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Cannes Film Festival Critics Week (Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes)

NAME OF FESTIVAL: Cannes Film Festival Critics Week (Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes)

SINCE: 1961

WHERE: Paris, France

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, La Semaine de la Critique focuses on discovering new talents. Ever since it was created by the French Union of Film Critics in 1962, the objective of La Semaine de la Critique has been to showcase first and second feature films by directors from all over the world. Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean Eustache, Otar Iosseliani, Ken Loach, Wong Kar-Wai, Jacques Audiard, Arnaud Desplechin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Bertrand Bonello or Jeff Nichols were first introduced to the public at La Semaine.

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Cannes Film Festival Critics Week (Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes)

Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes) (courtesy La Semaine de la Critique)

63rd Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils Lineup, Opens with Jonathan Millet’s ‘Ghost Trail’

The psychological thriller Ghost Trail from French director Jonathan Millet will open the 63rd Cannes Critics’ Week lineup.

Ama Gloria directed by Marie Amachoukeli

Cannes Critics’ Week 2023 Reveals Lineup, Opens with Marie Amachoukeli’s ‘Ama Gloria’

11 films have been selected for the 2023 Cannes International Critics’ Week, opening with Ama Gloria by French director Marie Amachoukeli.

Robust starring Gérard Depardieu

‘Robust’ starring Gérard Depardieu to Open 60th International Critics’ Week

International Critics’ Week 2021 in Cannes will open with Constance Meyer’s Robuste (Robust), starring Gérard Depardieu.

Cannes Film Festival Still Considering Options, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics Week Canceled

Cannes Film Festival Still Considering Options, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics Week Canceled

Cannes Film Festival is running out of options following the French President’s ban on festivals and events with large audiences before mid-July at the earliest.

I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps)

I LOST MY BODY Wins Grand Prize at Cannes Critics Week

The French animation film I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps) by Jérémy Clapin was awarded the Nespresso Grand Prize at the 58th Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival.

Félix Maritaud – the winner of the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for his work in Camille Vidal-Naquet’s Sauvage (Wild) - on the poster of the 58th edition of Cannes Critics' Week (La Semaine de la Critique)

Cannes Critics’ Week Announces 2019 Lineup of 11 Features + 15 Short Films

Eleven feature films, including eight first and three second films along with fifteen short films, have been selected for the 2019 Cannes Critics’ Week.