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10949 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 21/08/2025.

Reel Suspects clocks up real sales

France’s Reel Suspects has notched up a number of sales at the Cannes Market, where it is based at the MEDIA stand. Laurent Bouhnik’s erotic French film Q has sold to Italy (Ripley's Film) and...  

16/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Market/France

Interview: Bouli Lanners • Director

Nostalgia as a narrative driving force"

A coming-of-age tale, family rootlessness, the importance of nature: the Belgian director talks about his favourite themes at the heart of his third feature, The Giants 

16/05/2011

The Giants

The misadventures of three teenagers left to their own devices. Sensibility and humour in a captivating film, unveiled in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2011.  

16/05/2011 | Films | Reviews

Iris in Bloom: A reflection on age, love and reason

Directors’ Fortnight is fertile ground of discovery for audiences and experimentation for filmmakers. It is also a wonderful gateway for newcomers lucky enough to get their debut film selected....  

16/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Directors’ Fortnight/France

Sublime contrasts in House of Tolerance

A superb display of cinematographic talent defines Bertrand Bonello’s fascinating and sublime House of Tolerance, screening in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22). Set almost...  

16/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Competition/France

Hazanavicius captures the Artist of silence

If Michel Hazanavicius hadn’t been successful in France with the series of OSS 117 films, his The Artist would never have been presented in Official Competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival....  

15/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Competition/France

Interview: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon • Directors

“The element of surprise”

Lovers in real life as on screen, the extravagant creators of The Fairy continue their burlesque exploration after Iceberg and Rumba 

15/05/2011

The Kid With a Bike

The Dardenne brothers bring new emotion to their social cinema with a luminous film selected in competition at Cannes and carried by Cécile de France’s performance.  

15/05/2011 | Films | Reviews

Child’s play in 17 Girls

How to plan one’s future when you’re a teenager living in the French town Lorient, plagued by economic problems for almost half a century? This is the dilemma facing sisters Delphine and Muriel...  

15/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Critics’ Week/France

Solidarity reflected in The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Marking a return to his roots, the working class neighbourhood of Estaque, his sun-drenched Marseilles, friendship and socio-political themes, Robert Guédiguian’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro was...  

15/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Un Certain Regard/France

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