The Richest Woman in the World [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thierry Klifa
scheda film] by Thierry Klifa (premiered out of competition at Cannes, and due for a French theatrical release on 29 October) will open the 18th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (FFA) on Monday.

The programme is dominated by a competition pitting ten titles against each other, which will be weighed up by a jury chaired by Diane Kruger (flanked by Baya Kasmi and Fabrice du Welz, among others). Standing out among the movies duking it out for the 2025 Valois d’Or are Out of Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nathan Ambrosioni
scheda film] by Nathan Ambrosioni (rewarded at Karlovy Vary), Promised Sky [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Erige Sehiri
scheda film] by Erige Sehiri (which opened Un Certain Regard at Cannes), Furcy by Abd Al Malik (see the article), Mrs. by David Roux (see the article), The Doll by Sophie Beaulieu (see the article) and Muganga by Marie-Hélène Roux (see the article).

Also vying for the top prize are Le gang des amazones by Mélissa Drigeard, the French-Belgian flick Sans pitié by Julien Hosmalin, Les invertueuses by Chloé Aïcha Boro (a co-production between Burkina Faso and France) and the Canadian feature Fanny by Yan England.

There are 16 films set to enjoy preview screenings, including the Cannes-selected Meteors [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hubert Charuel e Claude Le…
scheda film] by Hubert Charuel and Claude Le Pape, The Wonderers by Joséphine Japy and Wild Foxes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valéry Carnoy
scheda film] by Valéry Carnoy, as well as La condition by Jérôme Bonnell, Fils de by Carlos Abascal Peiró, Chroniques d'un indic by Laurent Herbiet, Regarde by Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud, and the animated feature La vie de château, mon enfance à Versailles by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H’limi. Also on the menu are C’était mieux demain by Vinciane Millereau (which will also bring the festival to a close), Goodbye My Friend by Cecilia Rouaud, La Bonne étoile by Pascal Elbé, La pire mère au monde by Pierre Mazingarbe, Le jour J by Claude Zidi Jr, Une place pour Pierrot by Hélène Médigue and Per il mio bene by Italy’s Mimmo Verdesca (the winner of the Italian Golden Globe for Best Actress in early July).

The "Les Flamboyants" ("The Flamboyants") section will show Animal Totem by Benoît Delépine, The Great Arch [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stéphane Demoustier
scheda film] by Stéphane Demoustier (popular in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard) and The Haunted Minds [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lucas Belvaux
scheda film] by Belgium’s Lucas Belvaux.

The "Premiers rendez-vous" (“First Meetings”) menu includes Kika [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alexe Poukine
scheda film] by Belgium’s Alexe Poukine (a star attraction in the Cannes Critics’ Week) and La petite graine by Mathias and Colas Rifkiss (see the article).

This year’s "Les bijoux de famille" (“Family Jewels”) programme will be dedicated to distributor Apollo Films, the "Les coups de cœur" (“Heart-stoppers”) section will offer audiences the Cannes-selected Tell Her That I Love Her [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Romane Bohringer, among others, and the Nouveaux regards (“New Perspectives”) category will boast the documentary Une cabine à soi by Anne Brochet and Pierre-Alain Giraud.

The rest of the line-up includes a tribute to Québécois cinema, the Docs & Ciné programme, a Special Screening for Les rêveurs by Isabelle Carré, a Focus devoted to filmmaker Denys Arcand and a short-film competition.