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We interviewed American indie filmmaker Haley Elizabeth Anderson for her feature debut Tendaberry - back at Sundance 2024. The film got its streaming debut this. week (Mubi premiere next month). We already can't wait for her next feature.

We interviewed American indie film producer Carlos Zozaya at Sundance in 2024 - we learned about his roadmap, his process and what it took to get behind Tendaberry - which debuted this week via streaming (Mubi premiere next month).

In exactly two weeks time, we'll know what films will compete for the Palme d'Or. We are obsessed nutjobs for Cannes - so we took a closer look at 25 hopefuls with odds in their favor... Pencils down! 🇧🇪 Laura Wandel, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lynne Ramsay, 🇫🇷 Julia Ducournau, 🇩🇪 Mascha Schilinski / Christian Petzold, 🇺🇸 Ari Aster

Our Nicholas Bell reviewed GRAND TOUR in Cannes (out tomorrow). "{Ultimately, it’s like the anti-Odyssey, except we’re not ever made to feel intrinsically interested about the outcome."

Cannes winner HOLY COW (via Kino Lorber & Zeitgeist Films tomorrow) "a blend of playfulness and sincerity, the film captures the complexities of human desperation, inviting audiences to both admire and despise the multiple missteps - you'll love to hate him, but miss him if he weren't there type."

Small micro indie we are now tracking is POCKET DREAM by filmmaker tandem JuliaBaylis & SamGuest - Stacy Martin Stars.

We really like this matchmaking - Barry Jenkins + Zendaya + A24 + Pastel = BE MY BABY

Every year the Cannes Premiere section has legit films that should/could have been in competition for the Palme or Golden Lion. This year we're throwing names like Maryam Touzani 🇲🇦, Dominik Moll 🇫🇷, Annemarie Jacir 🇵🇸, Leyla Bouzid 🇹🇳 & Carlos Reygadas 🇲🇽 into the mix.

And now it’s time for our Un Certain Regard predictions… we got Valeska Grisebach 🇩🇪, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet 🇫🇷, Harris Dickinson 🇬🇧, Chie Hayakawa🇯🇵 & Morad Mostafa 🇪🇬

Mikhaël Hers (Une autre histoire), Blerta Basholli (Dua), Elise Girard & Andrey Zvyagintsev (Minotaure) are moving into production later this year. We can expect these films to drop in 2026.