All Critics' Week articles 4r2x6n

  • Paul & Paulette Take A Bath
    Reviews

    2024-09-04T12:05:00Z 18721b

    The dark tourism sites of Paris prove a quirky backdrop for this unconventional love story

  • portrait-Emma
    Features

    “Genre is political”: Emma Benestan talks about her Critics’ Week closer ‘Animale’ 5r4u4j

    2024-05-23T10:30:00Z

    The French-Algerian director says the film was inspired by its Camargue location.

  • Simon Of The Mountain
    News

    ‘Simon Of The Mountain’ wins top Cannes Critics’ Week prize 1i455

    2024-05-22T18:40:00Z

    The Argentinian first feature is a coming of age story. 

  • Animale
    Reviews

    ‘Animale’: Cannes Review 5s56z

    2024-05-22T11:10:00Z

    Emma Benestan directs an atmospheric genre hybrid set in a French bull-riding community

  • Zou Jing
    News

    Zou Jing wins Critics’ Week Next Step prize for coming-of-age drama ‘A Girl Unknown’ 3a4m35

    2024-05-22T08:39:00Z

    Didar Domehri of ’s Maneki Films has come on to co-produce.

  • Baby
    Reviews

    ‘Baby’: Cannes Review 131i44

    2024-05-21T11:16:00Z

    A young man abandoned by his parents turns to sex work on the streets of Sao Paolo in this upbeat Critics Week title

  • Block
    Reviews

    ‘Block ’: Cannes Review 4r3a73

    2024-05-20T11:13:00Z

    Two teenage boys navigate small-town life in this Critics’ Week debut from the director of TV’s ’Le Bureau’

  • Blue Sun Palace
    Reviews

    ‘Blue Sun Palace’: Cannes Review 1b6r5c

    2024-05-19T11:30:00Z

    ‘Superb’ Critics Week debut explores the precariousness of New York’s Chinese community

  • Queens Of Drama
    Reviews

    ‘Queens Of Drama’: Cannes Review 724do

    2024-05-18T13:55:00Z

    A pop star and a lesbian punk fall in and out of love in this hyper-stylised French debut

  • Julie Keeps Quiet
    Reviews

    ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’: Cannes Review 466k1v

    2024-05-18T10:55:00Z

    A focused tennis player stays silent to protect her coach in this controlled Belgian debut

  • Locust
    Reviews

    ‘Locust’: Cannes Review 5f6c2o

    2024-05-16T11:45:00Z

    A low-level Taiwanese gangster finds himself at a difficult crossroads in this 2019-set drama

  • Simon Of The Mountain
    Reviews

    ‘Simon Of The Mountain’: Cannes Review 56l6t

    2024-05-15T11:10:00Z

    A youg disabled man is not all he appears in this fresh, provocative Argentinian debut

  • Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes)
    Reviews

    ‘Ghost Trail’: Cannes Review 28i3o

    2024-05-15T08:15:00Z

    Thrilling debut about a Syrian refugee in Europe taking revenge opens Critics Week

  • Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes)
    News

    Cannes Critics’ Week revamps ticketing protocol to prioritise press (exclusive) 6y5k4s

    2024-05-03T09:07:00Z

    Press badge holders will have first access to all first screenings. 

  • Julie Keeps Quiet
    News

    Cannes Critics’ Week title ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ scores French distribution deal (exclusive) 4l1c2b

    2024-04-18T14:46:00Z

    Leonardo Van Dijl’s debut feature is set in world of competitive tennis.

  • BABY_lighter-cut@Aline Arruda
    News

    M-Appeal boards Brazilian Critics’ Week drama ‘Baby’ (exclusive) 62m5w

    2024-04-18T10:39:00Z

    Marcelo Caetano’s second feature is about a young boy finding his way after leaving a juvenile detention centre. 

  • 'Animale'
    News

    Cannes Critics’ Week reveals 2024 selection 4a26k

    2024-04-15T09:14:00Z

    Eleven features selected, with seven in competition.

  • Rodrigo Sorogoyen shooting The Beasts
    News

    Cannes’ Critics Week completes 2024 jury 431gi

    2024-04-10T12:16:00Z

    Spanish writer-director-producer Rodrigo Sorogoyen will preside over the festival’s parallel selection.

  • Cinéastes_Next Step 2023_800x532
    News

    Directors from Egypt, China, Spain selected for Cannes’ Critics’ Week’s Next Step programme 5i2q1s

    2023-12-11T11:00:00Z

    The six-day Next Step initiaive is to help feted shorts directors to make a feature. 

  • Next steps 3x2
    News

    Cannes Critics’ Week launches script and score development scheme (exclusive) 3v2i28

    2023-09-25T14:20:00Z

    The new initiative brings together five international filmmakers with feature films in development and three composers.