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