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Festival cinema is our core beat
CADRE specialises in covering world festival cinema. We follow the major events and their sidebars, read the selection, and write dispatches and closing essays. This is the heart of our editorial line.
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The circuit we follow
- Cannes (Festival de Cannes)
- Primary focus. Coverage of the selection, the competition, Un Certain Regard and the parallel sections.
- Venice (La Biennale)
- The autumn start of the season. Dispatches and reviews.
- Berlin (Berlinale)
- The major run-up for European auteur cinema ahead of Cannes.
- Locarno · San Sebastián · Toronto
- The wider circuit, world and independent cinema.
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