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Racist attacks on pop star Aya Nakamura test France’s ability to shine at Paris Olympics
Rumours that French pop star Aya Nakamara may sing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics have triggered a flurry of attacks from the French far right, questioning the host country’s ability to appreciate the globally acclaimed talent emerging from its neglected suburbs with large immigrant populations.
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The best TV shows to watch in March
From "The Regime", a satirical comedy about a despotic leader played by Kate Winslet, to all the latest from Europe's biggest TV festival, Séries Mania in northwestern France, plus reviews of "Palm Royale", a 1960s high society dramedy starring Kristen Wiig, as well as Guy Ritchie's series adaptation of his 2019 movie "The Gentlemen", critic Dheepthika Laurent speaks to Eve Jackson about what's hot on TV this month.
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Ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2024/25: Time to fight for change
Stella McCartney, Marine Serre and Lilia Litkovska are three designers united in their belief that fashion, a notoriously polluting industry that often encourages excessive consumption, can itself be part of the solution. Through their latest ready-to-wear collections for next autumn and winter they showcase more sustainable modes of production, and advocate for fashion that has both style and heart. FRANCE 24 went to check out their Paris shows.
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Film show: 'Scarlet Blue' shows schizophrenia in a different light
Film critic Lisa Nesselson and presenter Eve Jackson welcome the award-winning Reunionese director Aurélia Mengin into the studio to talk about her second feature "Scarlet Blue". The movie is being shown at the International Women's Film Festival taking place just outside of Paris, in Créteil. It's one of more than a hundred feminist and committed films from all over the world presented at the festival. Aurélia's award-winning 2018 film "Fornacis" was the first to be directed by a woman from Réunion Island.
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Making of 'Oppenheimer': Behind the scenes in New Mexico
After “Oppenheimer”’s success at the Oscars, we take you to the film's shooting location in New Mexico that is thought to have inspired the man now known as “the father of the atomic bomb”.
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Blockbuster biopic 'Oppenheimer' wins best picture at Oscars
The biopic “Oppenheimer” has been crowned best picture at the Oscars with 7 awards. It's the first time in years that a big-budget, box-office sensation which collected nearly 1 billion dollars in ticket sales has won Hollywood’s top award.
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Inside the minds of Yohji Yamamoto, Jeanne Friot, Stéphane Rolland and Julien Fournié
What exactly goes on in designers’ heads? Wim Wenders claims that Yohji Yamamoto has the power to heal people without the need for a therapist’s chair. Meanwhile Jeanne Friot delves into her own lesbian love story. Stéphane Rolland invites students from two Paris fashions schools on stage, as his collection questions the relationship between East and West. And Julien Fournié embraces the Hitchcock heroine aesthetic to bring down the patriarchy.
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Art and activism in exile: Afghan women speak out
As countries around the world mark International Women’s Day, we speak to two Afghan women who fled Kabul as soon as the Taliban came to power in August 2021.
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Cult manga series 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama dies aged 68
The creator of Japan's hugely popular and influential "Dragon Ball" comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday.
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Shkoon: The techno music duo breaking down barriers
From an interview with the Syrian-German duo Shkoon who are breaking down geographical and language barriers through music to the fifteen artists from war-torn countries who are putting on an exhibition in Paris to show the impact of forced exile, imprisonment and conflict. Today, we’re talking about artists in exile.
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Film show: Jordanian drama 'Inshallah a Boy' makes for gripping viewing
Amjad Al Rasheed's directorial debut was also the first Jordanian film to be screened at the Cannes film festival last year. "Inshallah a Boy" focuses on a courageous mother and widow who's constrained by the patriarchal society she lives in. Amjad joins us in the studio to talk about making a film that addresses sensitive topics like inheritance and abortion, and how securing regional funding for his feature was a win for the nascent Jordanian film industry.
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Paris Fashion Week: From free the nipple to Africa's only brand on the bill
From Kim Kardashian's Balenciaga dress with the label on, to Victoria Beckham on crutches and Saint Laurent's see-through tops, fashion journalist Louis Pisano speaks to Eve Jackson about the good mix of glamour and reality at Paris Fashion Week. They also discuss South African label MaXhosa’s collection and Vetements co-founder Guram Gvasalia's feud with his brother Demna, who's the creative director at Balenciaga. Last but not least, they remember style icon Iris Apfel.
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Music show: Delgrès frontman Pascal Danaë on blues rock trio's fifth album
On this week's music show we welcome Pascal Danaë, the singer of French blues rock trio Delgrès. They have just released their third studio album, which is infused with the band's Creole héritage, but more grounded in mainland France. The album's title "Promis Le Ciel" (Promised The Sky) explores themes like frustration with broken promises and modern-day human servitude. Pascal sheds more light on the record for us.
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That's the ticket! From prices to protests, the challenges facing French museums
As Paris's Louvre raises its prices, and as prior reservations become increasingly common, we take a look at how to make the most of French museums. We also discuss whether they should be free or not, and we discover some quirky spots to visit too.
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From murder to atonement: Author Colum McCann writes of a mother's survival
In this edition of arts24 we discover an extraordinary book unlike any you've probably ever read. "American Mother" is a thriller, a memoir, a mystery: the story of how Diane Foley found answers and atonement after her son James was brutally murdered by the Islamic State (IS) group. He was a freelance journalist who was held captive by the IS group for two years before being beheaded in the Syrian desert in 2014. The video was shared online for all the world to see. In the book "American Mother", Diane Foley's voice has been captured by legendary Irish writer Colum McCann.
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Film show: France seizes its #MeToo moment at César Awards
Broken childhoods is the summary of this week's film show: those of young film stars, at the heart of French actress Judith Godrèche's speech at France's César awards ceremony; and that of the young heroine in the film "When it Melts", which is out in France this week. It's the directorial debut of Belgian actress Veerle Baetens, who joins Eve Jackson and Lisa Nesselson in the studio. (In France, the film is banned for under-12s and comes with a warning). Join them for a roundup of the week's French film news.
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‘Dune: Part 2’: Timothée Chalamet seeks revenge and love in second installment of sci-fi blockbuster
Today on Arts 24, a return to the Dune Universe. Timothée Chalamet continues his journey as Paul Atreides, turning tragedy into revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. This time with a little help from the Fremen people of the planet Arakis. The second installment of the sci-fi franchise sees two new faces join the all-star cast: Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan and Austin Butler as evil Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen. FRANCE 24's Jennifer Ben Brahim went to meet the cast during their promotional tour in Paris.
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Violinist Alena Baeva: 'We need to escape to our imaginary worlds'
Violinist Alena Baeva is Russian, Luxembourgish Polish and Ukrainian. With her Ukrainian husband, the pianist Vadym Kholodenko, she has just released a new album entitled "Fantasy", which revisits dream-tinted music by Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Schumann and Olivier Messiaen. The duo are currently touring the record and the award-winning soloist stopped by arts24 to tell us more about it. We also take a look at other new collaborative albums including Ye (Kanye West) and Ty Dolla Sign's "Vultures 1", as well as Liam Gallagher and John Squire's eponymous first album.
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Mati Diop's documentary 'Dahomey' on looted African art wins top prize at Berlin film festival
"Dahomey", a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe's return of looted antiquities to Africa, won the Berlin film festival's top prize Saturday.
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Lina Soualem and Hiam Abbass: Documenting a Palestinian mother-daughter dynamic
Lina Soualem's latest film looks back at four generations of Palestinian women, with her mother, actress Hiam Abbass, serving as a guide to their family history. "Bye Bye Tiberias" charts their displacement from the shores of the Sea of Galilee to the village of Deir Hanna, using home videos and archive footage to place this very personal story within its larger historical context.
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Tourists in the French capital hope to catch a glimpse of 'Emily in Paris'
Filming for the fourth season of the hit Netflix series "Emily in Paris" has gotten underway in the French capital. It's a huge draw for tourists hoping to get a glimpse of the actors and perhaps more importantly, the show's famously eccentric costumes.
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Spy thriller 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' gets a fresh, millennial TV series update
Olivia Salazar-Winspear and Dheepthika Laurent look at the latest in television series this month. "In Her Car", a Ukrainian drama filmed in Kyiv during the war, is the brainchild of Ukrainian showrunner Eugen Tunick. He tells us what it was like filming in such conditions. Also: Donald Glover impresses with his millennial remake of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", the 2005 film that launched "Brangelina". A TV series remake of David Nicholls' "One Day", starring the White Lotus' Leo Woodall, is hailed for its delicate portrayal of love and grief. Finally, "The New Look" is a new fashion drama that looks at Chanel, Dior and their contemporaries living in Paris under Nazi occupation.
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‘Oppenheimer’ sweeps BAFTAs, winning best film, director, actor awards
Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month.
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New wave of #MeToo allegations in French cinema: A pivotal moment?
Judith Godrèche has been in the headlines in France after the actress accused director Benoît Jacquot of rape and sexual abuse during their relationship which, she says, started when she was 14 years old and he was 39. She also levelled accusations of sexual misconduct at filmmaker Jacques Doillon. Both men deny the accusations. French prosecutors have now opened an inquiry and other actresses have also come forward accusing the two directors of sexual abuse. As French cinema icon Gérard Depardieu faces another sexual assault complaint, arts24's culture team and Annette Young of The 51 Percent, FRANCE 24's women's show, discuss what could be a pivotal moment in the industry with talent agent Solène Edouard and actress and director Ariane Labed.
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#MeToo and French cinema: Are we at a tipping point?
In a special joint edition of arts24 and The 51 Percent, we focus on whether the #MeToo movement has reached an inflection point in French cinema. The film sector in France has been shaken after actress, Judith Godrèche, accused director, Benoît Jacquot, of rape and sexual abuse during their relationship; which, she says, started when she was 14 years old and he was 39. Annette Young and Olivia Salazar-Winspear are joined by French talent agent, Solène Edouard and Ariane Labed, actor and director, to discuss why the industry has been so seemingly complacent to address issues of harassment and sexism.
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‘Wind of revolt’ sweeps French cinema in belated #MeToo reckoning
French cinema has been rocked by a new wave of allegations of child rape and sexual assault targeting household names in the industry, bolstering talk of a long-awaited breakthrough for the #MeToo movement in France following a nationwide controversy over Gérard Depardieu. The latest accusations shine a stark light on the culture of impunity that prevailed in a country where auteur worship has long served as a cover for abuse.
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Yrsa Daley-Ward embarks on a poetic journey into her own past
The British poet Yrsa Daley-Ward tells us why her memoir "The Terrible" is not as gloomy as it sounds, as the book is released in a French translation which highlights the optimism in her writing. She's collaborated with fashion labels, filmmakers and even Beyoncé, but is probably best known for her Instagram posts, which provide bursts of digital poetry to an ever-growing audience. We also chat about juggling literary and acting work, and her 360° approach to creativity.
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Film show: 74th Berlinale festival preview
Eyes in the movie world turn to Berlin as its annual film showcase opens with a typically exciting roster, including the new release from French director André Téchiné starring Isabelle Huppert and Hafsia Herzi. Film critic Lisa Nesselson also tells us about a suitably surreal take on the master painter himself: “Daaaaaali!” is Quentin Dupieux's interpretation of the artist's unique persona. Meanwhile, Bertrand Bonello's latest film "The Beast" blends sci-fi and romance in a time-travelling jaunt that takes the central couple, played by Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, through two centuries. And we check out "Bob Marley: One Love", as the final years of the reggae star's life are revisited in a new biopic.
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Kingsley Ben-Adir on playing music legend Bob Marley
British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir talks about playing Bob Marley, learning Jamaican patois and discovering what the icon was like as a person from his friends and family. We also hear from the "One Love" filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green and get Bob Marley's son Ziggy's take on the film.
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Music show: Jäde puts hip-hop spin on chanson française
In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with French rising star Jäde ahead of her debut album release. She has a voice like sugar but with a heavy dose of lyrical spice, with musical influences ranging from Lauryn Hill to Françoise Hardy. Her upcoming record "Les Malheurs de Jäde" is a reference to the French children's book "Les Malheurs de Sophie". She tells us more about her musical style.