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Cannes fest hits above its weight

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May 20, 2008
        

REEL TIME: Michael Bodey | May 21, 2008 JUST how the Cannes film festival has become a global media event remains something of a mystery. The sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard, has shown three decent films: Steve McQueen's harrowing Northern Ireland prison drama Hunger (which will screen in...

                   

Critics laud dark films as Cannes hits halfway

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May 20, 2008
        

Cast member Paltrow arrives for the screening of the film "Two Lovers" in Cannes By Mike Collett-White CANNES, France (Reuters) - An animated documentary about Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and a courageous portrayal of the Naples mafia are among the frontrunners at the halfway stage of...

                   

Critics laud dark films as Cannes hits halfway (Reuters)

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May 20, 2008
        

By Mike Collett-White 11 minutes ago CANNES, France (Reuters) - An animated documentary about Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and a courageous portrayal of the Naples mafia are among the frontrunners at the halfway stage of the Cannes film festival. "Usually at this stage we would have seen...

Critics laud dark films as Cannes hits halfway

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May 20, 2008
        

By Mike Collett-White CANNES, France (Reuters) - An animated documentary about Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and a courageous portrayal of the Naples mafia are among the frontrunners at the halfway stage of the Cannes film festival. Film goers are generally impressed with the quality of 11...

                   

The Cannes Film Festival Thus Far

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May 20, 2008
        

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone Tracking Shots by ABIGAIL DEUTSCH Tracking Shots by Ella Taylor CANNES, France—No need for dreaming here. Each Cannes Film Festival generates its own metaphors for a 10-day regimen of visions in the dark. The opening film of...

                   

Israeli film evokes massacre (McClatchy Newspapers)

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May 19, 2008
        

Posted by Dion Nissenbaum Mon May 19, 6:45 PM ET Of the many grim events that have come to define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 1982 massacres at Sabra and Shatila have a special resonance for both sides. For many Palestinians, the brutal siege of the two Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon...

                   

Movie addresses Israel's role in Sabra-Shatila massacre

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May 19, 2008
        

Repressed memories, the horrors of war and Israel's ugly role in a notorious Beirut refugee camp massacre are the themes of the Cannes film festival's first ever fully animated documentary. Ari Folman's anti-war movie "Waltz With Bashir," which is competing for the Palme d'Or, premiered here as...

                   

Karin Badt: Cannes 2008: "Waltz With Bashir": A Cartoon Journey into War

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May 19, 2008
        

So far it is the only film at Cannes to have a "buzz": the animated Israeli film "Waltz with Balzar" about the horrors of the l982 occupation of Lebanon . The listening friend is director Ari Folman himself, who nods with a befuddled gaze. Perhaps he too, he reflects, has strange inner demons...

Making Waves @ Cannes

israelity.com
May 19, 2008
        

Israeli film is in the headlines again. This time Waltz With Bashir - an animated film told from the perspective of an Israeli soldier 20 years after combat - is reaping positive reviews. Directed by Ari Folman, the writer behind HBO’s In Treatment, Waltz opens in Israel June 5. Check the clip.