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Celebrations may be in full swing for some cast and crews in Hollywood but not quite for other movies which unfortunately did less than expected at the 91st Academy Awards
Paris (France), Jun 3 (EFE) .- (Camera: Marta Garde) A year after having been forced to cancel its celebration due to the pandemic, the Cannes Festival gained strength this Thursday with a 74 edition that is presented renewed but with established filmmakers -Wes Anderson, Nanni Moretti or Asghar Farhadi-, and with almost no presence of Latin American or Spanish directors.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF CANNES PRESIDENT, THIERRY FREMAUXTRANSLATIONin spanishwe hope to have a cannes full of enthusiasm, it is the first world event after the epidemic that has not ended yet, almost normal, almost 100 films, having the public and the media back, having all that is one way of being together once again after a year of painin french "We do not want to take the risk of saying that everything will be normal, we do not know, we will see what happens. At the same time, it is a festival that we have decided to be a great party, the great movie party."2. "Cannes must return with all the ingredients that have made its legend: the red carpet, the stars, the authors, the great filmmakers, the media."3. "We have seen some films in which there are people with masks, some that have been written and directed during the pandemic, that deal with these issues of living together after a cataclysm like the one we are experiencing, which has not ended. The selection it will be a bit of a witness. "4. "Most of it will be films that we will be able to see in 25 years without imagining that in 2020 and 2021 they were made in a pandemic period."
Mannheim (Germany), April 28 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Friedemann Vogel) German Chancellor Angela Merkel received virtually on Wednesday the European Prize for Civil Rights of the Sinti and Roma for her special efforts to ensure that the Minority rights and its more than 600 years of history are more consciously perceived in Germany and Europe after the Holocaust that broke the civilization of 500,000 Sinti and Roma in Nazi-occupied Europe. FOOTAGE FROM THE CEREMONY AND THE VIRTUAL PRIZE DELIVERY IN MANNHEIM, GERMANY.
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