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Competition / France

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

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Bouchareb, Haroun and Kiarostami under French banner

Three majority French co-productions by directors from Algeria, Chad and Iran are among the 16 titles selected in competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23). After Days of Glory,...  

16/04/2010 | Cannes 2010 | Competition/France

Tavernier, Beauvois and Amalric in race

Three French directors will vie for the Palme d’Or at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23): Bertrand Tavernier, Xavier Beauvois and Mathieu Amalric. Tavernier (69) will make his fourth...  

16/04/2010 | Cannes 2010 | Competition/France

Depardieu simply delightful in Mammuth

On the eve of the Bear Awards presentation ceremony, the penultimate film to be presented in competition, Mammuth, arrived like a breath of fresh air, greeted by peals of laughter all round. This...  

20/02/2010 | Berlinale 2010 | Competition/France

Kahn serves up fiery Regrets in Rome

French director Cédric Kahn returns to the world of adults for Regrets, the follow-up to his children’s film The Airplane. The film is the only fully French production in Competition at the Rome...  

19/10/2009 | Rome Film Festival | Competition/France

Van Dormael makes epic with Mr. Nobody

There’s a bit of everything in this epic film by Jaco Van Dormael, director of Toto the Hero and The Eighth Day. It draws on sci-fi fantasies of over 100 years of cinema, as well numerous films...  

12/09/2009 | Venice 2009 | Competition/France

War seen from a tank in Lebanon

The deafening clangour of the cannon rotating in search of a target, the gunsight lens that changes and turns into our eye staring at death and "enemies" like silent silhouettes to be shot down in...  

11/09/2009 | Venice 2009 | Competition/Israel/France/Germany

Rivette steps into the ring with 36 Views of Saint-Loup Peak

The circus as a metaphor for life: it’s not a particularly original idea, especially in cinema (explored in different ways by directors from Chaplin to Fellini). But it isn’t the image of a circus...  

07/09/2009 | Venice 2009 | Competition/France

Denis returns to Africa for White Material

In an example of festival paradoxes, last year, Claire Denis (a regular on the Lido) came to Venice with 35 Shots of Rum, which won great acclaim as one of her most accomplished films. Many, quite...  

06/09/2009 | Venice 2009 | Competition | France

Duris gives Volpi Cup-worthy performance in Persecution

Four years after Gabrielle, which earned its star Isabelle Huppert a Special Golden Lion Award, Patrice Chéreau returns to competition at Venice with Persecution. Although it doesn’t repeat the...  

05/09/2009 | Venice 2009 | Competition/France

Rivette in pole position for competition selection

One month before Marco Muller unveils the competition titles of the 66th Venice Film Festival (September 2-12), Jacques Rivette’s French/Italian co-production 36 Vues du Pic Saint-Loup (“36 Views...  

30/06/2009 | Venice 2009 | Competition/France

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