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Cannes 2025 / Directors’ Fortnight


25 articles available in total starting from 01/04/2025. Last article published on 17/06/2025.

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Félix Dufour-Laperrière • Director of Death Does Not Exist

Interview: Félix Dufour-Laperrière • Director of Death Does Not Exist

“The qualities and flaws of the film have nothing to do with the budget we worked with – we gave our all”

The rising Québécois director tells us about the complex process that brought his strange and beautiful ecological animation to life  

17/06 | Annecy 2025

Thomas Ngijol • Director of Untamable

Interview: Thomas Ngijol • Director of Untamable

“My wish was to be in life, at the heart of Cameroon society”

CANNES 2025: The actor-director tells us about how he combined his Cameroon roots with genre cinema to create a intimate crime film blending investigation, family and music  

27/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors' Fortnight

Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi • Directors of Militantropos

Interview: Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi • Directors of Militantropos

“There were strong signs of collective therapy while making this film”

CANNES 2025: The directors from the Tabor collective discuss the existential stakes of their documentary and how they transform the filmmaking process in times of war  

27/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Christian Petzold • Director of Mirrors No. 3

Interview: Christian Petzold • Director of Mirrors No. 3

“I want to feel, not to rely on words”

CANNES 2025: In light of his first time on the Croisette, the German director discusses the merits of making simpler films with strong emotional resonance  

26/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Jafar Panahi wins Cannes' Palme d’Or for It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi wins Cannes' Palme d’Or for It Was Just an Accident

CANNES 2025: The Grand Prix has gone to Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, and other accolades to The Secret Agent, Mascha Schilinski, Oliver Laxe, Nadia Melliti, the Dardenne brothers and Bi Gan  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Awards

Prïncia Car • Director of The Girls We Want

Interview: Prïncia Car • Director of The Girls We Want

"When women are together, a kind of sisterhood emerges — one that offers more freedom than masculinity’s frameworks"

CANNES 2025: The French filmmaker discusses her first feature, as well as directing an ensemble made of non-professional actors and the connection between gender and resilience  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors' Fortnight

Review: The Girls We Want

Review: The Girls We Want

CANNES 2025: Prïncia Car’s debut feature is an ambitious but muddled coming-of-age tale  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

The Cannes Directors’ Fortnight rewards The President’s Cake and Wild Foxes

The Cannes Directors’ Fortnight rewards The President’s Cake and Wild Foxes

CANNES 2025: The feature debut by Iraq’s Hasan Hadi is the viewers’ favourite, while Belgian director Valery Carnoy’s movie has scooped the Europa Cinemas Label and the SACD Coup de Cœur Award  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight/Awards

Review: Yes

Review: Yes

CANNES 2025: Nadav Lapid valiantly attempts to take Israel’s temperature after 7 October but can only say so much from his soapbox  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Mirrors No. 3

Review: Mirrors No. 3

CANNES 2025: Christian Petzold and actress Paula Beer continue their collaboration, this time finding a hall of mirrors in two women sharing their grief  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Directors’ Fortnight

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