All Critics' Week articles 4r2x6n
- Reviews
The dark tourism sites of Paris prove a quirky backdrop for this unconventional love story
- Features
“Genre is political”: Emma Benestan talks about her Critics’ Week closer ‘Animale’ 5r4u4j
The French-Algerian director says the film was inspired by its Camargue location.
- News
‘Simon Of The Mountain’ wins top Cannes Critics’ Week prize 1i455
The Argentinian first feature is a coming of age story.
- Reviews
‘Animale’: Cannes Review 5s56z
Emma Benestan directs an atmospheric genre hybrid set in a French bull-riding community
- News
Zou Jing wins Critics’ Week Next Step prize for coming-of-age drama ‘A Girl Unknown’ 3a4m35
Didar Domehri of ’s Maneki Films has come on to co-produce.
- Reviews
‘Baby’: Cannes Review 131i44
A young man abandoned by his parents turns to sex work on the streets of Sao Paolo in this upbeat Critics Week title
- Reviews
‘Block ’: Cannes Review 4r3a73
Two teenage boys navigate small-town life in this Critics’ Week debut from the director of TV’s ’Le Bureau’
- Reviews
‘Blue Sun Palace’: Cannes Review 1b6r5c
‘Superb’ Critics Week debut explores the precariousness of New York’s Chinese community
- Reviews
‘Queens Of Drama’: Cannes Review 724do
A pop star and a lesbian punk fall in and out of love in this hyper-stylised French debut
- Reviews
‘Julie Keeps Quiet’: Cannes Review 466k1v
A focused tennis player stays silent to protect her coach in this controlled Belgian debut
- Reviews
‘Locust’: Cannes Review 5f6c2o
A low-level Taiwanese gangster finds himself at a difficult crossroads in this 2019-set drama
- Reviews
‘Simon Of The Mountain’: Cannes Review 56l6t
A youg disabled man is not all he appears in this fresh, provocative Argentinian debut
- Reviews
‘Ghost Trail’: Cannes Review 28i3o
Thrilling debut about a Syrian refugee in Europe taking revenge opens Critics Week
- News
Cannes Critics’ Week revamps ticketing protocol to prioritise press (exclusive) 6y5k4s
Press badge holders will have first access to all first screenings.
- News
Cannes Critics’ Week title ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ scores French distribution deal (exclusive) 4l1c2b
Leonardo Van Dijl’s debut feature is set in world of competitive tennis.
- News
M-Appeal boards Brazilian Critics’ Week drama ‘Baby’ (exclusive) 62m5w
Marcelo Caetano’s second feature is about a young boy finding his way after leaving a juvenile detention centre.
- News
Cannes Critics’ Week reveals 2024 selection 4a26k
Eleven features selected, with seven in competition.
- News
Cannes’ Critics Week completes 2024 jury 431gi
Spanish writer-director-producer Rodrigo Sorogoyen will preside over the festival’s parallel selection.
- News
Directors from Egypt, China, Spain selected for Cannes’ Critics’ Week’s Next Step programme 5i2q1s
The six-day Next Step initiaive is to help feted shorts directors to make a feature.
- News
Cannes Critics’ Week launches script and score development scheme (exclusive) 3v2i28
The new initiative brings together five international filmmakers with feature films in development and three composers.