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Competition / France


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

Review: Saturn Bowling

Review: Saturn Bowling

Patricia Mazuy presents a strident and hyper-realist thriller exploring the perversions of a patriarchal society which sees itself as invincible  

05/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper • Directors of Vesper

Interview: Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper • Directors of Vesper

“We’re the audience, too, after all”

We sat down with the helmers of this ambitious European sci-fi co-production, a visually astonishing tale set in a dystopian world where the Earth’s ecosystem has collapsed  

08/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Review: Vesper

Review: Vesper

After 2012’s Vanishing Waves, Lithuanian director Kristina Buožytė and French helmer Bruno Samper return with an impressive dystopian sci-fi film  

04/07/2022 | Karlovy Vary 2022 | Competition

Marie Kreutzer  • Director of Corsage

Interview: Marie Kreutzer • Director of Corsage

“Even in my serious films, I like to create some laughter”

CANNES 2022: The Austrian director talks about blending drama and humour, Empress Elisabeth’s journey to freedom – and dogs  

31/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Léonor Serraille  • Director of Mother and Son

Interview: Léonor Serraille • Director of Mother and Son

“What’s political in the film is that you have to impose these model characters, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect”

CANNES 2022: The French filmmaker unpicks her second feature, a film about the life of a family from Ivory Coast in France  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Triangle of Sadness earns Ruben Östlund his second Palme d'Or

Triangle of Sadness earns Ruben Östlund his second Palme d'Or

CANNES 2022: Prizes also went to Lukas Dhont, Claire Denis, the Dardennes, Jerzy Skolimowski, Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, and Tarik Saleh  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Awards

Mario Martone  • Director of Nostalgia

Interview: Mario Martone • Director of Nostalgia

“Our past is a labyrinth”

CANNES 2022: The Neapolitan director takes on his hometown in his new film, through another man who is trying to face his past, only to realise it never really went away  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Albert Serra  • Director of Pacifiction

Interview: Albert Serra • Director of Pacifiction

“The character of De Roller reminded me most of Donald Trump!”

CANNES 2022: We spoke with the Catalan director, flying high off the fine reception for his woozy, hypnotic Cannes competition debut  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch  • Directors of The Eight Mountains

Interview: Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch • Directors of The Eight Mountains

"It’s not just about friendship, it’s also about finding your path, accepting death, forgiving your father for what you didn’t get from him"

CANNES 2022: The Belgian duo discuss the making, the topics and all of the details of the first film they have directed together, an adaptation of the novel by Paolo Cognetti set in Italy  

28/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Review: Mother and Son

Review: Mother and Son

CANNES 2022: Léonor Serraille raises her game with a highly refined second feature following fifteen years in the tumultuous life of a family trio  

27/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

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