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Rams: a warming tale in the land of ice

Who would have thought that a tale about sheep in rural Iceland would bring tears to your eyes? But Grímur Hákonarson’s ‘Rams’ does just that. The

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Paper Towns feels very real

Paper Towns, starring Halston Sage, Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff, is a coming of age tale. Halston Sage explained the plot: “I play a girl named

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France honoured at 68th Cannes Film Festival

French director Jacques Audiard’s ‘Dheepan’ was the surprise winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The jury, who are only

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"A pigeon perched on a branch philosophised about life."

The title is a gateway into the universe of director Roy Andersson and the “the final part of a trilogy about being a human being.” In a succession

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A selection box of in competition films at the Cannes Film Festival

The films in competition at Cannes include ‘Louder Than Bombs’ by Norwegian film-maker Joachim Trier. It is a family drama featuring a father and

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Flowering female sexuality in Turkey explored in 'Mustang'

‘Mustang’ is a film by Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven and is presented as part of the Directors Fortnight, a parallel selection, at the Cannes

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Nepal: earthquake recovery process

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South East Asia's Rohingya Muslim migrant crisis

Nearly 1,000 migrants came ashore in different parts of Indonesia on Friday. Weak, hungry and dehydrated, most had been crammed into boats towed

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The controversy of Pope Pius XII in 'Shades of Truth'

Tackling a controversy which has dogged the Roman Catholic church for almost 70 years. In “Shades of Truth” US actor David Wall plays

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'Standing Tall' premieres at the official opening of the Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival officially opened on Wednesday with the premiere of Standing Tall – La Tete Haute. It has been described as a stirring

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Vincent Cassel stars as cult leader in 'Partisan'

Australian director Ariel Kleiman’s debut feature ‘Partisan’ starring Vincent Cassel is set in a claustrophobic micro-society in an unidentified

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Maisie Williams stars in mass hysteria drama 'The Falling'

Set in a strict English girls’ school in 1969, ‘The Falling’ tells of a mysterious fainting epidemic that breaks out in the aftermath of a tragedy

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Pakistan heavy rains leave dozens of dead

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Gritty Irish drama 'Glassland' out now

Irish filmmaker Gerard Barrett examines life in urban Ireland in his gritty drama ‘Glassland’. The 27-year old’s second movie stars Irish actor Jack

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Blake Lively cursed with eternal youth in 'The Age of Adaline'

In ‘The Age of Adaline’, Blake Lively plays a young woman who has miraculously remained a youthful 29 years of age for nearly eight decades following

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Uberto Pasolini's 'Still Life' takes unique look at loneliness and death

In this week’s Cinema box we take a look at “Still life” by the Italian director Uberto Pasolini. John May is a lonely man who no one notices. His

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Hundreds of migrants dock in Sicily; a further 115 rescued off Libyan coast

Is there a correlation between a decrease in funding and an increase in migrant deaths in the Mediterranean? Italy calls on Europe for action.

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Fleeing migrants need long-term solution from EU: Renzi

The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

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Libya, hazardous pathway for African migrants streaming to Europe

Libya has been the main launch pad for African migrants heading for Europe since the downfall — assisted by NATO countries’ bombers — of Muammar

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Migrants' tragic rescue in Malta