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A French animation about the deadly police crackdown on protests by Algerians in 1960s Paris was among the winners on Oct. 20 of the Student Academy Awards, held for the first time at Los Angeles' recently opened film museum.

Julia Ducournau's "Titane," a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, news wires reported. Ducournau became the second female filmmaker to win the festival's top honor in its 74 year history.

Shock-fest "Titane" took home the top Palme d'Or prize at Cannes on July 17, revealed early at the closing ceremony in an embarrassing slip-up by jury president Spike Lee.

French director Julie Ducournau is only the second woman to scoop the prize, for a movie that was one of the wildest, sexiest and most violent ever shown at the Cannes film festival.

The famed Cannes Film Festival opens on July 6, and despite social distancing subduing some of its signature glamour, excitement is rife for the first fully-fledged film festival since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Chadwick Boseman received two posthumous nominations from the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 4, while the Korean American family drama "Minari" and Spike Lee's Vietnam veteran drama "Da 5 Bloods" were among the nominees for best ensemble.

U.S. director Spike Lee has been named president of the jury for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Jan. 14.

The 62-year-old filmmaker, who succeeds Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, will head the panel that will award the 73rd Palme d'Or prize.

The final film in the epic "Star Wars" trilogy of trilogies brought Hollywood to a standstill on Dec. 16, as a galaxy of VIPs from the space saga that began four decades ago descended on a glittering world premiere.

"The Favourite," directed by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, led the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Wednesday, with 12 nods for the costume piece that has already won its leading actress Olivia Colman several prizes.

"The Favourite" led the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Wednesday, with 12 nods for the costume piece that has already won its leading actress Olivia Colman several prizes.

"3Faces" film, by Jafar Panahi will be screened in the opening of ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival, taking place Monday through Sunday, in Sfantu Gheorghe, the Danube Delta, Emir Baigazin, the Kazakh director being the guest of the 15th edition of the event, the organisers inform.