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38 articles available in total starting from 14/05/2025. Last article published on 26/09/2025.

Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin

Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin

VENICE 2025: In the style of a thriller, Olivier Assayas directs a gripping epic recounting the hardening of Russian power, from perestroika to Putin's murderous solitary dictatorship  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Competition

Review: Rose of Nevada

Review: Rose of Nevada

VENICE 2025: In Mark Jenkin’s oneiric new feature, George MacKay and Callum Turner man a Cornish fishing vessel that can travel through time  

31/08 | Venice 2025 | Orizzonti

Toronto announces its last round of Galas and Special Presentations

Toronto announces its last round of Galas and Special Presentations

A surprise new film from Claire Denis is the choice world premiere, and a strong Locarno line-up gets another close-up in Wavelengths, with the episodic strand Primetime also announced  

13/08 | Toronto 2025

Jafar Panahi • Director of It Was Just an Accident

Interview: Jafar Panahi • Director of It Was Just an Accident

“I wanted to show young directors that it’s impossible to stop a filmmaker”

At Cinehill, where he was presented with the Maverick Award, the Iranian filmmaker broke down his reflection on trauma and violence, and the fragile hope of banishing them  

12/08 | /France/Luxembourg/Iran

Toronto announces its competitive Platform section, and more sparkly Gala and Special Presentations

Toronto announces its competitive Platform section, and more sparkly Gala and Special Presentations

Arnaud Desplechin, Romain Gavras and Annemarie Jacir have world premieres lined up at the event, playing alongside the best films from many other festivals from this year  

23/07 | Toronto 2025

Toronto announces its first wave of Gala and Special Presentations

Toronto announces its first wave of Gala and Special Presentations

Seventeen films have been announced so far for the Canadian festival’s 50th edition, ten of which are world premieres  

17/07 | Toronto 2025

Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

Interview: Joachim Trier • Director of Sentimental Value

“I’m 50 and have two small kids, and the world is in turmoil and unrest – it just feels like we’re ready for some tenderness”

CANNES 2025: The Norwegian director discusses his latest film and the fact he has reached a “lucky” point in his career  

05/06 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Simón Mesa Soto • Director of A Poet

Interview: Simón Mesa Soto • Director of A Poet

“This film shows the worst version of myself in 20 years’ time”

CANNES 2025: The Colombian director delves into the artistic vocation and its inherent misfortunes  

24/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Sentimental Value

Review: Sentimental Value

CANNES 2025: Joachim Trier comes close to going full Bergman in this touching family psychodrama but amps up the gentle humour  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Competition

Review: A Poet

Review: A Poet

CANNES 2025: Simón Mesa Soto paints a humorous and thoughtful portrait of a good-for-nothing poetry bum worth rooting for  

21/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

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