A French short-form animation was a rare outing for Global Breakouts but having captured attention at Annecy, Samuel, which spotlights te growing pains of a 10-year-old, was well worth a look. Valseur ...

From a swoony French short about kids grossed out by kissing to an ultra-dark look behind the scenes of a canceled children's TV show, this year's noms run the gamut of styles and ideas. Two decades ...

From experiments in surreal arthouse filmmaking to iconic animated shorts that the whole family can enjoy, the greatest short ...

Scheduled from May 16-17, 2025, the seventh annual French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), celebrating short film and short-form content from around the globe, has unveiled the finalist shorts of the ...

If you want to ace your Oscar pool, you musn’t ignore the three short film categories — animation, live-action and documentary. But what cinephile would, anyway? The 15 nominees here have already won ...

France and the U.S. have a long and shared history in film, with a relationship that has always been very open to conversation and mutual influence and inspiration. This legacy is a major focus of ...

Little films are a very big deal at this year’s Academy Awards. Topics as heavy as PTSD, ethnic cleansing and the immigration system, and as light as music, kissing and children with a passion to ...

Many of this year’s films take a darker turn, but there is some levity among the bunch. By Jeannette Catsoulis Maya Phillips and Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

France and Indonesia are strengthening their strategic cultural partnership through an expanded suite of cinema initiatives, ...

If you are aiming to win your Oscar pool you may feel relatively safe right about now predicting, as most are, a sweep by Oppenheimer — especially after its overwhelming showing last week winning ...