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10906 articles available in total starting from 17/05/2002. Last article published on 25/07/2025.

Long live Varda

“A little old woman – a wanderer and a chatterbox – who talks about her life”. This is how Agnès Varda introduces herself in the first scene of her documentary The Beaches of Agnès, which offers...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Out of competition/France

Collardey explores rural world in L’apprenti

Samuel Collardey’s L’apprenti (“The Apprentice”) combines documentary and fiction to tell the story of 15-year-old protagonist Mathieu. The latter is a student in an agricultural institute and is...  

03/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week/France

Gatlif’s Liberté: A gypsy family in German-occupied France

Lensing will kick off on September 22 in the Rhône-Alpes region on what will be Tony Gatlif’s 16th feature, Liberté (“Freedom”). After winning Best Screenplay at Cannes 2004 with Exiles and...  

03/09/2008 | Production | France

Comme les autres: gay and longing to be a parent

Domestic feature films are back with force today on French cinema screens with the eight releases featuring five majority productions and one minority production. Originality seems to be à la mode...  

03/09/2008 | Releases | France

Deneuve, Croze and Hands embroiled in family secret in La Cuisine

The final leg of preparations is underway before lensing begins on September 16 in the South-West town of Arcachon on Julie Lopes Curval’s third feature La Cuisine (“The Kitchen”). Previous films...  

02/09/2008 | Production | France

Verheyde’s autobiographical Stella shines bright

Yet another standing ovation from Venice Days audiences, this time for Sylvie Verheyde’s third feature film, Stella. The actress-screenwriter-director turned to her childhood for inspiration, to...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/France

Audiard’s Un prophète starts shoot

Filming began a week ago on the fifth feature by multi award-winning director Jacques Audiard. Un prophète will recount the criminal rise of a young French-Arab boy who joins the Corsican mafia....  

01/09/2008 | Production | France

Devos and Melki investigate Complices

The feature debut by Swiss filmmaker Frédéric Mermoud, a thriller entitled Complices (“Accomplices”), begins lensing in Lyon today. Heading the cast are French stars Emmanuelle Devos (A Christmas...  

01/09/2008 | Production | France

Kabuli Kid’s neorealist taxi

In present-day Kabul, a woman abandons her newborn baby on the back seat of Khaled’s taxi. This is the opening scene of Barmak Akram’s Kabuli Kid, a journey across the Afghan capital in search of...  

01/09/2008 | Venice 2008 | Critics’ Week | France

Claire Denis’ special affect

Claire Denis – a regular at the Venice Film Festival since Good Work and Friday Night – returns to the Lido. “My association with Venice has been very fortunate”, explained the French director,...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Out of competition/France

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