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Jan Lumholdt


307 articles available in total starting from 15/03/2018. Last article published on 05/06/2025.

Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

Interview: Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

“I’m 50 and have two small kids, and the world is in turmoil and unrest – it just feels like we’re ready for some tenderness”

CANNES 2025: The Norwegian director discusses his latest film and the fact he has reached a “lucky” point in his career  

05/06 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Simón Mesa Soto • Director of A Poet

Interview: Simón Mesa Soto • Director of A Poet

“This film shows the worst version of myself in 20 years’ time”

CANNES 2025: The Colombian director delves into the artistic vocation and its inherent misfortunes  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

Interview: Hlynur Pálmason • Director of The Love That Remains

“There’s a lot of beauty, and you really need to take care of it – it’s so easy to take things for granted”

CANNES 2025: The Icelandic director talks about his, in a way, very strange creative process  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Review: The Love That Remains

Review: The Love That Remains

CANNES 2025: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason’s new film proves he can invite you into his home and pull the rug from right under your feet  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Première

Stéphane Demoustier • Director of The Great Arch

Interview: Stéphane Demoustier • Director of The Great Arch

“He’s a mystery, very well-suited for a piece of cinema, I immediately thought”

CANNES 2025: The French director talks about creating a monument to the unknown Danish creator of Paris’ Great Arch of la Défense  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: A Poet

Review: A Poet

CANNES 2025: Simón Mesa Soto paints a humorous and thoughtful portrait of a good-for-nothing poetry bum worth rooting for  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

Interview: Chie Hayakawa • Director of Renoir

“What I tried to bring from myself was the myriad emotions I was experiencing that I was not able to put into words”

CANNES 2025: The Japanese director shares her thoughts about art, life and death, and describes how her movie parallels her own life journey  

20/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Kei Ishikawa • Director of A Pale View of Hills

Interview: Kei Ishikawa • Director of A Pale View of Hills

“Right when we’re about to approach Mr Ishiguro, he goes and wins the Nobel Prize in Literature!”

CANNES 2025: The Japanese director discusses the process of adapting the debut novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, the fruits of which have met with the author’s warm approval  

18/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Being Bo Widerberg

Review: Being Bo Widerberg

CANNES 2025: As far as classic “new Swedish cinema” goes, the namesake of this solid biographical documentary by Jon Asp and Mattias Nohrborg ticks most of the boxes  

16/05 | Cannes 2025 | Cannes Classics

Lennart Ström • Managing director, m:brane

Interview: Lennart Ström • Managing director, m:brane

“We do aim to be very good, and I honestly feel we're not doing too badly at that”

The managing director delves into the facts and statistics of the recently concluded 19th edition of the Malmö-based event  

17/03 | M:brane 2025

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