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Filmmakers Reflect on New Projects and Cannes

Updated 2026-05-19 11:35 UTC 1 source Neutral

Romanian filmmaker Constantin Popescu is set to direct the first two features in a new supernatural franchise, Birds of the Soul. At Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn reflected on his near-death experience during a press conference for Her Private Hell.

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EXCLUSIVE: Bafta and Palme d’Or-winning director Ken Loach and producer Rebecca O’Brien are due to hit Cannes today for a Cinéma de Plage screening of a remastered 4K version of Spanish Civil War drama Land and Freedom which originally premiered at the festival in competition in 1995. Tonight’
2026-05-19 11:22 UTC
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“Dying is very interesting,” began Nicolas Winding Refn when asked about his mic drop moment at last night’s Cannes world premiere for his latest feature Her Private Hell. Refn told the entire Grand Theatre Lumiere audience, who gave him a 12-minute standing ovation, that he was de
2026-05-19 11:25 UTC
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Romanian filmmaker Constantin Popescu has signed on to direct the first two features in a new supernatural franchise that Just Entertainment and AiMation are launching, titled Birds of the Soul.  The franchise synopsis reads: “Set in the Carpathian Mountains in 1917, the first film follows a remote
2026-05-19 11:28 UTC
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