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 | Cannes 2019

René Louis Cacciuttolo • CEO, VRRoom

Interview: René Louis Cacciuttolo • CEO, VRRoom

"Our goal is to meet many film festival programmers and organisers, producers and creators"

CANNES 2019: We have met up with René Louis Cacciuttolo, CEO of VR-oriented media outlet VRRoom, at the innovation hub of the Marché du Film  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Yohan Bouché • CEO, Onirix

Interview: Yohan Bouché • CEO, Onirix

"We have to create virtual cycle between venues, studios and viewers"

CANNES 2019: At the Marché du Film, Onirix CEO Yohan Bouché talks about advancing mass adoption of cinematic VR through premium and comfortable technology  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Maciej Glowiak • Project manager, Immersify

Interview: Maciej Glowiak • Project manager, Immersify

"It was great to be here and demonstrate our technologies"

CANNES 2019: We met up with Maciej Glowiak to talk about Immersify, a project providing cutting edge tools for the next generation of immersive media, at the Marché du Film  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

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Film Reviews

The Whistlers - by Corneliu Porumboiu - CANNES 2019: In his playful new film, Corneliu Porumboiu starts with Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger”, and then he rides and he rides – all the way to the Canary Islands
The Whistlers
by Corneliu Porumboiu
CANNES 2019: In his playful new film, Corneliu Porumboiu starts with Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger”, and then he rides and he rides – all the way to the Canary Islands
Little Joe - by Jessica Hausner - CANNES 2019: Austria’s Jessica Hausner puts her name to a hugely cerebral psychoanalytical film with a societal focus, flirting with the genre of sci-fi chiller and the world of genetic mutations
Little Joe
by Jessica Hausner
CANNES 2019: Austria’s Jessica Hausner puts her name to a hugely cerebral psychoanalytical film with a societal focus, flirting with the genre of sci-fi chiller and the world of genetic mutations
Pain & Glory - by Pedro Almodóvar - This 21st film by Pedro Almodóvar exudes the intense emotions that have shaped his life, and features Antonio Banderas as the mirror-image of the director behind Talk To Her and All About My Mother
Pain & Glory
by Pedro Almodóvar
This 21st film by Pedro Almodóvar exudes the intense emotions that have shaped his life, and features Antonio Banderas as the mirror-image of the director behind Talk To Her and All About My Mother
The Orphanage - by Shahrbanoo Sadat - CANNES 2019: Following her acclaimed feature debut, Wolf and Sheep, Shahrbanoo Sadat continues to explore the recent history of Afghanistan through the eyes of children
The Orphanage
by Shahrbanoo Sadat
CANNES 2019: Following her acclaimed feature debut, Wolf and Sheep, Shahrbanoo Sadat continues to explore the recent history of Afghanistan through the eyes of children
Sorry We Missed You - by Ken Loach - CANNES 2019: Two-time Palme d’Or winner Ken Loach tackles the stresses families are put under as a result of the gig economy and the outsourcing of work
Sorry We Missed You
by Ken Loach
CANNES 2019: Two-time Palme d’Or winner Ken Loach tackles the stresses families are put under as a result of the gig economy and the outsourcing of work
Atlantics - by Mati Diop - CANNES 2019: Mati Diop’s first feature film mixes realism and fantasy to weave an intriguing and nebulous moral tale about immigration, love and death
Atlantics
by Mati Diop
CANNES 2019: Mati Diop’s first feature film mixes realism and fantasy to weave an intriguing and nebulous moral tale about immigration, love and death
Song Without a Name - by Melina León - CANNES 2019: Melina León’s film noir tells the story of a mother looking for her kidnapped child in 1980s Peru
Song Without a Name
by Melina León
CANNES 2019: Melina León’s film noir tells the story of a mother looking for her kidnapped child in 1980s Peru
The Swallows of Kabul - by Zabou Breitman, Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec - CANNES 2019: Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec dive into the Taliban’s Kabul and achieve a very beautiful animated adaptation of Yasmina Khadra’s novel
The Swallows of Kabul
by Zabou Breitman, Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec
CANNES 2019: Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbe-Mevellec dive into the Taliban’s Kabul and achieve a very beautiful animated adaptation of Yasmina Khadra’s novel
Bertrand Bonello • Director of Zombi Child

Interview: Bertrand Bonello • Director of Zombi Child

"Films are also in the business of communicating with spirits"

CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello explains the thinking behind Zombi Child which was unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: You Deserve a Lover

Review: You Deserve a Lover

CANNES 2019: Hafsia Herzi proves to be just as good at directing as she is at acting with her sexy debut feature  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Critics’ Week

Cannes gets engrossed in the 2019 Immersive Summit

Cannes gets engrossed in the 2019 Immersive Summit

CANNES 2019: The third Winston Baker Immersive Summit, in partnership with the Marché du Film’s Cannes XR, was dedicated to exploring how to make XR work from development to distribution  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

Review: The Wild Goose Lake

Review: The Wild Goose Lake

CANNES 2019: Co-produced by France, the new film noir by Chinese director Diao Yinan, who triumphed at the Berlinale 2014 with Black Coal, Thin Ice, is a work of stunning virtuosity  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

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Interviews

CANNES 2019: Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner tells us about her English-language film Little Joe, unveiled in competition in Cannes
CANNES 2019: Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner tells us about her English-language film Little Joe, unveiled in competition in Cannes
CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Mati Diop talks to us about her first feature film Atlantics, unveiled in competition in Cannes
CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Mati Diop talks to us about her first feature film Atlantics, unveiled in competition in Cannes
CANNES 2019: At the press conference for his Palme d’Or contender Sorry We Missed You, Brit Ken Loach unpicked his latest social-realist drama
CANNES 2019: At the press conference for his Palme d’Or contender Sorry We Missed You, Brit Ken Loach unpicked his latest social-realist drama
CANNES 2019: We have met up with René Louis Cacciuttolo, CEO of VR-oriented media outlet VRRoom, at the innovation hub of the Marché du Film
CANNES 2019: We have met up with René Louis Cacciuttolo, CEO of VR-oriented media outlet VRRoom, at the innovation hub of the Marché du Film
CANNES 2019: At the Marché du Film, Onirix CEO Yohan Bouché talks about advancing mass adoption of cinematic VR through premium and comfortable technology
CANNES 2019: At the Marché du Film, Onirix CEO Yohan Bouché talks about advancing mass adoption of cinematic VR through premium and comfortable technology
CANNES 2019: We met up with Maciej Glowiak to talk about Immersify, a project providing cutting edge tools for the next generation of immersive media, at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2019: We met up with Maciej Glowiak to talk about Immersify, a project providing cutting edge tools for the next generation of immersive media, at the Marché du Film
CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello explains the thinking behind Zombi Child which was unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello explains the thinking behind Zombi Child which was unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES 2019: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason visits Cannes with his second feature A White, White Day, selected in the Critics' Week
CANNES 2019: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason visits Cannes with his second feature A White, White Day, selected in the Critics' Week
Review: Land of Ashes

Review: Land of Ashes

CANNES 2019: The feature debut from Sofía Quirós Ubeda is a coming of age tale about a young Costa Rican woman who goes deep into the world of magic to overcome her grief  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Critics’ Week

Review: Vivarium

Review: Vivarium

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

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Critics’ Week

Cannes’ Marché du Film explores location-based entertainment

Cannes’ Marché du Film explores location-based entertainment

CANNES 2019: The Marché’s Cannes XR focused on the options that location-based entertainment can explore in a bid to survive, evolve and, just maybe, become the future of VR  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du Film

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

Portrait of a Lady on Fire - by Céline Sciamma - Cannes 2019 - Competition
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
by Céline Sciamma
Cannes 2019 - Competition
The Whistlers - by Corneliu Porumboiu - Cannes 2019 - Competition
The Whistlers
by Corneliu Porumboiu
Cannes 2019 - Competition
The Wild Goose Lake - by Diao Yinan - Cannes 2019 - Competition
The Wild Goose Lake
by Diao Yinan
Cannes 2019 - Competition
Diego Maradona - by Asif Kapadia - Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition
Diego Maradona
by Asif Kapadia
Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition
Land of Ashes - by Sofía Quirós Úbeda - Cannes 2019 - Critics’ Week
Land of Ashes
by Sofía Quirós Úbeda
Cannes 2019 - Critics’ Week
Hlynur Pálmason • Director of A White, White Day

Interview: Hlynur Pálmason • Director of A White, White Day

"I wanted to explore how it is to love and hate someone at the same time"

CANNES 2019: Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason visits Cannes with his second feature A White, White Day, selected in the Critics' Week  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Critics' Week

Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts • Directors of For Sama

Interview: Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts • Directors of For Sama

"We wanted this to be the story of the people who were there"

CANNES 2019: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts discuss their documentary For Sama, selected as a Special Screening at the French festival after having world-premiered at SXSW  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Special Screening

Jean-Yves Roubin • Producer, Frakas Productions

Interview: Jean-Yves Roubin • Producer, Frakas Productions

"Genre cinema offers a lot of freedom in terms of form and discourse"

CANNES 2019: We met with Jean-Yves Roubin, founder of Frakas Productions, the co-producer of two films showcased in Cannes this year: Atlantics and Vivarium  

18/05 | Cannes 2019 | Marché du film

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Film Reviews

And Then We Danced - by Levan Akin - CANNES 2019: Through the character of a Georgian dancer in love for the first time, and with a fellow pupil, Levan Akin opens up a window onto a traditional world that’s both harsh and beautiful
And Then We Danced
by Levan Akin
CANNES 2019: Through the character of a Georgian dancer in love for the first time, and with a fellow pupil, Levan Akin opens up a window onto a traditional world that’s both harsh and beautiful
Les Misérables - by Ladj LY - CANNES 2019: With his first fiction feature, Ladj Ly paints an intense and impactful portrait of the relations between police and young people in the Paris suburbs
Les Misérables
by Ladj LY
CANNES 2019: With his first fiction feature, Ladj Ly paints an intense and impactful portrait of the relations between police and young people in the Paris suburbs
Joan of Arc - by Bruno Dumont - CANNES 2019: Sadly, Bruno Dumont’s sequel to his heavy-metal musical Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc has no burning arrangement
Joan of Arc
by Bruno Dumont
CANNES 2019: Sadly, Bruno Dumont’s sequel to his heavy-metal musical Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc has no burning arrangement
Bacurau - by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles - CANNES 2019: Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ new work bobs and weaves with gusto and humour, playing with the traditions of the Western, Brazilian cinema and anti-imperialist resistance
Bacurau
by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
CANNES 2019: Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ new work bobs and weaves with gusto and humour, playing with the traditions of the Western, Brazilian cinema and anti-imperialist resistance
A White, White Day - by Hlynur Palmason - CANNES 2019: In Hlynur Pálmason’s second feature, death conquers love – or perhaps love conquers death
A White, White Day
by Hlynur Palmason
CANNES 2019: In Hlynur Pálmason’s second feature, death conquers love – or perhaps love conquers death
Deerskin - by Quentin Dupieux - CANNES 2019: Quentin Dupieux delivers a brilliantly refined film, between an absurdist comedy and a realistic drama about madness, with Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel excellent in the lead roles
Deerskin
by Quentin Dupieux
CANNES 2019: Quentin Dupieux delivers a brilliantly refined film, between an absurdist comedy and a realistic drama about madness, with Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel excellent in the lead roles
Litigante - by Franco Lolli - CANNES 2019: Franco Lolli’s Critics’ Week opener is a sensitive work which follows in the footsteps of a female character who must contend with an accumulation of gruelling circumstances
Litigante
by Franco Lolli
CANNES 2019: Franco Lolli’s Critics’ Week opener is a sensitive work which follows in the footsteps of a female character who must contend with an accumulation of gruelling circumstances
Blow It to Bits - by Lech Kowalski - CANNES 2019: Lech Kowalski’s moving political documentary offers an inside view of the desperate yet dignified social battle fought by the workers of GM&S in France
Blow It to Bits
by Lech Kowalski
CANNES 2019: Lech Kowalski’s moving political documentary offers an inside view of the desperate yet dignified social battle fought by the workers of GM&S in France
Review: The Whistlers

Review: The Whistlers

CANNES 2019: In his playful new film, Corneliu Porumboiu starts with Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger”, and then he rides and he rides – all the way to the Canary Islands  

19/05 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Ladj Ly • Director of Les Misérables

Interview: Ladj Ly • Director of Les Misérables

"People tend to tell our story in our name"

CANNES 2019: We have met up with French director Ladj Ly, whose debut feature Les Misérables has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or  

18/05 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Review: The Orphanage

Review: The Orphanage

CANNES 2019: Following her acclaimed feature debut, Wolf and Sheep, Shahrbanoo Sadat continues to explore the recent history of Afghanistan through the eyes of children  

18/05 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

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Interviews

CANNES 2019: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts discuss their documentary For Sama, selected as a Special Screening at the French festival after having world-premiered at SXSW
CANNES 2019: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts discuss their documentary For Sama, selected as a Special Screening at the French festival after having world-premiered at SXSW
CANNES 2019: We met with Jean-Yves Roubin, founder of Frakas Productions, the co-producer of two films showcased in Cannes this year: Atlantics and Vivarium
CANNES 2019: We met with Jean-Yves Roubin, founder of Frakas Productions, the co-producer of two films showcased in Cannes this year: Atlantics and Vivarium
CANNES 2019: We have met up with French director Ladj Ly, whose debut feature Les Misérables has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or
CANNES 2019: We have met up with French director Ladj Ly, whose debut feature Les Misérables has been selected to compete for the Palme d'Or
CANNES 2019: With And Then We Danced, Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin takes on his Eastern European roots with a vengeance
CANNES 2019: With And Then We Danced, Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin takes on his Eastern European roots with a vengeance
CANNES 2019: Cineuropa met up with Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles, the directors of Bacurau, a film that defies any easy categorisation
CANNES 2019: Cineuropa met up with Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles, the directors of Bacurau, a film that defies any easy categorisation
CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Aude Léa Rapin tells us about her surprising feature debut, Heroes Don’t Die, discovered in Critics’ Week in Cannes
CANNES 2019: French filmmaker Aude Léa Rapin tells us about her surprising feature debut, Heroes Don’t Die, discovered in Critics’ Week in Cannes
CANNES 2019: Cineuropa talked to Jussi-winning director J-P Valkeapää about his striking third film, Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, screening in the Directors’ Fortnight
CANNES 2019: Cineuropa talked to Jussi-winning director J-P Valkeapää about his striking third film, Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, screening in the Directors’ Fortnight
Norwegian producer Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, selected as one of the 2019 Producers on the Move, discusses her work for her outfit Oslo Pictures
Norwegian producer Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, selected as one of the 2019 Producers on the Move, discusses her work for her outfit Oslo Pictures
Jessica Hausner • Director of Little Joe

Interview: Jessica Hausner • Director of Little Joe

“I try to describe the ambiguity of the way we perceive reality”

CANNES 2019: Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner tells us about her English-language film Little Joe, unveiled in competition in Cannes  

18/05 | Cannes 2019 | Competition

Review: Alice and the Mayor

Review: Alice and the Mayor

CANNES 2019: Nicolas Pariser delivers a very clever and quirky political comedy, with brilliant performances from Fabrice Luchini and Anaïs Demoustier  

18/05 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: The Cordillera of Dreams

Review: The Cordillera of Dreams

CANNES 2019: Chile’s Patricio Guzmán makes a scathing condemnation of his country’s social amnesia regarding the Pinochet dictatorship, through an ode to the geographical miracle of the Andes  

18/05 | Cannes 2019 | Special Screenings

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Trailers/Teasers/Clips

The Best Years of a Life - by Claude Lelouch - Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition
The Best Years of a Life
by Claude Lelouch
Cannes 2019 - Out of Competition
Vivarium - by Lorcan Finnegan - Cannes 2019 - Critics’ Week
Vivarium
by Lorcan Finnegan
Cannes 2019 - Critics’ Week
Joan of Arc - by Bruno Dumont - Cannes 2019 - Un Certain Regard
Joan of Arc
by Bruno Dumont
Cannes 2019 - Un Certain Regard
Alice and the Mayor - by Nicolas Pariser - Cannes 2019 - Cannes 2019 - Directors' Fortnight
Alice and the Mayor
by Nicolas Pariser
Cannes 2019 - Cannes 2019 - Directors' Fortnight
Little Joe - by Jessica Hausner - Cannes 2019 - Competition
Little Joe
by Jessica Hausner
Cannes 2019 - Competition

Industry Reports

17/01/2019

Paul Brett • Producer, Flying Tiger

The Chinese Bridging the Dragon market met up with Paul Brett, head of Flying Tiger, one of China's leading media-market research companies for the entertainment industry

17/12/2018

Jeffrey Chan • Producer and distributor, Bona Film Group

Bridging the Dragon met up with Jeffrey Chan, executive vice-president of Bona Film Group, one of the leading distribution and production companies in China

14/12/2018

Cai Gongming • Producer and distributor, Road Pictures

Road Pictures’ Cai Gongming chatted to us about the Chinese film market at the latest Bridging the Dragon event, which unspooled from 11-14 November in Beijing

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