メキシコのブルーノ・サンタマリア・ラソ監督の初の長編劇映画が、カンヌ国際映画祭の批評家週間で初上映された。本作は、父親のHIV診断という監督自身の幼少期の記憶を直接的に描いている。
ブルーノ・サンタマリア・ラソが監督・脚本を務めた104分の本作は、母親へのインタビューとドラマ化されたシーンを織り交ぜた構成となっている。物語は、1990年代のメキシコを舞台に、父親の病気と息子の芽生えつつあるクィアなアイデンティティに向き合う、ブルーノという名の11歳の少年とその家族の姿を中心に描かれる。
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Spanish directors Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo received the best direction prize at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival for La bola negra, shared ex aequo with Pawel Pawlikowski for Fatherland. Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or for Fjord.
Multiple films and directors were highlighted in recent festival coverage.
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Penélope Cruz and directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi presented their film 'La bola negra' at Cannes, paying homage to Federico García Lorca. The actress stressed the need to advance rights for the LGTBIQ+ community and women. The film received a nearly 20-minute ovation after its screening.
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.