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358 articles available in total starting from 24/05/2002. Last article published on 05/12/2025.

Round Da Way to screen on Croisette

Albert Pereira Lazaro and Emmanuel Klotz’s French/German animated feature Round Da Way has joined the now-complete line-up (see news) for the 48th International Critics’ Week (SIC), to be held...  

28/04/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Critics’ Week

Europe fertile land of fresh talent

Young European directors dominate the selection of the 48th International Critics’ Week (SIC), which will run from May 14-22 as part of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Unveiled today in an online...  

24/04/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Critics’ Week

Rien de personnel and Adieu Gary to screen on Croisette

As a foretaste of the selection for the 48th International Critics’ Week (SIC) – to be held from May 14-22 as part of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival – it has been revealed that two French debut...  

21/04/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Critics’ Week

Death comes to Venice with Pinuccio Lovero

At a festival where the average film length is two hours, a 62-minute-long, low budget feature arouses curiosity. Pinuccio Lovero - sogno di una morte di mezz'estate (“Pinuccio Lovero - Dream of a...  

05/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week

France’s L'Apprenti scoops Best Film

The 23. International Critics’ Week jury – composed of international critics Bruno Fornara, Deborah Young and Elisabeth Lequeret – have awarded Best Film to Samuel Collardey’s L'apprenti (“The...  

05/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Awards/Critics’ Week

Collardey explores rural world in L’apprenti

Samuel Collardey’s L’apprenti (“The Apprentice”) combines documentary and fiction to tell the story of 15-year-old protagonist Mathieu. The latter is a student in an agricultural institute and is...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/France

Grey-haired humour has the Lido in stitches

The Italian contingent is very large this year on the Lido, with each section having several Italian titles. The Critics’ Week is no different, with Pippo Mezzapesa’s Sogno di una morte di mezza...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/Italy

Kabuli Kid’s neorealist taxi

In present-day Kabul, a woman abandons her newborn baby on the back seat of Khaled’s taxi. This is the opening scene of Barmak Akram’s Kabuli Kid, a journey across the Afghan capital in search of...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week | France

The Nightguards’ post-war pains

Is it a "regurgitation of the war" that Mehir feels rise up in his stomach, reaching his head and heart? Or is it merely "matrimonial empathy", the same sickness that his wife has been suffering...  

29/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week

Cold Lunch’s chilling stories

"Nobody wants to be alone, do they?" says young Heidi on the phone to her mother. Her husband mistreats her, abandons her and their baby of a few months and, once reconciled with her, makes love...  

28/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/Norway

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