TikTok Sets Cannes Short Film Contest Jury(EXCLUSIVE)

Like the oracle he is, Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg told us all months ago that his next film, “Crimes Of The Future,” his first film since 2014’s “Maps To The Stars,” would likely premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and sure enough, early this morning, the film was announced as part of the Cannes Competition Official Selection. READ MORE: David Cronenberg, James Gray & Park Chan-wook Top Cannes Film Festival 2022 Slate Starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart, along with Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, and Don McKellar, ‘Crimes Of The Future” has the same name as a 1970 film by Cronenberg but is not a remake.

Billie Eilish is lending her Grammy-winning voice to a new role. Well, sort of.

The 75th Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 17-28, was already due to be a starry affair with the likes of Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis screening out of competition. Today it got even hotter with a strong Official Selection that should make for glamorous red carpets, but one that will likewise treat serious subject matter.

a competition lineup with only three films directed by women. While additional films could still be added to the slate for next month’s festival, the Cannes lineup falls short of the already dismal record of the last two editions of the festival.

Ukraine as a backdrop, the Cannes Film Festival plans a special honor for Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun” comeback and to host some 35,000 people as the movie industry looks to reclaim its pre-pandemic allure.On Thursday, organizers of this year's festival unveiled the 18 films that will compete for the coveted Palme d’Or prize at the May 17-28 event. They include “The Natural History of Destruction” by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, “All that Breathes” by Indian director Shaunak Sen, and Ethan Cohen’s “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind.”Organizers will announce the jury at a later date.After a pandemic-related production delay, “Top Gun: Maverick,” in which Cruise reprises his 1986 role as a U.S.

Like the oracle he is, Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg told us all months ago that his next film, “Crimes Of The Future,” his first film since 2014’s “Maps To The Stars,” would likely premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and sure enough, early this morning, the film was announced as part of the Cannes Competition Official Selection. READ MORE: David Cronenberg, James Gray & Park Chan-wook Top Cannes Film Festival 2022 Slate Starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart, along with Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, and Don McKellar, ‘Crimes Of The Future” has the same name as a 1970 film by Cronenberg but is not a remake.

Toro y Moi has announced a short film to accompany his upcoming album ‘Mahal’, Goes By So Fast featuring comedian Eric Andre.The short film appears to follow the psychedelic adventures of Toro y Moi – real name Chaz Bear – as he embarks on a journey with Andre on a ‘Mahal’-themed Jeepney, a vehicle that’s a popular form of public transport in the Philippines (where the musician’s mother is from).“Chaz, you’re my co-pilot. You always have been and always will be,” Andre says affectionately in the trailer, before letting out a demented cackle.Watch the colourful trailer for Goes By So Fast: A Mahal Film below.The film will receive a world premiere at Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles on April 22, where attendees wll be treated to behind-the-scenes footage and DJ sets by Toro y Moi and friends.The short film was directed by longtime collaborator Harry Israelson of Primary Love Studios, who worked with Toro y Moi on his previous music videos for ‘You and I’, ‘Say That’ and ‘Freelance’.GOES BY SO FAST: A MAHAL FILM.

On April 22, Toro y Moi will premiere a new short called GOES BY SO FAST, a film co-starring Eric André based on the upcoming seventh studio album MAHAL. The film, premiering at Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles, is directed by Harry Israelson who has collaborated with Toro y Moi on his concert film Live From Troma.

EXCLUSIVE:  Lionsgate has picked up an action comedy pitch from writers Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Mamrie Hart for Zoë Bell to direct, inspired by the stuntwoman’s viral short film Boss Bitch Fight Challenge. 

FKA Twigs has directed a new short film in which she also stars as part of the 2022 International Woolmark Prize celebrations.Playscape features Twigs and others dancing to ‘He Hu’ by Duval Timothy and Rosie Lowe before X-Ray Spex‘s classic ‘Identity’ takes over. The film has been made in tribute to the annual prize, which awards achievement in fashion.The film takes place among the works of sculptor Isamu Noguchi at the Noguchi Foundation Museum in Queens, New York City, according to Pitchfork.“It is an honour to be chosen by the Woolmark Prize to work with such talented designers and to create my first piece of work with Juliano Nunes, innovator of dance for the Avant Garden collective,” Twigs said in a statement.Meanwhile, Twigs has teamed up with Yung Lean for new song ‘Bliss‘.The single appears on Lean’s new mixtape ‘Stardust’, which was released last Friday (April 8).

A new short film has been released, made by the community affected by the shock closure of a Wigan drama school.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCritics Week, the sidebar dedicated to first and second features which runs alongside the Cannes Film Festival, is launching a new award. Called The French Touch Prize of the Jury, the award is being backed by a French organization dedicated to promoting creative and cultural industries.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSF Studios is set to co-produce and distribute “The Riot,” a Norwegian historical action film chronicling a miners’ uprising at the start of the 20th century.Produced by Storyline NOR, the epic film is directed by Nils Gaup (“The Kautokeino Rebellion”), and stars Swedish actors Otto Fahlgren (“Beartown”) and Simon J. Berger (“Margrete – Queen of the North”).Inspired by a true story, “The Riot” follows workers in copper mines located in the Arctic mountains, in a place nicknamed Lapland’s Hell, who rebelled against the powerful industrial company and its ruthless leader.

It’s interesting to see the pivot for writer/director Robert Eggers to go from things like “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” more atmospheric supernatural tales, to something so much larger in scale like his upcoming Viking revenge saga (budgeted at $90 million), “The Northman.” The pic, starring Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård, releases later this month and is directly inspired by the original Scandinavian story that influenced William Shakespeare‘s beloved “Hamlet,” which is certainly why the new film’s plot will seem very familiar to folks.

Madonna has distracted her fans from her odd TikTok video by getting a matching tattoo with her son, David Banda.The Vogue songstress took to Instagram on Monday 4 April to debut her new ink, which is on the inside of her wrist. On her right wrist, the mum-of-six showed off two small tatts – one of an ‘X’ symbol, with another reading “maman” which, translated from French, reads as “mom”. Her son David, 16, also got some new ink, choosing a tattoo matching one his 63 year old mother had inked last month.The design is from the cover of Ten Luminous Emanations by Yehuda Ashlag, a Kabbalah book.

Last we heard, directing siblings Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, collectively known as The Coen Brothers, were going their separate ways. However, at the time, while Joel Coen was putting the finishing touches on “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, it appeared that Ethan Coen was done with movies altogether.

A luxury four-bedroom home in Greater Manchester has just entered the market for £385,000, but you'll need to be a fan of everything pink. There are clues from the outside of what lies in the property's interior, with the light pink front door and garage door, with this just the beginning for what comes ahead.

Academy Awards. The film is initially naturalistic, immersed in the pre-wedding preparations of a South Asian family in suburban England. The concerns are familiar.