A Brief Vacation: De Sica’s Melodrama, Starring Florinda Bolkan

Florinda Bolkan won the inaugural Best Actress prize from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her performance in A Brief Vacation, Vittoro De Sica femme-centered melodrama.

New Book about Cannes Fest at 80! Camera d’Or (2019): César Díaz “Our Mothers” from Guatemale

The movie follows a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father, a guerrilla fighter who had gone missing in the 1980s.

New Book about Cannes Film Fest at 80! Camera d’Or (2015): Land and Shadefrom Colombia

The characters’ stories, memories, and identities are on the brink of disappearing under the weight of a paradoxical notion of progress.

New Book about Cannes Film Fest at 80! Camera d’Or (2024): “Armand,” Directed by Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann’s Grandsond

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, also known as the grandson of Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann and Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, made his directing debut with Armand, a dramatic thriller set in school, starring Renate Reinsve.

New Book about Cannes Film Fest, Camera d’Or (2016): Houda Benyamina’s French Youth Tale “Divines”

Houda Benyamina directed Divines, a French crime drama that screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Fest, where it won the Caméra d’Or.