It is a coincidence in time and a sign that speaks volumes about the quality of the Breton programme: having gone through Le Groupe Ouest’s Annual Selection with Close [+lee también:
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entrevista: Eden Dambrine
entrevista: Lukas Dhont
entrevista: Lukas Dhont
ficha de la película] in 2020, Lukas Dhont’s film — winner of the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival — is released in French cinemas on Tuesday 1 November and in Belgium the following day. 

Every year, the writing coaching scheme of Le Groupe Ouest (headed by Charlotte Le Vallégan and Antoine Le Bos) selects eight fiction projects (live action or animation), carried by French-speaking screenwriters and filmmakers. The select few will participate in four collective work sessions between April and December, in residency on the seaside in Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages (Finistere), under the supervision of screenwriter-consultants.

Participating projects from previous editions (read our article about the 2022 promotion) include South Sentinel [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mathieu Gérault
ficha de la película] by Mathieu Gérault, three debut features well-received at the Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2021 and 2020 (A Tale of Love and Desire [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Leyla Bouzid, Skies of Lebanon [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Chloé Mazlo, and Beasts [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Naël Marandin), Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness [+lee también:
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entrevista: Massoud Bakhshi
ficha de la película] by Massoud Bakhshi (awarded at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival), not to mention Cuties [+lee también:
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entrevista: Maïmouna Doucouré
ficha de la película] by Maïmouna Doucouré, Divines [+lee también:
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entrevista: Houda Benyamina
ficha de la película] by Houda Benyamina, My Life as a Courgette [+lee también:
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entrevista: Claude Barras
ficha de la película] by Claude Barras, Sunset [+lee también:
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entrevista: László Nemes
ficha de la película] by László Nemes, as well as upcoming films from Elie Grape, Rachid Djaïdani, Daouda Coulibaly, Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, Delphine Deloget, Alanté Kavaïté and Jonathan Millet.

The call for projects for the 2023 Annual Selection (click here) is open until 23 November 2022.