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10909 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 28/07/2025.

Which French films could be in the running for the Golden Lion at Venice?

Which French films could be in the running for the Golden Lion at Venice?

A week away from the unveiling of the official selection by Alberto Barbera, we provide an overview of the main French favourites in with a chance of a trip to the Lido  

16/07 | Venice 2025 | Competition

The UK and French industries re-affirm their partnership with a new Moving Image Co-operation Agreement

The UK and French industries re-affirm their partnership with a new Moving Image Co-operation Agreement

The two national film bodies, the BFI and the CNC, have collaborated on a deal benefitting the audience, culture and industry in both countries  

15/07 | Industry | Market | UK/France

Les fleurs du mal by Alexandre Aja bags a CNC advance on receipts

Les fleurs du mal by Alexandre Aja bags a CNC advance on receipts

The film centre is also backing upcoming films by Mikhaël Hers, Stéphane Demoustier, Asghar Farhadi, Lola Quivoron, Noé Debré, Léa Domenach and Rohena Gera  

15/07 | Production | Funding | France

Abel Ferry • Director of Squealers

Interview: Abel Ferry • Director of Squealers

"Violence overwhelms everyone in my film, regardless of whether the cause is justified"

The French director chatted with us about his passion for genre films and unusual characters, but also about how films can sublimate violence  

14/07 | NIFFF 2025

Fuck the Polis triumphs at FIDMarseille

Fuck the Polis triumphs at FIDMarseille

The film by Portugal's Rita Azevedo Gomes has won in the international competition; the mid-length film Bonne journée by Pauline Bastard dominated the French competition  

14/07 | FIDMarseille 2025 | Awards

Mosquitoes in the running for Locarno’s Golden Leopard

Mosquitoes in the running for Locarno’s Golden Leopard

Toplined by an eight-year-old child, Valentina and Nicole Bertani’s fiction feature debut is the only Italian film selected for the Swiss festival’s official competition  

11/07 | Production | Funding | Italy/Switzerland/France

Review: Bulakna

Review: Bulakna

Leonor Noivo weaves a bridge between the Philippines and Europe, between the current economy and the colonial past, around two women and the work of exiled house maids  

11/07 | FIDMarseille 2025

Review: TrepaNation

Review: TrepaNation

Syrian refugee and director Ammar al-Beik has spent ten years filming his life in Germany, and compiled an almost four-hour essay on uprooting, loss and longing  

11/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Proxima

Review: Squealers

Review: Squealers

French director Abel Ferry takes us to an abattoir targeted by a group of activists who’ll do anything to protect animal rights  

10/07 | NIFFF 2025

A Balcony in Limoges to premiere in Locarno

A Balcony in Limoges to premiere in Locarno

Anne-Lise Heimburger and Fabienne Babe lead the cast of Jérôme Reybaud’s second feature, produced by Barberousse Films  

10/07 | Production | Funding | France

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