Awarded Cannes Film Festival – 1st Prize La Cinef, 2022 Directed by Valerio Ferrara – In a lower-class neighborhood in Rome, there is a barber who believes in conspiracy theories. He is the laughing stock of his family but also at work. Nobody takes him seriously until he gets arrested by the police.  Go […]

Awarded Cannes Film Festival – 3rd Prize La Cinef (Ex-Aequo), 2022 Directed by Masha Novikova – In 2014, at the height of the Ukrainian revolution, a mother loses her son who is killed while protesting in Independence Square. Her attempt to bury him as a hero clashes with a corrupt bureaucratic system, testing her view […]

Directed by Vincent Lambe – In 1993, ten-year-old friends Jon and Robert are brought to an English police station for questioning after CCTV footage implicates them in the kidnapping and murder of a two-year-old boy. GFM: As I understand it, you’ve studied the James Bulger murder case for years and found that the police transcripts […]

Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen – While chatting with her mother at her apartment in Spain, Marta receives a phone call from her six-year-old son Iván, who is on vacation with his father in France. Marta quickly realizes that something is desperately wrong and that she has very little time to solve the problem. GFM: Madre […]

Directed by Guy Nattiv – After spending the day shooting guns and relaxing at the lake with several white supremacist friends, Jeffrey and Christa head home with their young son Troy. Stopping at a grocery store, Jeffrey is irate when Jaydee, an African-American man, is friendly to Troy, and Jaydee’s innocent act results in bloodshed. […]

Directed by Jeremy Comte – At an isolated surface mine in the Quebec countryside, two boisterous young boys run wild, challenging each other to reckless tests of endurance and daring, with only Mother Nature as their witness. GFM: Congratulations on this very minimalist and surreal film! Jeremy: Thank you so much. GFM: Could you tell us […]

Directed by Marianne Farley – Elderly Marguerite is cared for by kindly nurse Rachel and the two become friends. As the lonely Marguerite learns more about Rachel, feelings from her youth resurface, prompting her to examine and accept her past desires. GFM: Marguerite is a very tender film. How did the story come about? Marianne: The story […]

Directed by Charles Williams – An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all. GFM: Could you introduce the film for our readers who have not yet seen it? Charles: The film follows a 13-year-old boy as he’s looking back on his […]

Directed by Logan George and Celine Held – In the middle of a Texas summer, plans for a babysitter fall through and six-year-old Caroline is left in charge of her two younger siblings. GFM: Your situation is unique as a married Writing-Directing team. We would love to hear a little bit about how your collaboration together works […]

Directed by Oren Gerner – A teenager is walking through the forest with his classmates, looking for Gabriel, a kid from his boarding school who went missing. After a violent incident, he separates from the rest of group and starts to wander alone. He slowly drifts away from the searching crew, deeper into the forest. GFM: Gabriel […]