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Fabien Lemercier


9759 articles available in total starting from 02/07/2002. Last article published on 12/09/2025.

François Ozon • Director of The Stranger

Interview: François Ozon • Director of The Stranger

"I like characters who are a bit mysterious, with an inner life"

VENICE 2025: The French filmmaker discusses his adaptation of Albert Camus's famous novel, how he approached the opacity of the main character and contextualised the colonial era  

01/09 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Review: Roqia

Review: Roqia

VENICE 2025: Under the guise of a dark genre film about possession and exorcism, Yanis Koussim distils an allegory about the timeless dangers of fundamentalism  

01/09 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin

Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin

VENICE 2025: In the style of a thriller, Olivier Assayas directs a gripping epic recounting the hardening of Russian power, from perestroika to Putin's murderous solitary dictatorship  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Caroline Deruas Peano • Director of Stereo Girls

Interview: Caroline Deruas Peano • Director of Stereo Girls

"I didn't want to have a bird's-eye view of adolescence, but to dive right into it"

VENICE 2025: The French filmmaker explains her bold choices in her treatment of a story of teenage friendship that is as intensely joyful as it is terribly dramatic  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics' Week

Review: Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

Review: Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students

VENICE 2025: Claire Simon uses the novelist's writings as a mirror to sketch a portrait that is both simple and subtle of the diversity of contemporary French youth  

29/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: Stereo Girls

Review: Stereo Girls

VENICE 2025: Caroline Deruas Peano reincarnates the intensity of teenage emotions in a film that takes many formal risks with undeniable charm  

28/08 | Venice 2025 | International Film Critics' Week

Review: Memory

Review: Memory

VENICE 2025: Exploring her childhood memories in the midst of war, Vladlena Sandu has created a debut feature of exceptional cinematic creativity  

27/08 | Venice 2025 | Giornate degli Autori

Filming to begin soon on Robert Guédiguian’s Une femme aujourd’hui

Filming to begin soon on Robert Guédiguian’s Une femme aujourd’hui

Marilou Aussilloux, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan in the cast of a Agat Films production sold by Playtime  

26/08 | Production | Funding | France/Italy

French audiovisual industry showcased at the 31st Unifrance Rendez-vous in Le Havre

French audiovisual industry showcased at the 31st Unifrance Rendez-vous in Le Havre

The world's largest market dedicated to French audiovisual programmes will take place in the Normandy city from 1 to 5 September  

26/08 | Industry | Market | France

All eyes on the Valois de Diamant at the 18th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival

All eyes on the Valois de Diamant at the 18th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival

At the core of the supersize programme for the 18th edition of the gathering, which will unspool from 25-30 August, are a ten-title competition and preview screenings of 16 films  

22/08 | Angoulême 2025

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