28/02/2017 - 23 feature films are scheduled to be screened from 1 to 8 March for the 22nd edition of the event organised by UniFrance and the Film Society of Lincoln Center

Tomorrow, Berlin competitor Django [+see also:
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Q&A: Etienne Comar
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This year, the programme features 23 feature films, including Frantz [+see also:
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Q&A: François Ozon
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interview: Bertrand Bonello
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interview: Rebecca Zlotowski
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interview: Katell Quillévéré
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film profile] by Nicole Garcia and 150 Milligrams [+see also:
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film profile] by Emmanuelle Bercot, and just as many filmmakers, who will participate in Q&A sessions after each screening.

Also in New York to talk to the public are Julia Ducournau (supported by her young actress Garance Marillier) with Raw [+see also:
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interview: Julia Ducournau
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interview: Justine Triet
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film profile] and Jérôme Salle with The Odyssey [+see also:
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film profile] (which will close the Rendez-vous), without forgetting composer Martin Wheeler with The Together Project [+see also:
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film profile] by the late Solveig Anspach. Olivier Assayas will also be in attendance, before heading over to the Metrograph Cinema, which will be holding a mini-retrospective on him on 11 March.

Other films slated for the Rendez-Vous are Slack Bay [+see also:
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Q&A: Bruno Dumont
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interview: Delphine and Muriel Coulin
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interview: Caroline Deruas
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interview: Frédéric Dubreuil
film profile] by Sébastien Betbeder, In the Forests of Siberia [+see also:
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film profile] by Safy Nebbou, Right Here Right Now [+see also:
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film profile] by Pascal Bonitzer, and documentary L'Opéra [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-Stéphane Bron.

Also worth mentioning from the programme is a discussion with Agnès Varda, a debate on international co-productions (with David Hinojosa from Killer Films, Jan Van Hoy from Parts & Labor, and Justin Taurand from Films du Bélier), a discussion with a panel of directors on the subject "film as a tool or political weapon", and a special screening of an episode from the series 10% by Cédric Klapisch.

Finally, several producers (Philippe Martin and David Thion from Films Pelléas, Frédéric Jouve from Films Velvet, Olivier Delbosc from Curiosa Films, Caroline Bonmarchand from Avenue B Productions) and international sellers (Wild Bunch, Pathé International, Films Distribution, Gaumont, Kinology, Bac Films, Les Films du Losange, Elle Driver, Other Angle Pictures, WTFilms) will also attend the New York-based event.

(Translated from French)