Final preparations are under way for the 17th Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême (FFA), which runs from 27 August-1 September, with Julie Delpy's Meet the Barbarians [+leggi anche:
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The extensive programme includes a competition of ten titles to be evaluated by a jury presided over by Kristin Scott Thomas (supported by Maryam Touzani, Alix Poisson, Cédric Kahn, Makita Samba and Anne-Dominique Toussaint, amongst others). Vying for the Valois d’Or 2024 are Holy Cow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Louise Courvoisier
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intervista: Laetitia Dosch
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intervista: Mareike Engelhardt
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17 films are on the preview menu, including La vallée des fous [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Baya Kasmi, Félix Moati
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The "Les Flamboyants" (The Flamboyants) section includes The Story of Souleymane [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Boris Lojkine
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intervista: David Oelhoffen
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The "Premiers rendez-vous" (First Meeting) menu includes, amongst others, Fario [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lucie Prost
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intervista: Antoine Besse
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The "Les bijoux de famille" (Family Jewels) programme, dedicated to distributor Jour2Fête, will include six films, including the recent This Life of Mine [+leggi anche:
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In the "coup de cœur" category, we note Au revoir by Ronni Castillo (which brings together the Dominican Republic and France) and the documentary Marilú, an encounter with a remarkable woman by Sandrine Dumas, as well as three films in the "Nouveaux regards" category : Martel en tête by Frédéric Pelle, La voix de garage by Pierre-Loup Rajot, and Dans l’ombre de Marlow by Aurélien Harzoune and Bertrand Mineur.

The rest of the line-up includes a tribute to Moroccan cinema, the documentary The Passion According to Béatrice [+leggi anche:
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Last but not least, we should mention the Cannes film-concert title The Big Hit [+leggi anche:
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