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Competition / France


609 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 15/09/2025.

Review: Titane

Review: Titane

CANNES 2021: In her mind-blowing uppercut of a movie, Julia Ducournau shows it’s ok to love your car – just remember to use contraception  

14/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Nadav Lapid  • Director of Ahed’s Knee

Interview: Nadav Lapid • Director of Ahed’s Knee

“I’m not script-driven in the traditional way; the lead character is the existential melody of the film, the heart, the music”

CANNES 2021: The Israeli director discusses his formally bold new film, how a typical “Lapid” protagonist is born and the influence of rap music on his approach to performance  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Review: Petrov’s Flu

Review: Petrov’s Flu

CANNES 2021: Two-and-a-half hours of Russianness at its most feverish, when served right, can be quite a sight, as proven by Kirill Serebrennikov  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Review: The French Dispatch

Review: The French Dispatch

CANNES 2021: Wes Anderson delivers the final issue of a magazine that’s full of life, but some pages it’s just better to skip  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar  • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

Interview: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Achouackh Abakar • Director of and actress in Lingui, The Sacred Bonds

"The film is about a woman bravely taking her destiny into her own hands, but also about a country where women help each other"

CANNES 2021: The Chadian director is back in the Palme d'Or competition with his new film, which follows a woman surmounting social and religious taboos  

13/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Review: Three Floors

Review: Three Floors

CANNES 2021: Nanni Moretti delivers a jaw-droppingly bad soap opera with the who’s who of Italian cinema  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Luana Bajrami  • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

Interview: Luana Bajrami • Director of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

"My film paints the unknown picture of Kosovo"

CANNES 2021: The French-Kosovar actress discusses her first feature as a director, which follows a gang of likeable (and perfectly cast) girls  

12/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Directors' Fortnight

Review: Bergman Island

Review: Bergman Island

CANNES 2021: Mia Hansen-Løve elaborates a great oeuvre, a game of nested mirrors about couplehood, creativity, cinephilia and ghosts, in the summery setting of the Fårö island  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Catherine Corsini  • Director of The Divide

Interview: Catherine Corsini • Director of The Divide

“To consider oneself, to consider others and have some hope in the fact that people can talk to each other”

CANNES 2021: The French filmmaker discusses her at once funny and dramatic film unveiled in competition, which through fiction delves into a very agitated night at the hospital  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

Joachim Trier  • Director of The Worst Person in the World

Interview: Joachim Trier • Director of The Worst Person in the World

“At the end of the day, all three of them feel like the worst person in the world; that’s my conclusion”

CANNES 2021: The Norwegian director unpicks his seemingly cute, seemingly romantic comedy-drama  

11/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Competition

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