Rhianna Malas is a creative writer and essayist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. An RMIT alum, she has self produced a comic zine, and has written short stories and creative non-fiction ...

Standing ovations at Cannes have become a festival tradition that both delights and infuriates cinephiles around the world. How can an audience really clap for more than 10 minutes? Does the ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Twenty years ago, Guillermo del Toro premiered “Pan’s Labyrinth” at the Cannes Film Festival. He went in anxious. It was toward the end of the festival and many journalists had ...

What’s a normal amount of time to clap? Off the top of my head, I’d say 15 seconds. A minute or two if it’s a particularly rapturous standing ovation. But there is somewhere in the world where ...

Historic return: Del Toro’s 'Pan’s Labyrinth' returns to Cannes Classics 20 years after its debut and longest-ever ovation in festival history. Meticulous restoration: The director oversaw the 4K ...

The record for the longest standing ovation at Cannes is held by Guillermo del Toro’s (Pan’s Labyrinth) with 22 minutes of applause. Other films with lengthy ovations include Fahrenheit 9/11 (20 ...