Vendôme pays homage to Ursula Meier
Swiss-French director Ursula Meier will be in the spotlight at the 17th Vendôme Film Festival (December 5-12), which is dedicating one of its five retrospectives to her.
Works to be shown include her debut cinematic feature, Home [+see also:
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Six other shorts and features will be presented at the festival and screenings will be attended by the director. These include a TV drama produced by Franco-German broadcaster Arte (Strong Shoulders, 2002), two documentaries – Pas les flics<, pas les Noirs, pas les Blancs (2001) and Autour de Pinget (2000) – and three narrative shorts.
(Translated from French)
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