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Toronto 2022 / Contemporary World Cinema


32 articles available in total starting from 21/01/2022. Last article published on 21/09/2022.

Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst Ones

Interview: Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka • Directors of The Worst Ones

"We mostly wanted to talk about the meeting of these two very different worlds"

CANNES 2022: The filmmaking duo explain their intentions for their first feature film which homes in on children, and their work with young people  

25/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Godland

Review: Godland

CANNES 2022: Hlynur Pálmason makes a spectacular, visceral and epic film in the wake of a young Danish priest who faces thousands of challenges in the wild Iceland of the 19th century  

24/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: La Jauría

Review: La Jauría

CANNES 2022: Andrés Ramírez Pulido’s atmospheric debut feature trawls the murky depths of young delinquents’ criminal past as they undergo therapy in the isolation of the jungle  

24/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Critics’ Week

Review: Under the Fig Trees

Review: Under the Fig Trees

CANNES 2022: Erige Sehiri’s new feature has hints of Éric Rohmer as it shows Tunisian women working and flirting on an orchard  

23/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: Falcon Lake

Review: Falcon Lake

CANNES 2022: Charlotte Le Bon’s directorial debut is certainly not the coming-of-age film one might expect to watch  

22/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: The Worst Ones

Review: The Worst Ones

CANNES 2022: A very successful first feature for Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret who, with great heart, truth and skill, bring inner-city kids through the looking glass  

22/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: R.M.N.

Review: R.M.N.

CANNES 2022: Cristian Mungiu crafts a masterful film, delving to the heart of a tiny Transylvanian village that reflects modern-day evils, and decisions taken on an individual and European level  

22/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Competition

Review: Aftersun

Review: Aftersun

CANNES 2022: Charlotte Wells demonstrates her potential as a filmmaker with a subtle, sensitive and highly controlled first feature about the holidays of a divorced father and his 11-year-old daughter  

21/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Critics’ Week

Review: Plan 75

Review: Plan 75

CANNES 2022: Produced by Japan, France and the Philippines, Chie Hayakawa's first feature film deals with the delicate subject of euthanasia in a subtle and slightly futuristic way  

20/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Un Certain Regard

Review: El agua

Review: El agua

CANNES 2022: Elena López Riera makes her feature directorial debut with a fluid film, that organically flows between non-fiction as well as legend, mystery and doom  

20/05/2022 | Cannes 2022 | Directors' Fortnight

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