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In the if-true-then-definitely-newsworthy category, as we put all our focus on the upcoming Cannes Film Festival we’re also taking inventory of the films that may line-up next year’s edition and it would appear that two Chinese filmmakers are heading that...

Artistic Director Julien Rejl is poised to draw major crowds this year, as the selection committee makes a compelling case that the Théâtre Croisette at the JW Marriott will be one of the festival’s key showcases. With a lineup featuring...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...