Céline Sciamma

My Life As a Courgette is an undeniable triumph of tenderness and joy which will stay with you for weeks on end

Here’s what you need to know. My Life As a Courgette was rightly nominated for an Academy Award at last year's Oscars for best animated film.

Since her 2007 debut Water Lillies, French filmmaker Sciamma is making a mark in terms of coming-of-age features that focuses on teenagers.  Her last film, Tomboy, premiered at the 2011...

When this film ended, only one thought came to mind — now what? What the hell am I supposed to write? The strange thing is that it’s not a bad film,...

Ooh la la! C’est un film about 15-year-old French lesbians! C’est choquer! Unfortunately, c’est also the most blank, slow, ambiguous and self-consciously “artsy” flick of the year.