Mexican director Bruno Santamaría Razo's first narrative feature debuted in Cannes Critics' Week. The film draws directly from his childhood memories of his father's HIV diagnosis.
Bruno Santamaría Razo directed and wrote the 104-minute film, which mixes interviews with his mother and dramatized scenes. The story centers on an 11-year-old boy named Bruno and his family in 1990s Mexico as they face the father's diagnosis and the son's emerging queer identity.
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I registi spagnoli Javier Ambrossi e Javier Calvo hanno ricevuto il premio per la miglior regia al Festival di Cannes 2026 per La bola negra, ex aequo con Pawel Pawlikowski per Fatherland. Cristian Mungiu ha vinto la Palma d'oro per Fjord.
Multiple films and directors were highlighted in recent festival coverage.
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Penélope Cruz e i registi Javier Calvo e Javier Ambrossi hanno presentato il loro film 'La bola negra' a Cannes, rendendo omaggio a Federico García Lorca. L'attrice ha sottolineato la necessità di far progredire i diritti della comunità LGTBIQ+ e delle donne. Il film ha ricevuto un'ovazione di quasi 20 minuti dopo la proiezione.
Guillermo del Toro presented a newly restored 4K version of Pan's Labyrinth at the Cannes Film Festival. The screening opened the Cannes Classics selection on May 12.
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Banu Sıvacı’s drama 'Hear the Yellow' won Best Film and Best Script at the 72nd Taormina Film Festival. The film’s leads also took acting honors at the event, which concluded on June 14 in Sicily.
Judith Godrèche premiered her first feature film at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18. The adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel explores a young woman’s sexual awakening in 1950s France.
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The French animated feature Viva Carmen premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival, offering a colorful reinterpretation of the classic opera Carmen. Directed by Sébastien Laudenbach, the film emphasizes striking visuals over its source material's music. It follows a new teenage protagonist navigating the story's events in 19th-century Seville.