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11145 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 14/11/2025.

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident to world-premiere in Cannes’ competition

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident to world-premiere in Cannes’ competition

The Iranian master returns to the Croisette with a tightly guarded mystery film co-produced by France and Luxembourg, and sold by mk2  

14/04 | Production | Funding | Iran/France/Luxembourg

Four Europeans to compete in the Cannes Critics’ Week

Four Europeans to compete in the Cannes Critics’ Week

Alexe Poukine, Pauline Loquès, Guillermo Galoe and Sven Bresser will be duking it out for the Grand Prize; Laura Wandel, Alice Drouard and Martin Jauvat will get Special Screenings  

14/04 | Cannes 2025 | Critics’ Week

Tarik Saleh’s political thriller Eagles of the Republic to vie for the Palme d’Or

Tarik Saleh’s political thriller Eagles of the Republic to vie for the Palme d’Or

The Cannes competition entry marks the third and final instalment in the director’s Cairo-set trilogy, following The Nile Hilton Incident and Boy from Heaven  

11/04 | Production | Funding | Sweden/France/Denmark/Finland/Germany

Joachim Trier to rock up in Cannes’ competition with Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier to rock up in Cannes’ competition with Sentimental Value

Toplined by Renate Reinsve, the pic is the helmer’s sixth feature and his third main competition entry after Louder than Bombs and The Worst Person in the World  

11/04 | Production | Funding | Norway/Denmark/Sweden/Germany/France

Antoine Giorgini’s Les princes du BTP gets an advance on receipts from the CNC

Antoine Giorgini’s Les princes du BTP gets an advance on receipts from the CNC

The French film centre will also be throwing its weight behind the feature debuts by Maïté Sonnet, Alexandre Smia and Michaël Sztanke  

11/04 | Production | Funding | France

Review: Obscure Night - "Ain’t I a Child?”

Review: Obscure Night - "Ain’t I a Child?”

In the final chapter of his touching trilogy about migration, Sylvain George and his protagonists arrive in the city of Paris where splendour flirts with misery  

11/04 | Visions du Réel 2025

Review: The Last Shore

Review: The Last Shore

Jean-François Ravagnan looks back on the tragic media image of a young Gambian drowning in Venice to seek out his roots and to give him a name  

11/04 | Visions du Réel 2025

Young talents gear up to take part in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard

Young talents gear up to take part in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard

The selection includes works by duo Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis, Hubert Charuel, Stéphane Demoustier, as well as the directorial debuts by Harris Dickinson and Scarlett Johansson  

10/04 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Genre filmmaking takes a darker turn at this year’s Frontières Platform in Cannes

Genre filmmaking takes a darker turn at this year’s Frontières Platform in Cannes

The 2025 edition highlights stories of isolation, obsession and the supernatural through a series of European-led projects in development and post-production  

10/04 | Cannes 2025 | Marché du Film

France produced 309 feature films in 2024

France produced 309 feature films in 2024

With €1.44 million invested, French film production rides high on a lofty level of funding stimulated above all by broadcasters, and platforms in particular  

09/04 | Industry | Market | France

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