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Cannes Film Festival · 2018

Cannes Film Festival 2018

Special Screenings

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8 films · 3 reviews

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10 Years In Thailand

A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.

(Country: Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan; Year: 2018; Director: Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Another Day Of Life

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Measured but naturally emotional recollections dovetail with the more impressionistic animated segments to scrutinise the psyche of war.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
True story of a reporter who took a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the civil war in Angola in the 70s.

(Country: Poland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Hungary; Year: 2018; Director: Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow; Writer: Raúl de la Fuente, Amaia Remirez, Niall Johnson, David Weber, Damian Nenow, Ryszard Kapuscinski; Stars: Miroslaw Haniszewski, Vergil J. Smith, Tomasz Zietek, Olga Boladz, Rafal Fudalej, Pawel Paczesny, Jakub Kamienski, Kerry Shale, Daniel Flynn, Youssef Kerkour, Lillie Flynn, Akie Kotabe, Ben Elliot, Emma Tate, Jude Owusu)

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Dead Souls (Les Ames Mortes)

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Many of the stories are very similar but they are all compelling.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Through the description of the daily lives of the now elderly survivors of the Jiabiangou Forced Labor Camp, this documentary seeks to expose the truth about the political campaigns of the late 1950s that led so many people to suffer or to die.

(Country: China, France, Switzerland; Year: 2016; Director: Wang Bing; Writer: Wang Bing)

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The Great Mystical Circus (O Grande Circo Mistico)

A documentary following a century in the lives of the Knieps, an Austrian family of circus owners.

(Country: Brazil, Portugal, France; Year: 2018; Director: Carlos Diegues; Writer: Carlos Diegues, George Moura; Stars: Jesuíta Barbosa, Bruna Linzmeyer, Rafael Lozano)

Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word

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The insightful and intimate interviews Wenders conducted with the Pope are interspersed with footage of his extensive travels that show the meaning of his words.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
A documentary about Pope Francis, his work of reform and his answers to today's global questions.

(Country: France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland; Year: 2018; Director: Wim Wenders; Writer: Wim Wenders; Stars: Pope Francis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, John Kerry, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Shimon Peres, Vladimir Putin, Donald J. Trump, Melania Trump, Wim Wenders, Pope Francis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, John Kerry, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama) , Trailer

Full review See: Wim Wenders in conversation on symbols of Catholicism, Saint Francis and filming Pope Francis in the Vatican Gardens for Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word , Interview with Wim Wenders about his first meeting for Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word and Patti Smith's premonition and song for the film

The State Against Mandela And The Others

A documentary looking at how the case against Nelson Mandela and his co-accused was developed and brought to trial.

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte)

To The Four Winds (À Tous Vents)

A documentary about the encounters and ensuing relationships between inhabitants in the Roya valley and refugees who have arrived there after crossing the border between France and Italy.

(Year: 2018; Director: Michel Toesca)

La Traversee

Fifty years after the events of May 68, Dany Cohn-Bendit and Romain Goupil have decided to start a journey across France. In this "road movie" they explore the territories - at times bewildering - of the Republic.

(Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Romain Goupil)