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Competition / France


609 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 15/09/2025.

Review: Bird

Review: Bird

CANNES 2024: British director Andrea Arnold competes for the Palme d’Or with a coming-of-age story that showcases both the beauty and the harshness of growing up in a Kent slum  

20/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Review: Emilia Pérez

Review: Emilia Pérez

CANNES 2024: Jacques Audiard masterfully pulls off his incredible gamble on a musical comedy set in the Latino drug world, with a film that warmly embraces the freedom to change  

19/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Agathe Riedinger • Director of Wild Diamond

Interview: Agathe Riedinger • Director of Wild Diamond

"My character is consumed by her dream and her conviction that she is better than what life has to offer"

CANNES 2024: The French filmmaker talks about her debut feature, which paints a vivid picture of a young woman sucked into the mythology of appearance and money via reality TV  

18/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Review: Wild Diamond

Review: Wild Diamond

CANNES 2024: Agathe Riedinger's first feature film is incisive, touching and very dynamic, about the high hopes of social advancement thanks to reality TV  

15/05/2024 | Cannes 2024 | Competition

Cannes' Official Selection welcomes 13 new titles

Cannes' Official Selection welcomes 13 new titles

Michel Hazanavicius, Mohammad Rasoulof and Emanuel Pârvu join the competition; Runar Rusnarsson, Giants Zilbalodis and Céline Sallette are in Un Certain Regard  

22/04/2024 | Cannes 2024

The Cannes showcase set to include 19 Palme d’Or contenders

The Cannes showcase set to include 19 Palme d’Or contenders

The competition boasts a few surprises and a highly eclectic line-up, with two former winners, 11 other filmmakers who have competed previously and six new entries  

11/04/2024 | Cannes 2024

Meryam Joobeur • Director of Who Do I Belong To

Interview: Meryam Joobeur • Director of Who Do I Belong To

“I like the idea of very real emotions set in a world that feels a bit surreal”

BERLINALE 2024: The debuting director delves into her film, in which something very real – and very tragic – co-exists with mysticism  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias • Director of Pepe

Interview: Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias • Director of Pepe

“Animals are actually nobler than humans”

BERLINALE 2024: The director gives us an insight into his atmospheric and intriguing drama about the conflictual relationship that humans have with nature  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Victor Kossakovsky  • Director of Architecton

Interview: Victor Kossakovsky • Director of Architecton

"Documentary is an art based on imagery, but this time I made an exception and included dialogue because the theme is so complex"

BERLINALE 2024: The Russian-born filmmaker discusses his new documentary, a journey to explore the materials that make up our habitats  

24/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Who Do I Belong To

Review: Who Do I Belong To

BERLINALE 2024: Meryam Joobeur makes an accomplished first feature film with a thrilling and atmospheric story boldly blending realism, oneirism, the family microcosm and jihadi themes  

22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

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