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341 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2003. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

The EFM teams up with Frontières for a new genre-focused initiative

The EFM teams up with Frontières for a new genre-focused initiative

The market will launch EFM Frontières Focus, a new platform dedicated to innovative international genre films at advanced stages of production  

14/08 | Berlinale 2026 | EFM

Ben Rivers • Director of Mare’s Nest

Interview: Ben Rivers • Director of Mare’s Nest

“I wanted to make a film that has that unease beneath it because that’s the world we live in”

The British filmmaker talks about fusing Don DeLillo’s play with a child’s perspective, and how the film’s shifting styles reflect its protagonist’s journey and the director’s own process  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Toronto announces its last round of Galas and Special Presentations

Toronto announces its last round of Galas and Special Presentations

A surprise new film from Claire Denis is the choice world premiere, and a strong Locarno line-up gets another close-up in Wavelengths, with the episodic strand Primetime also announced  

13/08 | Toronto 2025

Review: Mare’s Nest

Review: Mare’s Nest

Ben Rivers delivers an ode to the reckless and carefree nature of childhood in this poetic and enigmatic portrait of an array of characters dancing towards an unknown destination  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Blue Heron

Review: Blue Heron

Familial bonds and fragments of memory shape Canadian-Hungarian director Sophy Romvari’s stunning, emotionally eloquent feature debut  

12/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Hugo Latulippe  •  Director of Québec City Film Festival

Interview: Hugo Latulippe • Director of Québec City Film Festival

“At Québec City Film Festival we like to connect citizenship and art”

Hugo Latulippe explains the thematic focus of this year’s festival and what the festival puts into place regarding diversity in their film programme.  

11/08 | Euro Film Fest

Toronto announces its world cinema-laden Centrepiece slate, along with TIFF Docs and Midnight Madness

Toronto announces its world cinema-laden Centrepiece slate, along with TIFF Docs and Midnight Madness

The former two strands have European world premieres galore alongside highlights from the year’s festival circuit, whilst the latter maintains its reputation as TIFF’s most transgressive section  

07/08 | Toronto 2025

Review: Cutting Through Rocks

Review: Cutting Through Rocks

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s hard-hitting doc follows the first elected councilwoman in a rural Iranian village, as she attempts to dismantle deeply rooted patriarchal structures  

29/07 | Giffoni 2025

Toronto announces its Discovery line-up, seeking the auteurs of tomorrow

Toronto announces its Discovery line-up, seeking the auteurs of tomorrow

The festival has unveiled its most diverse and globally orientated section, made up this year of 23 world premieres, which aims to spotlight the next generation of great directors  

24/07 | Toronto 2025 | Discovery

Toronto announces its competitive Platform section, and more sparkly Galas and Special Presentations

Toronto announces its competitive Platform section, and more sparkly Galas and Special Presentations

Arnaud Desplechin, Romain Gavras and Annemarie Jacir have world premieres lined up at the event, playing alongside the best films from many other festivals from this year  

23/07 | Toronto 2025

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