ACID selecciona nueve largometrajes para su programa Cannes Hors les murs

por Fabien Lemercier

04/06/2020 - La sección de los cineastas independientes paralela al Festival de Cannes ha elegido cinco ficciones y cuatro largometrajes, entre los que destaca lo nuevo de Marie Dumora e Ilan Klipper

ACID selecciona nueve largometrajes para su programa Cannes Hors les murs

Loin de vous j’ai grandi, de Marie Dumora

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The lack of any physical edition of the 73^rd Cannes Film Festival as a direct result of the Coronavirus crisis hasn’t prevented ACID (the French Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) from unveiling a 28^th programme under the banner "Cannes Outside the Walls" and comprising nine feature films (of which five are works of fiction, four are documentaries and a total five titles are directed by women). Placing special focus on works without distributors and first feature films (with four debut titles gracing this particular line-up), ACID will promote its selection during the online Marché du Film (running 22 – 26 June – read our news), as well as in the autumn by way of screenings geared towards cinema operators in France. Public seances are also planned in Paris (25 – 29 September), Lyon (2 - 4 October) and Marseille (8 - 11 October), and then courtesy of the Corsican Film Archive, as well as a number of partner festivals in France and further afield.

Standing especially tall in the 2020 selection is Far From You I Grew [+lee también:
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Likewise catching our eye in the showcase is Ilan Klipper’s Tightrope Walkers [+lee también:
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Also worth a mention is Walden [+lee también:
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Another 3^rd fiction feature on the agenda is The Seeds We Sow [+lee también:
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The Association has also selected Should the Wind Fall [+lee también:
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Similarly destined for the spotlight is Italian documentary-maker Michele Pennetta with Il mio corpo [+lee también:
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Last but not least, and jostling for position in the programme are three other first feature films: the fiction titles Last Days of Spring [+lee también:
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