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571 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 18/07/2025.

João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

Interview: João Rosas • Director of The Luminous Life

"My main character is built on doubt, rather than certainty"

The director unpicks his movie, which continues to build the fictional universe of Nicolau, a world he has developed since the character's childhood through short films  

18/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Which French films could be in the running for the Golden Lion at Venice?

Which French films could be in the running for the Golden Lion at Venice?

A week away from the unveiling of the official selection by Alberto Barbera, we provide an overview of the main French favourites in with a chance of a trip to the Lido  

16/07 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Nathan Ambrosioni • Director of Out of Love

Interview: Nathan Ambrosioni • Director of Out of Love

"I really liked the idea of an inverted drama, a film which starts with the hardest part of the story"

The French filmmaker discusses his third feature, which revolves around a woman who suddenly finds herself responsible for two young children who’ve been left behind by her sister  

08/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: Out of Love

Review: Out of Love

Nathan Ambrosioni delivers a subtle and poignant film carried by an excellent Camille Cottin, about a voluntary disappearance and its impact on the people left behind  

07/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: The Luminous Life

Review: The Luminous Life

Lightly ironic and slightly subversive, João Rosas’ first feature is an easy film to watch, pairing his long-time protagonist with Lisbon as the other main character  

07/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

Interview: Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

“I’m 50 and have two small kids, and the world is in turmoil and unrest – it just feels like we’re ready for some tenderness”

CANNES 2025: The Norwegian director discusses his latest film and the fact he has reached a “lucky” point in his career  

05/06 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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

Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Young Mothers

Interview: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Directors of Young Mothers

"Babies added a documentary element to the shots, a permanent unknown"

CANNES 2025: The Belgian filmmakers talk about their new film, in which they change the narrative paradigm by daring to tell a choral story  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Saeed Roustaee • Director of Woman and Child

Interview: Saeed Roustaee • Director of Woman and Child

"People haven't yet learned to be honest"

CANNES 2025: The Iranian filmmaker deciphers his multi-faceted film centred on a broken woman who opens her eyes, picks herself up and becomes a driving force for change  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: Young Mothers

Review: Young Mothers

CANNES 2025: Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne combine their cinema in the plural, always in touch with reality, its determinisms and its flashes of light  

23/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

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