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26 May 2013 11:43 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Steven Spielberg and his jury have made their preferences known!

Three Palms! Léa + Abdellatif + Adele

Palme D'Or

Blue is the Warmest Color (also known as La Vie A'Dele - Chapitre 1 & 2) by Abdellatif Kechiche

In an unusual move the actresses Léa Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos are apparently sharing the Palme D'Or with the director so they all three have matching scrolls.

Update: Some people will call this a historic win because it's a gay-themed film but arguably other Palme D'Or winners have had at least some degree of gay subtext or gay elements (like Elephant or Farewell My Concubine).

Grand Prix:

Inside Llewyn Davis by the Coen Bros 

Prix Du Jury (Jury Prize): 

Like Father Like Son by Hirokazu Kore-eda 

Director 

Heli by Amat Escalante 

Screenplay (Prix Du Scenario):

A Touch of Sin (Tian Zhu Ding) by Jia Zhangke 

Camera D’Or (Best First Feature): 

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- NATHANIEL R

30 April 2013 5:23 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Shanghai, April 30 (Reuters) - When superhero film "Iron Man 3" makes its Chinese debut, it will include top Chinese actress Fan Bingbing and some footage shot inside China - additions aimed at tapping into the country's lucrative and booming cinema market.

Co-producer Dmg Entertainment, a Chinese firm, and the Walt Disney-owned Marvel Studios also hope the changes will help ease the film's way past China's strict censors and the draconian, and often confusing, rules for Western films.

"There is no law of film in China, and so no specific standard. The members on the committee censor films totally by their own judgment," said Zhu Dake, an outspoken Chinese film critic based in Shanghai.

Every movie in China is censored by the Film Censorship Committee, made up of 37 members including officials, academics, film magazine editors and directors. They vet nudity, violence and politically sensitive scenes.

Western films must in addition meet »

- Reuters

18 April 2013 9:43 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »

Only one female director has ever won Cannes' Palme d'Or: Jane Campion in 1993 for The Piano, a plaudit she shared that year with Chen Kaige for Farewell My Concubine. The chances of a woman taking home the festival's top honor this year are slim to say the least. Photos: Cannes Awards 2012: Michael Haneke, Mads Mikkelsen and 'Beyond the Hills' Of the 19 features in the Competition lineup for the top award, only one is directed by a woman: Un Chateau en Italie (A Castle in Italy), from Italy-born filmmaker Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi. It's the third feature from

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2 April 2013 5:55 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Hong Kong — Almost 2 million origami made by fans in memory of singer-actor Leslie Cheung are being displayed in Hong Kong at an exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of his death.

The "Miss You Much Leslie Exhibition" at the Times Square shopping mall is one of many memorial events in his hometown.

Many fans discovered Cheung after his passing. "I really miss him, and I regret that I did not get to know him until 2009," said Kang Lizhen, a mainland Chinese who was born in 1990.

Those who discovered him after his death feel like they lost a friend, said one such fan, Marie A. Jost. "There will be no new works, no new events, no news of Leslie ... It really does feel that we've lost a dear, dear friend," said Jost.

Cheung killed himself by jumping off the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in central Hong Kong on April 1, 2003. His death came at »

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3 March 2013 8:58 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Chen Kaige, who won Palme d'Or in 1993, says air pollution means he is 'unable to focus on my artistic creation'

Some say success is the enemy of creativity; others have blamed the pram in the hall. But one of China's best-known film directors has found a new culprit: smog.

"Cornered by the terrible weather, I have nowhere to go … I am unable to focus on my artistic creation," said Chen Kaige, who won the Palme d'Or for his 1993 film Farewell My Concubine.

His comments reflect growing public concern about China's environmental record, exacerbated by the severe air pollution in Beijing and other areas this winter, water pollution scandals and the government's refusal to release research on soil pollution.

Chen, 61, described the weather as weird, appalling and unbelievable, according to the state news agency Xinhua. He cited the death of a prized jujube tree two years ago as proof of Beijing's deteriorating environment, »

- Tania Branigan

10 February 2013 1:27 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

There is no cinema more underappreciated than that of Chinese cinema. So often, Chinese cinema, here meaning that of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan, has been associated with cheesy B-movie icons that people like Quentin Tarantino revere. And there is no problem with revering those wu xia (martial arts) films as they are quite a lot of fun and fill the quota for violent films. But, they do not highlight some of the mastery that has been exhibited by some truly talented Chinese filmmakers.

Films from mainland China were often times censored and had to fall under the restraints of the Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution. It wasn’t until the 1980’s when films started to flourish their without much Communist propaganda. The Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers was the nickname given to this new crop of visionaries which included Tsui Hark and Zhang Yimou. Meanwhile, the more »

- Patrick Hao

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