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It’s a debut solo feature debut film we’ve been tracking after French filmmaker Lila Pinell claimed the Grand Prix prize at the Prix du Scénario 2025 back in February, and managed to snag producers in Ecce Films’ Emmanuel Chaumet and CG Cinéma’s Charles Gilibert. Shana grabbed the top prize for the Fondation Gan last week and moved into production in that same time frame. Pretty remarkable start to the proceedings. We learned that Eva Huault (returning to the character she played in the short), Sékouba Doucouré, vet actress Noémie Lvovsky, Inès Trabendo, Agnès Host, Inès Anane, Jacky Abdillah, Lalla Rami populate the cast.…...

Running Jan. 13-Feb. 13, this year’s MyFrenchFilmFestival, an online fest organized by France’s film-tv promotional body Unifrance, will mark its 13th edition with an emphasis on debut features and dynamic new voices.

Showcasing star power, animated auteur fare and award-winning documentaries – all subtitled in 15 languages – the 12 features and 17 shorts of this year’s selection will reach home viewers via 70 partner platforms as well on MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, where all the shorts will be available to screen free of charge.

In an effort to cast as wide a net as possible, this year’s competition will feature projects that run the gamut from Alice Diop’s breakthrough documentary “We” – which finds connections in the lives of immigrants, lovesick teens and retirees all connected by a commuter rail line north of Paris – to Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s satirical sketch comedy “Bloody Oranges,” which shreds polite society with anarchic glee.

In between are everything...

The blades are not exactly full of glory in Kiss and Cry, an intriguing look at the life of a young figure skater trying – but clearly not trying hard enough – to become a champion.

Shot and scripted as a fictional film while feeling very much like a documentary, this modest first feature from Lila Pinell and Chloe Mahieu offers up a tender portrait of a tough world, where budding adolescents come clashing up against the strict regimen of professional athletics. Premiering in the Cannes Acid sidebar, the ultra low-budget effort has already been acquired for French distribution and...

The lineup for the 2017 Cannes Acid has been announced.Feature FILMSThe Assembly (Mariana Otero)Before the end of the summer (Maryam Goormaghtigh)Belinda (Marie Dumora)The starry sky above my head (Ilan Klipper)Coby (Christian Sonderegger)Kiss and Cry (Lila Pinell & Chloe Mahieu)Last Laugh (Zhang Tao)Without adieu (Christophe Agou)Scaffolding (Matan Yair)Special SCREENINGFor the comfort (Vincent Macaigne)Acid Trip # 1: SERBIARequiem for Mrs. J. (Bolan Vuletić)The humidity (Nikola Ljuca)Short FILMSDas Patrias (Kosta Ristić)Transition (Milica Tomović)Emergency exit (Vladimir Tagić)A Handful of Stones (Stefan Ivancić)If I Had It My Way I Would Never Leave (Marko Grba Singh)...

This year’s showcase features ten world premieres and a Serbian strand.

France’s Association for the Diffusion of Independent Cinema (Acid) has unveiled the line-up for its 25rd Cannes Film Festival showcase, running May 18-27.

The initiative aimed at giving greater visibility to up and coming, indie filmmakers will once again screen nine works (bold indicates world premieres).

They are:

L’ASSEMBLÉE by Mariana Otero (documentary)Avant La Fin De L’ÉTÉ by Maryam Goormaghtigh (documentary)Belinda by Marie Dumora (documentary) [pictured]Le Ciel ÉTOILÉ Au-dessus De Ma TÊTE by Ilan KlipperCOBY by Christian Sonderegger (documentary)Kiss And Cry by Lila Pinell and Chloé MahieuLAST Laugh by Zhang TaoSCAFFOLDING by Matan YairSANS Adieu by Christophe Agou (documentary)

There will also be a special screening and two films in partnership with the film Belgrade Festival of Auteur Film. These are:

Pour Le Reconfort by Vincent Macaigne (special screening)Requiem For Ms J. by Bojan VuleticHUMIDITY...