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Callum Turner’s new film sparkles at Dinard Film Festival

British and Irish cinema have been in the spotlight at the Breton resort of Dinard for more than three decades, with films like "The Full Monty" and "Billy Elliot" getting their starts at the town's annual film festival. FRANCE 24's Culture editor Eve Jackson brings us the latest from this year’s edition, from its line-up to the financial woes that could spell the end of the festival.

Unsettling new film Artificial amplifies AI fears

A new film about Open AI and its co-founders has already been controversial

What to Expect at Dubai Design Week

Downtown Design  The anchor event of Dubai Design Week, Downtown Design takes place from 4–8 November at Dubai Design District (d3). The Middle East’s leading fair for contemporary and high-quality design connects international design with the region’s fast-growing market, while providing a platform for established and emerging creative talent from across the Middle East. The […] The post What to Expect at Dubai Design Week appeared first on identity.

Soulful Spaces

A room begins with a feeling, and often, that feeling arrives through colour – long before furniture, materials, or objects take their place. With its 2026 Global Colour Card, Soulful Spaces, Jotun explores this emotional power through three distinct palettes: Passage of Time, Art of Stillness and Joyful Living, each offering a different interpretation of […] The post Soulful Spaces appeared first on identity.

Boston Ballet returns to Paris and builds lasting legacy

In this edition of Entre Nous we speak to Mikko Nissinen, the artistic director of the Boston Ballet, which is performing this week at the historic Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. He tells us what it means to come back to Paris and what the French audience can expect from works by Alexander Ekman and Akram Khan.

How Aphrodite became a controversial sex symbol

Artworks depicting the Greek goddess have been branded obscene

The Social Reckoning lacks power or thrills

This middling drama depicts how a Facebook whistleblower exposed its secrets

10 images capturing the chaos of ’90s Brit culture

The era's messy energy was the last hurrah of analogue, 20th-Century life

Framed By The Coast

Set along the coastline of Umm Al Quwain, the 1,758-square-metre residence is composed of low stone volumes, planted berms and shaded passages rather than one dominant architectural gesture. Designed by The Fellowship — Sultan Alqasimi, Amjad Ayoub and Maria Attarian — the 2025 holiday home sits across a 13,580-square-metre site, allowing the architecture to spread […] The post Framed By The Coast appeared first on identity.

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