21/08/2015 - A highly rich selection of films in competition and premieres for the 8th edition of the Francophone Film Festival, which kicks off next Tuesday

By now a well-established event among film festivals in France that showcase the diversity of film, the Francophone Film Festival of Angoulême has devised an exciting programme for its eighth edition (25-30 August), which will be opened by Families [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (see news article) and closed by the madcap The Brand New Testament [+see also:
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interview: Jaco van Dormael
film profile] by Belgian filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael (see review and interview).

The ten films in competition feature Je ne suis pas un salaud [+see also:
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film profile] by Emmanuel Finkiel (see article), Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) [+see also:
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interview: Eva Husson
film profile] by Eva Husson (see article), Par accident [+see also:
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film profile] by Camille Fontaine (see article), The Assistant by duo Christophe Ali and Nicolas Bonilauri (see article) and two films that were premiered in May at Cannes: Learn by Heart [+see also:
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film profile] by Mathieu Vadepied (which closed the Critics’ Week) and Much Loved [+see also:
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film profile] by Nabil Ayouch (the highlight of the Directors’ Fortnight – see review). Another film in the running for the Valois d'Or 2015 is Paris-Willouby by Quentin Raynaud and Arthur Delaire, a dramatic comedy produced by 2.4.7 Films starring Belgian actor Stéphane de Groodt, Isabelle Carré, Alex Lutz and Joséphine Japy in a story about a reconstituted family that finds itself reunited to go and bury the grandfather after his death. Also in competition are two Belgian films: Post Partum [+see also:
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interview: Delphine Noels
film profile] by Delphine Noels (see news article) and All Yours [+see also:
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interview: David Lambert
film profile] by David Lambert (whose film won the award for Best Actor (for Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) last year at Karlovy Vary – see review and interview).

The large number of films that will have their premieres at the festival include I am a Soldier [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Larivière
film profile] by Laurent Larivière (review), which was selected for Cannes, The New Kid [+see also:
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interview: Rudi Rosenberg
film profile] by Rudi Rosenberg (see news article), Arrêtez-moi là [+see also:
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film profile] by Gilles Bannier (see news article), animated film Long Way North [+see also:
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film profile] by Rémy Chayé (see news article – audience prize at Annecy), Au plus près du soleil [+see also:
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film profile] by Yves Angelo (see news article), Boomerang [+see also:
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film profile] by François Favrat (see news article), L'odeur de la mandarine [+see also:
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film profile] by Gilles Legrand (see news article), La dernière leçon [+see also:
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film profile] by Pascale Pouzadoux, Un début prometteur [+see also:
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film profile] by Emma Luchini and Un + une [+see also:
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film profile] by Claude Lelouch.

Other noteworthy films in the "Les Flamboyants" section include L'oeil du cyclone by Burkinabe filmmaker Sékou Traoré and three other Cannes-selected titles: Macadam Stories [+see also:
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film profile] by Samuel Benchetrit (see review), Marguerite & Julien [+see also:
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film profile] by Valérie Donzelli (see review) and Disorder [+see also:
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interview: Alice Winocour
film profile] by Alice Winocour (see review). The festival will also feature The New Adventures of Aladin [+see also:
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film profile] by Arthur Benzaquen in a special screening, a retrospective of 15 Belgian films, a distributors focus on ARP Sélection and a directors focus on Cédric Kahn.

(Translated from French)