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On Saturday, May 23, the Cannes Film Festival awarded an honorary Palme d’Or on its final night of festivities. This honor is a prestigious one, given to only the most accomplished members of the film industry. Past recipients include Agnès Varda, Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, and other legends working both in front of the camera and behind it.… read more.
When Diane Keaton passed away on October 11, 2025, it seemed as though the entire world immediately rose up to offer tribute, and we — at FF2 — were no different. We knew that when the next International SWAN Day rolled around on March 28, 2026, Diane Keaton would be our “American Icon.” No one could compete with her, and there was never any doubt!… read more.
Welcome to Women’s History Month 2025… Not to mention the yearlong build-up to the celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday on December 16, 2025!
Here at FF2 Media, we are reposting tributes to some of the Swans who have made the greatest impact on our own lives, and both Jane Austen & Emma Thompson are near the top of every list 🙂
Today, FF2 is delighted to celebrate the 28th anniversary of actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson’s Academy Award win for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense & Sensibility.… read more.
Coralie Fargeat has made Oscar history with her film The Substance this year, earning nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Make Up/Hairstyling. And she is also now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director in the horror genre.
This marks a tremendous achievement for Coralie, who first caught critics’ attention with her 2017 feminist body horror thriller Revenge (which centers around a woman who, after a brutal sexual assault, sets out on a violent revenge path with no mercy).… read more.
Dame Maggie Smith, beloved actor of stage and screen, has died at 89. Over the course of her decades-long career, she collected two academy awards, five BAFTAs, a Tony award, and international admiration. Perhaps best known for playing roles like Minerva McGonagall in The Harry Potter franchise and Dowager Countess Violet Crowley in the BBC’s Downton Abbey, Maggie was a British acting legend who will be remembered and missed.… read more.
This morning Anatomy of a Fall – directed and co-written by Justine Triet – received FIVE Oscar nominations in the following categories:
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Achievement in Film Editing
Last May, Justine Triet, won the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Palm d’Or and earlier this month Anatomy of a Fall won the 2024 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language).… read more.