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The parallel section of the Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its programming for the 60th edition, which will take place from July 7 to 15. There are seven feature films in competition, each of which is a first film, meaning they are all eligible for the Camera d’Or. Romanian filmmaker and former Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu is chairman of this year’s jury that will award the Nespresso Grand Prix, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Prize and the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for the short film. Scroll down for the full list of movies.
The section will open with Gérard Depardieu-starrer Robuste (Robust) by Constance Meyer (the first time since 2004 that a film directed by a French woman has the honors of the opening night). Tunisian filmmaker Leyla Bouzid will close the debates with A Story of Love and Desire. Among the Special Screenings, we find the first feature film by actress Sandrine Kiberlain, with Une Jeune Fille Qui Va Bien.
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In total, Critics’ Week says it received 1,620 short films and watched 1,000 feature films. Each category has around 30% female directors and 70% female directors. Among the 13 feature films selected, there are 11 first films and two second films. Seven feature films are by directors.
Here is the complete program:
OPENING FILM Robust, production: Constance Meyer *
SPECIAL SCREENINGS Anaïs In Love, dir: Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet * Bruno Reidal, Confessions Of A Murderer, dir: Vincent Le Port * Softie, dir: Samuel Theis A Radiant Girl, dir: Sandrine Kiberlain *
CLOSING FILMA Tale of love and desire, directed by Leyla Bouzid
CONCOURSAmparo, dir: Simón Mesa Soto * Plumes, dir: Omar El Zohairy * Libertad, dir: Clara Roquet * The Gravedigger’s Wife, dir: Khadar Ayderus Ahmed * Olga, dir: Elie Grappe * Small Body, dir: Laura Samani * Nothing A Foutre; achievements: Julie Lecoustre & Emmanuel Marre *
SHORT FILMS Brutalia, Days Of Labor, director: Manolis MavrisLili Alone, director: Zou JingAn Invitation, director: Hao Zhao & Yeung TungInherent, director: Nicolai GH JohansenIntercom 15, director: Andrei EpureIf It Ain’t Broke, director: Elinor NechemyaNoir, director : Marie LarrivéSafe, realization: Ian BarlingSoldat Noir, realization: Jimmy Laporal-TrésorOn Solid Ground, realization: Jela Hasler
* Refers to the first film
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