Introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain Regard sidebar typically presents around twenty films championing distinctive styles and unconventional storytelling. In recent...
Filmmakers Kantemir Balagov, Cristian Mungiu (both currently in production) and Albert Serra are among the wave of filmmakers receiving significant coin via the Eurimages...
Favorites of the Moon: Liatard and Trouilh Stargaze Through the Rubble of Resistance
Yuri (Alseni Bathily) seems to be the glue holding his community together...
Gagarine
Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh make their directorial debut with Gagarine (based on their 2015 short), produced by Julie Billy and Carole Scotta. Their...
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.