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Qatar's Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced that Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández and Jim Sheridan will serve as Qumra Masters at the 10th edition of its respected talent incubator event, running from March 1 to 6. They join a long list of top professionals to have…

French filmmaker Leos Carax discussed the highs and lows of his 42-year career at the Marrakech International Film Festival on Sunday. He was candid about the setbacks and sense of doubt about his place on set in the early days of a shoot, across his seven feature directorial credits to date…

At a Cannes Film Festival like no other, Leos Carax's Annette may have been the perfect opening movie. Our Pete Hammond described it as an "offbeat rock opera musical fantasy" (not the most populated of genres) in his Deadline review last night, and the film's creativity and originality, typical of Carax, has set the…

Tonight’s Cannes Film Festival world premiere of Leos Carax’s musical rock opera Annette has been a long time coming as it was actually announced to be part of the fest’s 2020 edition. That was canceled, of course, but this film decided to wait 14 months until it could have its moment on the red carpeted steps of the…

Since 1984, Leos Carax has only made five features, and all but one of them have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, usually to feverish anticipation. This year, festivalgoers will be looking to see how the 60-year-old French maverick—aka Alex Christophe Dupont—will top his intoxicatingly strange 2012 competition…

Mubi has acquired all UK and Ireland rights for Leos Carax's Annette which is due to open the Cannes Film Festival in competition on July 6, a day ahead of its French release. The distributor and streamer has set a theatrical UK and Ireland release on September 3. This is the second recent UK deal for Mubi on a Cannes…

Annette, the new movie from Leos Carax and his first in the English language, has been set as the opening night for the 74th Cannes Film Festival. It will have its world premiere In Competition after the opening ceremony. Amazon has also confirmed today that the film will have its U.S. release in theaters and on Prime…

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory) is joining Oscar-nominee Adam Driver and Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard in Leos Carax's (Holy Motors) musical romance Annette. Shoot is underway on Carax’s first English-language film, which is set against the backdrop of Los Angeles. Pic will follow star-crossed lovers: a…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has picked up U.S. and Canadian rights to Annette, the first English-language title from French cult director Leos Carax, starring Adam Driver. The music-filled drama focuses on a widowed stand-up comedian and his two-year-old daughter who has a surprising gift. It’s been one of the hottest…

After a 13-year absence, French helmer Leos Carax returned to the Cannes competition in May with his well-received Holy Motors. Indomina then acquired the film for the US. It stars Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue. Now, Carax is being honored at Locarno. The Pardo d'Onore award has gone to “a master of…