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11201 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 24/12/2025.

Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han • Directors of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Interview: Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han • Directors of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

“Things can be hard, but we find a way forward – we say it to children and to adults”

The directorial duo discuss their adaptation of Amélie Nothomb’s novel recounting her childhood in Japan and describe their approach to dark topics that children can actually handle  

16/06 | Annecy 2025

Arco triumphs at Annecy

Arco triumphs at Annecy

French director Ugo Bienvenu’s first feature has won the Crystal for Best Feature Film, while Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s Little Amélie and the Character of Rain scooped the Audience Award  

16/06 | Annecy 2025 | Awards

Irene Iborra • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

Interview: Irene Iborra • Director of Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

“We are never alone; there is always someone we can count on”

The Spanish filmmaker makes her feature film debut with a stop-motion film that uses other techniques, with a personal message to children championing humanist values  

13/06 | Annecy 2025

Marcel Barelli • Director of Mary Anning

Interview: Marcel Barelli • Director of Mary Anning

"Mary Anning exudes a positive energy"

The Swiss director chatted with us about his love of animals, music and unusual characters, a category which definitely includes the protagonist of his film  

13/06 | Annecy 2025

Review: A Second Life

Review: A Second Life

Laurent Slama’s third feature traces a beautiful platonic encounter between a free-spirited American and an uptight Parisian who meet during the Paris Olympics  

13/06 | Tribeca 2025

Futura Cinema is looking for innovative initiatives for the theatrical distribution of cinema

Futura Cinema is looking for innovative initiatives for the theatrical distribution of cinema

Calls for applications to the European programme close on 30 June  

13/06 | Sponsored

Review: Allah Is Not Obliged

Review: Allah Is Not Obliged

Zaven Najjar delivers a hard-hitting adaptation of Ahmadou Kourouma’s novel about the tribulations of a child soldier sucked into the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone  

13/06 | Annecy 2025

Review: Mary Anning

Review: Mary Anning

In his first feature, Swiss animation director Marcel Barelli portrays a character that’s as interesting as she is mysterious: palaeontologist Mary Anning  

13/06 | Annecy 2025

Review: The Songbirds’ Secret

Review: The Songbirds’ Secret

Antoine Lanciaux delivers a beautiful first feature, depicting a little girl’s summertime investigation into her family’s past with great narrative and visual tenderness  

13/06 | Annecy 2025

FIDLab selects 11 projects

FIDLab selects 11 projects

The Marseille-based international co-production platform will showcase two titles in post-production, one in production, four in the writing phase and four in development  

12/06 | FIDMarseille 2025

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