Cristian Mungiu Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/cristian-mungiu/ What to Watch Mon, 25 May 2026 11:56:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Cristian Mungiu Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/cristian-mungiu/ 32 32 CANNES 2026 AWARD WINNERS: Cristian Mungiu Takes Home His 2nd Palme D’Or for ‘Fjord’ (Full List) https://www.hammertonail.com/film-festivals/cannes-2026-award-winners/ Sun, 24 May 2026 15:18:47 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55753 FJORD wins the 2026 Palme D'OR

NEON has done it again! The 79th annual Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday night as the jury, headed by Park-Chan Wook, awarded the prestigious Palme D’Or to Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, which the distributor acquired a year ago. This marks […]

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]]> CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2026 LINEUP: Almodóvar, Hamaguchi, Mungiu, Farhadi, Pawlikowski, and More Among the Competition Lineup https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/cannes-film-festival-2026-lineup-announcement/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:13:06 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=55465 Paweł Pawlikowski's FATHERLAND

Get ready for the next wave of buzzworthy new cinema of 2026. The Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 79th edition, which will take place May 12 through 23. The films are divided into sections, from the […]

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]]> 2023 GOTHAM AWARDS NOMINATIONS: “Past Lives,” “Passages,” and “A Thousand and One” Among the Noms https://www.hammertonail.com/features/2023-gotham-awards-nominations/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:23:17 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40686

Awards season has now officially kicked off! The Gotham Awards have announced the nominations for their 2023 ceremony. The nominees were listed by Jeffrey Sharp, the executive director of the Gotham Film and Media Institute, as well as deputy director […]

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]]> R.M.N. Trailer: Cristian Mungiu Returns with a New Chilling Social Realist Western https://www.hammertonail.com/trailer/rmn/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:44:47 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=39144

Cannes Palme d’Or-winning Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu is known for his intimately harrowing examinations of society and policy, as seen in his previous masterpieces 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Beyond the Hills, and Graduation. The attendees at Cannes […]

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]]> TIFF 2022: Docs & Contemporary World Cinema Lineups Announced https://www.hammertonail.com/features/tiff-2022-docs-world-cinema-lineups/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:05:21 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37740

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its lineup for both the TIFF Docs and Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring films from over 50 countries. The festival will run from September 8 – 18. The Docs lineup includes Laura Poitras’ […]

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]]> Cannes Film Festival 2022 Lineup: Cronenberg, Denis, Reichardt, and more… https://www.hammertonail.com/features/cannes-film-festival-2022-lineup/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:26:22 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=36859

It’s another year on the Croisette. The 2022 Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 17 to 28. The lineup was announced dark and early (at the very least) in U.S. time. Featuring new work in-competition by David Cronenberg, […]

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]]> SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ’14: WRAP-UP https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/sun-valley-film-festival-14-wrap-up/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:04:31 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=22955 “I could see this being the next Park City a few years down the line,” one filmmaker said to me about halfway through the 2014 Sun Valley Film Festival. “Both festivals even have the same first syllable.” It’s ostensibly an […]

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]]> SUNLIGHT JR. https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sunlight-jr-film-review/ Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:00:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=20693

While I appreciated her film's craft, ultimately this was far less important to me than Laurie Collyer’s willingness to frame a question of reproductive rights in such a realistic way.

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]]> AFI FEST 2012 PREVIEW https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/afi-fest-2012-preview-paul-sbrizzi/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:26:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=18704 The 2012 AFI Fest runs from November 1st-8th. Visit the festival’s official website for more information. It’s AFI Fest time again—this year there will be splashy gala screenings including Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, Spielberg’s Lincoln, and the highly-touted Hitchcock, […]

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]]> Cannes 2012 Dispatch #10: Love, Actually https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/cannes-2012-dispatch-10-love-actually/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/cannes-2012-dispatch-10-love-actually/#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 19:59:07 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=17399 Back in my Polish flat mere hours before the closing ceremony of this year’s festival—my elbows still sore from fighting my way into press screenings—I duly watched the verdict unravel upon my Twitter feed, hitting the ‘refresh’ button incessantly as […]

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