Tag: Emma Benestan

Animale | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review

Toro Toro Toro: Amamra Grabs the Bull By the Horns in Transformative Role For those who champion the bull in Spain's electrifying yet antiquated tradition...

2024 Cannes Film Festival: Jonathan Millet, Saïd Hamich Benlarbi & Emma Benestan Load Up Critics’ Week

Last year the Critics' Week section introduced us to first and second features from the likes of Vladimir Perišić, Iris Kaltenbäck, Amanda Nell Eu,...

Interview: Halima Ouardiri – The Camel Driving School (Work in Progress)

Cutting her teeth on the short form for just over a decade with award-winning trio of films which have premiered at Rotterdam, the Berlinale...

2023 Wallonia-Brussels: Woodworth, Lafosse, Guit Bros., Baloji, Mitevska & Laura Wandel Receive Coin

The folks at the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles folks are throwing some coin support towards 27 fiction feature...

2023 MyMetaStories: 1st Edition includes Roquet’s “Libertad”, Ido’s “Gravity” & Mitevska’s “The Happiest Man in the World”

The selections for the first edition of MyMetaStories - The Innovative European Film Festival were announced and among the seven feature films selected we...

What’s in Store for 2024?: Noémie Merlant, Leyla Bouzid & Marjane Satrapi Receive CNC Coin

A dozen 12 projects have been selected as part of the second 2023 session of the CNC’s advance on receipts committee and floating at...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...