28/06/2024 – From June 28 to July 7, the festival will present 228 films with a myriad of events including tributes to Michael Haneke, Françoise Fabian, Aktan Arym Kubat and Benjamín Naishtat
Mercy by Alain Guiraudie
It’s the excellent Mercy [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alain Guiraudie
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In the showcase of tributes this year, the Austrian filmmaker stands out Michael Haneke (who will participate in a round table on July 6, notably with Isabelle Huppert) with a complete collection including her 12 feature films and her five films for television, the French actress Françoise Fabianthe Kyrgyz director Aktan Arim Kubat and his Argentinian counterpart Benjamin Naishtat (with among others his latest opus The teacher [+lire aussi :
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Among the 29 favorites of the year in the Ici et Ailleurs section, 20 feature films recently appreciated at Cannes shine, including three awarded in competition (All We Imagine As Light [+lire aussi :
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interview : Miguel Gomes
fiche film] from Portuguese Miguel Gomes et The seeds of the wild fig tree [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] from Iranian Mohammad Rasoulof), two awarded in Un Certain Regard (Black Dog from Chinese Guan Hu et The Story of Souleymane [+lire aussi :
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interview : Boris Lojkine
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fiche film] from Brazilian Marcelo Caetano). Also arriving in a straight line from the Croisette in particular, September without waiting [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] from Spanish Jonas Trueba, Three kilometers to the end of the world [+lire aussi :
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interview : Emanuel Pârvu
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interview : Rúnar Rúnarsson
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interview : Jonathan Millet
interview : Pauline Seigland
fiche film] of Jonathan Millet, The kingdom [+lire aussi :
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interview : Julien Colonna
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interview : Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu
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fiche film] of Sophie Fillières et As his look [+lire aussi :
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interview : Thierry de Peretti
fiche film] of Thierry de Peretti. A very beautiful program Here and Ailleurs completed by six films screened in Berlin (notably Crossing Istanbul [+lire aussi :
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interview : Levan Akin
fiche film] from Swedish Levan Me et Foreign language [+lire aussi :
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Note the birth of a new section called Au coeur du Doc and which will present 18 films including the Berlin Golden Bear Dahomey [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] of Raoul Peck, Learn [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] of Claire Simon, Spectators! d’Arnaud Desplechin and four world premieres: Solo rider of Yves Jeuland, The watchman of Lou from Pontavice et Victory Bonin Grais, The Trail of the Absent d’Eugenia Zvonkina et The Neon People of Jean-Baptiste Thoret.
The very rich menu also includes among other things a day Daniel Day-Lewis (in five films), a Music Lesson with the composer Amine Bouhafa and the filmmaker Patricia Mazuyan editing lesson with the editor François Gédigier and the composer Grégoire Hetzela lesson in film restoration, a round table with female composers Irène Drésel, Julie Roué and Carla Pallone20 classics or rarities restored or reissued in the “From yesterday to today” section (including Napoleon seen by Abel Gance which will close the festival) to which are added seven programs (dedicated among others to Márta Mészáros, Yannick Bellon et Laurent Terzieff) and the “Children’s FEMA” with in particular a tribute to the Swiss Claude Barras (including his latest opus, Wild [+lire aussi :
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interview : Gints Zilbalodis
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interview : Kristina Dufková
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interview : Vincent Paronnaud et Alexi…
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