Guillermo del Toro presented a newly restored 4K version of Pan's Labyrinth at the Cannes Film Festival. The screening opened the Cannes Classics selection on May 12.
Del Toro recalled the original 2006 premiere, which ended with a record 23-minute standing ovation. He described the moment as the largest and most emotional applause of his career. The filmmaker credited Alfonso Cuarón with helping him accept the outpouring of support during the event in the Debussy Theatre.
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Iranian director Asghar Farhadi returned to the Cannes Film Festival with the premiere of his French-language drama Parallel Tales. The film, starring Isabelle Huppert, received a standing ovation from the audience.
Guillermo del Toro is bringing a 4K restoration of his Oscar-winning film Pan's Labyrinth back to the Cannes Film Festival, 20 years after its world premiere there. The restored version will open the Cannes Classics sidebar. Del Toro, who supervised the restoration from the original 35mm negative, plans to attend the event.
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Guillermo del Toro was awarded a BFI Fellowship in London earlier this week. During a career talk at BFI Southbank on May 8, the filmmaker announced plans for a stop-motion adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Buried Giant.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday evening with a ceremony at the Grand Théâtre Lumière. Peter Jackson received an honorary Palme d’Or for his Lord of the Rings work. Jane Fonda launched the festivities as godmother.
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James Gray's crime drama Paper Tiger premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night, drawing a standing ovation lasting seven to ten minutes. The film stars Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson in a story of two brothers caught up with the Russian mob.
The film ‘On the Road (En El Camino)’, directed by David Pablos, claimed the top jury prize at the 43rd Miami Film Festival. It received the $10,000 Marimbas Award for best exemplifying richness and resonance for cinema’s future. Other categories honored films with South Florida ties and debut features.
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The Argentine film Belén, directed by Dolores Fonzi, won the Goya award for best Ibero-American film this Saturday. The movie, available on Prime Video, is based on a real case of detention for spontaneous abortion. Fonzi used her speech to address global issues and the situation in Argentina.