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10909 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 28/07/2025.

Affection Affection makes a beeline for Locarno

Affection Affection makes a beeline for Locarno

Produced and sold by Ecce Films, the second feature by Maxime Matray and Alexia Walther is scheduled to world premiere in the Cineasti del Presente competition  

10/07 | Production | Funding | France

Agnès Jaoui’s Au temps pour nous now in post-production

Agnès Jaoui’s Au temps pour nous now in post-production

The French director also leads the cast of this Les Films du Kiosque production sold by StudioCanal and starring Daniel Auteuil and Eye Haïdara  

09/07 | Production | Funding | France/Belgium

Ben Rivers’ Mare’s Nest to world-premiere in Locarno’s competition

Ben Rivers’ Mare’s Nest to world-premiere in Locarno’s competition

The British filmmaker's new pic, which is being sold by Rediance, centres on a young girl who wanders through a mysterious world devoid of adults  

09/07 | Production | Funding | UK/France/Canada

Hana Jušić's God Will Not Help set to premiere at Locarno

Hana Jušić's God Will Not Help set to premiere at Locarno

New Europe Film Sales boards the helmer’s sophomore feature, which tells the story of a Chilean widow coming to the land of her late husband, and her encounter with his family  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Croatia/Romania/Italy/Greece/France/Slovenia

Hugo David and Raphaël Quenard • Directors of I Love Peru

Interview: Hugo David and Raphaël Quenard • Directors of I Love Peru

"It’s probably the most authentic film I’ve ever made, despite the fact it’s fiction"

We met up with the directors behind the playful mockumentary revolving around a real/fake Raphaël Quenard: a young actor who rides high, all the way to Peru  

09/07 | /France

Andrei Epure’s Don’t Let Me Die to debut in Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente

Andrei Epure’s Don’t Let Me Die to debut in Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente

Described as “half-comedy, half-horror”, the Romanian filmmaker's debut feature follows a young woman mourning the loss of a neighbour  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Romania/Bulgaria/France

Review: Magellan

Review: Magellan

Lav Diaz enjoys his first star collaboration in this epic focusing on the Age of Discovery, with Gael García Bernal playing the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan  

09/07 | Filmfest München 2025

Louise Hémon scoops the Jean Vigo Prize

Louise Hémon scoops the Jean Vigo Prize

The director was singled out for her debut feature film The Girl in the Snow, while an Honorary Vigo was awarded to Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing  

08/07 | Festivals | Awards | France

Nathan Ambrosioni • Director of Out of Love

Interview: Nathan Ambrosioni • Director of Out of Love

"I really liked the idea of an inverted drama, a film which starts with the hardest part of the story"

The French filmmaker discusses his third feature, which revolves around a woman who suddenly finds herself responsible for two young children who’ve been left behind by her sister  

08/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

Review: Out of Love

Review: Out of Love

Nathan Ambrosioni delivers a subtle and poignant film carried by an excellent Camille Cottin, about a voluntary disappearance and its impact on the people left behind  

07/07 | Karlovy Vary 2025 | Competition

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