Keywords: Film festival


Canal+ chief says company will no longer work with signatories of petition against Vincent Bolloré

The head of Canal+ has stated that the group will no longer collaborate with professionals from the film industry who signed a petition criticizing major shareholder Vincent Bolloré. The announcement was made by Canal+ executive chairman Maxime Saada during the Cannes Film Festival period in......

Cannes Film ‘Gentle Monster’ explores taboo issues without easy answers, says director

At the Cannes Film Festival, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer presented her latest film “Gentle Monster,” a drama that confronts difficult social issues without offering simple solutions. Speaking after the film’s premiere, Kreutzer explained that the project was challenging to develop,......

Pedro Almodóvar explores self-fiction in his new meta-cinematic film “Autofiction”

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returns to the big screen with Autofiction, a new film that continues his exploration of identity, creativity, and the blurred line between reality and imagination. Selected for the Cannes Film Festival for the fifth time, the director presents a deeply introspective......

Moroccan filmmaker Manal Chahboun competes in the first Walloon Film Festival

Moroccan filmmaker Manal Chahboun has been selected to compete in the official lineup of the first edition of the Walloon Film Festival, scheduled to take place from April 2 to April 25 across several regions in Belgium. Her short comedy film C.Q.F.D (C’est quasi foutu, docteur), released in 2025,......

Moroccan cinema in the spotlight at the Málaga Film Festival

Moroccan cinema received notable attention at the opening of the Málaga Film Festival, where the feature film Calle Málaga by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani was screened during the inaugural ceremony on Friday evening. The 29th edition of the festival is taking place from March 6 to March......

More than 80 filmmakers criticize Berlinale silence on Gaza

More than 80 figures from the international film community, including Oscar winning actors Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton, have signed an open letter condemning what they describe as the Berlin International Film Festival’s institutional silence on the war in Gaza and the alleged censorship of......

Director challenges jury head, calls Gaza violence genocide at Berlin film festival

The 76th Berlin International Film Festival has been shaken by controversy after jury president Wim Wenders said filmmakers should “stay out of politics,” prompting public withdrawals and sharp responses over the festival’s stance on Gaza. The latest intervention came on February 15,......

Charli XCX declares end of brat summer at Berlin premiere

Charli XCX has closed the chapter on her defining “Brat” era, telling reporters at the Berlin Film Festival that the cultural wave surrounding her 2024 album has run its course as her mockumentary The Moment premiered in Europe at the Zoo Palast cinema. Asked whether the “brat summer”......

Banned Iranian director secretly premieres prison drama in Berlin

Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist Mahnaz Mohammadi is returning to fiction filmmaking with “Roya,” a prison drama set inside Tehran’s Evin prison, where a detained teacher must choose between delivering a forced televised confession or enduring prolonged isolation.......