From: Quotable
Hollywood is “waking up, becoming aware” of Palestinian stories
Cherien Dabis, talks about the difficulties in providing audiences with Palestinian stories and distributing her film.
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‘She’s the queen’: Sri Lanka bids farewell to film legend Malini Fonseka
She portrayed working-class women on screen and became a beauty icon. Fonseka, 78, died on Saturday.
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Arson attack probed as Cannes and parts of southern France suffer power cut
Power restored after outage hit the prominent film festival on its closing day and affected 160,000 homes in the area.
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French actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on film set in 2021
French actor Gérard Depardieu was found guilty on May 13 of sexually assaulting two women on a 2021 film set.
Published On 13 May 2025
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Trump threatens tariffs on foreign films: Who could be hit?
Popular US films from Wicked to Nosferatu were filmed in other countries including Australia and the UK.
China to ‘reduce’ Hollywood movie releases in response to Trump’s tariffs
China’s National Film Administration says US movies will be less popular after Washington imposed a 145 percent tariff.
Anora, a small-budget film about prostitution, sweeps top Oscar awards
Best Picture and Best Director winner Sean Baker bemoans decline in the number of people going to the cinemas.
Oscars 2025: The list of winners from the 97th Academy Awards
Anora walks away with five Oscars, while No Other Land portraying Israeli settler violence judged the best documentary.
Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land wins Oscar for best documentary
The collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers triumphed over four other documentaries.
‘Father of African cinema’: Mali filmmaker Cisse dies aged 84
Trailblazer of African cinema was the winner of the jury’s prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for his film, Yeelen.
‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ win top film awards at Golden Globes
Demi Moore also triumphs in actress category while ‘Shogun’ and ‘Hacks’ win top TV honours at 82nd Golden Globes.
