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Parallel Tales

Just about every form of storytelling involves a deep curiosity about the lives of others, and the urge…

By Selina Sondermann
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Fatherland

In Fatherland, Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski explores the shambles of national identity and cultural heritage of post-war Germany…

By Selina Sondermann
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Forsaken

Vincent Garenq's Forsaken approaches the Samuel Paty case from an angle that initially seems almost counterintuitive. Rather than…

By Christina Yang
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The Meltdown

Manuela Martelli's The Meltdown is set in Chile in 1992, at a remote luxury ski hotel in the…

By Christina Yang
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Words of Love

Rudi Rosenberg's Words of Love (Quelques mots d'amour) begins with a familiar setup: a teenage girl becomes obsessed…

By Christina Yang
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Groundswell

After Kiss the Ground and Common Ground, directors Josh and Rebecca Tickell complete their trilogy on regenerative farming…

By Selina Sondermann
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Butterfly Jam

The opening film of Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2026 (now known as Quinzaine des cinéastes) is Butterfly Jam by…

By Selina Sondermann
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Nagi Notes

Koji Fukada's Nagi Notes takes Oriza Hirata's 1994 play Tokyo Notes out of its museum setting and into…

By Christina Yang