Cannes newbie Lola Petticrew will get their moment in the sun when British filmmaker Clio Barnard’s powerfully resonant I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning has its premiere at the 58th Directors’ Fortnight. Adapted by Enda Walsh from Keiran Goddard’s stunning 2024 novel about social and class inequality, the film charts the lives of five 30-year-old childhood friends. “They’re […]

With the entertainment industry in flux and talk everywhere about new models, Level Forward has been plugging away at one as a public benefit corporation — a for-profit company legally required to balance a focus on earnings with positive societal or environmental impact. It’s worked with more than 100 organizations over the years to build […]

Adèle Exarchopoulos caused a sensation at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, when she and Léa Seydoux shared the Palme d’Or with director Abdellatif Kechiche for their performances in Blue Is the Warmest Color. Now she’s done it again, receiving a 12-minute standing ovation — the longest ever recorded — for her role in Jeanne Herry’s Another Day (Garance), […]

Nicolas Winding Refn returns to Cannes with Her Private Hell, his first film in 10 years, his last being the Elle Fanning starrer Neon Demon. In the fashionista aspect of it all, you could say Her Private Hell is its spiritual cousin. The film begins at a swanky hotel in a futuristic LA-like city where […]

If original IP is the golden ticket in the film industry, Maggie Kang has found it and taken it to unprecedented levels with the breakout success of her animated feature KPop Demon Hunters. Based on an original idea from Kang about a Korean girl band battling underworld invaders, it has not only become Netflix’s most […]

Japanese newcomer Rimu Kuwaki makes his debut as a savvy robot child surrogate in auteur Hirokazu Koreeda‘s Sheep in the Box, premiering in Competition today at the Cannes Film Festival. Palme d’Or winner Koreeda is a regular in Cannes, largely returning to present films that deal with issues of life, death and parenting, both good […]

Heated Rivalry didn’t just break through — it rewrote the industry playbook. ​In the five months since its Season 1 finale, the once “unconventional” adaptation has emerged as a breakout success, reshaping expectations around genre, LGBTQ+ storytelling and representation. Based on Rachel Reid’s bestselling novel, the queer hockey drama follows the steamy, contentious relationship between […]

Gheed — an exuberant, intelligent and very funny actress so clearly destined for international fame — has, like all the greats, jettisoned her surname. Audiences at Director’s Fortnight will get a taste of the Gheed experience when she arrives with her feature-film debut, Atonement. The first film from American director Reed Van Dyk, and based […]