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Kantemir Balagov is repping Russia for the International Feature Film Oscar for the first time, with his second film, Beanpole. The story of the plight of two women in a devastated post-WWII Leningrad brought Balagov a Best Director win in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section this year. He visited with Deadline at the…

Roger Deakins with his one continuous take in 1917 is a likely shoo-in in Oscar’s DP category, but we can’t overlook Kantemir Balagov’s post WWII Leningrad feature Beanpole, which is infused with bright orange, red, and green colors; an interesting palette when we typically expect such hard depressed times to be…

The Cannes Film Festival's companion competition section, Un Certain Regard, unveiled its winners Friday night with the top prize going to tropical melodrama The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao from director Karim Ainouz. Set in 1950 Rio de Janeiro, it centers on inseparable sisters Euridice and Guida who each have…

Returning Russian director Kantemir Balagov, who won a FIPRESCI Prize with 2017's Closeness, and served on Cannes’ Un Certain Regard jury last year, is back in that section with Beanpole. The film follows two young women as they search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives among the post-siege…

EXCLUSIVE: After winning the FIPRESCI prize for Tesnota (Closeness) two years ago at Cannes, Russian director Kantemir Balagov returns with Beanpole a story about the plight of two women in a devastated post WWII Leningrad. Iya and Masha search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the…