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Inside Diamantino, this year’s strangest political satire

An offbeat debut — We sit down with Portuguese-American filmmaking duo Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt to discuss their endearingly bizarre debut feature – one of the most exciting films to screen at this year’s Cannes.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Film

What we learnt from this year’s Cannes Film Festival

Highs and lows — Urban struggles, queer satires and masculinity in crisis: In our final round-up, we reflect on the most politically charged moments of the 2018 festival.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Film

Inside the teen trans ballerina film that rocked Cannes

Lukas Dhont’s Girl — We speak to director Lukas Dhont about Girl: his new, moving, and richly observed drama about a trans teenage girl who attempts to become a ballerina. ‘The strength of cinema and art more generally is that it makes people understand things they didn't understand,’ he tells Sophie Monks Kaufman.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Film

Art, social justice & activism: Dispatches from Cannes 2018

Part Three — In our final edition of Cannes festival roundups, we spotlight Moroccan teen pregnancy drama Sofia, Spanish LGBT romance Carmen & Lola, and Spike Lee’s hotly anticipated BlacKkKlansman.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Film

Hope, struggle & survival: Dispatches from Cannes 2018

Part Two — In the second instalment of our Cannes’ roundups, Mads Mikkelsen battles earth’s most treacherous elements, Chinese maestro Jia Zhang-Ke gets lost in the mob-ruled underworld, & a trans teenage girl seeks acceptance as a ballerina.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Film

Drugs, drama & forbidden love: Dispatches from Cannes 2018

Part One — From the birth of marijuana trade in Columbia to a doomed LGBTQ romance in Kenya – in the first part of our Cannes 2018 round-up series, writer Sophie Monks Kaufman reviews the must-see movies of the world’s biggest film festival.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
Film

Emerging Directors of the Caméra d'Or

Cannes 2014: Field Notes III — The final part of Huck's series of special reports from Cannes on fresh directorial talents.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman
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Emerging Directors of the Caméra d'Or

Cannes 2014: Field Notes I — Huck joins the film cognoscenti to bring you a series of special reports, kicking off with fresh talent in the director's chair.

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman

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