14/10/2013 - Great heritage works, prestigious guests and the first classical film market for this event in Lyon managed by Thierry Frémaux

Having acquired in just a few years a solid international reputation benefitting from, and consecrating Thierry Frémaux’s role as an intermediary (General Director of the Lumière Institute – presided by Bertrand Tavernier – but also General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival), the Lumière Festival opens today for its 5^th edition (October 14 – 20) which will take place in 52 locations, 24 towns and 38 screening venues of the Greater Lyon area. The event will feature great historical works of cinema from new and restored copies, presented by cinema celebrities, but also, and for the first time, a market of classical films (October 16-18).

American star Quentin Tarantino (who will receive the Lumière Prize 2013), cult French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo (present today for the opening screening of Un Singe en hiver as part of a retrospective of black and white movies by Henri Verneuil), his Swedish counterpart Max von Sydow who will bring up Ingmar Bergman through four masterpieces (The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring, Wild Strawberries and Winter Light) and Italian diretcor Ettore Scola with his documentary dedicated to Fellini (Che strano chiamarsi Federico ! [+see also:
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Amongst the other protagonist of this edition, American filmmaker Michael Cimino stands out (with the restored copy of The Deer Hunter), as well as his French counterpart Alain Cavalier (with the detective movie Pillaged), English producer Jeremy Thomas (who will notably accompany the 3D version of The Last Emperor by Bernardo Bertolucci), Belgian director Joachim Lafosse (who will meet the public), his famous compatriot Luc Dardenne, James Toback and Dominique Sanda, as well as Gaspard Noé, Radu Mihaileanu, Christian Carion, Jean-Pierre Améris, Emmanuelle Devos and Fatih Akin.

It is also worth mentioning a Hal Ashby retrospective, a night of cinema "La folie de Monty Python", an avant-première for children with Belle & Sebastien by Nicolas Vanier (read the article – to be released in France and Italy on December 18, and in Germany on December 19), a selection of the most beautiful restorations of the year (films by Rossellini, Resnais, Brusati, Tati, Oshima, Schatzberg and Bresson), a section on rarities of the history of cinema, masterclasses (including one by Tim Roth), as well as tributes notably to producer James B. Harris (who managed three films by Kubrick), Grover Crisp (responsible for the restorations of films by Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures) French actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Fabian and Pierre Richard.

As for the all-new market for classical films, several seminars are scheduled with different actors from the field and a “Day for Distributors” will see DVD editors, distributors and film libraries present their catalogues and line-ups.