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Competition / France


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

Dénes Nagy  • Director of Natural Light

Interview: Dénes Nagy • Director of Natural Light

"The essence of this story is happening everywhere, all the time"

BERLINALE 2021: The emerging Hungarian director has just won the Silver Bear for Best Director for his first fiction feature, which takes the viewer back to the World War II  

05/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Review: Ballad of a White Cow

Review: Ballad of a White Cow

BERLINALE 2021: Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha deliver a perfectly told story about deep emotional issues and ethical dilemmas  

05/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Jacqueline Lentzou  • Director of Moon, 66 Questions

Interview: Jacqueline Lentzou • Director of Moon, 66 Questions

"This is a film from the heart, with heart"

BERLINALE 2021: We talked to the Greek filmmaker to try to unpick her daring approach to her first feature, screening in Encounters  

04/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Review: Petite Maman

Review: Petite Maman

BERLINALE 2021: Céline Sciamma moves with her fifth film, delivering a simple story that hits so close to home it might as well be a long-lost friend  

03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Xavier Beauvois  • Director of Drift Away

Interview: Xavier Beauvois • Director of Drift Away

"Our house is on fire – our priority should be to save it"

BERLINALE 2021: In his usual punchy fashion, the French director sheds light on his sensitive fiction film which treads the line between social realism and inner emotion  

03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Review: Natural Light

Review: Natural Light

BERLINALE 2021: In his competition-premiered first fiction feature, Hungarian director Dénes Nagy explores the human condition in a story set during World War II  

03/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Review: Drift Away

Review: Drift Away

BERLINALE 2021: Xavier Beauvois signs his name to an intimate story which also sounds a social alarm in an artfully pared-down film bursting with heart about a gendarme on the Normandy coast  

02/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Review: Moon, 66 Questions

Review: Moon, 66 Questions

BERLINALE 2021: Greek writer-director Jacqueline Lentzou makes a unique film on a tough subject through a playful approach, benefiting from Oscar-worthy performances by the two leads  

01/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Encounters

Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige  • Directors of Memory Box

Interview: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige • Directors of Memory Box

“Our character feels her mother's secrets – kids can do that”

BERLINALE 2021: Shown in the Golden Bear competition, this film puts paid to Cher's claim that you can't turn back time  

01/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

Review: Memory Box

Review: Memory Box

BERLINALE 2021: In Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's sweet but – oh, the irony – hardly memorable film, a girl gets to meet her teenage mother, but without any Marty McFly-like complications  

01/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Competition

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