Cannes Review: Left-Handed Girl
Reporting from Cannes, Shannon Cotter watches 'Left-Handed Girl' unfurl with quiet force, a luminous, street-level portrait of survival and shame in modern-day Taipei.
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Founded in 1946, the festival is now held annually at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. Irish cinema has featured across competition, sidebars, shorts & market screenings. The Wind That Shakes the Barley won the Palme d’Or, while The Lobster took the Jury Prize. Films including Garage, Vivarium, The Surfer and Kinds of Kindness have screened across Cannes sections. Recent and upcoming Irish-linked titles include Pillion, My Father’s Shadow, Saipan and Power Ballad.
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Cannes Reviews: Partir un Jour (Leave One Day)
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Review: Capernaum
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Review: Faces Places (Visages Villages)
James Bartlett checks out the "charming and likeable" 'Faces Places', which screened at the 66th Melbourne International Film Festival.