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2026 Cannes: Sara Ishaq, Blerta Basholli, Marine Atlan, Zou Jing & Félix de Givry in Critic’s Week Line-Up
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The radiant Ava Cahen topper of La Semaine de la Critique since 2022 gives us eleven reasons to want to explore the section that the end of the Croisette. Naturally this year the break down offers plenty Caméra d’Or contenders,...
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Marine Atlan’s ‘La Gradiva’ – Everything We Know So Far …
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French cinematographer Marine Atlan know primarily 2018’s Caroline Poggi/Jonathan Vinel’s Jessica Forever and then 2022’s Carmen Jaquier’s Foudre has also become a sort of mainstay on the Croisette populating the Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight section. After Simon Rieth’ Nos...
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2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)
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There was no mention this morning for a film title we imagined would not play in competition but would none the less surface somewhere along the Croisette. It looks like Bucking Fastard was indeed in the cards. As expected, there...
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2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette
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The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings selections have been unveiled and we’ve got our usual collection of auteurs who are getting their own showcases and at the top of our most anticipated film items and...
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2026 Cannes: Wollner, Martelli, Marrakchi, Dusabejambo & Schoenbrun Load Up Un Certain Regard Section
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With a touch of queer, the opening film slot for the Un Certain Regard section goes to American indie slasher film by the filmmaker who populated Sundance with We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and I Saw the TV...
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2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp
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A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according to Thierry Frémaux, one more potential last minute Palme d’Or contender addition to be announced (or not) in the week(s) ahead, we find a group of films that are both heavy...
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Cherry on Top: Wagner Moura Begins Filming on Lisandro Alonso’s ‘O Aroma da Pitanga’
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If 2026 was meant to deliver the fruits of Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso‘s recent creative output, it seems 2027 will also add another chapter to his filmography. We have La Libertad Doble (The Match Factory are handling sales) ready to...
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2026 Le Groupe Ouest Selections: New Features by Laura Wandel, Valéry Carnoy & Léa Todorov in the Works
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Located in France’s north westernmost region of Brittany, Le Groupe Ouest have selected eight projects (ten participants) with notable Belgian filmmakers Laura Wandel and Valéry Carnoy among the selected folks. Heading to one of the world’s top screenwriting labs, Wandel...
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2026 Cannes: Felipe Gálvez, Emanuel Pârvu, Juho Kuosmanen & Magnus von Horn Headed to Investors Circle
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Set up in 2023, Marché du Film’s initiative connects private investors with alluring high-end film projects and today they’ve unveiled the eight lucky filmmakers (a drop from previous years that highlighted ten projects) who’ll get to pitch their upcoming projects....
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Dominga Sotomayor’s ‘La Perra’ – Everything We Know So Far …
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A cinema that is lyrical, autobiographical, and deeply attentive to the emotional textures of family and youth, with the landscape allowing for her players to explore moments of transition, Dominga Sotomayor’s cinema is one that drifts and observes intimacy and...
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