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624 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 24/11/2025.

A bittersweet Christmas Tale

Bitter unresolved family issues are served up in Arnaud Desplechin's sixth feature, A Christmas Tale, presented this morning in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is as brilliant as...  

16/05/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/France

Garrel and Desplechin vie for Palme d’Or

Whilst we wait for a third title to be announced in the next few days, France already has two emblematic figures of auteur cinema in official competition at the 61st Cannes Film Festival (May...  

24/04/2008 | Cannes 2008 | Competition/France

Generational conflict in today’s Israel

The press was left somewhat cold at the end of the screening of Restless, a French/Belgian/Israeli/Canadian co-production by Amos Kollek (61), presented in official competition at the Berlinale....  

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

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

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