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Virages directors - Aline Suter & Céline Carridroit
Interviews
'The Geneva you see in the film is the one we belong to': Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter on 'Summer Drift'
CANNES 2026: The directors chat with us about capturing that alternative view of the city they know so well, letting film and life meld together, and the importance of a little patience—and a lot of flexibility.
31 May 2026
  Eliana Resnick
Still from 'Elephants in the Fog' by Abinash Bikram Shah
Reviews
A Fragile Sanctuary: 'Elephants in the Fog' (2026) by Abinash Bikram Shah
CANNES 2026: Between a supportive community that suffocates and an anonymised village that condemns, a Kinnar trans woman searches for her own path of belonging in this Cannes-awarded Nepalese feature debut.
23 May 2026
  Magdalena Nieświec
Still from SUMMER DRIFT by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
Reviews
Oh, What Beautiful Machinery: 'Summer Drift' (2026) by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
CANNES 2026: The Swiss filmmakers create a little piece of magic in their debut feature, a docufiction about a trans woman determined to fix up her old VW Beetle for racing: her quest for personal redemption.
21 May 2026
  Olivia Popp

REVIEWS

Still from 'Elephants in the Fog' by Abinash Bikram Shah
A Fragile Sanctuary: 'Elephants in the Fog' (2026) by Abinash Bikram Shah
Cannes 2026
Still from SUMMER DRIFT by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
Oh, What Beautiful Machinery: 'Summer Drift' (2026) by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
Cannes 2026
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The Ecstasy of the Monstrous: 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' (2026) by Jane Schoenbrun
Cannes 2026
Still from Paloma Schneideman's 'Big Girls Don't Cry'
Covering the Tiers: 'Big Girls Don't Cry' (2026) by Paloma Schneideman
Sundance 2026
Still from Pete Muller's 'Bucks Harbor'
Beneath the Lobster’s Shell: 'Bucks Harbor' (2026) by Pete Muller
Berlinale 2026
'La belle année' by Angelica Ruffier
The Fluidity of Desire: 'La belle année' (2026) by Angelica Ruffier
Rotterdam 2026
Cooper Hoffmann and Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki's 'I Want Your Sex'
Be Careful What You Wish For: 'I Want Your Sex' (2026) by Gregg Araki
Sundance 2026
Still from Moshe Rosenthal's 'Tell Me Everything'
Scent Memories: 'Tell Me Everything' (2026) by Moshe Rosenthal
Sundance 2026

INTERVIEWS

Virages directors - Aline Suter & Céline Carridroit
'The Geneva you see in the film is the one we belong to': Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter on 'Summer Drift'
Cannes 2026
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'All the images I create must be aware of the responsibility they carry': Markus Schleinzer on 'Rose'
IndieLisboa 2026
Sophie Heldman
'We always tried to stay true to who we felt these people were': Sophie Heldman on 'The Education of Jane Cumming'
IndieLisboa 2026
Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani
'The film is about being understood by others, but also making the effort to understand them': Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani on 'Bouchra'
IndieLisboa 2026
Matthias Lintner
'I'm on the side of making films where being queer isn't a big deal': Matthias Lintner on 'My Boyfriend the Fascist'
One World Prague 2026
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'We try to reflect what the community is talking about': Bohdan Zhuk, SUNNY BUNNY director
Sunny Bunny 2026
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'Sexuality stays with us even when our mind fades': Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi on 'Maspalomas'
Stockfish / BFI Flare 2026
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'I want people to broaden their horizons about what African love can be': Pamela Adie on 'Ìfé: (The Sequel)'
BFI Flare 2026
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