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cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
The 78th Cannes Film Festival hosted a new edition of the Marché du Film, which ran from 13-21 May. While the event remains a key hub for international sales and acquisitions, this year it was marked by a noticeable sense of uncertainty among industry professionals – a mood that had already surfaced previously in Berlin (see the news).
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cineuropa.org | Davide Abbatescianni |Veronica Orciari
- CANNES 2025: Marché attendees expressed their growing discontent over rising costs and increasingly cautious buyer behaviour, among other issuesThe 78th Cannes Film Festival hosted a new edition of the Marché du Film, which ran from 13-21 May. While the event remains a key hub for international sales and acquisitions, this year it was marked by a noticeable sense of uncertainty among industry professionals – a mood that had already surfaced previously in Berlin (see the news).
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1 week ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
- CANNES 2025: Il regista ci racconta come ha unito le sue radici camerunensi al cinema di genere per realizzare un thriller intimo che mescola indagine, famiglia e musicaQuesto articolo è disponibile in inglese. Carried by instinct, sincerity and heart, Untamable [+leggi anche: recensioneintervista: Thomas Ngijolscheda film] takes inspiration from the documentary A Murder in Abidjan by Mosco Boucault (1999).
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1 week ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
- CANNES 2025: The actor-director tells us about how he combined his Cameroon roots with genre cinema to create a intimate crime film blending investigation, family and musicCarried by instinct, sincerity and heart, Untamable [+see also: film reviewinterview: Thomas Ngijolfilm profile] takes inspiration from the documentary A Murder in Abidjan by Mosco Boucault (1999).
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2 weeks ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
- CANNES 2025: The director discusses the long journey he embarked upon to make his documentary, exploring identity, family, resilience and Chechen cultureCineuropa talked to the director of the Critics’ Week title Imago, the winner of the Golden Eye at the Cannes Film Festival (see the news). The film is Déni Oumar Pitsaev’s feature-length documentary debut.
Cineuropa: It took you two summers to shoot the film, but how long did it take to develop the idea?
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2 weeks ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
CANNES 2025 Semaine de la Critique
"Ce qu’il y a de profondément tchétchène dans le film, c’est la notion de résilience : affronter les épreuves sans jamais perdre son humanité"
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- CANNES 2025 : Le réalisateur évoque le long chemin qui l’a mené à la réalisation de son documentaire, une exploration de l’identité, de la famille et de la culture tchétchèneCet article est disponible en anglais.
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2 weeks ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
CANNES 2025 Un Certain Regard
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- CANNES 2025: A Czech mother and her son with Down syndrome journey through Italy in Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road movie about fatigue, love and human connectionsCzech director Zuzana Kirchnerová’s feature debut, which she co-wrote with Tomas Bojar, is a classic road-trip movie, mostly set in Calabria, a region in Southern Italy.
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2 weeks ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
- CANNES 2025: Una madre checa y su hijo con síndrome de Down viajan a través de Italia en la road movie de Zuzana Kirchnerová sobre el cansancio, el amor y las conexiones humanasEste artículo está disponible en inglés. Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová’s feature debut, which she co-wrote with Tomas Bojar, is a classic road-trip movie, mostly set in Calabria, a region in Southern Italy.
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2 weeks ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
Chosen as the closing film for this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week, Dandelion's Odyssey, Momoko Seto’s 75-minute-long venture into the unknown and the wilderness, is one of a kind. Four dandelion achenes (which the director’s notes suggest are named Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa), all very similar to each other save for one, are scattered around various worlds after the Earth’s collapse (most probably a hint that climate change has gone too far in the not-too-distant future).
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2 weeks ago | 
cineuropa.org | Veronica Orciari
Chosen as the closing film for this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week, Dandelion's Odyssey, Momoko Seto’s 75-minute-long venture into the unknown and the wilderness, is one of a kind. Four dandelion achenes (which the director’s notes suggest are named Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa), all very similar to each other save for one, are scattered around various worlds after the Earth’s collapse (most probably a hint that climate change has gone too far in the not-too-distant future).
