"That's when the language of cinema changed with Godard and Antonioni, " Mr. Kardish explained, pointing to the innovations of the French New Wave auteurs and other filmmakers who rewrote the rules in the 1960s.

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"It is an honor and a privilege to preside over the jury of a festival that proves, again and again, that cinema is the language of the world, " Spielberg was quoted as saying in a statement by the Cannes festival organizers.

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For Michel Reilhac, Head of Cinema at ARTE (France), we are in a moment of major change, without syntax or language for the new environment.

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