Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux on his new Lumière brothers documentary and the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Interview.

Foreign investment gained momentum and global streamers maintained their foothold in French film financing in 2025, according to a CNC report.

French film production is declining less than expected, but Canal+’s reduced involvement is not being offset by contributions from streaming services, which have plateaued ...

Directed by Thierry Frémaux, the Cannes chief, the movie argues that filmmaking is an act of faith in humanity.

The festival's longtime artistic director and head of the Institut Lumière directed a new documentary about the pioneering French filmmakers.

"I'm sure that it can be a useful tool. But the danger is now you're going to start to ask things like ‘When do you think that the audience is going to cry?", says Matthieu Laclau ...

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Francisco Valente, the festival’s artistic director, explained that this year’s theme was chosen partly due to the recent success of Richard Linklater’s newest film, “Nouvelle Vague,” which was ...

Commentators were aghast that Bardot, a New Wave icon, didn't make the telecast for the 2026 Academy Awards, but seemed reluctant to speculate as to why.

With the Oscars done, the international film biz shifts its attention to Cannes' 2026 edition in May. Here’s our take on what movies could play there.

FROM HERE ON IN IT’S ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.” To the Weathermen (later renamed the Weather Underground), it was a declaration of war, a relentless campaign that would end in the overthrow of the ...

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