The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is usually accustomed to protests and demonstrations. Last year there were multiple.
05.05.2023 - 04:05 / variety.com
William Earl “Rain in My Head” was the big winner at the 10th annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, taking honors for best film, director Chrissy Marshall and actor Layne Apffel. Also saluted were Nathan Cox, editor for “Smash or Pass”; Rachel Handler, writer, “Unlucky in Love”; and Judith Rubin and “Leap of Love” for best awareness campaign. The winners were announced May 4 at an orange-carpet ceremony and reception at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. For the competition, registered filmmakers were given five days within a designated timeframe to write and produce short films (three-to-five minutes) promoting disability inclusion. Every year’s contest has a theme, and this year it was romance, which resulted in a wide range of viewpoints on the topic.
There were a record 115 submissions, from nearly every U.S. state and from around the globe, including entries from Austria, Bolivia, Canada, England, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, The Netherlands and Timor-Leste. The awards were begun by actor-comic-producer Nic Novicki, who served as host for the evening. Novicki says, “As the entertainment industry strives to build a more diverse and inclusive workplace, we must keep disability in the conversation. I created the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge to help accelerate change within Hollywood and to provide filmmakers and actors with tangible work experience and with an opportunity to tell authentic stories — and once again, I am humbled by the overwhelming response. We are proud of the amazing films produced this year and over the past 10 years — which have been viewed around the world — and the successes our participants have gone on to achieve.” The films are available for
The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is usually accustomed to protests and demonstrations. Last year there were multiple.
“It felt like this bloody world needed some love stories now,” Fallen Leaves director Aki Kaurismäki said of his Palme d’Or contender this afternoon.
Every year, on the third Thursday of May, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Vyshyvanka. The occasion pays tribute to the country's original folk traditions and sees citizens wearing embroidered Ukrainian clothes, including the Vyshyvanka, a loose-fitting shirt, which is often in black or white and features geometric patterns stitched around the edges. This year’s celebration was seen as a symbol of national unity against the Russian invasion.
Ukraine war and the momentous burst of rebellion against the Iranian regime prompted by the death of Mahsa Amini are reverberating profoundly at the Cannes Film Festival. At the festival’s opening ceremony on Tuesday night, legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve paid tribute to the war’s victims by reciting a poem from Ukrainian poet Lessia Oukraïnka, solemnly declaring: “I no longer have either happiness or freedom, only one hope remains to me: to return one day to my beautiful Ukraine.” One year ago, Cannes got off to an emotional start with remarks from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Meghan Trainor was "confused" about breastfeeding in the early days of motherhood. The 29-year-old pop star welcomed son Riley with husband Daryl Sabara in 2021 and now that she is expecting another baby boy with the 'Spy Kids' actor, admitted she will make the effort to take her breast pump into the hospital after not realising she had to the first time around. The 'Mother' hitmaker told SheKnows: "I remember thinking how confusing this is when someone was like, ‘Make sure you bring your pumps to the hospital,’ and I was like, ‘Silly goose, your milk doesn’t come in for days!' But I didn’t realise it’s because you dry pump to tell your boobies to make milk.
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Swedish singer Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her power ballad “Tattoo”, at a colourful, eclectic music competition clouded for a second year running by the war in Ukraine.
The Princess of Wales has made a surprise cameo during the opening performance of the Eurovision Song Contest. Kate played a pre-recorded instrumental piece which was recorded at Windsor Castle earlier this month.The clip, which is around 10 seconds long, appeared in a performance by last year’s winners Kalush Orchestra, which also includes contributions from Lord Lloyd-Webber and Sam Ryder.
EXCLUSIVE: Cinephil has come aboard to represent worldwide sales rights to Polish director Maciek Hamela’s In The Rearview, which will make its debut in the Cannes Film Festival next week as part of the ACID (Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema) program.
Ukraine was unable to host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest due to the war taking place inside the country. Now President Zelensky has been banned by the host BBC and other international broadcasters from addressing the huge audience at the event.
Their little miracle is here! Selling Sunset alum Maya Vander and her husband, Dave Miller, have welcomed their rainbow baby.
A global drinks giant has been called on to stop selling Scotch whisky in Russia.
Sofia Richie got married last month and now she’s making her first public appearance with new husband Elliot Grainge!
A stylish night out! Hollywood’s biggest names showcased their fierce fashion sense at the Chanel show in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 9.
The 67th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with a bang on Tuesday night in the UK with the first of two semi-finals.
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Meghan Trainor isn’t planning on playing Justin Bieber again in the delivery room when giving birth to her second baby.
Meghan Trainor loves writing songs for other artists.
Meghan Trainor really wants ET Canada’s Keshia Chanté to be her sister-in-law.
Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge are loving married life!