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Competition / France


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

Review: Homecoming

Review: Homecoming

CANNES 2023: In a film that is alive, subtle and endearing, secrets are revealed under the summer sun of Corsica, where Catherine Corsini explores the question of finding one’s place in the world  

18/05/2023 | Cannes 2023 | Competition

13 new titles added to Cannes’ Official Selection

13 new titles added to Cannes’ Official Selection

Catherine Corsini and Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire join the competition; Valérie Donzelli, Amat Escalante and Lisandro Alonso are in Cannes Premiere; Wei Shujun and Alex Lutz are in Un Certain Regard  

25/04/2023 | Cannes 2023

Review: A Brighter Tomorrow

Review: A Brighter Tomorrow

With renewed irony, Nanni Moretti returns with a film about love and abandonment that showcases himself and all his cinema of the past  

19/04/2023 | Films | Reviews | Italy/France

19 contenders to vie for the Palme d’Or in a Cannes selection for the ages

19 contenders to vie for the Palme d’Or in a Cannes selection for the ages

The competition features an all-star line-up with five former winners, eight other filmmakers who have already appeared in competition, and six first timers  

13/04/2023 | Cannes 2023

Nicolas Philibert • Director of On The Adamant

Interview: Nicolas Philibert • Director of On The Adamant

"The film aims to change the image and representations we often associate with 'madness'"

BERLINALE 2023: The famous French documentary-maker discusses his work centred on The Adamant, a very unique day hospital in a boat moored on a quay in Paris  

24/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: On the Adamant

Review: On the Adamant

BERLINALE 2023: Nicolas Philibert dismantles prejudice with a brilliant, tender and exceptionally authentic documentary about disorders of the mind  

24/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Bad Living

Review: Bad Living

BERLINALE 2023: João Canijo’s take on a family drama feels claustrophobic and sombre, yet after it gets under your skin, that’s where it stays, for better or worse  

24/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

Interview: João Canijo • Director of Bad Living and Living Bad

"Mothers can make the life of their daughters a misery"

BERLINALE 2023: We talked to the Portuguese director about hotels that can feel like prisons and the unbearable weight of family  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition/Encounters

Lila Avilés • Director of Tótem

Interview: Lila Avilés • Director of Tótem

“To think about death is to think about life”

BERLINALE 2023: The Mexican director finds beauty in last goodbyes  

23/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

Review: Music

Review: Music

BERLINALE 2023: Angela Schanelec uses her trademark style to retell the Oedipus myth, but whether the experience is worth the energy and concentration it requires is debatable  

22/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Competition

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