Author: France 24

Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said. Source link

In Eve Jackson’s daily roundup from the Cannes Film Fesitval, we hear from actor Richard Gere and the director Paul Schrader on their film “Oh Canada”, 40 years after they made “American Gigolo” together. Also on the programme a transgender crime musical starring Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez and Carla Sophia Gascon directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard and a look at Cannes by night at one of the legendary soirees. Source link

Few films linked to the Gaza war are screening in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Despite its title, “The Belle of Gaza”, a documentary out of competition, bears little relation to the conflict. The film by French director Yolande Zauberman follows the struggles and dreams of Palestinian trans women in Tel Aviv. Pro-Palestinian activists have in the past accused Israel of pink-washing, or showing off its tolerance to the LGBTQ community to coat over its human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israela and Talleen Abu Hanna, who in the film recount their stories respectively as Jewish and Arab trans women in…

“Ghost Trail”, which opened the Critics’ Week sidebar in Cannes this week, follows a Syrian exile’s pursuit of the man who tortured him during the country’s civil war. FRANCE 24 spoke to French director Jonathan Millet, whose impressive Cannes debut delivered one of the festival’s early hits. Source link

Paralympic organisers, with a cast of compelling athletes and a record-breaking broadcasting deal, are hoping this year’s Paris Games can mark a breakout. Source link

US President Joe Biden’s national security advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel at the weekend for talks on the conflict in Gaza, the White House said Friday. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war.  Source link

From the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet, Eve Jackson brings us the latest on Friday’s premieres, including “Kinds of Kindness” with Emma Stone and “Oh, Canada”, which marks the return of Richard Gere. Also on the programme, after the Euphoria series and his role in the film “Saltburn”, we take an in-depth look at the career of Jacob Elordi so far. We also hear from Franco-Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch on his musically rich story about female empowerment ‘Everybody Loves Touda’, starring Nisrin Erradi. Source link

Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. Source link

More than two years into Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s strong presence at the Cannes Film Festival bears witness to its stubborn defence and the resilience of its film industry. The war’s pervasive impact on civilian life is the subject of “The Invasion”, whose director Sergei Loznitsa spoke to FRANCE 24 in Cannes. Source link

The Israeli military on Friday said its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed during the October 7 attack. The bodies were identified as 22-year-old Shani Louk, 28-year-old Amit Buskila and a 56-year-old man, Itzhak Gelerenter. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Irris Makler says the families of Buskila and Gelerenter had no idea about the fate of their loved ones before Friday. The Israeli military had confirmed to Louk’s family on October 30 that she was no longer alive. “Her family have said that there is closure in the thought that they can bury her,” explains…