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Competition / France


574 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 28/07/2025.

Review: The Eight Mountains

Review: The Eight Mountains

CANNES 2022: What is friendship? What is nature? Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch craft a sweepingly romantic film of great visual scope which touches on the essential  

19/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

17 new titles added to Cannes’ Official Selection

17 new titles added to Cannes’ Official Selection

Léonor Serraille, Albert Serra, and duo Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen are now in competition; Serge Bozon, Dominik Moll and Emmanuel Mouret get Cannes Premières  

21/04/2022 | Cannes 2022

Review: How to Save a Dead Friend

Review: How to Save a Dead Friend

Raw and moving, Marusya Syroechkovskaya's documentary describes growing up in 21st-century Russia, but is so intimate and honest that it would probably work just as well in a vacuum  

20/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Competition

Ruben Östlund • Director of Triangle of Sadness

Interview: Ruben Östlund • Director of Triangle of Sadness

“I’ll be a much better father now than I would have been, had I not been entered in the main competition at Cannes this year”

The 2017 Palme d’Or winner shares a few choice titbits of information about his new film, freshly selected for Cannes  

15/04/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Review: Dogwatch

Review: Dogwatch

Greek director Gregoris Rentis explores masculinity beyond the issues of toxicity and aggression in this hybrid story of mercenaries hired to protect ships in high-risk waters  

15/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Competition

The Cannes party begins with 18 contenders for the Palme d’Or

The Cannes party begins with 18 contenders for the Palme d’Or

This very beautiful selection features 14 filmmakers who have already been in competition in the past and five first timers, with 12 European titles pursuing the supreme Cannes prize  

14/04/2022 | Cannes 2022

Review: A Holy Family

Review: A Holy Family

Taiwanese director Elvis A-Liang Lu's second documentary is an honest, simultaneously sober and moving exploration of his reunion with his family  

13/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Competition

Review: Chaylla

Review: Chaylla

Clara Teper and Paul Pirritano sign a powerful first feature about a young mother struggling to free herself from the abuse of an alcoholic and violent partner  

13/04/2022 | Visions du Réel 2022 | Competition

Rithy Panh • Director of Everything Will Be OK

Interview: Rithy Panh • Director of Everything Will Be OK

"I’m not here to guide the audience with a super interesting story, but to inspire reflection on image and sound"

BERLINALE 2022: The Cambodian director tells us more about his latest diorama-driven film essay, which has received the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Ursula Meier • Director of The Line

Interview: Ursula Meier • Director of The Line

“Usually in cinema, violence is shown through male protagonists, and when there are women, they’re mostly teenagers”

BERLINALE 2022: The French-Swiss director’s tragicomedy deals with the representation of female violence, casting aside the usual stereotypes  

18/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

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