Black Nights’ Malaika Bova on first films, the importance of world premieres and creating a community
Bova’s previous role at the UK’s Raindance Film Festival gave her invaluable insight into supporting debut filmmakers.
‘Women On Trial’ directors on how they turned a landmark abortion case into a courtroom thriller
Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller are interested in the film’s US reception at TAFFF amid renewed battles over reproductive rights.
‘All About Corinne’ director Marc Fitoussi on casting Isabelle Huppert and taking an affectionate swipe at the French film industry
The film makes its North American premiere at the American French Film Festival (TAFFF).
Mira Nair on “the beauty and struggle of independent cinema” and financing next film ‘Amri’
“I’m sleeves rolled up, always trying to make poetry and sense of the world,” the director says.
How an LA festival is working to connect US buyers and audiences to French films
The American French Film Festival is one of the major launchpads for French films into the US market.
“It’s the Geneva we know,” say the Swiss filmmakers of docu-drama ‘Summer Drift’
‘Summer Drift’ is set in Geneva’s working-class, queer and alternative communities.
“We’re not afraid of AI,” says GIFF Pro’s Mathieu Gayet as 2026 programme opens
GIFF Pro’s programme of audiovisual innovation provides the chance to discuss and examine AI, Gayet explains.
Marine Atlan on how she aimed to capture the intensity of adolescence in ‘La Gradiva’
The film about a school trip to Pompeii has become one of the breakout French films of the year.
TIFFCOM leaders talk turning the spotlight on IP, co-production and AI
Anime will also be a key focus at the 2026 edition of the long-running market.
Three Japanese directors in Tokyo Competition talk connection, identity and loss
Akira Ikeda, Akira Yamamoto and Yukiko Mishima discuss their upcoming films.
How Valladolid International Film Week is honouring the legacy of Jose Luis Cienfuegos
His close colleagues Marina Viader and Javier H. Estrada have taken over in an interim capacity.
Bille August on adapting novel ‘Me, You’: “I thought, how the hell do you transform this into a film?”
Oscar and double Palme d’Or winner’s latest film, an adaptation of Erri de Luca book, world premieres this week at Rome Film Fest.
BFI’s Mia Bays corrects the record: “People thought I ran the LFF, the archive, and BFI Southbank”
Bays is feeling energised as she comes to the end of her five-year tenure as the director of the BFI Filmmaking Fund.
