07/03/2018 - 24 features are on the programme of the 23rd edition of the event organised by UniFrance and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, unspooling from 8-18 March

Tomorrow, the American premiere of Barbara [+see also:
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film profile] by Mathieu Amalric will open the 23rd Rendez-Vous With French Cinema in New York, in the presence of the director and Jeanne Balibar (who was rewarded for this very role with the 2018 César Award for Best Actress last Friday). The gathering is set to take place until 18 March, and is organised by UniFrance and the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

This year, 24 feature films are on the programme, six of which are having their North American premieres: Memoir of Pain [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Finkiel
film profile] by Emmanuel Finkiel, A Paris Education [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
film profile] by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Comfort and Consolation in France [+see also:
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film profile] by Vincent Macaigne, The Lion Sleeps Tonight [+see also:
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film profile] by Nobuhiro Suwa, Waiting for the Barbarians [+see also:
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Seven other American premieres are on the menu, with Number One [+see also:
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interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
interview: Marine Francen
film profile] by Marine Francen, The Guardians [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
film profile] by Xavier Beauvois, C’est la vie! [+see also:
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film profile] by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, Tomorrow and Thereafter [+see also:
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film profile] by Noémie Lvovsky, Endangered Species [+see also:
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Lastly, ten features will be screened as New York premieres: Bloody Milk [+see also:
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interview: Hubert Charuel
film profile] by Hubert Charuel and See You up There [+see also:
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film profile] by Albert Dupontel, which recently won big at the Césars, the Cannes Caméra d’Or winner Montparnasse Bienvenüe [+see also:
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interview: Léonor Serraille
film profile] by Léonor Serraille, Ava [+see also:
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interview: Léa Mysius
film profile] by Léa Mysius, Just To Be Sure [+see also:
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film profile] by Carine Tardieu, Before Summer Ends [+see also:
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interview: Maryam Goormaghtigh
film profile] by Maryam Goormaghtigh, Custody [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Legrand
film profile] by Xavier Legrand, The Workshop [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Cantet
film profile] by Laurent Cantet, Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc [+see also:
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interview: Bruno Dumont
film profile] by Bruno Dumont and 12 Days [+see also:
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film profile] by Raymond Depardon (which will come out in the USA on 16 March, courtesy of Distrib Films).

The Rendez-Vous (in which 15 of the directors of films on the line-up will be taking part) will also host two "Free Talks" (on "Women, Work and the Will to Lead" and "First Films"), a "Salut les jeunes" day on 12 March and five master classes, among other activities. And, for the first time, a clutch of French sales agents will come up on stage in the Lincoln Center auditorium to present their line-ups to US distributors.

(Translated from French)