Tomorrow will see The Stranger [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by François Ozon - unveiled in competition in Venice and crowned Best French Film of 2025 at the Lumières Awards – opening the 31st edition of the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, which is organised by Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center and unspooling in New York between 5 and 15 March.

In all, 22 feature films will grace the agenda, with 19 filmmakers set to accompany their films to New York, participating in screenings followed by conversations with the public. Standing tall among these works are three films scheduled to enjoy their North American premieres (Berlin competitor In A Whisper [+lee también:
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entrevista: Leyla Bouzid
ficha de la película] by Leyla Bouzid and two titles by Pascal Bonitzer: Maigret and the Dead Lover and Hugo) and five screening in US premieres: The Money Maker [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jean-Paul Salomé
ficha de la película] by Jean-Paul Salomé (now boasting 1.1 million admissions in France), Venice competitor The Wizard of the Kremlin [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Olivier Assayas, Affection affection [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Maxime Matray and Alexia Walther (discovered in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present section), Meteors [+lee también:
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entrevista: Hubert Charuel y Claude Le…
ficha de la película] by Hubert Charuel (unveiled in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section) and Claire Simon’s documentary, Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students [+lee también:
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Nine other filmmakers will make the journey to New York with their movies, six of which were discovered in Cannes: Dominik Moll with Case 137 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (crowned with the Best Actress César and Lumière awards), Stéphane Demoustier with The Great Arch [+lee también:
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entrevista: Stéphane Demoustier
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entrevista: Pauline Loquès
ficha de la película] (named Best First Film at the 2026 César and Lumière awards), Anna Cazenave Cambet with Love Me Tender [+lee también:
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entrevista: Anna Cazenave Cambet
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entrevista: Cédric Klapisch
ficha de la película], and Julia Ducournau with Alpha [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], which is set to close the Rendez-Vous. Another title from Cannes, The Little Sister [+lee también:
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entrevista: Hafsia Herzi
ficha de la película] by Hafsia Herzi, will likewise be in on the action, represented by its young, multiple-award-winning actress Nadia Melliti.

Likewise limbering up to meet New York audiences are Valérie Donzelli with her Venice-rewarded movie, At Work [+lee también:
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Screenings rounding off the event are Robin Campillo’s Enzo [+lee también:
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entrevista: Robin Campillo
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entrevista: Louise Hémon
ficha de la película] and Aurélien Peyre’s L’Épreuve du feu.

An Audience Award and a prize for Best Emerging Director are also set to be handed out (by a jury of six French film students hailing from New York universities).

In addition to film screenings, a Professional Day scheduled for 6 March will see a dozen French international sales agents presenting their line-ups to US distributors and programmers. This will be followed by a panel discussion entitled "New Voices in Cinema: Producing a Filmmaker’s Debut in France and the United States", involving French professionals Paulines Loquès (Nino) and producer Julie Billy (June Films), and their US producer colleagues Leah Chen Baker (Le Gâteau du Président) and Stephanie Roush.

Last but not least, unfolding on the margins of the event are four masterclasses due to be delivered by French filmmakers attending the Rendez-Vous, which are taking place in various universities (François Ozon in Princeton and Olivier Assayas in Columbia) as well as in the French Lycée in New York.