A new editorial series dedicated to the voices shaping the crossroads of cinema, artificial intelligence, purpose-driven brands, and human impact. The conversations that matter rarely happen under the spotlight.
There is a truth that has run through the film industry for decades, and that is rarely admitted out loud: the conversations that end up shaping culture do not happen on stage, but behind the scenes. They happen at a back table at the Carlton. In a hotel hallway at two in the morning. On the yacht of a producer who prefers not to appear on any official panel. In the cabin of a transatlantic flight, between two directors who happen to share a seat and, casually, an idea that will change the next decade of cinema.
Croisette Conversations is born to give editorial space to that kind of conversation. The ones that happen far from the spotlight, in a low voice, between people who do not need to be heard in order to know what they think.
It is worth clarifying the format from the very first minute. Croisette Conversations is not a collection of Q&A interviews in the conventional sense. It is an editorial series dedicated to exploring the ideas, trajectories, and perspectives of the figures shaping the frontier between cinema, artificial intelligence, purpose-driven brands, and global culture.
Each conversation is built from a simple premise: to listen to someone who is thinking about something important, before most have realised it is important. That is the editorial discipline that will run through the entire series. Without urgency, without noise, without the pressure of the headline of the day. Only the question — taken slowly — of why someone thinks what they think, before the rest.
The series is articulated around three territories that reflect the editorial vision of La Croisette:
Cinema — directors, producers, and screenwriters redefining the language of contemporary film from within.
Brands as Authors — founders and creative directors of brands who have understood that the twenty-first century demands another form of presence: more editorial, more cinematic, more profound.
The New Era of Influence — entrepreneurs, leaders, and creators building, in real time, the operating manual of the next cultural decade.
Each territory will have its own editorial cadence, its own selection criteria, and its own voice. But all will share a single conviction: that quality conversations are, today, one of the scarcest editorial luxuries — and that it is worth being careful about who appears in these pages, in what tone, and why.
The first instalment of the series arrives this very week. It is dedicated to Sonia Boost — film producer, CEO of The Wonder World Group, twice recognised by Forbes in 2023, and creator of the Global Boost Awards movement — and is published on the occasion of the inaugural edition of the awards on May 16th in Cannes.
That first conversation will be followed by others over the coming season. Some will be dedicated to directors who will begin shooting during the European autumn. Others, to founders of brands turning AI-driven storytelling into their new cultural architecture. Others still, to more discreet but equally decisive voices — the ones that rarely appear in headlines but are, quietly, moving the ecosystem.
The invitation, for the reader, is simple: read slowly, listen carefully, and return. The conversations that matter are not consumed. They are accompanied.
Here, on these pages, throughout the season that begins now.
— The Editors
La Croisette · May 13, 2026