Bruno Barde announced it in January.
The International Police Film Festival is leaving Beaune after a dozen years of collaboration with the city.
But there is no question of canceling the 38th edition, which will be held entirely online, from May 26 to 30, on the event website.
As for the 2022 edition, the name of the city that will host it will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
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This year, twenty international films including nine in official competition will be presented to the public, who must first reserve their seats online.
Among the latter, a French film,
Black Box
by Yann Gozlan, starring two promising young thirty-something, Pierre Niney and Lou de Laage, imagining an investigation after the crash in the Alps of a Dubai-Paris plane.
Also in competition:
Berlin Alexanderplatz
, an adaptation of Alfred Döblin's interwar novel, by German-Afghan director Burhan Qurbani.
Two films by Iranian directors Saeed Roustaee and Abbas Amini,
The Law of Tehran
and
The Slaughterhouse
, will also be present.
Mandatory reservation
A People's Prize will be awarded at the end of the event, with spectators having the opportunity to vote between Wednesday May 26, noon and Sunday May 30, noon, on the festival site.
As the organizers specify in a press release,
"the films will be available in their original version (with French subtitles for foreign films) and will only be accessible from France"
, for a fee: 5 euros per screening, 40 euros per pass allowing you to watch all the films in the selection.
As in a cinema hall, the number of seats is limited.
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"All the films can be viewed during the five days of the festival, from Wednesday May 26 at noon until Sunday May 30 at midnight, with no set times, with the exception of a few sessions indicated"
, specifies the festival. Once the film has started, viewers will have twenty-four hours to complete their viewing. Finally, young spectators should abstain,
"all films offered for viewing are prohibited for those under the age of sixteen, unless otherwise specified"
.
The international police film festival was first held in Cognac (Charente) from 1982 to 2007, before moving to Beaune in 2008. The last edition was canceled due to the health crisis and a dispute is underway between the city and the organizers who blame the community for the way their collaboration ended.