Alexa Dalby

London

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Reviewer at Dog And Wolf

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Cannes 2025: ONES TO WATCH

3 weeks ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

The ICO team shares some of their highlights from this year’s Cannes Film Festival, including new work from Shih-Ching Tsou, Valery Carnoy, and Lynne Ramsay. Check back for further announcements of UK distributors and release dates. Contents:Pillion (dir. Harry Lighton)Sirât (dir. Oliver Laxe)Wild Foxes (dir. Valery Carnoy)The President’s Cake (dir. Hasan Hadi)Left-Handed Girl (dir. Shih-Ching Tsou)Sentimental Value (dir. Joachim Trier)Die, My Love (dir. Lynne Ramsay)Nouvelle Vague (dir.
Cannes 2025: Day 12: Saturday 24 May: Palme d'or and awards

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

Hollywood ReporterVarietyThe Grand Prix — basically the runner-up for the Palme — went to Nowegian director Joachim Trier’s family drama Sentimental Value, about a difficult filmmaker’s attempt to reconcile his estranged relationship with his actor daughter by casting her in his most personal film. Little Sister star Nadia Melliti won the best actress prize.
Cannes 2025: Day 11: Saturday 24 May: Le Figaro

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

La 78e édition du festival se termine sur un goût d’inachevé. Peu de films ont fait l’unanimité, laissant une critique divisée comme rarement face à une sélection, glamour sur le papier, mais ayant du mal à tenir ses promessesÀ l’annonce de la sélection officielle du 78e Festival de Cannes mi-avril, l’enthousiasme était de mise : le cru 2025 s’annonçait historique et rutilant.
Cannes 2025: Day 12: Saturday 24 May: FFC Festival

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

Female Film Club announce film festival in conjunction with the BFI in July. 2009Alexa DalbyCannes 2025dogandwolffilm ★★★★☆ Playing the waiting game, Noer and Lindholm’s R: Hit First, Hit Hardest reveals the bitter, cinematic truth about life behind bars in a Danish prison.
Cannes 2025: Day 11: Friday 23 May: Un Certain Regard Awards

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

Un Certain Regard Winners List 2025Celebrating a cinema of discoveries, the 2025 selection has included 20 feature films – 9 of which are first features also competing for the Caméra d’or. This year, the opening film was Erige Sehiri‘s Promised Sky.
Cannes 2025: Day 11: Friday 23 May: The best of Cannes so far: Jafar Panahi

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

The Guardian picturesThere are experiences in Cannes you’ll never forget. One of those happened this Wednesday. The red carpet was still soggy from a thunderstorm that had just cleared and the Croisette was free of the usual celebrity-thirsty crowds as the film that was about to premiere – Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident – didn’t have any big stars.
Cannes 2025: Day 10: Thursday 22 May: Quinzaine des Cinéastes People's Choice Award

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

THE PRESIDENT’S CAKEDirected by Hasan HadiWINNER – DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT PEOPLE’S CHOICE PRIZE SYNOPSIS: It’s “draw day” in 1990s Iraq, when schools select students for the “honor” of contributing to President Saddam Hussein’s birthday celebration. Nine-year-old Lamia lives in the Mesopotamian marshes with her fiercely independent grandmother, Bibi.
Cannes 2025: Day 10: Thursday 22 May: Best immersive work

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes presented today the Best Immersive Work Award to From Dust, created by Michel van der Aa, recognizing a creation that pushed the boundaries of storytelling, art space, and audience engagement.
Cannes 2025: Day 9: Wednesday 21 May: Semaine de la Critique awards

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

08:45 IMAGO de Déni Oumar Pitsaev | 1h49 | VOSTFR+A | Compétition 11:30 PLANÈTES de Momoko Seto | 1h16 | SDAI | Clôture 18:00 CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE 21:00 PLANÈTES de Momoko Seto | 1h16 | SDAI | C Grand Prix AMI Paris AMI Paris Grand Prize Pee Chai Dai Ka (A Useful Ghost) de by Ratchapoom BoonbunchachokePrix French Touch du Jury French Touch Prize of the Jury Imago de byDéni Oumar PitsaevPrix Fondation Louis Roederer de la Révélation Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award Théodore Pellerin...
Cannes 2025: Day 8: Tuesday 20 May

1 month ago | dogandwolf.com | Alexa Dalby

Yes, the rumors are true. The Cannes Film Festival is still going. But Tuesday had a number of noteworthy happenings, from Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut to the return of a filmmaker who’s been imprisoned/muzzled for the last 20 years. Tuesday marked the world premiere of Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great, and the reception was pretty warm.