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Competition / France


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

Mikhaël Hers • Director of The Passengers of the Night

Interview: Mikhaël Hers • Director of The Passengers of the Night

"I wanted to show the trivial moments in life and their certain grace and make them as poetic as possible"

BERLINALE 2022: The French director discusses family, politics and cinema while talking about his latest film, a nostalgic saga of self-invention  

17/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Review: One Year, One Night

Review: One Year, One Night

BERLINALE 2022: Isaki Lacuesta explores the harrowing effects of trauma through the story of a couple who survive the Bataclan attack in Paris  

17/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

Interview: Andreas Dresen • Director of Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

"I fell in love with the real Rabiye Kurnaz, who showed that is possible to win against the most powerful forces of our world"

BERLINALE 2022: The German director discusses his latest film, which depicts the battle of a Turkish housewife for the release of her son from Guantanamo  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

Interview: Isaki Lacuesta • Director of One Year, One Night

“This film is not looking for motivations”

BERLINALE 2022: In the Spanish director’s film, a couple tries to deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre together, but not in the same way  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Review: Both Sides of the Blade

Review: Both Sides of the Blade

BERLINALE 2022: Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche reunite in this messy tale delving into the oscillations of the heart  

16/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Nicolette Krebitz • Director of A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

Interview: Nicolette Krebitz • Director of A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

“It’s a movie about love, and I have nothing but love for everyone here”

BERLINALE 2022: The German director follows Wild with another unusual romance, although this time, wolves are nowhere to be seen  

15/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Review: A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

Review: A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

BERLINALE 2022: Finally, thanks to Nicolette Krebitz, we have a romantic comedy featuring a healthy dose of mugging and characters with a “life impediment”  

14/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Ulrich Seidl • Director of Rimini

Interview: Ulrich Seidl • Director of Rimini

“Richie Bravo isn’t some shining hero; he’s actually a loser”

BERLINALE 2022: The Austrian director makes his return to fiction filmmaking with one half of a diptych focusing on two enormously troubled siblings  

14/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Review: The Passengers of the Night

Review: The Passengers of the Night

BERLINALE 2022: Mikhaël Hers further refines his airy, delicate and sensitive style with a magnificent existentialist film about a few years in the life of a small Parisian family in the 1980s  

13/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

Review: Everything Will Be OK

Review: Everything Will Be OK

BERLINALE 2022: Rithy Panh’s new documentary is a grandiose vision, told with wooden figurines, where animals have evolved to enslave humans  

13/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Competition

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