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10899 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 23/07/2025.

The Line to spearhead Memento’s EFM line-up

The Line to spearhead Memento’s EFM line-up

In the running for the Golden Bear, Ursula Meier’s movie leads an array of films which also includes upcoming works by Dominik Moll and Tarek Saleh, and a market screening of Tropic of Violence  

07/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Review: Yamabuki

Review: Yamabuki

Tough lives intersect, and unconvincing plot lines pile up, in Juichiro Yamasaki’s tale of small-town Japanese life  

07/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Tiger Competition

15 films to be touted in Berlin by Kinology

15 films to be touted in Berlin by Kinology

Yasmine Benkiran's Queens has been added to the sales agent’s slate, which also includes Emmanuel Mouret, Jean-Paul Civeyrac and Manu Laskar, as well as Luc Besson’s reboot of the Arthur franchise  

04/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

Interview: Claire Doyon • Director of Penelope My Love

“The camera felt like a weapon as well as a shield”

The French director’s documentary offers a very intimate insight into the story of her family and her daughter's illness  

04/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Harbour

Charades to look to the present as well as the future in Berlin

Charades to look to the present as well as the future in Berlin

The French sales agent will notably throw its weight behind Small, Slow but Steady in the Encounters showcase, and upcoming films from Kirill Serebrennikov and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  

03/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Les Films du Losange to sell Nobody’s Hero in Berlin

Les Films du Losange to sell Nobody’s Hero in Berlin

Set to open the Panorama section, Alain Guiraudie’s film dominates the agent’s line-up, which also features Mia Hansen-Løve’s movie in post-production One Fine Morning  

03/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Alejandro Suárez gives Karra Elejalde the starring role in Kepler Sexto B

Alejandro Suárez gives Karra Elejalde the starring role in Kepler Sexto B

The first feature-length fiction film by the award-winning shorts director is a social fable that blends humour and fantasy, toplined by the Basque actor alongside young Daniela Pezzoti  

02/02/2022 | Production | Funding | Spain/France

Playtime sells two contenders for the Berlin bear

Playtime sells two contenders for the Berlin bear

In the lineup of the French sales agent shine Peter Von Kant by François Ozon and Everything Will Be Ok by Rithy Panh, but also About Joan out of competition  

02/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | EFM

Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

Interview: Mabrouk El Mechri • Director of Kung Fu Zohra

"I wanted my daughter to get her own Rocky"

Inspired by The Karate Kid, the French director presents a strong woman who fights for her rights and her daughter  

02/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

Review: Kung Fu Zohra

Review: Kung Fu Zohra

Mabrouk El Mechri places domestic violence in a Karate Kid setting, with Sabrina Ouazani playing the role of an abused wife trying to break free using martial arts  

01/02/2022 | IFFR 2022 | Big Screen Competition

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