Title: A Girl’s Story (Mémoire de fille) Section: Un Certain Regard Director: Judith Godrèche Screenwriters: Judith Godrèche, Annie Ernaux Sales Agent: Paradise City Films Logline: Annie Ernaux is invited to sign her latest book in the city of her childhood. As she travels…

What’s historically been great about the Cannes jury press conference at the end of the festival is that it provides a window into what this conclave was thinking and the choices made for award selections. However, few reporters got the chance to ask hard hitting questions, and the jury was…

U.S. theatrical distributor Neon continued to make history at Cannes tonight with its seventh straight Palme d’Or win for Christian Mungiu’s Fjord. Fjord marks Mungiu's English-language debut. In it, the co-stars play a mixed Romanian and Norwegian couple who move to the fjord village where the…

In a taped acceptance message to the filled Grand Theatre Lumiere at Cannes for her honorary Palme D’Or, Barbra Streisand shared how foreign film propelled her into both an acting and directing career. Streisand was unable to make it to Cannes due to doctor’s orders over her knee injury. The…

Cristian Mungiu’s drama Fjord, starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, has won the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. The Romanian director, who previously scooped the festival’s prize with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, is the tenth director to win the coveted award…

“I don’t think it’s political, I think the issues get politicized,” said Cate Blanchett at the Deadline Studio in Cannes, regarding how stories about displacement can contribute to political discussions at film festivals and beyond. The actor, producer and global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR…

EXCLUSIVE: We’re hearing that Netflix is close to acquiring Cannes Competition title Gentle Monster starring Léa Seydoux. Word is that the streamer believes the Parisian actress has a shot in the Oscar Best Actress race. The pic reps the first time that the Spectre and No Time to Die actress sings…

EXCLUSIVE, Updated with details: Hot off a 12-minute standing ovation earlier this week at Cannes with his first directorial in ten years, Nicolas Winding Refn, has already set sights on his next directing gig, his long-in-the-works Maniac Cop with Mubi and Goodfellas. Originally, the project…

Austrian filmmaker Sandra Wollner's third feature Everytime has scooped the top Jury Prize in Cannes Un Certain Regard. The drama revolves around a family coming to terms with loss when the eldest daughter's night of partying with her boyfriend takes a deadly turn on the eve of a family…

Léa Mysius' latest feature The Birthday Party (Histoires de la Nuit) earned a 12-minute ovation Friday evening at the Cannes Film Festival following its debut screening in the Grand Théâtre Lumière. It marked the last world-premiere screening in this year’s 22-strong competition lineup. The…

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival is underway with French filmmaker Pierre Salvadori's The Electric Kiss serving as the opening-night pic. Among the headline filmmakers debuting new works on the Croisette this year are previous Palme d'Or winners Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda, two-time…

About 11 days ago the 79th Cannes Film Festival opened with a lighthearted French comedy, The Electric Kiss. That indicated to me they were getting the fun stuff out of the way in order to go really dark for the next 10 days. That has been pretty much…