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Competition / France


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

Review: Shambhala

Review: Shambhala

BERLINALE 2024: Min Bahadur Bham delivers a film of great romantic and mystical purity following in the wake of a woman overcoming adversity in the heart of the Himalayas  

22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Black Tea

Review: Black Tea

BERLINALE 2024: Abderrahmane Sissako breaks down the boundaries between Africa and Asia, dream and reality, and past and present in an enigmatic and melancholy film on love and freedom  

22/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Foreign Language

Review: Foreign Language

BERLINALE 2024: Young actresses Lilith Grasmug and Josefa Heinsius are the beating heart of this coming-of-age drama by Claire Burger, revolving around a language exchange trip to Germany  

21/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Architecton

Review: Architecton

BERLINALE 2024: Viktor Kossakovsky’s latest effort is a freewheeling reflection on matter and architecture, and a fascinating journey through time and space  

21/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Pepe

Review: Pepe

BERLINALE 2024: While the peculiar sound the eponymous hippo makes in Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’s film lingers in the mind after the screening, everything else is washed away quickly  

21/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Bruno Dumont • Director of The Empire

Interview: Bruno Dumont • Director of The Empire

"It’s not by telling others how to behave that you educate them, people need to be enlightened"

BERLINALE 2024: The French filmmaker revisits the sci-fi genre in his own unique style, exploring the inevitable porosity of Good and Evil  

20/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: The Empire

Review: The Empire

BERLINALE 2024: Featuring lightsabres, spaceships and a war between Good and Evil set in an everyday human context, Bruno Dumont delivers a hilarious satire to be taken with a pinch of salt  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Dahomey

Review: Dahomey

BERLINALE 2024: Mati Diop’s documentary, which follows the return of works of art stolen in colonial times, is a precious little gem – little in terms of length, but not artistic expression  

19/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: Suspended Time

Review: Suspended Time

BERLINALE 2024: A minor entry in Olivier Assayas' filmography is definitely his most autobiographical outing, but is probably among the least engaging  

18/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

Review: My Favourite Cake

Review: My Favourite Cake

BERLINALE 2024: Directorial duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha craft a straightforward but heartfelt dramedy of love and resistance against patriarchy in old age  

17/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Competition

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