Cannes 2025
‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ Review: Animated French Charmer Portrays the Magic and Terror of Early Childhood
Directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han adapt Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb's bestselling autobiographical novel, which follows a 2-year-old girl growing up in Japan in the 1960s.
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Why Joachim Trier Dropped the Irony in ‘Sentimental Value’: “I Had to Be a Better Director”
With his new film, the Danish-Norwegian director plays it straight for an emotionally direct family drama: "With this one, I needed to talk about intimate, more tender things."
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Zurich Fest to Honor Brazilian Star Wagner Moura With Golden Eye Award
Moura won best actor at Cannes this year for his turn in Mendonça Filho’s 'The Secret Agent.'
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‘Caravan’ Review: A Tough and Intimate Czech Drama Carried by a Superb Lead Actress
Ana Geislerova stars in director Zuzana Kirchnerova's first feature, which premiered in Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar before screening at Karlovy Vary.
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Cannes Competition Drama ‘Two Prosecutors’ Nabbed by Janus Films
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s feature follows a law school grad taking on corruption in the Soviet system and paying the consequences.
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Cannes Winners, Serbian Miniseries ‘Absolute 100’ Join KVIFF Lineup
The Czech festival also unveils the action and horror movies for its revamped Midnight Screenings program, now called "Afterhours."
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Gael Garcia Bernal’s ‘Magellan’ Goes to Janus Films
Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s feature about devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific debuted in Cannes.
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‘The Love That Remains’ Review: Hlynur Pálmason Follows ‘Godland’ With a Snapshot of Marital Dissolution More Elemental Than Affecting
A fisherman in Southeastern Iceland remains in denial about the end of his union with a struggling artist and his sidelined presence in their children’s lives.
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Stars and the Sea: THR’s Cannes Film Festival Portfolio With Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson and Zoey Deutch
The world’s most glamorous film festival rolled out its iconic red carpet for the 78th edition, and to capture the stars on the scene and above the Croisette, THR teamed with award-winning visual storyteller Julian Ungano for a series of exclusive images.
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Kinky Romance ‘Pillion’ Starring Alexander Skarsgard, Harry Melling Sells to Multiple Territories
The feature debut from British director Harry Lighton earlier sold to A24 for the U.S. market.
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‘A Light That Never Goes Out’ Is a Cannes Debut Opus on Outcasts, Depression, Music, and Hope
Finnish creative Lauri-Matti Parppei premiered their first feature in the ACID Cannes program, taking viewers on a journey through mental health struggles, experimental music, and the power of community.
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‘Lucky Lu’ Review: An Authentically Downbeat New York Story About a Chinese Migrant Struggling to Welcome His Family
Forest Whitaker executive produced the first feature by Korean-Canadian director Lloyd Lee Choi, which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes.
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