able to attend screenings … actually getting a ticket can be exceptionally tricky. Spots are released four days in advance, at staggered times for different categories. If yours is in the last batch – well, condolences. The highly coveted gala premieres are included in the releases and snapped up in seconds. Most other screenings are full by the time the last group even get to log on, as I found out when I met a long line of them in the 'last-minute tickets' queue outside the Grand Théâtre Lumière. Some had been waiting for six or seven hours, dressed to the nines in black tie outfits, needing to adhere to the very strict premiere dress code on the off chance they actually get in. Advertise with NZME. And I may be one of the thousands-strong press pack, but I quickly learned that we were divided into a number of tiers, characterised by different coloured badges. And your badge defines your very existence at Cannes. I hadn't realised they were colour-coded until people started glancing down at mine frequently. There are four types: the prestigious white badge, which gives priority access to press conferences, then pink badges, then blue, and finally – yellow. I am, as it turns out, yellow. That hierarchy extends to the afterparties, and the most coveted of them all: the after-afterparties. Up in the hills behind Cannes, in Le Cannet, I've found myself at a private villa pool party celebrating something, and hosted by someone. I'm not being discreet here. I've literally not been given this information. Rather, I was just sent an invitation with an address and a vague theme. Regardless, in the interest of providing full coverage for our readers, I have opted to hang out there, sipping champagne while looking out over the picturesque French coastline. Just as I wonder if this might be a very brief, but significant, moment for me on the social ladder here in Cannes, I'm brought crashing back down to reality when a new acquaintance mentions his plans for later in the week. He's off to one of the elusive after-afterparties, which he says is hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio. In the interest of thorough journalism, I simply must ask if he can take a guest (me). 'Ah, no. I can't do that,' he tells me politely, scuttling away before I can push my case. Worth a shot.
