Cannes or Bust

Peter Jackson to receive honorary Palme d'Or - Cannes or Bust Peter Jackson, the man behind the "Lord of the Rings" , will be honoured with an honorary Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival 2026.

Let's not forget his remarkable documentaries on World War One and the #Beatles cannes-or-bust.com/2026/03/pete...

Sound of Falling Review: Haunted House Story With her uber-confident second feature film Sound of Falling, director Mascha Schilinski artfully dissects the 20th century in Germany.

In U.K./Irish cinemas now, Mascha Schillinski's SOUND OF FALLING is a slow-burn stare into the abyss of national shame, as one household carries the burden of abuse across generations.

My review from Cannes last year for @loudandclearrvs.bsky.social: loudandclearreviews.com/sound-of-fal...

YouTube video by Punchboard Debrief du Festival International des Jeux de Cannes 2026

Le debrief non exhaustif de notre Festival International des jeux de Cannes 2026.

On revient sur ce qui nous a marqué et les jeux auxquels on a joué sans oublier quelques chiffres par-ci par-là (on ne se refait pas).

youtu.be/cwoD5-OzUcg

From ‘Parasite’ to ‘Bugonia’: How Korea’s CJ ENM became a regular Oscar contender When Bong Joon Ho parasite After winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019, Mickie Lee, vice president of CJ Group, the powerful Korean conglomerate behind the film, called an emergency meeting among its executives. "She gathered the entire senior management team and said, 'It's time for us to go after the Oscars,'" recalls Jerry Kuo, head of global films at CJ ENM. "We were preparing to go global in many ways, but we had never campaigned for an Oscar before — and no Korean film had ever been nominated.

From ‘Parasite’ to ‘Bugonia’: How Korea’s CJ ENM became a regular Oscar contender

When Bong Joon Ho parasite After winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019, Mickie Lee, vice president of CJ Group, the powerful Korean conglomerate behind the film, called an emergency meeting…

Ahoy, #Canada!

Sirāt Review: Sun, Sand and Salvation Confrontational but contemplative, Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt is a brilliantly energetic and well-crafted take on the long night of the soul.

Had two different colleagues at my day job tell me yesterday they went to see SIRĀT at the weekend. Glad to see this mystifying, terrifying film reaching beyond its subtitles and challenging material to get to wider audiences.

My review from Cannes 2025: loudandclearreviews.com/sirat-film-r...

A platform for genre movies is open to submissions for #Cannes2026

Good memories of this.

Now that you mention it...

Heh!

Banijay Group to form £3.8bn television super-indie with The Traitors producers Chair of merged production company says move creates a ‘world-class’ offering across live events and programming

The Banijay Group is expanding #TV www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

An excellent thriller!

"Powerfully unsettling" The Guardian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Jury Prize winner SOUND OF FALLING opens at Light House this Friday.

🎟️ https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/sound-of-falling

Yet Iran is the theological regime?

Pay your writers. I met a screenwriter the other day who got paid $800 for a produced 5-million-dollar feature film. The $1 option for points or residuals or whatnot isn't cutting it anymore.

UK & US: physical media enjoying a "vinyl-style revival" #moviebiz

Worth watching!

Found: The 19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

Contacting Cannes or Bust Contact Cannes or Bust if you have news about Cannes, the Cannes Film festival or entertainment industry events such as Mipim and Midem.

Two calls for movie submissions for #Cannes close at the end of March. One is related to #Cannes2026; the other is completely independent (and held at separate dates). To receive the details later today, sign up for my occasional newsletter. cannes-or-bust.com/contact-cann...

If 2026 is the new 2016, does that mean this era's fashion is back too?

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗥 by Olivier Assayas, 2016

Cannes 2016 Best Director Award

#2026IsTheNew2016 #2016Throwback #PersonalShopper #KristenStewart #OlivierAssayas

The epic 2026 games convention just wrapped in #Cannes (in French - use your browser's translator)

When Hamas won the 2006 elections, the US and other powers decided to bolster Mahmoud Abbas instead - basically a quiet coup. Could things have possibly turned out worse than they did?

Cannes other film festival Cannes hosts the annual Pan-African Film Festival every October, an important showcase for movies from Africa and the broad African diaspora.

I've just been reminded that the submissions for this year's Pan-African Film Festival in #Cannes is March 31. Share with your movie friends/colleagues. cannes-or-bust.com/cannes-event...

Sunday glamour #Cannes

If you know any directors/producers from the African diaspora, this Cannes event is bona-fide: cannes-or-bust.com/cannes-event...

I would exercise caution. Only the Cannes festival can use the logo, certainly not a book event. The only other one I have heard about is the Cannes Film Awards, whose event is held in... Nice.

I see a plume of smoke before impact. Were there two srikes?

After collapsing an existing Iranian nuclear deal in his first term.

I notice that mean wearing polo neck shorts were the thing that year.