03/07/2007

The 5th Paris Cinéma Festival, opening today and running until July 14, is presided over by Charlotte Rampling and hosts a competition of 13 features, which will screen at the MK2 Bibliothèque cinema and focus on young directors.

European films on the programme include French feature debuts Céline Sciamma’s Water Lilies [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see article) and Kim Massee’s Cowboy Angels; the multiple award-winning This is England [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by British director Shane Meadows (see article); Falkenberg Farewell [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Sweden’s Jesper Ganslandt (see news); Pescuit sportiv [+see also:
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interview: Adrian Sitaru
film profile] by Romania’s Adrian Sitaru, Anja Salomonowitz’s Austrian documentary It Happened Just Before; and Ognjen Svilicic’s Croatian/German/Bosnian co-production Armin [+see also:
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Out-of-competition preview screenings, which will screen in seven Paris cinemas, will offer a high quality programme with several Cannes titles, such as Romanian helmer Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [+see also:
film review
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interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Oleg Mutu
film profile] (see article), Best Screenplay winner The Edge of Heaven [+see also:
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interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
film profile] by Germany’s Fatih Akin (see interview), Naomi Kawase’s Grand Prix winner The Forest of Mogari and Alexandre Sokourov’s competition entry Alexandra [+see also:
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film profile] (see news).

Other Cannes films include Un Certain Regard entries Actresses [+see also:
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film profile] by French/Italian actress-director Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi (see article) and You, the Living [+see also:
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interview: Pernilla Sandström
interview: Roy Andersson
film profile] by Sweden’s Roy Andersson (see news); and three Directors’ Fortnight titles, Garage [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ed Guiney
interview: Jean-François Deveau
interview: Lenny Abrahamson
film profile] by Ireland’s Lenny Abrahamson (see article), Sandrine Bonnaire’s documentary Elle s'appelle Sabine [+see also:
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film profile] (see news) and Nadine Labaki’s French/Lebanese co-production Caramel [+see also:
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Also screening will be Nadir Moknèche’s French production Paloma Delight [+see also:
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film profile] (see news), Julian Temple’s British film Glastonbury, Angosto [+see also:
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interview: Alina Sigaro
interview: Belén Bernuy
interview: Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
film profile] by Spanish director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo (see Focus) and 2 Days in Paris [+see also:
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interview: Christophe Mazodier
interview: Julie Delpy
film profile] by France’s Julie Delpy (Cineuropa will publish a Focus on the film next week).

The many other events programmed at Paris Cinéma – whose guests of honour this year include cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Italian director Francesco Rosi and actress Robin Wright Penn – also include a spotlight on Lebanese cinema, with tributes to directing duo Joanna Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, as well as Danielle Arbid.

Taking place on Wednesday is a much awaited conference entitled Quel(s) rôle(s), aujourd'hui et demain, pour les principaux festivals de cinéma en Europe ? [Which role(s) today and tomorrow, for the main film festivals in Europe?]. Speakers include artistic directors Dieter Kosslick (Berlin), Gilles Jacob (Cannes), Giorgio Gosetti (Rome) and Marco Müller (Venice).

(Translated from French)