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611 articles available in total starting from 06/03/2003. Last article published on 11/09/2026.

Stéphane Demoustier  • Director of La Chaleur

Interview: Stéphane Demoustier • Director of La Chaleur

“This is a languid thriller, shaped by the character’s state of mind”

The French filmmaker analyses a film which, against a backdrop of tense suspense and a sense of uncertainty, explores contemporary youth and the micro-society of a summer campsite  

08/07 | /France/Italy/Belgium/Switzerland

Review: La Chaleur

Review: La Chaleur

Stéphane Demoustier weaves together suspense tinged with guilt surrounding an accidental death and a generational portrait of a troubled youth in search of love and identity  

07/07 | Films | Reviews | France/Italy/Belgium/Switzerland

Which French films are in the running for Venice’s Golden Lion?

Which French films are in the running for Venice’s Golden Lion?

With three weeks to go until Alberto Barbera reveals the official selection, we look at the leading French favourites most likely to make the journey to the Lido  

02/07 | Venice 2026

Bertrand Mandico • Director of Roma Elastica

Interview: Bertrand Mandico • Director of Roma Elastica

“I added another layer to the history of Rome”

CANNES 2026: The French director explains how his Marion Cotillard-starrer is somehow a tribute to all of the different layers that make up Italian cinema of the 1960s and 1970s  

23/05 | Cannes 2026 | Midnight Screenings

Bruno Dumont • Director of Red Rocks

Interview: Bruno Dumont • Director of Red Rocks

“I wanted to return to something primary, where everything begins"

CANNES 2026: One of France’s most unusual filmmakers surprises once again by confronting the limitations of the modern world while striving towards a bright utopia  

21/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Roma Elastica

Review: Roma Elastica

CANNES 2026: Bertrand Mandico deconstructs, explodes and pays tribute to the mythology of cinema, following in the wake of a majestic Marion Cotillard playing a star in her twilight years  

21/05 | Cannes 2026 | Midnight Screenings

Review: Red Rocks

Review: Red Rocks

CANNES 2026: Bruno Dumont heads south and reinvents the classic “love story” against a backdrop of class struggle and through the lens of early childhood in a bold and technically accomplished film  

20/05 | Cannes 2026 | Directors’ Fortnight

Arthur Harari • Director of The Unknown

Interview: Arthur Harari • Director of The Unknown

“When we go through an experience, it’s not about analysing it step by step, but about feeling it”

CANNES 2026: The French filmmaker discusses his new film, a unique exploration of body swapping, the physical and the metaphysical, and the genres of fantasy and adventure  

19/05 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

Rafiki Fariala • Director of Congo Boy

Interview: Rafiki Fariala • Director of Congo Boy

"This is the story of young refugee who didn't deserve this life, but I want it to be a story of hope"

CANNES 2026: The young Congolese filmmaker discusses his first fiction feature, an incredible tale of hardship and resilience based on real events from his own life  

19/05 | Cannes 2026 | Un Certain Regard

Review: The Unknown

Review: The Unknown

CANNES 2026: Arthur Harari opens a gateway to the impossible and delivers an extraordinary, cryptic work on human identity, cloaked in the unsettling and disturbing guise of fantasy cinema  

18/05 | Cannes 2026 | Competition

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