Cannes Film Festival

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

Culture

Ken Loach’s advice for young filmmakers

A voice of resistance — Ken Loach has been a singular force in British filmmaking for over 50 years: exposing injustice, standing up for the marginalised and fighting the powers that be. Now he's made his angriest film yet.

Written by: Cian Traynor

Film

Dispatches from Cannes: Jacques Audiard Tackles The Plight of A Tamil Warrier

The French director returns to his theme of the trials of survival. —

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman

Film

Dispatches from Cannes: What Addiction Does To Families

Krisha is a lo-fi debut with the ring of hard-won truth. —

Film

Dispatches from Cannes: Alcoholism is still a problem on Indian Reservations

Songs My Brother Taught Me mingles fact with fiction —

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman

Film

Dispatches from Cannes: Salvador Allende's Widow Speaks in New Documentary

Beyond My Grandfather Allende preserves a historical family past —

Film

Dispatches from Cannes: Ousmane Sembene's Films Are Being Digitally Restored

'The father of African film' recognised via special screenings. —

Written by: Sophie Monks Kaufman

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