March 28-31, 2019

Most Beloved French Actor Thierry Lhermitte Leads Diverse Delegation of Filmmakers Eight Free Master Classes with actors, directors, authors, screenwriters, and cinematographers

Exclusive Media Sponsor All films have English subtitles and are presented by their actors and directors.

27th annual • Byrd Theatre • Richmond, Va. • (804) 827-FILM • www.frenchfilmfestival.us Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond present

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Film Schedule...... p . 3

Lock in your pass for the Special Events ...... p . 4

28th French Film Festival Master Classes...... pp . 7-15 with the 27th festival price 2019 Feature Films...... pp . 16-32 Regular VIP Pass: $115 Libre...... 16 Fait d’hiver ...... 17 Instructor VIP Pass: $105 Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...... 17 Student VIP Pass: $65 ...... 18 Official Reception Add-On: $25 En mille morceaux...... 19 Make check payable to: French Film Festival Le Procès contre Mandela et les autres ...... 20 Méprises...... 22 Mark your calendars! Rémi sans famille...... 23 28th French Film Festival Abdel et la Comtesse...... 24 March 26-29, 2020 La Finale ...... 25 Tueurs...... 26 Offer available only during weekend Le Collier rouge ...... 27 of Festival – see “Will Call Table” Tout ce qu’il me reste de la révolution...... 28 Et mon coeur transparent ...... 29

Co-academic Sponsors Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond present Les Chatouilles...... 30 Richmond,Virginia March 22-25, 2018 March 30-April 2, 2017 L’Échange des princesses...... 31 L’Ordre des médecins ...... 32

2019 Short Films...... pp . 33-39 Saturday, March 30 Leur jeunesse...... 33

All films have English subtitles Exclusive Media Sponsor Sans gravité ...... 33 All films have English subtitles Exclusive Media Sponsor and are presented by their and are presented by their actors and directors. actors and directors. 25th annual • Byrd Theatre • Richmond, Va. • (804) 827-FILM • www.frenchfilmfestival.us 26th annual • Byrd Theatre • Richmond, Va. • (804) 827-FILM • www.frenchfilmfestival.us Obtus...... 34

Co-academic Sponsors Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond present Co-academic Sponsors Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond present Charly est vivant...... 34

Richmond,Virginia Richmond,Virginia Le Scénariste ...... 35 March 31-April 3, 2016 March 26-29, 2015 KYNG (ROY) – Baptiste Olivetti, Ministre...... 36

Sunday, March 31 1 Image Out of 140,000 ...... 35 Ramdam ...... 37 Bloom ...... 37

All films have English subtitles All films have English subtitles Exclusive Media Sponsor Exclusive Media Sponsor Triptych Raconte…...... 38 and are presented by their and are presented by their actors and directors. actors and directors. 24th annual • Byrd Theatre • Richmond, Va. • (804) 827-FILM • www.frenchfilmfestival.us 23rd annual • Byrd Theatre • Richmond, Va. • (804) 827-FILM • www.frenchfilmfestival.us Le Roi des démons du vent...... 39 KYNG (ROY) – Paul Farge, Agriculteur...... 36

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10:00 a .m . Rémi sans famille by Antoine Blossier Tuesday, March 26 Presentation by and discussion with director & screenwriter IN THE BYRD THEATRE Antoine Blossier and music composer Romaric Laurence Special Event in anticipation of the 3rd Pocahontas Reframed: 12:30 p m. . Abdel et la Comtesse by Isabelle Doval Native American Storytellers Film Festival Presentation by and discussion with director Isabelle Doval, 7:00 p m. . Hochelaga, Land of Souls by François Girard actors and Mathieu Simonet and producers Presentation by and discussion with director of the Pocahontas & screenwriters Amélie de Chassey and Pierre Kubel Reframed: Native American Storytellers Film Festival, Brad Brown 3 .00 p .m . La Finale by Robin Sykes (Pamunkey) and actor George Aguilar (Apache/Yaqui) Presentation by and discussion with director Robin Sykes All is One by Sky Bear Aguilar and Solange Aguilar and actor Thierry Lhermitte Presentation by and discussion with singer & songwriter Joost 5:40 p .m . Tueurs by François Troukens Van Lubeek, director Sky Bear Aguilar, producers George Aguilar, Presentation by and discussion with director and Joost Van Lubeek & Jeanne Labrune screenwriter François Troukens The VIP PASS of the French Film Festival-Richmond, Virginia 7:30 p .m . Official Reception at the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art will gain you free entrance to this special screening event . Byrd Theatre tickets available at the door . 7:45 p .m . Le Collier rouge by 9:45 p .m . Tout ce qu’il me reste de la révolution by Judith Davis Thursday, March 28 Presentation by and discussion with music composer IN THE VCU INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Boris Boublil 9:00 a .m . Master Class with film director and author Gérard Krawczyk Sunday, March 31 10:30 a m. . Master Class with actors and directors Julie Voisin, IN THE BYRD THEATRE Mathieu Simonet and Alexandre Tacchino 8:00 a m. . Second Short Film Series 1:00 p m. . Master Class & Homage with film director & cinematographer 1 image Out of 140,000 with Gérard Krawczyk Pierre-William Glenn Ramdam by Zangro 2:30 p m. . Master Class & Homage with actor Thierry Lhermitte Bloom by Emmanuel Fraisse IN THE BYRD THEATRE Triptyque Raconte… by Robert Boublil 5:00 p m. . Libre by Michel Toesca Le Roi des démons du vent by Clémence Poésy Presentation by and discussion with KYNG (ROY) – Paul Farge, Agriculteur by Julie Voisin, director Michel Toesca Alexandre Tacchino and Mathieu Simonet 7:30 p m. . Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Robert Enrico Presentation by and discussion with directors, screenwriters, Fait d’hiver by Robert Enrico music composers and actors Gérard Krawczyk, Emmanuel Presentation by and discussion with director Fraisse, Robert Boublil, Geeske Boublil, Boris Boublil, Clémence Jérôme Enrico and cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn Poésy, Chloé Astor, Coralie Russier, Julie Voisin, Mathieu Simonet, 10:30 p m. . A Dry White Season by Euzhan Palcy Alexandre Tacchino Presentation by and discussion with cinematographer 10:30 a .m . Et mon coeur transparent by Pierre-William Glenn David and Raphaël Vital-Durand Presentation by and discussion with actor Serge Riaboukine Friday, March 29 12:45 p m. . Les Chatouilles by Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer IN THE VCU INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Presentation by and discussion with directors, screenwriters and actors Andréa Bescond & Éric Métayer 9:00 a .m . Master Class with director and author François Troukens 3:15 p .m . L’Échange des princesses by Marc Dugain 10:15 a m. . Master Class with reporter and director Nicolas Champeaux Presentation by and discussion with cinematographer 11:30 a m. . Master Class with director and cinematographer Gilles Porte Gilles Porte 1:45 p m. . Master Class & Homage with Jérôme Enrico and screening 6:15 p .m . L’Ordre des médecins by David Roux of his film Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre Presentation by and discussion with director and screenwriter David Roux IN THE BYRD THEATRE 8:30 p .m . Le Collier rouge by Jean Becker 4:30 p m. . En mille morceaux by Véronique Mériadec Presentation by and discussion with director and Festival Venue co-author Véronique Mériadec, co-author Gérald Massé, The Byrd Theatre is located at 2908 W . Cary St . in Richmond . A parking actor Serge Riaboukine and film editor Diane Logan deck is located directly behind the theatre . 6:45 p m. . Le Procès contre Mandela et les autres by Gilles Porte and Nicolas Champeaux Presentation by and discussion with director & cinematographer Master Classes Gilles Porte and reporter & director Nicolas Champeaux Eight free and open to-the-public Master Classes will be held on the VCU campus at the new Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) . Simulta- 9:15 p m. . Méprises by Bernard Declercq neous interpretation English-French-English headsets provided without Presentation by and discussion with director & charge upon presentation of an I .D . card . The ICA Auditorium has 204 screenwriter Bernard Declercq and actress Moana Ferré seats . Please reserve your free seat by registering for each Master Class on www.eventbrite.com . VCU Parking Decks are two blocks away Saturday, March 30 from the ICA building: HH Deck (925 W . Grace Street) and BB Deck (926 IN THE BYRD THEATRE W . Grace Street) which are pay-as-you-go parking facilities . 8:00 a .m . First Short Film Series Leur jeunesse by David Roux Official Reception Sans gravité by Charline Parisot The Official Reception is for all festival student, faculty and regular VIP Obtus by Alexandre Mehring pass reception-holders who have purchased the $25 add-on for the Charly est vivant by Thomas Chansou reception . If you have purchased a pass already and did not choose the Le Scénariste by François Paquay reception add-on, you still may do so by contacting the Festival office . This special event will be held on the evening of Saturday, March 30, KYNG (ROY) – Baptiste Olivetti, Ministre by Julie Voisin, 7:30 p .m .-9:30 p .m . at the Institute for Contemporary Art, a non-smoking Alexandre Tacchino and Mathieu Simonet venue, located at 601 W . Broad Street, Richmond, VA . “Friends of the Presentation by and discussion with directors, screenwriters, Festival” pass holders will park directly in the ICA lot QQ . VIP reception and actors David Roux, Charline Parisot, Alexandre Mehring, pass holders will park in lot EE just across Grace Street behind the ICA . Philippe Bénard, Thomas Chansou, Serge Riaboukine, Julie Singer and songwriter Joost Van Lubeek will perform songs from his Voisin, Alexandre Tacchino and Mathieu Simonet upcoming album All Is One . Catering provided by Max’s on Broad .

3 A Special Event in anticipation of the 3rd Pocahontas Reframed: Native American Storytellers Film Festival

Hochelaga, terre des âmes (Hochelaga, Land of Souls) English synopsis feature A tremendous downpour hits Montreal and a spectacular PARENTAL DISCRETION Pocahontas Reframed: sinkhole opens up in Percival Molson Stadium in the middle of a football game . The stadium is evacuated, and director Native American Storytellers a few hours later, it becomes a protected archaeological François Girard Film Festival director Brad site . Centuries of history are revealed beneath the field . cinematographer Brown and actor George Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny begins investi- Nicolas Bolduc gating, and he will discover the multitude of generations Aguilar present Hochelaga, screenwriter who have occupied this land, each with buried secrets . François Girard Several generations of people from different cultures terre des âmes music composers have occupied this place and rubbed shoulders, some-  Gyan Riley  times in violence . 750 years of history reside in this land . Terry Riley It may even be the place where Jacques Cartier spoke producers with the Iroquois from the small village of Hochelaga, which Roger Frappier would soon be known as Montreal . Sylvie Lacoste starring Synopsis en français Vincent Perez Une pluie torrentielle s’abat sur Montréal et un immense Naiade Aoun trou s’ouvre au milieu du Stade Percival Molson au cours Raoul Max Trujillo d’un match de football . Le stade est évacué et quelques Gilbert Wahiakéron heures plus tard, il devient un site archéologique protégé . Samian Des siècles d’Histoire sont révélés sous le terrain . running time L’archéologue Mohawk Baptiste Asigny commence ses 1h 40min recherches et découvrira la multitude de générations qui ont occupé cette terre, chacune y ayant enfoui ses secrets . Plusieurs générations de personnes de différentes cultures ont occupé cet endroit et se sont côtoyées, parfois avec violence . 750 ans d’Histoire se sont déroulés sur ce lieu . Ce serait peut-être même l’endroit où Jacques Cartier s’est entretenu avec des Iroquois du petit village Hochelaga, qui allait bientôt porter le nom de Montréal .

    All Is One music video & live performance Director Sky Bear Aguilar, producers George Aguilar & Jeanne Labrune, and singer, songwriter & producer Joost Van Lubeek present All Is One

ALL AUDIENCES original music & lyrics Joost Van Lubeek directors Sky Bear Aguilar & Solange Aguilar running time 8min cinematographer Sky Bear Aguilar Singer Joost Van Lubeek will also perform producers George Aguilar, Joost Van songs from his upcoming album All Is One Lubeek & Jeanne Labrune during the Official Reception of the French additional footage Solange Aguilar Film Festival on Saturday evening, March 30 editor Sky Bear Aguilar in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (see starring Joost Van Lubeek & Hassan Ying page 5) .

4 Meet the French Delegation during our Reception Saturday, March 30th 7:30-9:30 p.m. Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU (ICA) 601 W. Broad Street

The Official Reception of the 27th French Film Festival with the delegation of directors, actors and artists from will include live music by singer/songwriter Joost Van Lubeek who is launching his debut album, All Is One, at the Festival.

Catering provided by Max’s on Broad. Please make sure to purchase the reception add-on to your Festival pass for entrance into the reception.

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Proud sponsor of the 27th French Film Festival and Master Classes influences and a sort of visual interconnectivity between a Introduction to new generation of filmmakers like Troukens, Voisin, Tacchino and Simonet with celebrated directors such as author and director José Giovanni, directors Jean Becker, Jean Renoir, the Master Classes , Pierre-William Glenn, Gérard Krawczyk, his year, eight free and open-to-the-public Master and stunt coordinator Rémy Julienne . Classes will be held on the VCU campus at the new Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) . Simultaneous Director and reporter Nicolas Champeaux with director interpretation headsets will allow everyone to par- Gilles Porte will carry on the important, critical work of T militant, engaged, “citizen camera” filmmaking . Cham- ticipate in the discussions regardless of English or French proficiency levels . The ICA Auditorium has 204 seats . Please peaux and Porte will unveil the creative genesis as well as reserve your free seat by registering for each Master Class their innovative storytelling methods behind their poignant on www .eventbrite com. . documentary, The State Against Mandela and the Others: generated from the audio recordings of the entire judicial Human rights, social justice, mental health and aging, proceedings in 1963 and 1964 against and environmental activism, immigration, reconciliation, artistic his fellow freedom fighters . The trial which ultimately set freedom and expression are some of the themes weaved into motion, and finally realized twenty-seven years later, throughout the selection of films in this year’s Festival . the end of . These two days of Master Classes permit a better understanding into how directors, screenwriters, actors, and artist-technicians create ingenious “Your Festival’s Master Classes are so beneficial because they ways through the visual and aural power of cin- provide direct interaction with the creators and artists. Each ema to communicate important issues facing our Master Class gives us critical insights and real knowledge world today while captivating and entertaining the viewer . Discussions in the Master Classes also about so many aspects of filmmaking from the professionals reveal from whom artists have drawn inspirations themselves. It changes, for the better, the way we understand, and with whom they elaborated, or pushed even appreciate and critically view films. They are packed with further, certain styles and cinema genres . crucial hands-on information that traditional academic film On Thursday, director Gérard Krawczyk kicks off courses simply cannot provide.” the Master Class series with an intriguing project - (From a former student attendee) he designed, aimed at sparking ideas and creative incentives to move more students and citizens into the arts of screenwriting and film production . Gilles Porte will also elaborate on the artistic and technical Actors, writers and producers Julie Voisin, Alexandre Tac- choices he decides to make when working as director and/ chino and Mathieu Simonet invite us into the development or cinematographer on documentaries, features, animations of their new and highly original television series . A series or virtual-reality films . where History and each character’s (hi)story enter into new The director Jérôme Enrico will cap the Master Class series contextual and artistic articulations ultimately challenging with a presentation of the remarkable career of his father, spectators to re-evaluate our present situation: consumer- director Robert Enrico, and a special screening of his new ism, social and political formatting weighing down citizens, documentary Robert Enrico, A Brief Passage on Earth, a their lives and their (our) future(s) . true Master Class in itself and an excellent way to tie-in Both cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn and actor together these two days of discussions on filmmaking . Thierry Lhermitte will share more insights into their distin- So, mark your calendar, reserve your free seat, grab your guished and illustrious careers during two Master Classes – simultaneous interpretation headset at the ICA, and then Homages . Thank you Pierre-William and Thierry for all that enter into the transformative worlds of cinema . you have given to cinema and to our Festival throughout the years! The Festival acknowledges and thanks Le Lycée Rochambeau On Friday, the Master Class series start up with Belgian for a new partnership that helps provide some of the funding director François Troukens whose personal career path necessary to continue offering these special exchanges with leading him into professional filmmaking is definitely not the professionals in the film industry. Le Lycée Rochambeau has norm . His entry into writing, publishing and filming continues incorporated the Master Classes and the Festival itself as an a trajectory to a specific style of French cinematic storytell- integral part of their students’ experiences in its cinema and ing . One will see during the Master Classes several links, theater programs.

Simultaneous interpretation headsets provided without charge upon presentation of an I.D. card. Reserve your free seat on www.eventbrite.com for each Master Class. VCU Parking Decks are two blocks away from the ICA building: HH Deck (925 W. Grace Street) and BB Deck (926 W. Grace Street) which are pay-as-you-go parking facilities.

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Genesis and Diversity in Cinematic Writing from Image(s) and Sound(s) With director, screenwriter, cinematographer and author Gérard Krawczyk & with the short film competition winner from EICAR (École Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation, ) Thursday, March 28, 9:00-10:20 a.m. Free and open to the public

The photo exhibit, 1 Image Out of 140,000, whose world première took place at the 25th French Film Festival, continues to be a springboard for the cre- ative imagination . The premise of the exhibit: a photo taken from a sequence of an imaginary, potential, 3%15%.#%º "7!9  '( film is proposed with its possible script and with an 6KHFOLPEVWKHVWDLUVWU\LQJWRORRNDVQDWXUDODVSRVVLEOH+HUKDQGEDJIHHOVDVLILWLVEXUQLQJKHUDUP,QVLGHLW original musical composition created by Armand WKHUHYROYHUZLWKWKHPRWKHURISHDUOKDQGJULSLVORDGHG6L[EXOOHWV+HURQO\IHDULVWKDWKHUKDQGZLOOWUHPEOH Amar, Maïdi Roth or Pierre Oberkampf . It is, then, up ZKHQKHRSHQVKLVGRRUWRKHU6WLOORQHPRUHIOLJKWRIVWDLUVDQGVKHZLOOEHRXWVLGH6KHWKRXJKWRIHYHU\WKLQJ ([FHSWRQHGHWDLO6RPHRQHLVIROORZLQJKHU to the viewer to invent the rest of the story, the film, triggered uniquely from that single shot, script and accompanying music . %8#%204º&2/-º4(%º&),-º4/º"%º ,/6%º-% Now, two years later, film students from the EICAR School, in Paris, have actually generated their own short films, all sparked from one of these single images, its short contextual description, and origi- nal musical composition . The school then selected twelve scenarios and asked the students to go into How do ideas come to us? production . “Often, we think we do not have enough Initiator of this EICAR short film project, Gérard Krawczyk, imagination or talent. The anxiety of the a renowned director and cinematographer in his own blank page. The fear of being speechless, right, will share during this Master Class the creative steps students underwent in order to bring their diverse imageless. Every night, when my daughters ideas into the filmmaking process . Some of these short were small, I told them a story. After a films will be shown during the Master Class . The winner while, during the day, anxiety increased: of the competition, selected by a jury of film industry professionals, for best artistic creation will accompany what in the world would I tell them tonight? Gérard Krawczyk and elaborate on his/her own experi- So I started to adopt ence: a collaborative process incorporating the ideas the principle of the and talents of fellow peers specializing in screenwriting, series: “to be continued music composition, sound, cinematography, costumes, set-design and additional trades of artist-technicians . tomorrow. . .” to give me time to think.”

Gérard Krawczyk and the laureate of the EICAR - Gérard Krawczyk film competition will present the winning film during the Sunday morning shorts (see page 35).

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Mathieu Simonet

Bringing Originality to the Cinematic Art of Television Series With Julie Voisin (director & screenwriter), Alexandre Tacchino (author & actor) and Mathieu Simonet (cinematographer & actor) Thursday, March 28, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE and open to the public Have you ever wondered: How does one trans- How can one bring to life an historical period form one’s dreams into an attractive, concrete, through images infusing the past into the political achievable cinematographic project? and social context of today, and achieve this with Julie Voisin This Master Class strives to answer that spe- a limited production budget? cific question . Julie Voisin, Alexandre Tacchino How does the creation of an imaginary and his- and Mathieu Simonet will illustrate just that by torical world make it possible to address current presenting their new series, KYNG (ROY) and issues? its first five pilot shows . What effective cinematic strategies to use in With them, we will explore the entire creative order to shake-up and change present political, process by addressing its different stages, from economic and social complacency? the initial original, imagined universe, to writing- (*Uchrony: Fictional reconstruction of history, recounting stages, and then on to fundraising . the facts as they might have occurred ). From utopia to uchrony*, KYNG is an ambitious project with a specifically original social and con- With the explosion of TV series all over temporary context steeped in history . The French the world, this Master Class on an original royalty survived the Revolution of 1789 and now project blending past with present unveils the Kingdom, its subjects – our contemporaries – the developmental and creative cinematic are dealing with today’s recession . process from the ground-up.

Julie Voisin, Alexandre Tacchino and Mathieu Simonet will present two episodes of their series during the Saturday and Sunday short screenings (see page 36).

Alexandre Tacchino

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A Cinematographer’s Time is One of Eternity With cinematographer and director Pierre-William Glenn Thursday, March 28, 1:00 - 2:20 p.m. FREE and open to the public If there is one French cinematogra- pher that all American moviegoers should know, it is Pierre-William Glenn . His camerawork in La Nuit américaine (Day for Night) by Fran- çois Truffaut is a reference used in film classes around the world . Pierre-William Glenn is also a pio- neer for incorporating new cinema technologies, be it new cameras and accessories like the steady-cam (ex . scenes shot with perfection in Coup de torchon (Clean Slate) and La Mort as serving as the responsible agency rations with a host of directors . The en direct (Death Watch) for films by for all of the projections at the Cannes director Bertrand Tavernier) or in stories Pierre-William has to share International Film Festival and our beta-testing the latest generations could, and should be, hopefully one of cameras, lenses, 35mm/digital own Festival . Pierre-William Glenn day, a book and reference in itself on sensors and film stock . In his more is also responsible for securing the the history and the technologies of than 100 films as cinematographer, tradition at the of filmmaking from the origins of cinema Pierre-William has consistently shared awarding, by a special jury of profes- to today . The audience attending this his craft of filmmaking, his incredibly sionals, the Vulcain Prize to the most special Homage and Master Class is innovative visual, framing and lighting original and distinctive work by an in for a true treat . One will quickly re- techniques while working with world- artist-technician among the films in alize the reasons why Pierre-William renowned directors and actors, and it official competition . He also serves Glenn is a leader and master in the is an impressive list indeed . as President to the Association for field of cinematography, and respect- Assistance to Cineastes (Association ed as such by the profession . The generosity of Pierre-William d’entr’aide aux cinéastes - AEC), Glenn does not stop on a film set . to the Parisian based Association With other iconic cinematographers, Pierre-William French Cinema in America (FCinA), Glenn will pres- such as , Pierre and as Honorary President to the an- Lhomme, , Pierre-Wil- ent A Dry White nual VCU & UR French Film Festival . Season by direc- liam founded the AFC (Association He is more than a colleague; Pierre- tor Euzhan Palcy for French Cinematographers) . For William is a brother, he is family, to us on Thursday, years, he has been a professor and here in Richmond . March 28 at the director of the Image Depart- 10:30 p.m. in the ment at the prestigious film school For this special Master Class and Byrd Theatre in Paris, La FEMIS, from where he Homage, VCU & UR film students and will also and other notable directors gradu- have created a short film pulling present with director Jérôme Enrico ated when it was called IDHEC . As scenes and spectacular visual im- the feature film Fait d’hiver by direc- the President, and now Honorary ages from films created by the cin- tor Robert Enrico the same evening, President, of the High Commission ematographer and also the director at 7:30 p.m. in the Byrd Theatre. on Cinema Technologies (CST), he Pierre-William Glenn . He will discuss Pierre-William Glenn was the cinema- and his team of artist-technicians those filming techniques and styles tographer for both films. (see pages have ensured the highest projection developed throughout his ever-busy 17 & 18) standards for the profession as well and on-going career and his collabo-

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Thierry Lhermitte: A Heart Throb Pouring Laughter and Love Into Acting and Life With French actor Thierry Lhermitte Thursday, March 28, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Free and open to the public Twenty-three years ago, the VCU & UR French Film Festival audiences became too large for any of the cinema spaces on or near campus . That year 1996, the 4th Festival know French film, theatre or culture dedication to important charities, like relocated its screenings into the Byrd if they are not familiar with Thierry his work for the past fourteen years Theatre and moreover it was also Lhermitte, the actor, but also all that with La Fondation pour la Recherche when the Festival decided to move Thierry Lhermitte, the down-to-earth Médicale (FRM) . from teleconferencing with the del- great guy, who does, away from the egation members to inviting them to Thierry will give us a privileged look spotlights, so much for people . This into his acting craft, the interaction Richmond in-person . The first guest: Master Class is designed so every- actor Thierry Lhermitte, who came to he has had with a diverse range of one can get to know Thierry and directors, actors and actresses, and present the film Le Zèbre directed by his career even better . VCU & UR . Throughout the years, into what makes this icon of French film students have created a short cinema tick . Thierry has been a faithful friend, an homage film tracing Thierry’s career ambassador and advocate for our from the early days with the comic annual celebration of French cinema theatre troupe at Le Spendide, the On Saturday, March 30 at 3:00 and culture . This year, it is quite stage and screen blockbuster hits fitting that we honor Thierry who is p.m. in the Byrd and their sequels like Le Père Noël Theatre, Thierry returning to the Byrd Theatre, ac- est une ordure, Les Bronzés, Les companied by director Robin Sykes, Lhermitte with Ripoux up through his latest films like director Robin to present their latest film La Finale, La Nouvelle Vie de Paul Sneijder and Sykes will pres- and who is offering us this special La Finale . The versatility and range of ent their film La Master Class . his acting for theatre and for cinema Finale (see page In fact, one cannot honestly claim to is only matched by his off-screen 25).

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From Shadow to Light With director and author François Troukens Friday, March 29, 9:00-10:00 a.m. Free and open to the public

Crime Thrillers have been part of filmographies by such famous French directors as Henri Georges Clouzot, Jean- Pierre Melville, José Giovanni and Robert Enrico, just to name a few . François Troukens continues the tradition but brings both personal and professional new twists and turns to the genre . During this Master Class, the Belgian filmmaker, author and screenwriter will, on the one hand, share his cinematographic approaches and techniques to filmmaking, and on the other hand, mesmerize the audience, to the extent of their jaws dropping, regarding the cir- cumstances that brought him to become an author, a publisher, a film director and screenwriter . He will also describe his activ- ism against prison radicaliza- tion through his Chrysalibre association, and his advocating for more culture in the prison environment . François Troukens will explain the reasons for his incarceration and how he, while being inside, was able to reconcile with society through literary studies and film pro- duction training . He will also emphasize how José Giovanni has been par- ticularly important to him, as he is the one who advised him to start writing, and to train to embrace a new direction, a new career: writing and film directing . Having gone through similar life predicaments before becoming a notorious writer, screenwriter and film director, Giovanni was the first one to see Troukens’ talent and the relevance of applying his previous life’s experiences directly to filmmaking .

François Troukens will present his feature filmTueurs in the Byrd Theatre at 5:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 (see page 26).

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In 2016, he produced a radio program Archives: based on the audio archives of the A Goldmine for Rivonia trial (the trial of Mandela) . Then “Archives are tough he teamed up with Gilles Porte and Radio and Cinema Oerd to create the feature documentary to beat when it comes The State Against Mandela and the Production to telling a story with Others (Le Procès contre Mandela et With director and les autres) based on the 256 hours of accuracy, and I find journalist-reporter the trial’s audio recordings . In February Nicolas Champeaux this year, he produced a one-hour radio raw and authentic Friday, March 29, documentary « Ahmed and Sylvia, Let- 10:15-11:15 a.m. ters of Apartheid » based on the twenty material very moving. FREE and open to the public year correspondence between Ahmed Archives do come Kathrada, one of Mandela’s inmates Nicolas Champeaux is a French- on Robben island, and his fiancée and with a challenge, American journalist . He has been fellow activist, Sylvia Neame, who was using archives as a starting point for in exile in England and Germany . but challenges call a wide range of productions through- In his Master Class, Nicolas Cham- out his career, notably as journalist in for creative and peaux will explore the infinite ways some of the most dangerous areas in of incorporating archives into various innovative solutions, Africa . In 2013, he produced a radio media formats, without jeopardizing the and multimedia series based on a rare authenticity of these pieces of history . that’s why I find them manuscript he found whilst reporting in Timbuktu, for Radio France Inter- exciting.” nationale . The document is the secret Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte roadmap for written by the head will present their new film The State - Nicolas of Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Against Mandela and the Others on Champeaux who occupied northern Mali with other Friday, March 29 at 6:45 p.m. in the extremist militants for ten months . Byrd Theatre (see pages 20-21).

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Which Image for Which Film? With director, screenwriter and cinematographer Gilles Porte Friday, March 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free and open to the public

President of the AFC (French Asso- ciation of Cinematographers), Gilles Porte addresses during this Master Class his work with images, reasons for choices of images, framing and light all depending upon the nature of the film in question whether social dramas, documentaries, virtual reality or animations . Showing examples of his work as a cinematographer, more than 29 feature films to date, Gilles Porte will illustrate his reasoning for professional and artistic choices he makes . In addition to his discus- sions, spectators at the Festival will have the occasion to discover two aesthetically different films shot by Gilles, L’Échange des princesses directed by Marc Dugain and his latest feature documentary The State Against Mandela and the Others, co- directed with Nicolas Champeaux . Following Nicolas Champeaux’s Master Class, Gilles Porte will give further insights of how they worked together, alongside illustrator Oerd, to create The State Against Mandela and the Others . From sound-only archives, how can this historical trial, which did not have a visual record- ing, be relayed with authenticity and truthfulness? Which images to choose and adopt in order to make the voices of the accused, judged 57 years ago by the South African confrontations with their prosecutor Nicolas Champeaux and Oerd have State, resound in the ears of the half a century earlier . How can the constructed visuals to accompany audience? In front of the camera, the choice of images avoid the risk of the voices of those men and women surviving defendants listened for the attenuating, covering up the original who actually put Apartheid on trial, at first time, headphones on, to their voices of the accused? Gilles Porte, the risk of their own lives .

Gilles Porte and Nicolas Champeaux will present The State Against Mandela and the Others on Friday, March 29 at 6:45 p.m. in the Byrd Theatre. On Sunday, March 31 at 3:15 p.m. in the Byrd Theatre, Gilles Porte will also present L’Échange des princesses by director Marc Dugain for which he was the cinematographer (see pages 20-21 and 31).

14 Master Class & HOmage

Robert Enrico, A Brief Passage on Earth: Portrait of a Filmmaker by his Son With director Jérôme Enrico Friday, March 29, 1:45-3:30 p.m. Free and open to the public

“My father, Robert Enrico, directed twenty-two films! The most famous? Le Vieux fusil (The Old Gun), Les Grandes Gueules (The Wise Guys), Les Aventuriers (The Last Ad- venture) . . and for connoisseurs a short film, Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, for which he received the Palme d’Or in Cannes and an Oscar in Hollywood . My father was a filmmaker, I am a filmmaker . . Like bakers, we passed along from father to son the tradition of making films . So the least I could do was to make one about him . But where do you start? By the only film that does not appear in his filmography, the only film he dreamed of and that, Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre by Jérôme Enrico in this sense, belongs to him forever: Coup de Foudre (2018, 1h24) (Love at First Sight), with Catherine Deneuve and Philippe names of the profession . Robert Enrico, A Brief Pas- Noiret, a film that no one will ever see!” sage on Earth is a personal quest nourished by numer- From these recovered and never projected images, ous archives and testimonies . His film takes us through Jérôme Enrico enters the footsteps of his father, a son French cinema from the 1960s to the 1990s and evokes of Italian immigrants, passionate about cinema and with great emotion and sensitivity the art of filmmaking, who will succeed in making his place among the great its creation, its filiation and its transmission .

Jérôme Enrico Jérôme started as an assistant director to his fa- ther, Robert Enrico, as well as to Patrice Chéreau and Robert Altman . He also became a professor and Director at ESEC (École Supérieure d’Études Cinématographiques), a renowned professional school of film and audiovisual techniques in Paris . He has continued his career as a director and scriptwriter for numerous television programs and documentaries . Recently, he authored and directed three features films: Paulette (2013), Ce- rise (2015) and Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre (2018) .

Jérôme Enrico will present his father’s highly ac- claimed and award-winning short film Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge followed by Robert Enrico’s last feature film Fait d’hiver to be screened on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Byrd Theatre alongside the cinematographer of the film, Pierre-William Glenn (see page 17).

15 Libre (To the Four Winds)

documentary French director, screenwriter and cinematographer Michel Toesca presents Libre

English synopsis The Roya is a valley in Southern France Michel Toesca located near the Italian border . An olive gives world cin- grove farmer, Cédric Herrou, lives in this ema viewers long valley . The day he comes across migrants, deserved, true, he decides, with other nearby inhabitants, real-life, super- to welcome them . He offers them shelter heroes: Cédric and assists them in their applications for legal asylum . For doing so, he is declared Herrou and his to be an outlaw by the French judicial team of conscien- ALL AUDIENCES system . . . Michel Toesca, Cédric Her- tious French citi- director Michel Toesca rou’s longtime friend who also lives in the zens fighting for cinematographer Michel Toesca Roya, spent three years following him . A social justice and concerned and sensitive witness, Michel, screenwriter Michel Toesca human rights on camera in hand, participates in and docu- music composer Magic Malik ments this citizen resistance day after day . the Franco-Italian producer Jean-Marie Gigon This film tells the story of the fight led by border. starring Cédric Herrou Cédric and many others . running time 1h 40min Synopsis en français La Roya, vallée du sud de la France frontalière avec l’Italie . Cédric Herrou, agriculteur, y cultive ses oliviers . Le jour où il croise la route des réfugiés, il décide, avec d’autres habitants de la vallée, de les accueillir, de leur offrir un refuge et de les aider à déposer leur demande d’asile . Mais en agissant ainsi, il est considéré hors-la-loi . . Michel Toesca, ami de longue date de Cédric et habitant aussi de la Roya, l’a suivi durant trois ans . Témoin concerné et sensibilisé, caméra en main, il a participé et filmé au jour le jour cette résistance citoyenne . Ce film est l’histoire du combat de Cédric et de tant d’autres .

16 What happens when media hype Fait d’hiver (Till Death Do Us Part) and fake news take center stage.

English synopsis feature January 1970, in the countryside, not far from Montauban, France . Louis French director Jérôme Riquier has custody of his children for Enrico and French cinema- the weekend and decides not to return tographer Pierre-William them to their mother Lucianna . The younger ones are delighted to stay in Glenn present Fait d’hiver the country house, which they trans- ALL AUDIENCES form into a fort, barricading doors and director Robert Enrico windows with the help of their father . cinematographer Pierre-William Lucianna has filed a complaint but the Glenn gendarmerie Commander, Ducroix, screenwriters Robert Enrico, stalls for time: he knows and appreci- Jean-Claude Grumberg ates Riquier who served under his music composer Jean-Yves command during the Algerian war . The d’Angelo media steps in . . . producers François Cohen-Séat, Gilbert Hus, Jean-Pierre Fabre- Synopsis en français Bernadac, Bernard Berge Janvier 1970, en pleine campagne, fortin, barricadant avec leur père portes starring , Béatrice non loin de Montauban . Louis Riquier et fenêtres . Lucianna a porté plainte Palme, Jean-Francois Stévenin, a pour le week-end la garde de ses mais le commandant de gendarmerie , Michel Duchaussoy, enfants et a décidé de ne pas les Ducroix temporise : il connait et Romaric Perche, Jessica Lecucq, rendre à leur mère Lucianna . Les plus apprécie Riquier qu’il a eu sous ses Camille Du Fresne jeunes sont ravis de rester dans la ordres pendant la guerre d’Algérie . Les running time 1h 45min maisonnette qu’ils transforment en médias s’emparent de l’affaire…

These two films are associated with Jérôme Enrico’s Free Master Class and screening of his new documentary Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre, taking place on Friday, March 29 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (see page 15). short French director Jérôme Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Enrico presents Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge English synopsis In 1862, during the American Civil War, a ALL AUDIENCES Southern civilian is about to be hanged for director Robert Enrico attempting to sabotage a railway bridge . cinematographer Jean Boffety When the execution takes place from the screenwriter Robert Enrico bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his based on the short story An escape toward home . Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce Synopsis en français music composer Henri Lanoë En 1862, pendant la guerre civile américaine, producers Paul de Roubaix, un civil du Sud est sur le point d’être pendu Marcel Ichac pour avoir tenté de saboter un pont ferroviaire . starring Roger Jacquet, Anne Lorsque l’exécution a lieu depuis le pont, la Cornaly, Anker Larsen, Stéphane Fey, corde se rompt et il commence sa fuite en Jean-François Zeller, Pierre Danny, direction de sa maison . Louis Adelin running time 28min Oscar - Best Short Film 1964 Palme d’Or Cannes – Best Short Film 1962

17 A Dry White Season (Une saison blanche et sèche)

feature French cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn presents A Dry White Season

English synopsis Ben du Toit is a school teacher who has always considered himself a caring and rightful man, at least on the individual level . When his gar- dener’s son is brutally beaten up by the police during a demonstration by black schoolchildren, he starts to realize that his own society is built ALL AUDIENCES on a pillar of injustice and exploitation . director Euzhan Palcy cinematographers Pierre-William Glenn, Synopsis en français Kelvin Pike Ben du Toit est un instituteur qui s’est toujours considéré comme screenwriters Colin Welland, un homme d’attention et de justice, du moins sur le plan personnel . Euzhan Palcy Lorsque le fils de son jardinier est passé à tabac par la police lors d’une manifestation d’écoliers noirs, il commence peu à peu à réaliser que sa based on the eponym novel propre société est construite sur l’injustice et l’exploitation . by André Brink music composer David Grusin This special screening is associated with Friday’s film The State producers Paula Weinstein, Against Mandela and the Others (Le Procès contre Mandela et Tim Hampton, Mary Selway les autres) by directors Gilles Porte and Nicolas Champeaux and starring , Susan with Free Master Classes by Pierre-William Glenn, Gilles Porte Sarandon, , Janet Suzman, and Nicolas Champeaux taking place on Thursday, March 28 Zakes Mokae, Jurgen Prochnow and Friday, March 29 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art running time 1h 46min (see pages 10, 13-14, 20-21).

18 En mille morceaux (In a Thousand Pieces)

English synopsis feature In 1977, Éric Gaubert murdered Nicole Restorative Justice like French director, co-producer Parmentier’s child Olivier . Twenty-five never felt nor filmed years later, this mother, whose life has before on the big screen. & co-screenwriter Véronique been shattered, asks to meet her son’s Mériadec, co-screenwriter & murderer who has been just released Mesmerizing perfor- co-producer Gérald Massé, from prison . What is the purpose of mance. An actors’ film. actor Serge Riaboukine, such a meeting? Vengeance? Or, the need to understand what pushed this and film editor Diane Logan man to commit something so irreparable? present En mille morceaux Synopsis en français 1977, Éric Gaubert assassine Olivier, l’enfant de Nicole Parmentier . Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, cette mère à la vie brisée donne rendez-vous au meurtrier de son fils qui vient de sortir de prison . Quel est le but de cette rencontre ? Une simple vengeance ou la volonté de comprendre ce qui a poussé cet homme à commettre l’irréparable ?

ALL AUDIENCES director Véronique Mériadec cinematographer Pierre Baboin screenwriters Véronique Mériadec, Gérald Massé music composer Elisa Eden producers Véronique Mériadec, Gérald Massé, Yannick Bernard, Soraya Mounir film editor Diane Logan starring Serge Riaboukine and Clémentine Célarié running time 1h 22min

19 Le Procès contre Mandela et les autres (The State Against Mandela and the Others)

documentary French cinematographer & director Gilles Porte and French-American reporter and director Nicolas Champeaux present Le Procès contre Mandela et les autres

English synopsis History remembers only one man in the Audio archives, struggle against Apartheid: Nelson Mandela . rare interviews He would have been 100 years old last year . He was at the center-stage of a historic trial with the nine in 1963 and 1964 . Also on trial were eight accused or their others who, like Mandela, faced the death surviving family sentence . Up against an overzealous Pros- members, mas- ecutor, they decide together to turn their trial into a rostrum against Apartheid . Based on terfully weaved recently recovered sound archives of those together with hearings, the film permits us to relive the images to ignite intense power struggle within these decisive and animate courtroom battles . before viewers Synopsis en français the struggle that ALL AUDIENCES L’histoire de la lutte contre l’Apartheid ne changed South directors Nicolas Champeaux retient qu’un seul homme : Nelson Mandela . Africa forever. and Gilles Porte Il aurait eu cent ans l’année dernière . Il s’est révélé au cours d’un procès historique en cinematrographer Gilles Porte 1963 et 1964 . Sur le banc des accusés, huit de ses camarades de lutte screenwriters Nicolas Champeaux risquaient aussi la peine de mort . Face à un procureur zélé, ils décident and Gilles Porte ensemble de transformer leur procès en tribune contre l’Apartheid . music composer Aurélien Chouzenoux Basé sur les archives sonores des audiences récemment exhumées, le film nous permet de revivre au plus près ce bras de fer . graphic designer Oerd Van Cuijlenborg producers William Jéhannin, Julie This screening is associated with Thursday’s film A Dry White Gayet, Nadia Turincev, Antoun Sehnaoui, Season (Une saison blanche et sèche) presented by cinematographer Raphaëlle Delauche Pierre-William Glenn and with Free Master Classes by Pierre-William Glenn, Gilles Porte and Nicolas Champeaux taking place on Thursday, distributor Ezra Ezzard (Artification) March 28 and Friday, March 29 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary running time 1h 46min Art (see pages 10, 13-14, 18).

20 21 Méprises (Dissonance)

English synopsis feature Doctor Lepage knows his wife, Françoise, Cinema has not had Belgian director and very well . He protects her, watches over this since Hitchcock. her . . . Masterfully, he keeps away all the screenwriter Bernard A stunning thriller ‘butterflies’ that approach her . Françoise and psychological Declercq and French knows that she is beautiful . She feels the desire lodged in the gaze of men drama encompassing actress Moana Ferré lusting after her . But with Jacques, she three chronologically present Méprises is sure, it is going to be different . unveiled points of view exponentially Synopsis en français making relationships Le docteur Lepage connaît bien sa even more complex. femme, Françoise . Il la préserve, veille sur elle… D’une main de maître, il Therefore the title. éloignera tous les « papillons » qui s’approcheront d’elle . Françoise sait qu’elle est belle, elle le voit dans le regard effrayant de désir qu’elle suscite auprès des hommes . Mais avec Jacques, elle en est sûre, ce sera différent .

MATURE AUDIENCE director Bernard Declercq cinematographer C .L . Zvonock screenwriter Bernard Declercq adapted from the novel Côté jardin by Alain Monnier music composer Yves Gourmeur producers Nicolas George, Jean-Luc Van Damme, Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn starring Moana Ferré, Pascal Greggory, Benjamin Ramon, Fabrizio Rongione, Nicolas Vaude running time 1h 30min

22 Rémi sans famille (Remi, Nobody’s Boy)

feature French director & screenwri- ter Antoine Blossier and music composer Romaric Laurence present Rémi sans famille

English synopsis Adapted from Hector Malot’s celebrat- Continuing the Saturday ed classic novel, Sans famille, follows morning tradition of the the adventures of Rémi, a young or- Festival, this family film phan raised by the kind Mrs . Barberin . takes viewers through At age ten, he is torn away from his adoptive mother and placed in the late nineteenth century care of Signor Vitalis, a mysterious France with excitement traveling performer . With him, Rémi and breath-taking mo- ALL AUDIENCES learns the arduous life of a wandering ments. A style of French entertainer and sings to earn his keep . director Antoine Blossier filmmaking that makes With their loyal dog Capi and the little Disney jealous. cinematographer Romain Lacourbas monkey Joli-Coeur, Rémi embarks on screenwriter Antoine Blossier a long journey through France . The adapted from the novel Sans famille encounters, friendships and acts of solidarity he experiences along the by Hector Malot way eventually lead him to the secret of his origins . . . producers Eric Jehelmann, Philippe Rousselet Synopsis en français music composer Romaric Laurence Rémi sans famille, adaptation du célèbre roman d’Hector Malot, retrace les aventures du jeune Rémi, orphelin recueilli par la douce Madame starring , Maleaume Barberin . À l’âge de 10 ans, il est arraché à sa mère adoptive et confié Paquin, Virginie Ledoyen, Jonathan Zaccaï, au Signor Vitalis, un mystérieux musicien ambulant . À ses côtés, il va Jacques Perrin, Ludivine Sagnier apprendre la rude vie de saltimbanque et à chanter pour gagner son running time 1h 48min pain . Accompagné du fidèle chien Capi et du petit singe Joli-Coeur, son long voyage à travers la France, fait de rencontres, d’amitiés et d’entraide, le mène au secret de ses origines…

23 Abdel et la Comtesse (Abdel and the Countess)

feature French director Isabelle Doval, actors Charlotte de Turckheim and Mathieu Simonet and producers & screenwriters Amélie de Chassey and Pierre Kubel present Abdel et la Comtesse

English synopsis After the death of the Count, Here is a comedy that Countess of Montarbie d’Haust expresses what all human must hand down the nobility beings know deep within title and the domain to a man in themselves. People from all the family, as aristocratic tradi- cultures can live together. No tion requires . Nevertheless, she cannot resign herself to hand moats, no gated-communities, down the domain to Gonzague, no fences nor walls needed. an arrogant and cupid nephew, instead of to her own daughter . ALL AUDIENCES Suddenly comes Abdel, a resourceful and clever young man from director Isabelle Doval the projects who has taken refuge in the castle . His meeting with the cinematographer Gilles Henry Countess is going to make sparks! They both come from two different worlds, but still might be able to help each other . . . screenwriters Amélie de Chassey, Pierre Kubel, Sophie Glass, Colombe Savignac Synopsis en français composers Krishna Levy, Mickael Winter A la mort du Comte, la Comtesse de Montarbie d’Haust doit producers Amélie de Chassey, Pierre transmettre le titre de noblesse et le domaine à un homme de la famille, Kubel, Michel Rosenberg comme le veut la tradition aristocratique . Elle ne peut cependant se résoudre à transmettre le domaine à Gonzague, un neveu arrogant et starring Charlotte de Turckheim, cupide, plutôt qu’à sa fille . Quand Abdel, un jeune de cité débrouillard Mathieu Simonet, Amir El Kacem, Margaux et astucieux, trouve refuge dans leur château, sa rencontre avec la Chatelier, Anne Consigny, Sam Karmann Comtesse va faire des étincelles ! Issus de deux mondes que tout running time 1h 35min oppose, ils pourraient bien s’aider mutuellement…

24 La Finale (In the Game)

English synopsis feature Everyone in the Verdi family takes great A touching comedy French actor Thierry care of Roland, the grandfather, who attesting to the fact is starting to lose his mind . Everyone, that sickness is no Lhermitte and director that is, except JB, the teen of the family . match for intergen- Robin Sykes present He has one goal: to go to Paris with his basketball team for the championship erational family love. La Finale final . However, his parents, detained that weekend, ask him to give his dream up in order to watch over his grandfather . JB decides to take his grandfather along . Nothing on this trip will go as planned . . . Synopsis en français Toute la famille Verdi est aux petits soins pour s’occuper de Roland, le grand-père, qui perd un peu la boule ces derniers temps . Tous sauf JB, l’ado de la famille, qui n’a qu’un seul but : monter à Paris pour disputer sa finale de basket . Mais ses parents, bloqués ce week-end- là, lui demandent d’y renoncer pour surveiller son grand-père . JB décide alors de l’embarquer avec lui . Pendant ce voyage, rien ne se passera comme prévu…

ALL AUDIENCES director Robin Sykes cinematographer Jean-François Hensgens screenwriters Robin Sykes, Antoine Raimbault music composer Etienne Forget producers Thibaut Gast, Matthias Weber starring Thierry Lhermitte, Rayane Bensetti, Emilie Caen, Lyes Salem, Cassiopée Mayance running time 1h 25min This screening is associated with Thierry Lhermitte’s Free Master Class & Homage on Thursday, March 28 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (see page 11).

25 Tueurs (Above the Law)

feature Belgian director and screenwriter François Troukens presents Tueurs

English synopsis Frank Valken, mastermind in bank rob- Crime Thrillers have beries, has just pulled of his final heist been part of filmogra- ALL AUDIENCES without a hitch . At least that’s what he directors François Troukens, believes . . . Wrongly labeled as prime phies by such French Jean-François Hensgens suspects, Valken and his gang find directors as Henri cinematographer Jean-François themselves embroiled in a thirty-year- Georges Clouzot, Hensgens old criminal conspiracy case . . . Jean-Pierre Melville, José Giovanni and screenwriters François Troukens, Synopsis en français Giordano Gederlini Robert Enrico just to Frank Valken, braqueur de haut vol, vient name a few. François music composer Clément “Animalsons” de réaliser un dernier casse magistral Dumoulin sans accroc . Du moins c’est ce qu’il Troukens continues producers Jacques-Henri Bronckart, croit… Suspects idéaux, Valken et sa the tradition but Olivier Bronckart bande se retrouvent mêlés à une affaire brings both personal criminelle vieille de trente ans . starring Olivier Gourmet, Lubna Azabal, and professional new Kevin Janssens, twists and turns to This screening is associated with running time 1h 26min the genre. director, author and screenwriter François Troukens’ Free Master Class taking place on Friday, March 29 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (see page 12).

26 Le Collier rouge (The Red Collar)

English synopsis feature The year is 1919 . In a small town wilting under A dog gives the crushing summer heat, a war hero is held us a real LOUIS BECKER & CLAIRE MAILLARD PRÉSENTENT prisoner in an abandoned barracks . Outside, lesson on the his mangy dog barks day and night . Not far off absurdities in the countryside, a young woman, worn out by working the land, too educated however to of human be taken for a simple peasant, is waiting and warfare. hoping . A judge, who comes to sort out this particular case, is an aristocrat whose prin- ciples have been shaken by the war . Three characters and in their midst, a dog which holds the key to this dramatic affair . . . Synopsis en français Dans une petite ville, écrasée par la chaleur de l’été, en 1919, un héros de la guerre est retenu prisonnier au fond d’une caserne déserte . Devant la porte, son chien tout cabossé aboie jour et nuit . Non loin de là, dans la campagne, une jeune femme usée par le travail de la terre, trop instruite cependant pour être une simple paysanne, attend et espère . Le juge qui arrive pour démêler cette affaire est un aristocrate

D’APRÈS LE ROMAN « LE COLLIER ROUGE » DE JEAN-CHRISTOPHE RUFIN PUBLIÉ AUX ÉDITIONS GALLIMARD dont la guerre a fait vaciller les principes . Trois personnages et, au ADAPTATION ET DIALOGUES JEAN BECKER ET JEAN-CHRISTOPHE RUFIN AVEC LA COLLABORATION AMICALE DE JEAN-LOUP DABADIE PHOTO : ©ALAIN GUIZARD AVEC JEAN-QUENTIN CHATELAIN PATRICK DESCAMPS FRANS BOYER TOBIAS NUYTTEN GILLES VANDEWEERD ROXANE ARNAL MUSIQUE ORIGINALE JOHAN HOOGEWIJS IMAGE YVES ANGELO MONTAGE FRANCK NAKACHE SON FRÉDÉRIC ULLMANN A.F.S.I ALEXANDRE FLEURANT SÉBASTIEN MARQUILLY SÉBASTIEN ARIAUX DÉCORS THÉRÈSE RIPAUD COSTUMES MAHEMITI DEREGNAUCOURT CASTING SYLVIA ALLEGRE A.R.D.A ASSISTANTS RÉALISATEUR DAVID KRESPINE ALEXANDRE MARIE MATHIEU HOWLETT RÉGIE GÉNÉRALE FABRICE BOUSBA DIRECTEUR DE PRODUCTION BERNARD BOLZINGER UNE PRODUCTION ICE 3 ET KJB PRODUCTION EN COPRODUCTION AVEC APOLLO FILMS FRANCE 3 CINÉMA UMEDIA AVEC LA PARTICIPATION DE CANAL+ CINÉ+ FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS DISTRIBUTION EN ASSOCIATION AVEC COFIMAGE 28 MANON 7 A PLUS IMAGE 8 UFUND ( ) milieu, un chien, qui détient la clef du drame… AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE LA RÉGION NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE DANS LE CADRE DU PÔLE IMAGE MAGELIS AVEC LE SOUTIEN DU DÉPARTEMENT DE LA CHARENTE ET EN PARTENARIAT AVEC LE CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE L’ANGOA ET DE COFIMAGE DEVELOPPEMENT 6 GROUPE BPCE PRODUCTEURS LOUIS BECKER ET CLAIRE MAILLARD VENTES INTERNATIONALES FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS DISTRIBUTION CRÉATION

ALL AUDIENCES director Jean Becker cinemtaographer Yves Angelo screenwriters Jean Becker, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Jean-Loup Dabadie based on the eponym novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin music composer Johann Hoogewijs producers Louis Becker, Claire Maillard starring François Cluzet, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Sophie Verbeeck running time 1h 23min

27 Tout ce qu’il me reste de la révolution (Whatever Happened to My Revolution)

English synopsis feature Angèle was 8 years old when the first Upbeat, witty and full French music composer McDonald’s opened in East Berlin . . . of humor, this comedy Since then, she has been fighting against Boris Boublil presents drills in on questions the curse of her generation: being born facing contemporary Tout ce qu’il me reste “too late”, into today’s worldwide politi- society . . . questions de la révolution cal depression . She comes from a family of activists, but her mother gave up her ever so pertinent

UFO DISTRIBUTION PRÉSENTE political combat overnight and moved today. UNE PRODUCTION AGAT FILMS & CIE - APSARA FILMS to the countryside alone, and her sister chose the business world . Only her father, a former Maoist with whom she moves back in to live, remained faithful to his ideals . Angry and determined, Angèle tries as hard as she can to both change the world and to flee from romantic encounters . What remains for her from the revolution, from its heritage, its missed appointments and its hopes waiting to still be actualized? Sometimes Don Quixote, sometimes Bridget Jones, Angèle tries to find a balance . . . Synopsis en français Angèle avait 8 ans quand s’ouvrait le premier McDonald’s de Berlin- Est… Depuis, elle se bat contre la malédiction de sa génération : être née « trop tard », à l’heure de la déprime politique mondiale . Elle vient d’une famille de militants, mais sa mère a abandonné du jour au lendemain son combat politique, pour déménager, seule, à la campagne, et sa sœur a choisi le monde de l’entreprise . Seul son JUDITH DAVIS MALIK ZIDI CLAIRE DUMAS MÉLANIE BESTEL NADIR LEGRAND SIMON BAKHOUCHE AVEC LA PARTICIPATION DE MIREILLE PERRIER père, ancien maoïste chez qui elle retourne vivre, est resté fidèle à ses

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L’AVANTAGE DU DOUTE idéaux . En colère, déterminée, Angèle s’applique autant à essayer de Revolution 120x160 HD.indd 1 12/12/2018 16:15 changer le monde qu’à fuir les rencontres amoureuses . Que lui reste-t-il ALL AUDIENCES de la révolution, de ses transmissions, de ses rendez-vous ratés et de ses espoirs à construire? Tantôt Don Quichotte, tantôt Bridget Jones, director Judith Davis Angèle tente de trouver un équilibre… cinematographer Émilie Noblet screenwriters Judith Davis, Cécile Vargaftig music composers Julien Omé, Boris Boublil producers Patrick Sobelman, Marine Arrighi de Casanova starring Judith Davis, Malik Zidi, Claire Dumas, Simon Bakhouche, Mélanie Bestel, Nadir Legrand running time 1h 28min

28 Et mon cœur transparent (My See-Through Heart)

feature French actor Serge Riaboukine presents Et mon coeur transparent

PARENTAL DISCRETION directors David Vital-Durand, Raphaël Vital-Durand cinematographer Jérôme Robert screenwriters Stéphane Miquel, David Vital-Durand, Raphaël Vital-Durand English synopsis based on Véronique Ovaldé’s eponym My name is Lancelot Rubinstein; my wife died on This thriller novel Et mon coeur transparent that day . Her name was Irina . It is the strangest is for those music composer Erwan Coïc thing: how you only really discover the person who take you live with . . . once she is dead . producers Rémi Veyrié, Marc Andreani, ecology at Erwan Coic, Véronique Navette Synopsis en français heart! starring Julien Boisselier, Caterina Murino, Je m’appelle Lancelot Rubinstein, ma femme Serge Riaboukine, Sara Giraudeau est morte ce jour-là . Elle s’appelait Irina . Le running time 1h 26min plus étrange dans cette histoire c’est de découvrir la personne avec laquelle on vit … une fois qu’elle est morte .

29 Les Chatouilles (Little Tickles)

feature French directors, screenwriters and actors Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer present Les Chatouilles

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ALL AUDIENCES directors Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer cinematographer Pierre Aïm screenwriters Andréa Bescond, Éric English synopsis Métayer Odette is 8 years old, she loves drawing Avoiding voyeurism, based on the play Les Chatouilles and dancing . Why should she be suspi- Andréa Bescond and ou La Danse de la colère by Andréa cious of a friend of her parents who offers Éric Métayer’s film Bescond her to “play tickling”? As an adult, Odette is a powerful plea composer Clément Ducol dances her anger, frees her speech and for vigilance and producers François Kraus, Martin Metz, embraces life with rage . . . Denis Pineau-Valencienne attentiveness to starring Andréa Bescond, Karin Viard, Synopsis en français children and their Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Deladonchamps, Odette a huit ans, elle aime danser et distress signals. Grégory Montel, Carole Franck, Gringe, dessiner . Pourquoi se méfierait-elle d’un Ariane Ascaride, Éric Métayer, Cyrille ami de ses parents qui lui propose de Mairesse, Léonie Simaga « jouer aux chatouilles » ? Adulte, Odette danse sa colère, libère sa running time 1h 43min parole et embrasse la vie avec rage . .

30 L’Échange des princesses (The Royal Exchange)

English synopsis feature 1721 . A bold idea is brewing in the head A beautifully filmed French cinematographer of Philip of Orléans, Regent of France . historical drama, Eleven-year-old Louis XV is soon to be- based on actual Gilles Porte presents come King, and an exchange of princesses events which un- L’Échange des princesses would allow the Nation to consolidate peace with Spain after years of war that folded during the have bled the two kingdoms’ coffers dry . 18th-century, that He therefore marries off his 12-year-old also poignantly daughter, Mademoiselle de Montpensier, to reminds U.S. view- the heir of the Spanish throne, in exchange ers of the crucial for which Louis XV must marry the Spanish importance today Infante, 4-year-old Mariana Victoria . But this precipitated introduction to the world to ratify the UN of courtly manipulation and power games Convention on the will soon get the better of the young prin- Rights of the Child. cesses and their carefree spirits . . . Synopsis en français 1721 . Une idée audacieuse germe dans la tête de Philippe d’Orléans, Régent de France . Louis XV, 11 ans, va bientôt devenir Roi et un échange de princesses permettrait de consolider la paix avec l’Espagne, après des années de guerre qui ont laissé les deux royaumes exsangues . Il marie donc sa fille, Mademoiselle de Montpensier, 12 ans, à l’héritier du trône d’Espagne, et Louis XV doit épouser l’Infante d’Espagne, Anna Maria Victoria, âgée de 4 ans . Mais l’entrée précipitée dans la cour des Grands de ces jeunes princesses, sacrifiées sur l’autel des jeux de pouvoirs, aura raison de ALL AUDIENCES leur insouciance . . director Marc Dugain cinematographer Gilles Porte screenwriters Marc Dugain, Chantal Thomas based on the eponym novel by Chantal Thomas music composer Marc Tomasi producers Patrick André, Marc Dugain, Charles Gillibert, Philippe Garnier, Geneviève Lemal starring Lambert Wilson, Anamaria Vartolomei, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Mouchet, Kacey Mottet Klein, Igor Van Dessel, Juliane Lepoureau This screening is associated with cinematographer Gilles Porte’s running time 1h 40min Free Master Class taking place on Friday, March 29 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (see page 14).

31 L’Ordre des médecins (Breath of Life)

feature French director and screenwriter David Roux presents L’Ordre des médecins

English synopsis ALL AUDIENCES Thirty-seven year-old Simon is an expe- Major life-events and director David Roux rienced doctor who rubs shoulders with reactions to them death on a daily basis in his pulmonology cinematographer Augustin Barbaroux influence how one department . As any good professional, he decides to live life screenwriters David Roux, Julie Peyr has learned to shield himself from it . But music composer Jonathan Fitoussi when his own mother is hospitalized in a for the better. David Roux has Simon con- producers Candice Zaccagnino, critical condition in a nearby unit, his pri- Olivier Aknin vate and professional lives collide . Simon’s front deontological whole world, his certainties and beliefs are ethics in a sensitive, starring Jérémie Renier, Marthe Keller, shaken to the core . Zita Hanrot emotional drama. running time 1h 33min Synopsis en français À trente-sept ans, Simon est un médecin aguerri, qui côtoie la mort tous les jours dans son service de pneumologie . En bon professionnel, il a appris à s’en protéger . Mais quand sa mère est hospitalisée dans un état critique dans un service voisin, l’intime et le professionnel se télescopent . Tout l’univers de Simon, toutes ses certitudes et ses convictions vacillent .

32 EASY TIGER présente Leur jeunesse short French director and screenwriter David Roux presents Leur jeunesse ALL AUDIENCES director David Roux cinematographer Léo Hinstin screenwriter David Roux producers Jessica Rosselet, Marc-Benoît Créancier starring Gisela Ion, Iacob Ion, Amandine Dewasmes, Pierre Cognon running time 12min English synopsis Synopsis en français This morning could have been like any other for Gisela, a Ce matin-là aurait pu être un matin comme un autre pour young Rom teenager, and her little brother Iacob . However, Gisela, une jeune adolescente Rom, et son petit frère for the last few days, their camp has been living in fear of an Iacob . Mais depuis quelques jours leur campement vit imminent eviction . However, like every morning, Gisela and dans l’angoisse d’une expulsion imminente . Comme tous her brother will go to school . les matins, pourtant, Gisela et son frère iront à l’école .

Sans gravité short animation French director and screenwriter Charline Parisot presents Sans gravité ALL AUDIENCES directors Charline Parisot, Jérémy Cissé, Ludovic Abraham, Flore Allier-Estrada, Maud Lemaître-Blanchart, Fioretta Caterina Cosmidis screenwriter Charline Parisot English synopsis music composer Arslan Elbar An astronaut comes back to Earth and tries to fit back in . producer RUBIKA - L’Ecole des Talents Synopsis en français de la Création Numérique Un astronaute revient sur Terre et tente d’y retrouver sa place . running time 8min

33 Obtus short French director & producer Alexandre Mehring and screenwriter, producer & actor Philippe Bénard present Obtus ALL AUDIENCES English synopsis director Alexandre Mehring Two cops pull over and issue a ticket to a man driving over the speed limit . cinematographer Romain Ferrand What was supposed to be a simple screenwriter Philippe Bénard routine traffic stop turns out to be producers Kathleen Doyle Bates, more complex than expected . Philippe Bénard, Alexandre Mehring Synopsis en français starring Cédric Ben Abdallah, Deux gendarmes contrôlent un Philippe Bénard, Fabrice Blind véhicule . Ce qui était censé être running time 9min un contrôle de routine s’avère plus complexe que prévu .

Charly est vivant short French director, screenwriter and actor Thomas Chansou presents Charly est vivant ALL AUDIENCES insulted and laughed at .” Charly Blast, dealing with leukemia since the age of director Thomas Chansou six, has been trying for 35 years to live his life like everyone else . It is without screenwriter Thomas Chansou counting on fate which is lashing out on him repetitively . To move forward, he producers Vincent Trintignant, must put up with the effects of treatments, medical verbiage and the gazes Divali Films of others . Not so simple . . . Who is Charly Blast? This story is the one of starring Karine Thibault, Emilie Atlan, Thomas Chansou . Marie-Amel Karraï, Laure Rivaud-Pearce, Eric Fardeau, Michael Brice, Synopsis en français Thomas Chansou « Dans les année 80 et 90, un gars chauve c’était un malade, un facho d’un running time 8min mètre quatre-vingt-cinq avec un bombers ou un fan de Kojak… Moi on m’a classé dans la catégorie « malade » . Et peu importe ma souffrance, on English synopsis m’insultait et on se moquait de moi . » Charly Blast, atteint de leucémie à “In the 80s and 90s, a bald guy was either l’âge de six ans, cherche depuis trente-cinq ans à vivre sa vie comme tout a sick person, a six feet tall skinhead with le monde . C’est sans compter sur le sort qui s’acharne sur lui . Pour avancer, a bombers jacket, or a Kojak fan . . . I was il doit faire face aux effets des traitements, au discours médical et au regard classified in the category “sick” . And no des autres . Pas si simple… Qui est Charly Blast ? Cette histoire, c’est celle matter how much I was suffering, I was de Thomas Chansou .

34 English synopsis Eager to complete his screen- Le Scénariste play, Jonas accepts the condi- tions imposed on him by his producer: rework his screenplay with the help of a super-talented short Parisian scriptwriter, Jean Lou- bric . A really great guy who can French actor Serge Riaboukine turn any dud into a masterpiece! presents Le Scénariste He will come to live at the house for a few weeks, which is not go- ALL AUDIENCES ing too well with Hélène, Jonas’s director François Paquay wife . One night, Loubric shows cinematographer Frédéric Martin up unannounced . . . screenwriter François Paquay Synopsis en français freely adapted from the eponym novella Pour terminer son scénario, Le Scénariste by Xavier Diskeuve Jonas accepte les conditions que lui impose son producteur : retravailler son scénario avec l’aide composer Simon Fransquet d’un scénariste parisien surdoué, Jean Loubric . Un type fantastique producers Gregory Zalcman, Alon Knoll capable de retourner n’importe quel navet en chef d’œuvre ! Il starring Serge Riaboukine,Vincent Lécuyer, viendra vivre quelques semaines à la maison, ce qui n’est pas pour Sandrine Blancke plaire à Hélène, la femme de Jonas . Une nuit, Loubric débarque à l’improviste… running time 27min

Une image sur 140.000 : Lauréat du projet EICAR short French director Gérard Krawczyk and the winner of the EICAR film competition present Une image sur 140.000 ALL AUDIENCES English synopsis The French director Gérard Krawczyk and initiator of the short film competi- tion, 1 Image Out of 140,000, at the International Film and Television School (EICAR) in Paris, will present the winning film selected in March by a jury of professionals . Gérard Krawczyk will be accompanied by the young director, author of the film . Synopsis en français Le réalisateur français Gérard Krawczyk et initiateur du concours, Une image sur 140.000, de l’Ecole Internationale de Création Audiovisuelle et de Réalisation (EICAR), présentera le court-métrage sélectionné en mars par un jury de professionnels . Gérard Krawczyk sera accompagné par le jeune réalisateur, auteur de ce film .

This screening is associated with Gérard Krawczyk’s Free Master Class taking place on Thursday, March 28 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (see page 8).

35 Series : KYNG (ROY) Two Episodes: Baptiste Olivetti, Ministre and Paul Farge, Agriculteur short series French director & screenwriter Julie Voisin, cinematographer & actor Mathieu Simonet, and actor Alexandre Tacchino present two episodes of their original series KYNG ALL AUDIENCES director Julie Voisin cinematographer Mathieu Simonet screenwriter Julie Voisin original idea Alexandre Tacchino film editor Thierry Brunello sound design Lou Cuberte starring Mathieu Simonet, Charlie Rae, Alexandre Tacchino, Xavier Maly, Benoit Blanc, Louis Carlier, Armelle Abibou, Neil Adam, Karl Houze, Robert Voisin running time 4min English synopsis In recent years, the recession is raging in the Kingdom of France . Successive governments are joining the world of finance and imposing austerity . The monarchy is confined to its opulent showcase, the Louvre Palace, and the people . . . The people are despaired, disheartened . They are impeded, body and soul . Some are losing their livelihood . Some are even losing their moral sense . Synopsis en français Depuis quelques années, la récession fait rage dans le Royaume de France . Les gouvernements successifs se rallient au monde de la finance et imposent l’austérité . La monarchie est cantonnée à son opulente vitrine du Palais du Louvre, et les gens… Le peuple est désespéré, découragé, paralysé, corps et âme . Certains y perdent leur gagne-pain . D’autres y perdent même leur conscience .

These two screenings are associated with Julie Voisin, Mathieu Simonet and Alexandre Tacchino’s Free Master Class taking place on Thursday, March 28 in VCU’s Institute for Contemporary Art (see page 9).

36 Ramdam short Ramdam ALL AUDIENCES director Zangro screenwriter Yvan Delatour producer Zangro English synopsis starring Lyes Salem, Sid In a small mosque located in the South-West of France, a child’s drawing representing a Ahmed Agoumi, Yamin Dib, masked character is controversial: superhero or jihadist? Amine, Imam by profession, Walid Ghezzoul will have to manage the unmanageable… running time 26min Synopsis en français Dans une petite mosquée du sud-ouest de la France, le dessin d’un enfant représentant un personnage masqué est controversé : super-héros ou djihadiste ? Amine, Imam de profession, va devoir gérer l’ingérable . .

Bloom short French director, screenwriter, cinematographer and music composer Emmanuel Fraisse presents Bloom ALL AUDIENCES director Emmanuel Fraisse cinematographer Emmanuel Fraisse screenwriters Emmanuel Fraisse, Simon Serna music composer Emmanuel Fraisse producers Benjamin Chevallier, Chloé Cavillier starring Chloé Cavillier running time 19min English synopsis A monkey has dreams of deers in an empty town, and of the ghost who draws close to them . Synopsis en français Un singe rêve de biches dans une ville déserte, et du fantôme qui s’en approche .

37 L’Accordéon Raconte… (You, tell. . .) director Jean Marc Culiersi cinematographer Pierre Larribe screenwriter Robert Boublil Triptych music composer Boris Boublil producer Mémo Arts of three starring Rachel Jedinak, Jeanne Torreton, India Boublil, shorts Boris Boublil, Emma Boublil, Léa Boublil, Anne-Cécile Declercq French producer running time 12min & screenwriter, English synopsis Robert Boublil Nous n’en parlerons pas Rachel Jedinak, an eight-year-old girl with producer taken twice in a Nazi round up, has Geeske Boublil director Jean-Marc Culiersi miraculously succeeded in escaping and cinematographer Pierre Larribe surviving through the memories she has and music kept of her assassinated parents . composer Boris screenwriter Robert Boublil music composer Boris Boublil Synopsis en français Boublil present Rachel Jedinak, une petite fille de huit producer Mémo Arts Raconte… ans raflée deux fois, a miraculeusement starring Michel Kornfeld réussi à s’échapper et à survivre ALL AUDIENCES running time 8min réfugiée dans son souvenir de ses parents assassinés . English synopsis English synopsis You, tell. . . is a triptych . Abraham, who survived the death camps, Three stories about is getting ready to recount his ordeal after death and resurrection . sixty years of silence . Three stories of chil- dren whose lives were Synopsis en français devastated by their Nazi Abraham, revenu des camps de la mort, tormentors and their se prépare à aller livrer son témoignage accomplices . Based on après soixante années de silence . Robert Boublil’s poems We Won’t Talk About It, The Accordion, and starring Oberon Boublil, Simon Torreton, You, Tell My Story . Marion Corrales, Vaidehi Nota, Jeanne Synopsis Torreton and India Boublil en français running time 6min Raconte… est un trip- English synopsis tyque . Trois histoires de At the age of five, Maurice is carted away morts et de résurrections . with his family during the Vel d’Hiv Round- Trois histoires d’enfants up, in which 13,152 Jews were arrested by dont les bourreaux nazis French police in Paris during the summer et leurs complices ont of 1942 . He relies on Simon, friend from a dévasté la vie . Inspiré Raconte mon histoire future time, to relate his story . . . des poèmes de Robert directors Gregory Shepard and Boublil Nous n’en par- François Combin Synopsis en français lerons pas, L’Accordéon, screenwriter Robert Boublil A l’âge de cinq ans, Maurice est pris avec et Raconte mon histoire. sa famille dans la Grande Rafle du Vel d’Hiv producer Robert Boublil où 13 .152 juifs furent arrêtés par la police voice Philippe Torreton française, au cours de l’été 1942 . Il compte music composer Boris Boublil sur Simon, son camarade à venir, pour faire connaître son histoire… set Geeske Boublil

38 Le Roi des démons du vent

English synopsis short New Year’s Eve . Sophie, an intern in the emergency psychiatric ward on French director and screenwriter the brink of a burnout, is responsible Clémence Poésy and French for admitting Marie, a disturbed patient who was brought to the actresses Chloé Astor and hospital by the police following a Coralie Russier present breakdown . Despite her incoher- Le Roi des démons du vent ent ramblings and obvious psychic distress, there is something special ALL AUDIENCES about Marie that baffles Sophie . During their conversation, Marie director Clémence Poésy sees straight through Sophie and reveals things to her that lead cinematographer Joe Russell Sophie to deeply question her relationship with Vincent, her lover . screenwriters Éric Forestier, Clémence Poésy After this New Year’s Eve, nothing will ever be like it was before . music composer Jackson Synopsis en français producers David Atrakchi, Gaël Cabouat, Serge 31 décembre . Sophie, interne aux urgences psychiatriques au bord de Poucques, Sylvain Goldberg, Boris Mendza, du burnout, est chargée d’admettre Marie, une patiente perturbée La Baraque à films, Umedia, Ufund, Short’s TV qui a été amenée au service par la police après une crise . Malgré starring Chloé Astor, Paul Delbreil, Guillaume ses divagations incohérentes et sa détresse psychique évidente, Pottier, Coralie Russier, Ingrid Heiderscheidt il y a quelque chose de spécial chez Marie qui trouble Sophie . Au running time 16min cours de leur conversation, Marie voit clair en Sophie et lui révèle des choses qui amènent Sophie à s’interroger profondément sur Cannes Film Festival 2018 sa relation avec Vincent, son amant . Après cette veille de jour de Adami Cannes Talent l’An, plus rien ne sera comme avant . la force des artistes

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Screenings of all feature films and a series of independent French short films will be held at the historic Byrd Theatre. The official reception will be held at the UR Jepson Alumni Center (UR Campus – 101 College Road) • Student, Faculty and Regular VIP passes include guaranteed seating at all screenings and Q&A sessions with the actors and directors. • There is a $25 add-on cost per pass for admission to the official reception on Saturday evening with the actors and directors (7-9 p.m., UR Jepson Alumni Center) • Tickets will be available at the box office 30 minutes before each screening. Tickets for each film are available for $15 at the box office. To guarantee your seating and to avoid lines at the door, buy a pass today.

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Registration: (Please include name to be printed on each pass.) These major credit cards also accepted: ❏ Regular VIP PASS, $115 per pass x $115 $ ❏ Visa ❏ Discover ❏ MasterCard ❏ Amex ❏ Faculty VIP PASS, $105 per pass x $105 $ Card # ❏ Student VIP PASS, $65 per pass (currently enrolled students) x $65 $ Exp. date Verification code ❏ $25 – Add-on per pass for Saturday’s official reception x $25 $ Cardholder’s signature Other donations to help support the festival (tax deductible) $ Phone ( ) Make your contributions payable to: The VCU French Film Festival Total $ Online credit card purchasing is also available at www.frenchfilm.vcu.edu.

Please mail this form and payment to: For information about hotel accommodations, please contact the Doubletree Virginia Commonwealth University Phone: (804) 827-FILM (office and passes) Hotel Richmond Downtown at (804) 644-9871 and ask for the French Film French Film Festival Office E-mail: [email protected] Festival discount rate or visit http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel 920 West Franklin Street, 3rd Floor /RICFSDT/index.do. Please note: Passes can be purchased via phone, P.O. Box 843073 For festival information and updates, visit by mail or in person at the French Film Festival Office. Passes are not Richmond, Virginia 23284-3073 our Web site: www.frenchfilm.vcu.edu. refundable after being printed and processed.

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VCU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action university. 100128-05 Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond present french film festival 51 Old World Butcher Shop • Fresh Seafood Beer & Wine • Bountiful Produce Richmon d , V irginiaFélicitations à Françoise et European Delicatessen • Imported Cheeses Immersion weekend for teachers of FrenchPeter and pour foreign la 27ème languages édition EXPERIENCE THE FOOD!™ Gourmet Coffees • Baked Goods The Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Richmond Price information: Your cost for the total workshop including French Film Festival offers a special opportunity for middle and the Facultydu VIP FestivalPass, graduate duregistration Film fee Français. and two graduate secondary-school teachers of French1527 and North foreign languages Parham to use their Rdcredits | Richmond, is $400, or with VAone 23229additional graduate credit is $475. French and/or increase their10 understanding North Nansemondof French culture through Street Contact |Manon Richmond, Caillosse at the VAfestival 23221 office for more information. an immersion weekend during the1200 festival, MarchHuguenot 25-28, 2010. Rd | Midlothian,Registration deadline is VAMarch 23113 10, 2010. The VCU and UR French Film Festival is a Mon-Sat:unique French cultural 9aM event - 9p MFrench | Sun: Film 10a FestivalM - 8p OfficeM founded and directed by Drs. Peter and Françoise Kirkpatrick. The 920 West Franklin Street, 3rd Floor festival showcases newly released films from France. All screenings P.O. Box 843073 are at the historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond and have English subtitles. Richmond, Virginia 23284-3073 The French actors and directors come to town to present their new films Phone: (804) 827-3456 to the American public in the Byrd Theatre with question-and-answer E-mail: [email protected] sessions after each screening. A master class opens the festival on www.frenchfilm.vcu.edu Friday afternoon. On Saturday evening, the French delegation of stars interacts further with viewers during the official reception held at the The immersion French cultural weekend is a collaboration among Jepson Alumni Center on the campus of the University of Richmond. In VCU College2400 of Humanities Pari Way, and Midlothian,Sciences, VCU VA School 23112 of World addition to the regular activities and events of the festival, the weekend Studies, VCU Office of Continuing Studies, VCU Division of is a true immersion experience in French culture and language for Community Engagement, the Cultural Services of the French middle and high school teachers of French and foreign languages. Embassy and the American Association of Teachers of French Teachers will be able to earn up to two or three graduate credits. of Virginia. visit us online at www.thefreshmarket.com

50 French Cinema in America – French Film Festival in Richmond, Virginia is a proud recipient of the Foundation Audiens Générations (Left to Right): Peter Kirkpatrick, Philippe Torreton, Elsa Boublil, Françoise Ravaux- Kirkpatrick, Pierre-William Glenn, and George Aguilar receive 2017 award award bestowed on June 19th, 2017 by Patrick Bézier, CEO of Audiens Groupe.

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VCU Courses Subtitling and production of DVD and Bluray FREN 307 Conversation & French Film versions of French films with a focus on training students and interns on the skills of closed-captioning & subtitling as well as FREN 422 French Cinema film packaging, marketing and distributing throughout the United States . FREN/WRLD 493 French Film Festival Internships In cooperation with the American Association of the Teachers of French & Foreign Language FREN 511 French Film Festival Graduate Course for Teachers Association of Virginia, a director from this year’s Festival tours Virginia high school and FREN 530 Concepts in World Cinema: Art of Subtitling college campuses . Distribution of feature, documentary and short UR Courses films in schools, community centers, libraries, FREN 301 French Conversation through Cinema Alliances Françaises and art-house cinemas via the Festival’s DVD and DCP sales and FREN 465 French Film rental program .

FREN 467 French Culture in the Making: Conception and Actualization of a French Film Festival

51 Kelly Murray Julien Foullon Layne Montgomery David Guiraud Jessica Leigh Mathieu Havoudjian Elisa Rios Jean-Baptiste Prevost Brian Baynes Cécile Zandvliet Nos remerciements à Jamie Pitts Sabrina Bengeloune Laura Crouch John Forsythe Avery Newton Marie-Caroline Fourmont Valentina Lopez Cécile Mouly Janae Offord-Powell Angélique Tresse Taylor Lacey Honorary Presidents Patrice Rankine, UR Dean Hans-Nikolas Locher Participation includes Pierre-William Glenn* Governor Terry McAuliffe Moira Tulloch* Virginia Tourism Corporation VCU President’s Office Claude Miller† (1942-2012) Senator Timothy Kaine Myriam Guedjali* Rita D. McClenny* VCU Provost’s Office Senator Mark Warner UR President’s Office Directors/Founders Governor Douglas Wilder Cinémathèque française The Virginia Film Office UR Provost’s Office Dr. Peter Kirkpatrick* Mayor Dwight C. Jones Laurent Mannoni* Andy Edmunds VCU College of Humanities & Dr. Françoise Ravaux- Laure Parchomenko Margaret Finucane Sciences Kirkpatrick* Friends of the Festival Donors Emilie Cauquy Mary Nelson (ret.) VCUarts Cinema Robin & Todd Bassett Céline Ruivo VCU School of World Studies Associate Directors Julia Battaglini* & David Martin Wythken Printing Jessica R. Abernathy (fmr) Ruffin Marshall VCU GEO Debra & Michael Binns ADAMI UR Film Studies Richard W. Haselwood (fmr) Catherine & Jordan Black Bruno Boutleux Ary Weldy Marine Leclaire* (fmr) Kendall Smith UR Languages, Literatures, and Cathy Bradley Odile Renaud Cultures Carol Caudill Nadine Trochet Ric Withers Festival assistants Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) Clara Boulfroy Anne Chapman Nathalie Cruypelinck Former Assistants Cinéma français en Amérique Hanaë Clamaron Fran & John Freimarck Laure Pelen Camille Burgess (FCinA) Anaïs Durand Kimberly Head Aurore Delaunay Clément Rulliere WRIR 97.3 Bob Holsworth Marion Etcheberry AUDIENS Hugo Ehlinger fi-tech inc Antoine Heuveline Dr. & Mrs Kasongo Kapanga* Julie Fidel SECCO Elizabeth T. Kemp-Pherson Patrick Bézier Jade Nguyen Van Tinh Valérie Verdier Quentin Laurent Dominion Energy Françoise* & Peter Kirkpatrick* Ophélie Moisant France-Amérique Website Design Thomas Kirkpatrick, III Fédération nationale des Claire Conrardy Virginia Production Alliance Lisa Ababsa Robin Lotz cinémas français Laure Curallucci de Peretti IMR Locations Susan Miller & Ken Kendler Richard Patry, President* Hortance Houngbeke Max’s on Broad Editing and graphic design David Martin Barbara Lerenard Ouroboros Ruffin Marshall & Ary Weldy, Stéphane Landfried Martha & Rich Morrill Marine Miquet Todd Bassett Wythken Printing Alain Surmulet Sue Ann Messmer* Julie Stessin Nancy Christiansen Joel Smith, Style Weekly Michelle & John Nestler L’ARP Briac Vigy Joe Cusumano† Susan & Kevin Nunnally Radu Mihaileanu Bastien Arnaud Isaac Moses Regelson* Graduate course liaisons Danielle & Clinton Peters Edward Howard Mathieu Debusschere Louis Asciak Sylvia Regelson Thu Pham Becky Aycock Caroline Santiard Léo Becker Julia Battaglini* Richard Priebe† Ashley Murphy Elisabeth Dufrenoy Julien Ponceau David Martin Andrea Publow Julie Solleau Ceci Chull Agence du Court Métrage Festival photographers Isaac Moses Regelson Matt Zoller Karim Allag Pauline Gatillon Pierre Courtois Sylvia Regelson Jennifer Shotwell Kevin Montero Lucas Matray Leslie Courtois Jennifer & James Stack Rebecca Hudson Claire Chauvat Ingmar Pascal Richard Stone Caroline Legros Florence Keller Leslie Semichon Immigration specialist Katheryn Kozak Julien Lafaye Peter Jordan Shira B. Schieken Teresa Hudson Charles Lannes Daniel Reiner Joe Troncale La Fémis Raoul Peck, President Marine Leclaire José Fontès Interpreters/Translators Amy & Jim Thomas Nathalie Coste-Cerdan, Cécile Albrecht Elizabeth Kincaid Isabelle Rochet Michelle Wilson General Director Elsa Gauthier Dr. Mark Wood Kristin Cairns Wright Financial Group LLC Pierre-William Glenn, Image* Antoine Goujard Dr. Angelina Overvold Interpretation/Equipment French Ministry of Jean-Jacques Bouhon†, Image Astrid Renet Virginia Casanova Takako Johnson Foreign Affairs Pascale Borenstein Margaux Balériaux Elizabeth Hiett Steve Johnson Centre National de la Géraldine Amgar Myriam Afgour Dr. Kasongo Kapanga* Barbara Bobillier Tonie Stevens* UR Film Studies Students Cinématographie Frédérique Bredin Cinemeccanica France Heloise Beaufils John Kochman Eliz Akin Patrick Muller Diane Catala Dr. J. Daniel Hartman Andy Erikson Embassy of France to the Floriane Ferenbach Dr. Bob Godwin-Jones Mitchell Gregory ADAMI Mélanie Grandserre Jacqueline Francis† United States Bruno Boutleux Hayden Hilbert His Excellency, Gérard Araud, Hind Kacem Odile Renaud Alexis Olney French Ambassador Soujoud Khamassi Delegation Participants in Nadine Trochet Jack Reynolds Michel Charbonnier, Keltoum Lahbabi past VCU & UR French Film Nathalie Cruypelinck French Consul General Chanaella Lezoma Festivals: Feature film UR LLC Students Laure Pelen Bénédicte de Montlaur, Sophie Perrot Delegation Participants Duoer “Whitney” Bai Aurore Delaunay Cultural Advisor Géraldine Seyve Jean Achache* Andrei Buna Mona Achache* Tianyun “Abigail” Miao Julie Le Saos, Cultural Attaché SACEM Laure Breillot Nicolas Valcour, Consul Manon Caillosse George Aguilar* Timothy Peyser Aline Jelen Jean-Pierre Améris Honoraire-Norfolk Marie-Hélène Cazet Myriam Guedjali UR staff Emilie Bernard Adrien Guillon Verne Cédric Anger Dr. Sonja Bertucci Simon Cicolella Lycée Rochambeau Amale Moktafi Jean-Hugues Anglade Melissa Foster Bruno Eldin Françoise Legros Aurore Philippon Luis Armando Arteaga Dr. Michael Marsh-Soloway Hervé Ferrage Catherine Lévy Mathieu Robiquet Yann Arthus-Bertrand Mathieu Fournet Tesa Conlin Frédérique Ranger Denis Auboyer VCU Students Amélie Garin-Davet Dominique Bagnato Ophélie Adeline Tristan Aurouet Aubrey Allen Diana Concepcion Natacha Bécard Jesse Ausubel Nicole Normile SACD Nancy Miramont François Aymé Rachel Pitchford Pascal Rogard* Style Weekly Magazine Pierrick Beaugendre Abdelkrim Bahloul Katherine Price-Scott Sophie Deschamps Brent Baldwin Laetitia Beuscher Josiane Balasko* Connor Puckett Jacques Fansten Lori Waran Anaëlle Bourguignon Olli Barbé Cianna Rowe Jean-Philippe Robin Dana Elmquist Elodie Bouscarat Marc Barrat Gracie Sacripanti Valérie-Anne Expert Joel Smith Karine Pardé Jean-Pierre Beauviala Josi Seife Nathalie Germain Jean Becker McCandlish Holton, PC Alexandre Planet Thao “Sabrina” Nguyen Christine Coutaya Eoin Landers Véra Belmont Lucia Roach Sophie Masson Tom McCandlish Lucas Belvaux Mark B. Rhoads Christiane Martin Sheena Zeng Pascal Mirleau Jennifer Gore Laurent Bénégui Eric Rondeaux Tom Foster (ret.) Liza Benguigui VCUarts Cinema staff Dominic Madigan Anne Lestienne Anne Houeïx de la Brousse* Aurélia Prévieu Touria Benzari Dr. Rob Tregenza Kelly Lyda Jean-Jacques Bernard† Nikita Moyer CST Jenny Shelton Violaine Miclet Joachim Alimi-lchola Fabienne Berthaud Hyekang Shin Pierre-William Glenn, Darlene Yeary Eric Besnard Honorary President* Antoine Blanc The Byrd Theatre Marielle Jubert Alain Besse* Special thanks Angelo Cosimano* Nicolas Birkenstock Ronald A. Crutcher, UR President Todd Schall-Vess Cécile Lenoir Baptiste Heynemann Olivia Bonamy Michael Rao, VCU President Damion Champ Marjorie Reymond Jean Marie Dura Félix Bossuet Gail Hackett, VCU Provost Mike Kramer Benjamin Garçon Alain Besse* (ret.) Vincent Bossuet Jeff Legro, UR Provost Gretta Daughtrey Marie Herault-Delanoë Jean-Michel Martin Eric Besnard Eugene P. Trani, VCU President Stephanie Saaverda Isabel Moya-Serrano Eric Chérioux Gérard Bitton Emeritus Allie Smith Sébastien Aubert Jean-Michel Martin Ariane Boeglin* Montse Fuentes, VCU Dean Patti Kuny Maïlys Bernadet

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53 French Film Festival Registration

Screenings of all French Film Festival feature films Name______Address______Email/Phone______and short films will be held at the historic Byrd Registration: (Please include name to be printed on each pass .) Theatre in Carytown . Eight Free Master Classes ❏ Regular VIP PASS, $115 per pass ...... ____x $115 $______will be held at the Institute for Contemporary Art ❏ (ICA) on the VCU campus . The reception with Faculty VIP PASS, $105 per pass ...... ____x $105 $______the French Delegation will be held on Saturday ❏ Student VIP PASS, $65 per pass (currently enrolled students) ...... ____x $65 $______evening from 7:30pm to 9:30pm also in the ICA . ❏ $25 – Add-on per pass for Saturday’s reception ...... ____x $25 $______Student, Faculty and Regular VIP passes include Other donations to help support the Festival (tax deductible) ...... $______guaranteed seating at all screenings and Q&A Friend of the Festival Pass & Donor option (see details online) ...... $______sessions with the actors and directors . There is a $25 add-on cost per pass for admission to the Total $______reception Saturday evening . Make your contributions payable to: French Film Festival-Richmond, VA Special screening and music event promoting the Please return this form and payment to: These major credit cards also accepted: 3rd Pocahontas Reframed: Native American Story- Virginia Commonwealth University ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ tellers Film Festival will be held at the Byrd Theatre French Film Festival Office Visa Discover MasterCard Amex on March 26th at 7pm (Free admission with Festi- 920 West Franklin Street, Room 304 Card No .______P .O . Box 843073 val pass otherwise tickets sold at the door) . Exp . date ______Verification code______Richmond, Virginia 23284-3073 Tickets for each film are available for $15 at the Cardholder’s signature______Phone: (804) 827-3456 (FILM) box office . Tickets will be available at the box (office and passes) Phone ( ) ______office 30 minutes before each screening . To guar- Fax: (804) 287-6446 antee your seating and to avoid lines at the door, Email: richmond@frenchfilm us. Online credit card purchasing is now available. No refunds. buy a pass today . www.frenchfilmfestival.us

Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond present

Immersion weekend for teachers of French and foreign languages

Co-sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Rich- Price information: Your cost for the total course including the mond, the French Film Festival offers a special opportunity for middle and special Instructor VIP Pass, graduate registration fee and two secondary school teachers of French, foreign languages and other subject mat- graduate credits is $1,616, or $2,299 for three graduate cred- ters to use their French and/or increase their understanding of French culture its . Contact Antoine Heuveline at the Festival office for more information . Registration deadline is March 15, 2019 . through an immersion weekend during the Festival, March 28-31, 2019 .

The French Film Festival is a unique French cultural event founded and directed French Film Festival Office 920 West Franklin Street, 3rd Floor by Drs . Peter and Françoise Kirkpatrick . The Festival showcases newly released P .O . Box 843073 films from France . All screenings are at the historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond Richmond, Virginia 23284-3073 and have English subtitles . The French actors and directors come to town to Phone: (804) 827-3456 present their new films to the American public in the Byrd Theatre with question- E-mail: richmond@frenchfilm .us and-answer sessions after each screening . On Saturday evening, the French www .frenchfilmfestival .us delegation of stars interacts further with Festival pass holders during the official reception held at the new Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), 601 W . Broad The immersion French cultural weekend is a collaboration among VCU College of Humanities and Sciences, VCU Street, Richmond, VA . from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm . In addition, there will also be School of World Studies, VCU Office of Continuing & Profes- eight Master Classes for students to attend . A true immersion experience in sional Education, VCU Division of Community Engagement, French culture and language for middle and high school teachers of French and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Ameri- foreign languages! Teachers can earn up to two or three graduate credits . can Association of Teachers of French of Virginia.

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