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Video. Smile you're on camera: Alexandra Matthaiou debuts new short at Cannes

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 60 words · By Yorgos Mitropoulos
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Smile you're on camera: Alexandra Matthaiou debuts new short at Cannes Copy/paste the link below: Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Updated: The director spoke to Euronews about her third short film participating in the acclaimed film festival.

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Smile you're on camera: Alexandra Matthaiou debuts new short at Cannes Copy/paste the link below: Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Updated: The director spoke to Euronews about her third short film participating in the acclaimed film festival.

Why it matters

It makes its world premiere during the Directors' Fortnight, the section that has long highlighted independent and daring cinematic voices.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: It makes its world premiere during the Directors' Fortnight.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/15/cannes-film-festival-alexandra-matthae…

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Claim 1: “It makes its world premiere during the Directors' Fortnight”
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Both Euronews and the YouTube transcript of the Euronews interview explicitly state that the film makes its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.
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web search NEUTRAL — It had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section on May 19, 2023. It was released in the United States on April 26, 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_That_the_Time_for_…
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web search NEUTRAL — The director spoke to Euronews about her third short film participating in the acclaimed film festival. It makes its world premiere during the Directors' Fortnight, the section that has long highlight…
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/15/cannes-film-fest…
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Claim 2: “The director spoke to Euronews about her third short film participating in the acclaimed film festival.”
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The specific detail that this is her 'third short film' participating in the festival is mentioned in the YouTube description/transcript of the Euronews interview. No other independent source confirms the total count of her films at Cannes.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival
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web search NEUTRAL — Cannes Film Festival: Alexandra Matthaiou on the Directors' Fortnight The director spoke to Euronews about her third short film participating in the acclaime...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so9KyOhgOIo
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web search NEUTRAL — See photos of all the best celebrity looks and outfits from the Cannes Film Festival 2026 red carpet.Stars are descending on the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival 2026, which will run from M…
https://pagesix.com/style/cannes-film-festival-2026-red-carp…
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Claim 3: “Alexandra Matthaiou debuts new short at Cannes”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Alexandra Matthaiou (also spelled Matheou) debuted a short film at Cannes. Euronews reports on her film 'Özgür Eliza' (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection), and the Onassis Foundation confirms her selection for the Big Short Film 2024 Open Call at the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
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web search NEUTRAL — About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features.
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web search NEUTRAL — The film, written and directed by Alexandra Matheou and produced by Savvas Stavrou (Merricat Films), was selected as one of the five films of the Big Short Film 2024 Open Call.A big short film and an …
https://www.onassis.org/news/onassis-culture-at-the-79th-can…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alexandra Matthaiou, kısa filmi "Özgür Eliza" (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection) ile Cannes’a geliyor. Film, dünya prömiyerini uzun yıllardır bağımsız ve cesur sinema seslerini öne çıkaran Director…
https://tr.euronews.com/kultur/2026/05/15/ozgur-eliza-cannes…
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