21/08/2018 - Ten films in competition and a barrage of premieres await attendees at the 11th edition of the Francophone Film Festival, which will run from 21 to 26 August

Lola et ses frères [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-Paul Rouve will open the 11^th edition of Angoulême Francophone Film Festival this evening (running from 21 to 26 August), an event that has garnered popularity with French distributors who appreciate the opportunity to test out their films on a large local audience before the start of the film season.

Chaired by the actress Karin Viard (and comprised of the actors Ludivine Sagnier, Camélia Jordana and Eye Haïdara, the director Thomas Lilti and the actor Raphaël Personnaz), the competition jury will have to deliberate over ten feature films this year, including the Canadian titles Sauvage [+see also:
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interview: Camille Vidal-Naquet
film profile] by Camille Vidal-Naquet, Shéhérazade [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-Bernard Marlin and Sofia [+see also:
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interview: Meryem Benm'Barek
film profile] by Meryem Benm'Barek (winner of Best Screenplay award in the Un Certain Regard section), as well as Whatever Happened to My Revolution [+see also:
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film profile] by Judith Davis, L'Amour flou by the director duo Romane Borhinger and Philippe Rebbot, Photo de famille [+see also:
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film profile] by Cécilia Rouaud, With the Wind [+see also:
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interview: Bettina Oberli
film profile] by Swiss director Bettina Oberli (unveiled on the Piazza Grande at Locarno) and Troisièmes noces [+see also:
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interview: David Lambert
film profile] by the Belgian director David Lambert.

A barrage of premieres is also on the menu this year with An Impossible Love [+see also:
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film profile] by Catherine Corsini, I Feel Good [+see also:
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film profile] by the director duo Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine, Kiss & Tell [+see also:
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film profile] by Michel Blanc (read the article here), My Guy [+see also:
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film profile] by Marion Vernoux, We Need Your Vote [+see also:
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film profile] by Mathieu Sapin (read the article here), Best Intentions [+see also:
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film profile] by Gilles Legrand, Les Invisibles [+see also:
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interview: Liza Benguigui
film profile] by Louis-Julien Petit, Edmond [+see also:
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interview: Alexis Michalik
film profile] by Alexis Michalik, the animated film Dilili in Paris [+see also:
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film profile] by Michel Ocelot (unveiled at Annecy) and the Canadian titles Sink or Swim [+see also:
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film profile] by Gilles Lellouche and Little Tickles [+see also:
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film profile] by Andrea Bescond and Éric Métayer, not forgetting Première année [+see also:
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film profile] by Thomas Lilti and In Safe Hands [+see also:
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film profile] by Jeanne Herry, which is due to close this year’s festival.

Also of note is the documentary Each and Every Moment [+see also:
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film profile] by Nicolas Philibert and Team Spirit [+see also:
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film profile] by Vianney Lebasque(which premiered at Locarno)in the Coup de cœur section, In Your Hands [+see also:
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film profile] by Ludovic Bernard and Guy [+see also:
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film profile] by Alex Lutz in the Ciné et concerts programme, The Trouble With You [+see also:
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interview: Pierre Salvadori
film profile] by Pierre Salvadori, Amin [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Faucon
film profile] by Philippe Faucon and Fortuna [+see also:
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film profile] by Germinal Roaux in the Les Flamboyants section, the first feature films My Polish Honeymoon [+see also:
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film profile] by Elise Otzenberger, Ma fille [+see also:
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film profile] by Naidra Ayadi and Moi, maman, ma mère et moi [+see also:
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film profile] by Christophe Le Masne in the Premiers rendez-vous section, a tribute to distribution (a section christened Bijoux de famille) dedicated to UGC and a directorial focus on Jacques Doillon. Last but not least is a celebration of the 20^th anniversary of Emergence and two other tributes, one to the French director Jacques Deray and one to Haitian cinema.

(Translated from French)