Carried by the tailwind of eight nominations (five for Anatomy of a Fall [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kaouther Ben Hania
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ficha de la película], and two films featuring in the animated short film category) at the upcoming Oscar Awards, the winners of which are due to be announced on 10 March, French film production is set to be showcased in the USA between 29 January and 10 March on the occasion of the 29th  Rendez-Vous With French Cinema in New-York, organised by Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center. The event was opened today by Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom [+lee también:
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In all, 21 feature films representing a wide range of genres appear in the event programme, and 17 filmmakers will accompany their films in New York, attending screenings and subsequent Q&A sessions with the audience. Stealing focus amongst these are 11 works directed by women, including four feature films: Cannes competitor Banel & Adama [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
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entrevista: Delphine Deloget
ficha de la película] by Delphine Deloget (also discovered on the Croisette, in the Un Certain Regard section), Sisterhood [+lee también:
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entrevista: Nora El Hourch
ficha de la película] by Nora El Hourch (unveiled in the Toronto Platform line-up) and First Case [+lee también:
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entrevista: Victoria Musiedlak
ficha de la película] by Victoria Musiedlak (screened in the Locarno’s Piazza Grande).

Five other films which are directed by women and have previously screened in Cannes are also jostling on the agenda: the docu-fiction film Little Girl Blue [+lee también:
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entrevista: Iris Kaltenbäck
ficha de la película] by Iris Kaltenbäck (awarded the Lumière and Louis Delluc trophies for Best First Film), Just the Two of Us [+lee también:
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entrevista: Valérie Donzelli
ficha de la película] by Valérie Donzelli, Àma Gloria [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Marie Amachoukeli and Marguerite’s Theorum [+lee también:
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entrevista: Anna Novion
ficha de la película] by Anna Novion (which earned Ella Rumpf the Best Newcomer César and Lumière awards). This distinctly female wave is rounded off by Vanessa Filho’s Consent [+lee también:
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entrevista: Héléna Klotz
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Likewise gracing the agenda are two titles unveiled in San Sebastián (Red Island [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Robin Campillo and A Real Job [+lee también:
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entrevista: Thomas Lilti
ficha de la película] by Thomas Lilti), Nicolas Philibert’s Golden Bear-winning documentary On the Adamant [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ladj Ly y Giordano Gederlini
ficha de la película] by Ladj Ly (selected for Toronto Special Presentations) and two further movies showcased in Cannes: No Love Lost [+lee también:
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entrevista: Erwan Le Duc
ficha de la película] by Erwan Le Duc and The Book of Solutions [+lee también:
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entrevista: Michel Gondry
ficha de la película] by Michel Gondry.

Prizes in the offing consist of an Audience Award and the Prize for Best Emerging Filmmaker (courtesy of a jury composed of six film studies and French studies students).

In addition to film screenings, a Professional Day scheduled for 1 March will see a dozen or so French international sales agents presenting their line-ups to American distributors and programmers. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the state of the American market and the distribution of French and international films in the USA, with representatives notably hailing from Neon, IFC and Film Forum. Also worth a mention on 8 March is a round table entitled "Navigating Production in a World Reshaped by Local and Global Events", in which Agnès Vallée (Les Films du Parc and 31 Juin Films), Justin Taurand (Les Films du Bélier), Yoni Golijov (All the Beauty and the Bloodshed) and Nikkia Moulterie are set to take part. Last but not least, unfolding on the fringes of the event, six masterclasses delivered by French filmmakers attending the Rendez-Vous are due to be held in various New York universities (including Columbia University, NYU, Hunter College and Fordham University).