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Cannes 2024


239 articles available in total starting from 07/12/2023. Last article published on 22/04/2025.

Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

Interview: Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

“The surfer’s psychological journey is also a bit like therapy for people struggling with having lost their childhood home”

The Irish filmmaker discusses his mystery-thriller, how he created the character with Nicolas Cage and his approach to the use of colours in the film  

22/04 | BIFFF 2025

Series review: The Art of Joy

Series review: The Art of Joy

The gripping series directed by Valeria Golino arrives on Sky, an adaptation of the scabrous posthumous book by Goliarda Sapienza about a young orphan willing to do anything to be happy  

27/02 | Italy/UK

Coralie Fargeat  • Director of The Substance

Interview: Coralie Fargeat • Director of The Substance

"I had to preserve the film from everyone who wanted to make it less provocative and extreme... I wanted it to be more"

The helmer of this year's sensation talked to us about her film, now one of the favourites in the international awards season, and the process she went through to make it  

09/01 | European Film Awards 2024

Renate Reinsve  • Actress in Armand

Interview: Renate Reinsve • Actress in Armand

"The film is about pushing boundaries and how we project things onto others"

Norway's sweetheart delves deep into the making and the topics of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel's film, winner of the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI at the European Film Awards  

09/01 | European Film Awards 2024

Michel Hazanavicius • Director of The Most Precious of Cargoes

Interview: Michel Hazanavicius • Director of The Most Precious of Cargoes

“Each time, you gotta do your homework”

The Academy Award-winning director talks about the wide range of his work and gives us an insight into the making of his animated film  

19/11/2024 | /France/Belgium

Review: Filmlovers!

Review: Filmlovers!

Using a blend of essay, documentary and fictionalised autobiography, Arnaud Desplechin goes all out in celebrating his love of cinema and infects the viewer with his enthusiasm  

30/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Review: Most People Die on Sundays

Review: Most People Die on Sundays

The film by Argentina's Iair Said is a tragicomedy as minimal as it is everyday. Starring the director himself, with subtle humour it tackles heavy issues such as euthanasia, ageing and loneliness  

24/09/2024 | San Sebastian 2024 | Horizontes Latinos

REPORT: Next Step II 2024 @ Cannes Critics’ Week

REPORT: Next Step II 2024 @ Cannes Critics’ Week

Second feature film projects by Lilla Halla, Moin Hussain, Jacqueline Lenzou and Gitanjali Rao are at the heart of the programme initiated by the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week  

16/09/2024 | Industry | Market | France

Jonás Trueba • Director of The Other Way Around

Interview: Jonás Trueba • Director of The Other Way Around

“The idea of recycling can also be applied to love and partnership”

The Spanish director reveals the latest on his new feature film, winner of the Europa Cinemas Label at the last Cannes Directors' Fortnight  

28/08/2024 | Spain/France

Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Interview: Mohammad Rasoulof • Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig

“My collaborators are the victims of a slow form of torture”

The Iranian director fills us in on the background to his Cannes-awarded film as well as on the current political situation in Iran  

15/08/2024 | Locarno 2024 | Piazza Grande

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