10/08/2006

From August 23 through December 27 2006, French audiences will have a chance to discover no less than 13 films selected in the various sections at Cannes.
br> First up, Tadrart Films will unveil the 2006 Jury Grand Prize winner Flanders [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Bruno Dumont (see article and interview with director) on August 30, while Mars Distribution will release the Algerian/French/Belgian/Moroccan co-production Days of Glory [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jean Bréhat
interview: Rachid Bouchareb
film profile] by Rachid Bouchareb – whose ensemble cast won the Best Actor award at Cannes – on September 26 (see article).

Also from Cannes are competition titles The Singer [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see article and interview with Gérard Depardieu) by Xavier Giannoli (September 13, EuropaCorp) and Charlie Says [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (see article) by Nicole Garcia (August 23, Mars Distribution), along with Critics’ Week winner Poison Friends [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Emmanuel Bourdieu (September 26, Les Films du Losange – see article).

This autumn’s line-up from distributors also features three titles screened out of competition at the festival. First up is the off-the-wall Avida [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see article) by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern (September 13, Ad Vitam); Transylvania [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see article) by Tony Gatlif (October 4, Pyramide); Nouvelle chance [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Anne Fontaine (see article) – release date yet to be announced by Haut et Court and, lastly, the French/Mali co-production The Court [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Abderrahmane Sissako (October 18, Les Films du Losange).

Films straight from the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight include Inside Paris [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see article) by Christophe Honoré opening on October 4 (Gémini Films) and Jean-Claude Brisseau’s Les anges exterminateurs [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (lit. "Exterminating Angels"), scheduled for release on September 13 (Rezo Films).

Un Certain Regard titles planned for release include La Californie [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (see article) by Jacques Fieschi (October 4, Mars Distribution) and the French/German/Tajik feature To Get to Heaven, You Have to Die [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Djamshed Usmonov (October 4, Rezo Films – see article).

(Translated from French)