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The air in Prïncia Car’s The Girls We Want is thick with the heat of a Marseille summer and the restless energy of youth. In the city’s sun-bleached outer districts, a community center becomes the entire world for a group of adolescents.

At its center is Omar, a well-meaning 20-year-old whose dependable presence earns him the keys to the place. He is a gentle giant, navigating his summer responsibilities and a sweet, chaste romance with his 17-year-old girlfriend, Yasmine. The film initially presents a familiar tableau from European social-realist cinema: life in the banlieues, captured with an almost ethnographic patience.

We are introduced to a specific social ecosystem, where the rhythms of daily life and the bonds of friendship seem straightforward. Yet, beneath the surface of this seemingly simple coming-of-age story, a palpable tension waits for a spark. The film establishes its cultural footing immediately, rooting its story...

Exclusive:Snd has taken on international sales for Princia Car’s debut French feature The Girls We Want (Les Filles Desir) ahead of the film’s world premiere in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.

Set in Marseille during the summer holidays, the film centres on a 20-something man and his longtime friends who work at a summer camp for children. When one returns after years away, it shakes up the group’s dynamic as they explore their values, desires and sexuality.

Car co-wrote the script with Lena Mardi and reteams with her troupe of young Marseille-based actors, who haveappeared in her previous short films,...

The first international festival to have signed the pledge for gender equality in 2018, the Cannes Film Festival now boasts a new selection committee including five women and five men.

The names of the committee members were unveiled by Thierry Fremaux, the director of Cannes Film Festival, and Christian Jeune, the head of the department and deputy director, as well as Stephanie Lanome, the artistic advisor of the film department who has also been a member of the selection committee for a decade.

The committee of the 2020 edition includes Virginie Apiou, a journalist who has directed TV documentaries about film, notably for Canal Plus and Arte; Johanna Nahon, a young script doctor and producer who previously worked with French producer Charles Gillibert, and industry veteran Hengameh Panahi at Celluloid Dreams, where Nahon headed up the acquisition department from 2016 to 2018; Guillemette Odicino, a journalist, critic and head of the film department at Télérama,...

Cannes Film Festival 2020 leaders have unveiled the selection committee for this year’s edition, running May 12 through May 23. Last year, the festival revealed its committee for the first time, and it included four women, three of whom return this year. The committee now includes five women, dominating the list of participants. The announcement was made by Thierry Frémaux (the festival’s General Delegate), Christian Jeune (Director of the Film Department and Deputy General Delegate), and Stéphanie Lamome See the selection committee members below. Bios come courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival.

Last year’s Cannes made strides in the representation of films by female directors throughout the lineups — including four out of the 21 films in the Official Selection. Also of note last year, Mati Diop became not only the first black female filmmaker to have a film play in the main competition, she also went on to win the festival’s jury prize.

This year’s committee includes Virginie Apiou, Paul Grandsard, Laurent Jacob and Johanna Nahon.

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its selection committee for its 72nd edition, which runs May 12-23.

The committee was selected by general delegate Thierry Frémaux, film department director Christian Jeune and artistic advisor of the film department Stéphanie Lamome ((a member of the selection committee for 10 years).

This year’s committee has nine members, up by one from last year. Seven of the members are the same; script doctor and producer Johanna Nahon and film journalist Caroline Veunac are the new members, with Marie Sauvion no longer a member.