Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux had a special bond with David Lynch. During his very first edition of the festival as artistic director in 2001, Fremaux had programmed “Mulholland Drive,” which won best director at the festival and went on to earn an Oscar nomination.

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Iris Knobloch, the respected former boss of Warner Bros. France and Germany who became the first female president of the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, has been re-elected by the festival’s board for another three-year mandate.

An undocumented 23-year-old Guinean migrant living in France who won a prize at the Cannes film festival last year has been granted a work permit, enabling him to avoid deportation, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Iris Knobloch has been unanimously re-elected as president of the Cannes Film Festival. After taking over in 2022, her second three-year term will now take her through July 2028.

Event agencies worldwide have until 20 January to take advantage of the early bird deadline for France’s Heavent Awards 2025. Normal submission fees will be accepted, with the awards ceremony scheduled to take place 27 March,

The Cannes Film Festival has paid tribute to director David Lynch who was a long-time habitué, winning it Palme d’Or prize for Wild at Heart in 1990 and serving as jury president in 2002.

Assisted by Sambou Soumano. Attempt saved. Jonathan Mambu (Cannes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chafik Abbas. Attempt missed.

France's cinemas show the way in post-Covid recovery Cinemas worldwide are still struggling with the after-effects of the Covid pandemic, but France's screens bucked a broad downturn in developed markets last year,

André Soltner, the Alsatian-born chef whose Michelin-starred Manhattan restaurant, Lutèce, brought him renown as one of the most acclaimed French chefs outside of France, died Jan. 18 at a hospital in Charlottesville.

David Lynch -- the singular and surreal director of "Mulholland Drive" and television's "Twin Peaks," who depicted the darkness lurking beneath the wholesome surface of American life -- has died. He was 78 years old.

A "legend of cinema" wrote the César Academy on social media in tribute to American director David Lynch, who passed away at the age of 78 on Thursday. France has a soft spot for the enigmatic artist,