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Elevator the Gallows: Nemes Aims to Exhaust in Homage to the French Resistance Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic account of the French Resistance, Army of Shadows (1969) opens with a quote from the French novelist Georges Courteline – “Bad memories! I welcome...

Another first time filmmaker to the competition but no stranger to Cannes, South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin has showcased 2008’s The Chaser (Midnight Screening), 2010’s The Yellow Sea (Un Certain Regard) and 2016’s The Wailing (Out of Competition) in the...

No Man’s Land: Women Wage Resistance in Ishaq’s Wartime Debut Yemenis director Sara Ishaq approaches an examination of life during wartime in her native country for the first time as a narrative feature in The Station. An opening statement declares...

Among the least known filmmakers in the comp, the cinema of Jeanne Herry usually focuses on themes of care, custody and institutional responsibility, emotional repair and human connection, and looking at the construction of truth. Garance aka One Another Day...

Four films in and his second trip to the Cannes competition section, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes began his career by winning the Grand Prix for Son of Saul (2015). He landed in Venice with films two and three with 2018’s...

The last minute addition to the competition line-up (we imagine it was the pending Neon deal) James Gray is no stranger to the competition section in Cannes making his six trip there today. The Yards (2000), We Own the Night...