FESTIVALS / AWARDS Angoulême 2024
The hunt for the Valois d'Or is about to kick off in Angoulême
- With a ten-title competition spearheading a mouthwatering programme, the 17th edition of the Festival du Film Francophone takes place from 27 August-1 September
Final preparations are under way for the 17th Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême (FFA), which runs from 27 August-1 September, with Julie Delpy's Meet the Barbarians [+see also:
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The extensive programme includes a competition of ten titles to be evaluated by a jury presided over by Kristin Scott Thomas (supported by Maryam Touzani, Alix Poisson, Cédric Kahn, Makita Samba and Anne-Dominique Toussaint, amongst others). Vying for the Valois d’Or 2024 are Holy Cow [+see also:
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interview: Louise Courvoisier
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interview: Laetitia Dosch
film profile] by Laetitia Dosch (also appreciated in Un Certain Regard), Rabia by Mareike Engelhardt, Barbès, Little Algérie by Hassan Guerrar (article), En tongs au pied de l’Himalaya by John Wax, À bicyclette by Mathias Mlekuz, the Franco-Belgian productions Lads by Julien Menanteau (article) and Somewhere In Love by Morgan Simon, The Vanishing by Karim Moussaoui (which brings together France, Germany and Tunisia), and the Canadian feature Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful by Lynn Charlebois.
17 films are on the preview menu, including La vallée des fous by Xavier Beauvois (article), Mikado by Baya Kasmi (article), The Victoria System de Sylvain Desclous (article), Cyprien Vial’s Magma (article), Drone [+see also:
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The "Les Flamboyants" (The Flamboyants) section includes The Story of Souleymane [+see also:
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interview: Boris Lojkine
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interview: David Oelhoffen
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The "Premiers rendez-vous" (First Meeting) menu includes, amongst others, Fario [+see also:
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interview: Lucie Prost
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interview: Antoine Besse
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The "Les bijoux de famille" (Family Jewels) programme, dedicated to distributor Jour2Fête, will include six films, including the recent This Life of Mine [+see also:
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In the "coup de cœur" category, we note Au revoir by Ronni Castillo (which brings together the Dominican Republic and France) and the documentary Marilú, an encounter with a remarkable woman by Sandrine Dumas, as well as three films in the "Nouveaux regards" category : Martel en tête by Frédéric Pelle, La voix de garage by Pierre-Loup Rajot, and Dans l’ombre de Marlow by Aurélien Harzoune and Bertrand Mineur.
The rest of the line-up includes a tribute to Moroccan cinema, the documentary The Passion According to Béatrice [+see also:
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Last but not least, we should mention the Cannes film-concert title The Big Hit [+see also:
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(Translated from French by Margaux Comte)
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