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Jan Lumholdt


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

Review: Ghost Tropic

Review: Ghost Tropic

CANNES 2019: It’s the journey and not the destination that counts in Bas Devos’ mild-mannered and poetic discovery of hope and bliss  

28/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Bas Devos  • Director of Ghost Tropic

Interview: Bas Devos • Director of Ghost Tropic

“I could have taken a three-month holiday, but instead I chose to write a film”

CANNES 2019: Belgian director Bas Devos sat down with us to explain how he made Ghost Tropic, a film shot in record time  

25/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Justine Triet  • Director of Sibyl

Interview: Justine Triet • Director of Sibyl

“I like to laugh at dark, tragic things which also sometimes happen in life”

CANNES 2019: We sat down with French helmer Justine Triet to find out more about her competition title, the dramedy Sibyl  

25/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Rebecca Zlotowski  • Director of An Easy Girl

Interview: Rebecca Zlotowski • Director of An Easy Girl

“It’s time for women to re-embrace our sexy stereotypes, and play with them with power and pride”

CANNES 2019: We caught up with Rebecca Zlotowski to discuss An Easy Girl, which plays with sexual stereotypes and power games between privileged men and objectified women  

23/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Shahrbanoo Sadat  • Director of The Orphanage

Interview: Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director of The Orphanage

“Some people feel I don’t talk enough about war and politics in my films”

CANNES 2019: Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat breaks down The Orphanage, the second part of a planned pentalogy that began with the acclaimed Wolf and Sheep  

22/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Andreas Horvath  • Director of Lillian

Interview: Andreas Horvath • Director of Lillian

"‘We want to see what happens on the road,’ we said. Potential backers just shook their heads"

CANNES 2019: We sat down with Austrian documentarian Andreas Horvath to unpick his fifth feature-length work, Lillian  

22/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Claude Lelouch  • Director of The Best Years of a Life

Interview: Claude Lelouch • Director of The Best Years of a Life

“I have always regarded myself as an amateur”

CANNES 2019: We spoke to Claude Lelouch about his 49th film, The Best Years of a Life, in which he reunites the man and the woman from his 1966 Grand Prix winner  

22/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: The Best Years of a Life

Review: The Best Years of a Life

CANNES 2019: Claude Lelouch’s new film is an autumnal holiday postcard sporting a few sweet notes on ageing, remembering and loving  

20/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Out of Competition

Ruben Östlund lifts the lid on Triangle of Sadness at Film i Väst’s Cannes presentation

Ruben Östlund lifts the lid on Triangle of Sadness at Film i Väst’s Cannes presentation

CANNES 2019: At the Swedish film fund’s annual presentation, the 2017 Palme d’Or winner unveiled some interesting and fairly messy details about his forthcoming film  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019

Review: Vivarium

Review: Vivarium

CANNES 2019: Lorcan Finnegan’s new outing is a slice of involuntary suburban family life, chillingly well executed  

19/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Critics’ Week

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