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Competition / France


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

Claudel makes true auteur film

The high quality of I’ve Loved You So Long – which screened in competition yesterday evening – did not fail to impress audiences in Berlin, not that French writer Philippe Claudel was unprepared...  

15/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/France

"Lady Jane", not so sweet

Following Erick Zonca’s Julia, the second French film in competition at Berlin (whose official screening took place on Tuesday evening) also bears a woman’s name, this time recalling a Rolling...  

14/02/2008 | Berlinale 2008 | Competition/France

Kechiche eyes Lion with La Graine et le mulet

Two days before the opening of the 64th Venice Film Festival (August 29-September 8), French cinema is taking stock of all its assets in the quest for the Golden Lion, not won by a local...  

27/08/2007 | Venice 2007 | Competition/France

Zonca’s Julia to compete for Lion

News surrounding the potential entries at the 64th Venice Film Festival (August 29 – September 8) is firming up two weeks from the July 26 press conference. According to information communicated...  

13/07/2007 | Venice 2007 | Competition/France

A seducer, An Old Mistress and a young wife

An expert at exploring the dependence between bodies and souls, controversial French director Catherine Breillat – selected for the first time in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival...  

25/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

The tragicomic magic of Persepolis

Official competition this afternoon at the Cannes Film Festival had a touch of the unusual, with the press screening of animated film Persepolis, a debut feature made almost entirely in 2D and...  

22/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

Deep emotions in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

New York-born director Julian Schnabel took his first successful steps in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival today, where he presented his French production The Diving Bell and the...  

22/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

MK2 gives artist Van Sant carte blanche

"Nobody is ever ready for Paranoid Park," says one of the characters at the start of the new film of the same name by US filmmaker Gus Van Sant, at this morning’s official competition press...  

21/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

Tehilim: Menachem’s blues

Foreign cinema on Israeli soil by young French director Raphaël Nadjari made its first appearance yesterday evening in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival with Tehilim ("Psalms"),...  

20/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

Demy’s shadow hangs over Love Songs

For his first time in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, French director Christophe Honoré this morning presented his ambitious musical Love Songs to an international press, as much...  

18/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Competition/France

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