Emmanuel Courcol is feeling vexed. The French writer-director has spent years working on My Brother’s Band, his new film set in the world of conducting. “Now there are so many
Earlier this year, producer Libby Collins was in Paris en route to northern France for Lille’s Series Mania to present her eight-part series, Top End Bub. Whilst in Paris, she
In France, Agnes Jaoui is a national institution, best known for her work with Jean-Pierre Bacri, and as his partner from 1987 to 2012, though they continued to work together
The revered French filmmaker was in Spain for the premiere of her latest film, The Fence, starring Isaach de Bankolé, Matt Dillon, Tom Blyth and Mia McKenna-Bruce.
Michel Gondry is a natural-born eccentric with a wild imagination, whose filmmaking has gained a cult-like following. Working across film, television and music videos, the Versailles-born 62-year-old, together with Charlie
When Guinean-born Abou Sangare appeared in Boris Lojkine’s The Story of Souleymane last year in Cannes, he became a sensation. He was not an actor, in fact he is a
The actor/director turns to crime with his latest film, Beating Hearts. When Beating Hearts premiered in the Cannes competition last year, Gilles Lellouche, the film’s director, also one of France’s
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… a romance-cum-gangster pic, which is a bold effort, but director Gilles Lellouche doesn’t quite pull it off.
When Thierry Fremaux announced the 2025 Cannes programme last month, he was aware that the festival had enjoyed huge successes in recent years, most notably in 2024 with Sean Baker’s
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Slick, responsive and utterly addictive …