film festival

Cannes Rolls Out The Red Carpet For An Expanded, More Inclusive Film Festival

5:15pm July 06, 2021

After the cancellation of the festival in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Cannes Film Festival returns to the French Riviera with an expanded program and a historic jury led by filmmaker Spike Lee.

Arts

Kobe Bryant Removed As Animation Festival Juror After Protest Over Past Allegations

9:10pm October 18, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

A petition launched by "women and allies in the animation community" demanded "that accused rapist and sexual predator Kobe Bryant be removed" from the Animation Is Us festival.

RiverRun Film 'And Then I Go' Takes A New Perspective On School Shootings

6:00am April 27, 2018

by Eddie Garcia

The 20th annual RiverRun International Film Festival is wrapping up this weekend in the Triad.

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Philippe Mora, whose father made life-saving baguettes during WWII, displays his graphic of his father, Georges Mora, and his godfather, Marcel Marceau, making mayonnaise together.

World News

'Monsieur Mayonnaise': The Sandwich King Who Saved Jewish Children From Nazis

10:33am March 09, 2017

by Morgan Childs

For years, Philippe Mora wondered how his father earned this nickname. A new documentary reveals the answer: He slathered passports in mayo and hid them in messy, hard-to-inspect baguettes.

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News

RiverRun Returns With NC Films Including Caviar Dreams

5:12pm March 01, 2017

by Eddie Garcia

The RiverRun International Film Festival is announcing its lineup of over 150 films.

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Movie lovers in Nairobi gather for a nighttime screening at last year's Slum Film Festival.

He Had One Week To Make A Movie For The Slum Film Festival

1:08pm September 04, 2015

by Abigail Higgins

The filmmaker is 21. He had to direct and star in a movie — his first movie, in fact. He was really, really stressed. Would he make the deadline?