The announcement was made on the Internet, live from the Angoulême theater, and visible online (www.filmfrancophone.fr). The two general delegates Marie-France Brière and Dominique Besnehard, accompanied by the two presidents, jury Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine, presented the program of the 13th edition which will take place from August 28 to September 2.
A selection of French-language feature films "almost all of them new," said Dominique Besnehard, one of the two founders of "FFA" with Marie-France Brière. The first important meeting for the cinema since the deconfinement. "The renewal of life," summed up Besnehard.
Kad Merad as an unemployed actor giving lessons in prison
The public will be able to discover around sixty films in "strict sanitary conditions" . Of the ten films in competition, seven have been announced, some of which qualify as the “Cannes festival label” : Antoinette is in the Cévennes by Caroline Vignal with Laure Calamy and Benjamin Lavernhe (release scheduled for September 16), L'Ennemi by Stephan Streker ( Wedding , twice awarded in Angoulême in 2018), a thriller "Scorsese style" , with Jérémie Renier and Emmanuelle Bercot, Éléonore , a comedy by Amro Hamzawi, L'Étreinte , by Ludovic Bergery with Emmanuelle Béart, Garcon chiffon by Nicolas Maori, with himself and Nathalie Baye, Petit Pays by Eric Barbier and Un Triomphe by Emmanuel Courcol with Kad Merad as an unemployed actor who gives drama lessons in prison.
Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine will present their latest film, Erasing History , with Denis Podalydès, Blanche Gardin and Corinne Masiero, a quirky comedy that will be released two days before on August 26 (special silver bear at the Berlinale). Groland filmmakers who have shot three films in the region will be particularly honored during a retrospective by Bertrand Tavernier.
The films of the "Fortnight of Critics" presented in Angoulême
They will be surrounded by Elsa Zylberstein, promoted to vice-president, Evelyne Brochu, Marc Zinga, Claude Barras ( Ma vie de courgette ), Manele Labidi, Yves Bigot (patron of France 5) and the singer Clara Luciani. Nicole Calfan will chair the student jury with students from LISA Angoulême (Lycée de l'Image et du Son).
A new meeting this year: the festival will host the Critics' Fortnight which could not take place in Cannes, the films will be presented by Charles Tesson. "Angoulême, it makes a lot of sense," said the latter.
Among the previews, you should not miss Des Hommes by Lucas Belvaux, with Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Frot, La fine fleur , by Pierre Pinaud again with Catherine Frot, Antonin Peretjatko's Piece with Josiane Balasco and Philippe Katherine , Poly , a film for children directed by Nicolas Vanier with François Cluzet and Julie Gayet, La Sœur by Yamina Benguigui with Isabelle Adjani, a "tribute to Algeria" , or La Daronne by Jean-Paul Salomé which will be screened at the end. His heroine, Isabelle Huppert will present the public's prize.
NOTE: Passes (25 euros for 10 tickets) will go on sale from July 10.