The eleven films in the program of the 64th Week of Criticisms (May 14-22), one of the sections parallel to the Cannes Festival, address issues ranging from the feminine condition and queer to friendship, according to the selection announced this Monday, April 14.
This edition offers “different films of nature, gender and registration,” says Ava Cahen, general delegate of the Critics’ Week, to AFP. “We try to show all diversity, all plurality and have a worldwide panorama that seems relevant to us.”
Women in force
Founded in 1962, the week of criticism programs of the first or second film. His Grand Prix rewarded Federico Luis Argentino in 2024 for his first film, Mountain Simon.
Among the seven feature films in the competition and the four in special session this year, six were carried out by women, which is a “testament”, a “victory” and a “pride” for Ava Cahen. Four are French.
There is an animated movie (Planets Of the Momoko Seto, that “vibrates” through the trip of the lion’s teeth on a nuclear explosion, in the end) and an autobiographical documentary (Image Checheno denial Pitsaev).
Queer movies
The opening film, Adam’s interestFrom the Belgian Laura Wandel, he sinks Léa Drucker and Anamaria Vartolomei in the pediatric unit of a hospital.
Maternity is also the subject Evidence of loveFirst feature film of the French Alice Douard, the dramatic comedy about the journey of a couple of women waiting for her first child, with her Rumpf and Monia Chokri.
Another movie “queer”, according to Ava Cahen, A useful ghostof Thai Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. We also notice the presence of unconventional comedy. Fuck in the city By Martin Jauvat, already noticed in acid at the Cannes 2022 Film Festival. The film markedly brings together Emmanuelle Bercot, William Lebghil and Michel Hazanavicius.
KikaThe first fictitious feature of the Belgian Alexe Poukine, addresses the “female precariousness.” City without sleepFrom Spanish Guillermo Galoe, offers a “magnificent history of friendship” in the largest neighborhoods in Europe.
Sorogoyen President of the Jury
After his dropout last year, filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen was again appointed president of the jury this year.
At 43, he is one of the figures of the Renaissance of the 7th Spanish art. He stood out for his black cinema, from That God Our Lostone has The kingdomThat Goya (Spanish equivalent of César) earned him the best director in 2019.
A broader French audience discovered him with Like kissesThriller shot in Galicia (northwest of Spain) organized by Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs.
The winners of the Oscar of British actor Daniel Kaluuya (Go out, Judas and the Black Messiah) is part of the jury.
Source: BFM TV
