Monia Chokri – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

Women Winners @ Cannes 2026 – Diane Carson reports

May 27, 2026May 31, 2026 Diane Carson Camera d’Or, geena davis, Marié-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Monia Chokri, Tao Okamoto, Un Certain Regard, Valeska Grisebach, Virginie Efira

The 79th Cannes Film Festival award ceremony held May 23, 2026, began on a high note with presenter Geena Davis noting that women have truly made advances in the filmmaking world. Smiling, she pointed to the 2026 official poster, a tribute to Thelma and Louise which premiered May 1991 at Cannes. There self-assuredly sit Geena Davis/Thelma and Susan Surandon/Louise atop the front seats of their iconic 1966 Ford thunderbird convertible, the car in which they escaped, at least for a while, patriarchal power. Honoring the film’s thirty-five year anniversary, the poster celebrates the pair’s enduring friendship, their challenge to male dictates, and assertion of their power. protagonist.

Reviews

THE NATURE OF LOVE – Review by Leslie Combemale

June 28, 2024July 1, 2024 Leslie Combemale Francis-William Rhéaume, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Monia Chokri, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Simple comme Sylvain, the nature of love

Love is complicated. Obviously. That’s one of the ultimate messages of Monia Chokri’s The Nature of Love. What she’s also saying is that love and relationships aren’t just complicated, they’re largely classist, and sometimes restrictive to women in a way they aren’t for men. The Quebecois writer/director set about telling a story that examines aspects of sexuality and coupling from a feminist perspective, and the successful cinematic result is funny and painful in equal parts.

Festivals Reviews

THE NATURE OF LOVE (TIFF 2023) – Review by Nadine Whitney

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 Nadine Whitney André Turpin, Francis-William Rhéaume, Magalie Lépine Blondeau, Monia Chokri, Simple comme Sylvain, the nature of love, TIFF 2023

Monia Chokri’s The Nature of Love is a bitterly droll romantic comedy that pokes fun at the genre itself. Chokri asks you to sit with her characters who can’t move out of their own ways to make anything work in their lives. Ultimately, Chokri does have a fondness for the imperfect people she has written. Maybe none of it is really their fault – just a case of circumstance and opportunity. What is love anyway?