Rendez-vous with French cinema in London and Edinburgh
- The Unifrance event opens tomorrow with eight French films to premiere in the English and Scottish capitals
Catherine Deneuve, MiaHansen-Love, Chiara Mastroianni, Tahar Rahim, Christophe Honoré, and Radu Mihaileanu - The delegation of artists to accompany the Rendez-vous with French cinéma’s eight films to premiere in London and Edinburgh from March 21 to 25 is looking good! For the third year in a row, Unifrance has organised the event to be held at the Curzon Soho, Curzon Mayfair, Ciné Lumière, and Clapham Picturehouse, and at the Filmhouse.
Among the selected films, chosen closely with their United Kingdom distributors, will be three films discovered at Cannes: Beloved [+see also:
film review
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interview: Christophe Honoré
film profile] by Christophe Honoré (to be distributed by New Wave on May 11), The Source [+see also:
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film profile] by Radu Mihaileanu (Picturehouse on June 8), to also be accompanied by actress Leïla Bekhti, and Free Men [+see also:
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film profile] by Ismaël Ferroukhi (Artificial Eye on May 25), whose director with attend the festival.
Two films by women directors to be released in Great Britain on May 4 will also be in the programme: Goodbye First Love [+see also:
film review
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interview: Mia Hansen-Love
film profile] by Mia Hansen-Love (Artificial Eye), and Angèle and Tony [+see also:
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film profile] by Alix Delaporte (Peccadillo), whose director and actress Clotilde Hesme will attend.
An animation film will take part with Tales of the Night [+see also:
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interview: Michel Ocelot
film profile] by Michel Ocelot (Soda Pictures on May 25), as will gangster film A Gang Story [+see also:
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film profile] by Olivier Marchal (E1Entertainment on May 18) and Delicacy [+see also:
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film profile] by David and Stéphane Foenkinos (StudioCanal UK on April 13) who will also attend.
The mood will be favourable for French cinema in London and Edinburgh, after only a month ago French film The Artist [+see also:
film review
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interview: Michel Hazanavicius
film profile] by Michel Hazanavicius, now making over €11m at the box office, won seven of the British Film Academy’s BAFTA awards. Animation film A Monster in Paris [+see also:
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film profile] by Eric Bergeron is also doing well, with up to 500,000 admissions.
(Translated from French)
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