All articles by Rebecca Leffler
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NewsFrench truck driver romance ‘Flesh And Fuel’ drives to deals for North America and UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The French film won a prize at Cannes Critics’ Week.
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NewsUn Certain Regard prize-winner ‘Congo Boy’ scores key deals for The Party
EXCLUSIVE: Rafiki Fariala’s fiction debut heading to Germany and Austria, Brazil, Norway and Denmark.
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NewsFrench box office jumps 33% to 15 million admissions in May powered by ‘Michael,’ ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’
The highest-grossing local film in May was 1980s-set family comedy Just An Illusion.
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NewsCanal+’s Maxime Saada stands by controversial response to Bollore open letter but denies “blacklist” claim
Saada had said at Cannes that Canal+ would no longer work with signatories of a petition criticising Vincent Bollore’s influence on the company.
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NewsUn Certain Regard prizewinner ‘Everytime’ locks in multiple deals
EXCLUSIVE: The film is an Austria-Germany co-production.
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NewsCristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ wins Palme d’Or at 2026 Cannes Film Festival
Prizes for ‘Minotaur’, ’The Black Ball’, ‘All Of A Sudden’, and ‘Fatherland’.
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FeaturesHow Léa Mysius put her own spin on the home-invasion thriller in Cannes title ‘The Birthday Party’
The adaptation of Laurent Mauvignier’s novel is set in a remote French marshland, where a family is preparing for a birthday celebration, but unexpected guests disrupt their plans.
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News‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ wins Queer Palm at Cannes Film Festival
For the first time ever, the jury also opted to award a new ‘Queer Palm Revelation’ prize.
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NewsSandra Wollner’s ‘Everytime’ takes Un Certain Regard prize in Cannes
Other winners include ’Elephants In The Fog’ and ‘Iron Boy’.
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NewsKen Loach, Aki Kaurismäki, Yorgos Lanthimos and Javier Bardem sign Canal+ controversy letter
The Canal+ controversy is the talk of the Cannes Film Festival among the French sector.
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News‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ wins Directors’ Fortnight audience award
The People’s Choice award launched in 2024.
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NewsBuyers rush to Berenger Thouin’s Cannes archive-fiction mash-up ‘The Golden Age’
Thouin’s debut feature blends footage from the Gaumont Pathé Archives with fictional material.
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NewsWhich films are in the running for the 2026 Venice Film Festival?
The Adventures Of Cliff Booth, Wild Horse Nine, A Woman Unknown, Being Heumann tipped for Lido bows.
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FeaturesJudith Godreche on “using the camera as a feminist weapon” in her Un Certain Regard premiere ‘A Girl’s Story’
The actress/filmmaker has been a leading voice in France’s MeToo movement.
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NewsCanal+ CEO says he will blacklist everyone who signed open letter criticising right-wing owner
Through Vivendi, Bollore owns Canal+ and subsidiary Studiocanal.
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FeaturesLaszlo Nemes on making his Cannes comeback with ‘Moulin’ and breaking out of the arthouse bubble
The Hungarian filmmaker was last at the festival in 2015 with his debut feature Son Of Saul
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NewsFrance to host international Lumière Summit focused on the future of cinema
The summit will be held in the South of France in September.
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NewsCarine Tardieu’s ‘All The Little Live Things’ wins Cannes Marche du Film Investors Circle prize
The film stars Benoît Magimel, Léa Drucker and Melanie Thierry.
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NewsRising producers Noëlle Levenez and Clara Marquardt stand for Cérémonie
The rising French producers are developing a lively slate driven by fresh voices
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NewsCannes buyers finally catch festival fever, circle ‘Club Kid’, ‘A Man Of His Time’
Acquisition teams on alert after slow start.