{"id":721480,"date":"2026-04-13T15:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cannes-critics-week-lineup-animated-feature-in-waves-to-open-fest-sidebar\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:55:11","slug":"cannes-critics-week-lineup-animated-feature-in-waves-to-open-fest-sidebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cannes-critics-week-lineup-animated-feature-in-waves-to-open-fest-sidebar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Critics\u2019 Week Lineup: Animated Feature \u2018In Waves\u2019 to Open Fest Sidebar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tIn Waves<\/em>, Phuong Mai Nguyen\u2019s animated adaptation of AJ Dungo\u2019s cult graphic novel, will open the 65th edition of Cannes Critics\u2019 Week, the sidebar that runs alongside the main Cannes festival from May 13 to 21. It was one of the 11 features making up this year\u2019s selection, announced on Monday. (Full Critics\u2019 Week lineup below).<\/p>\n

\n\tWill Sharpe\u00a0and\u00a0Stephanie Hsu head up the voice cast for the English-language version of In Waves<\/em>. Critics\u2019 Week plans to show both that and the French version, which features voice work from Lyna Khoudri, Rio Vega, Paul Kirscher and Biran Ba. <\/p>\n

\n\tInspired by Dungo\u2019s own, real-life love story,\u00a0In Waves<\/em> is set in California and\u00a0follows a skateboarder and a surfer, friends from school who later become lovers and find their relationship tested by illness.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe feature, produced by French group Silex Films together with Charades and\u00a0Anonymous Content, is the first animated film to open Critics\u2019 Week. Nguyen was Oscar-shortlisted for her short\u00a0My Home<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Waves<\/em> is one of seven features picked for Cannes Critics\u2019 Week competition, which also includes Dua<\/em>, the new film from Kosovan director Blerta Basholli, who won the Sundance Grand Jury prize with Hive<\/em> in 2021. The film looks at the lasting impact of the Kosovo War of the 1990s through the story of Dua, a 13-year girl whose family life continues to be shaped by the conflict.<\/p>\n

\n\tChinese director Zou Jing\u2019s A Girl Unknown<\/em>, another competition entry, explores the known\u00a0exploring the implications of the China\u2019s decades-long one-child policy, which resulted in thousands of baby girls being abandoned across the country. The drama follows a girl who grows up with three different families across her infancy and adolescence. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tScottish Yemeni director Sara Ishaq made the Critics\u2019 Week cut with The Station<\/em>, a drama centered on a women-only gas station in a gender-segregated, and war-torn village in Yemen. The only male who is tolerated at the station, which becomes a special meeting place for the women of the villages, is Layal\u2019s 12-year-old brother, who she is determined to keep out of the conflict.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso in competition are Mexican director Bruno Santamaria Razo\u2019s\u00a06 Meses En El Edificio Rosa Con Azul<\/em>,\u00a0a 1990s-set family drama set against the AIDS crisis and French director Marine Atlan\u2019s first feature\u00a0La Gradiva<\/em>; and Viva<\/em>, from Spanish actress-turned-director Aina Clotet.<\/p>\n

\n\tFrench Irish director Alexander Murphy\u2019s documentary\u00a0Tin Castle<\/em>\u00a0about an Irish travel<\/a>ler family, Murphy\u2019s follow-up to 2025\u2032 Goodbye Sisters<\/em>, is also in competition. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe seven competition films are in the running for the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award and the\u00a0Le Grand Prix AMI Paris<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\n\tOut Of Competition special sceenings include French directors Julien Gaspar-Oliveri\u2019s\u00a0Stonewall<\/em>\u00a0and Pierre Le Gall\u2019s\u00a0Flesh and Fuel<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe closing night film is French director F\u00e9lix de Givry\u2019s\u00a0Adieu Monde Cruel<\/em>, starring\u00a0Anatomy of a Fall\u00a0<\/em>breakout Milo Machado-Graner as a teenager who, after declaring to family and friends he will commit suicide, fails in the attempt.<\/p>\n

\n\tFull 2026 Cannes Critics\u2019 Week Lineup below.<\/p>\n

\n\tOpening<\/strong> Film<\/strong>
In Waves<\/em>; director: Phuong Mai Nguyen<\/p>\n

\n\tCompetition<\/strong>
The Station<\/em> (Al Mahattah); director: Blerta Basholli
La Gradiva<\/em>; director: Marine Atlan
A<\/em> Girl Unknown<\/em> (La deuxi\u00e8me fille); director: ZOU Jing
Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul<\/em>; director: Bruno Santamar\u00eda Razo
Tin Castle<\/em> (Irish Travellers); director: Alexander Murphy
Viva<\/em>; director: Aina Clotet
Special Screenings<\/strong>
Flesh and Fuel<\/em> (Du Fioul dans les art\u00e8res); director: Pierre Le Gall
Stonewall<\/em> (La Frapp<\/a>e); director: Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
Closing<\/strong> Film<\/strong>
Adieu monde cruel<\/em>; director: Felix De Givry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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