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270 articles available in total starting from 24/04/2006. Last article published on 09/12/2025.

22 projects taking part in the 17th Francophone Co-production Meetings

22 projects taking part in the 17th Francophone Co-production Meetings

The new edition of the event, which will give pride of place to Lebanon, will unspool in Brussels from 10-12 November  

08/10/2021 | Production | Funding | Belgium/France/Luxembourg/Switzerland

Leos Carax: “When I was young, I wanted to make films with music, but music spurned me”

Leos Carax: “When I was young, I wanted to make films with music, but music spurned me”

The Bif&st masterclass leader and director of Annette, which won Best Direction in Cannes, speaks about his project’s lengthy gestation, his actors and his specific work approach  

01/10/2021 | Bif&st 2021

Review: Mother Lode

Review: Mother Lode

VENICE 2021: Matteo Tortone’s film is deep and unforgiving, like the mines in the Peruvian Andes where young Lima-born Jorge goes looking for work  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

Jean-Gabriel Périot prepares Facing Darkness

Jean-Gabriel Périot prepares Facing Darkness

The upcoming documentary from the French filmmaker, produced by Alter Ego Production, has distinguished itself amongst the projects presented on the Lido at the Gap-Financing Market  

07/09/2021 | France/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Switzerland/Germany

Antoine Barraud  • Director of Madeleine Collins

Interview: Antoine Barraud • Director of Madeleine Collins

"For those people who lie, life is always scary"

VENICE 2021: The French director presents his third feature, toplined by Virginie Efira as a woman who leads a double life immersed in secrets and lies  

07/09/2021 | Venise 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Review: The Great Movement

Review: The Great Movement

VENICE 2021: Bolivia’s Kiro Russo delivers a fascinating film where nature and the poison of sprawling urbanisation collide to seismic effect  

06/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Orizzonti

Matteo Tortone  • Director of Mother Lode

Interview: Matteo Tortone • Director of Mother Lode

“As soon as I knew that the story would be set in Peru, I wanted to limit the exotic vision we normally have of the country”

VENICE 2021: The Italian director unpicks his black-and-white social drama that follows a young man willing to sacrifice his life in a gold mine in Peru  

06/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

Review: Madeleine Collins

Review: Madeleine Collins

VENICE 2021: Virginie Efira rules in a Hitchcockian film by Antoine Barraud with a very sophisticated and particularly devious script, rich in discomfort, suspicions and surprises  

04/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Giornate degli Autori

Peter Greenaway’s long-gestating biopic Walking to Paris almost finished and ready to premiere

Peter Greenaway’s long-gestating biopic Walking to Paris almost finished and ready to premiere

Five additional projects from the prolific British auteur are also ready for production  

31/08/2021 | Production | Funding | UK/Switzerland/Italy/France

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Mother Lode

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Mother Lode

Shot in the most dangerous mine in the Peruvian Andes, the new film by Italian documentary filmmaker Matteo Tortone will have its world premiere in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week  

26/08/2021 | Venice 2021 | International Film Critics’ Week

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