Tomorrow will see The Stranger [+leggi anche:
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intervista: François Ozon
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jean-Paul Salomé
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intervista: Hubert Charuel e Claude Le…
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intervista: Claire Simon
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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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dominik Moll
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intervista: Stéphane Demoustier
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intervista: Pauline Loquès
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intervista: Anna Cazenave Cambet
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intervista: Cédric Klapisch
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intervista: Hafsia Herzi
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Likewise limbering up to meet New York audiences are Valérie Donzelli with her Venice-rewarded movie, At Work [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valérie Donzelli
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intervista: Arnaud Desplechin
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Screenings rounding off the event are Robin Campillo’s Enzo [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Robin Campillo
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intervista: Louise Hémon
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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.