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Anita Gou found out she had two films going to Sundance this year via WeChat, while she was out on a road trip in Taiwan. It was a fitting way to find out for someone with such strong international connections. One was Lulu Wang's Mandarin-language comedy The Farewell, which was snapped up by A24 in a splashy $6…

The Cannes Competition line-up of 50 years ago was an extraordinary one; a who's who of iconic filmmakers. Among the 26 competing for the Palme d'Or were Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, Andrzej Wajda, Pierre Étaix, Lindsay Anderson, Volker Schlöndorff, Costa-Gavras, Éric Rohmer, Glauber Rocha, Ronald Neame and Dennis…