04/10/2021 - 8th edition from 4 to 10 October for the International Festival of the Basque seaside town with, in particular, a competition of ten titles where the Golden Lion Happening shines

Happening by Audrey Diwan

Aurélie Saada's Rose [+see also:
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The feature film is in competition in the Basque city with nine other titles, including the Venetian Golden Lion winner Happening [+see also:
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film profile] by Audrey Diwan (released on 24 November via Wild Bunch Distribution). Also in the running are Little Lesson of Love [+see also:
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film profile] by Ève Deboise, An Ordinary Mother [+see also:
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film profile] by Sylvie Audcoeur, South Sentinel [+see also:
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interview: Mathieu Gérault
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interview: Raphaël Balboni & Ann Sirot
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interview: Alex Camilleri
film profile] by Maltese Alex Camilleri (Sundance Film Festival award winner - release on 8 December by Epicentre Films), Apples [+see also:
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interview: Christos Nikou
film profile] by Greek Christos Nikou (discovered at Venice - release on 26 January via Bodega Films), the Canadian production Souterrain by Sophie Dupuis and Ballad of a White Cow [+see also:
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film profile] by Iranians Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha. Ten contenders who will be evaluated by the filmmaker Thierry Klifa (supported by the actresses Florence Loiret Caille, Lolita Chammah and Nadège Beausson-Diagne, and by the producer Christophe Rossignon).

Of note out of competition are Schoolgirls [+see also:
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interview: Pilar Palomero
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film profile] by Yohan Manca (out January 5 via Ad Vitam), Mi iubita mon amour [+see also:
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film profile] by Noémie Merlant, the documentary Above Water [+see also:
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film profile] by Aïssa Maïga (in theaters November 10 via Les Films du Losange), A Radiant Girl [+see also:
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film profile] by Sandrine Kiberlain (in theatres on 26 January 2022 via Ad Vitam), Suprêmes [+see also:
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film profile] by Audrey Estrougo (out on 24 November via Sony Pictures Releasing) and closing film The Heroics [+see also:
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interview: Maxime Roy
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(Translated from French by Manuela Lazic)