Cannes - La Semaine de la Critique

Here, young filmmakers from all over the world show their debut works. Among the discoveries of the Semaine de la Critique are Ken Loach, Wong Kar-wai, Guillermo del Toro and François Ozon.
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  • The Myth of the American Sleepover

    The Myth of the American Sleepover

    Independent, Comedy

    2010

    1h.33min

    16+

    On the last night of summer, 4 teenagers navigate suburban Detroit looking for love and adventure. A poignant coming-of-age drama.


  • The Sea Ahead

    The Sea Ahead

    Drama

    2021

    1h.56min

    16+

    This riveting feature tells the story of a young woman returning home to a crisis-ridden country and family she barley recognizes.


  • Buy Me a Gun

    Buy Me a Gun

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2018

    1h.24min

    16+

    In a dystopian Mexico, a drug-addicted father tries to survive, as a groundskeeper at a baseball field, with his young daughter Huck.


  • Bloody Milk

    Bloody Milk

    Drama, Comedy

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    A dairy farmer and his sister, who is a veterinarian, get into a conflict over how to deal with a dangerous cattle disease.


  • Our Mothers

    Our Mothers

    Drama

    2019

    1h.16min

    16+

    Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war.


  • A Violent Life

    A Violent Life

    Drama, Thriller

    2017

    1h.53min

    16+

    In this complex story of politics, loyalty, and identity, a Corsican resistance fighter returns to his homeland despite the threat of death.


  • Hope

    Hope

    Drama

    2014

    1h.33min

    16+

    On their flight from the Gulf of Guinea to the Moroccan coast, two people, despite or because of the omnipresent danger, find each other.


  • Dear Prudence

    Dear Prudence

    Drama

    2010

    1h.17min

    16+

    17-year-old Prudence lives alone in Paris. After a botched shoplifting attempt she meets Marilyne at the police station.


  • Let the Sunshine In

    Let the Sunshine In

    Comedy, Romance

    2017

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.


  • One Week and a Day

    One Week and a Day

    Comedy

    2016

    1h.38min

    6 FSK

    When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbor. This ...


  • Tehran Taboo

    Tehran Taboo

    Animation, Drama

    2016

    1h.36min

    16 FSK

    The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution ...


  • XXY

    XXY

    Drama, Queer

    2007

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    15 year old Alex has a secret – through a fluke of nature she is a hermaphrodite, both boy and girl. The first honest film about the topic.