President : Gérard PILET General Delegate : Claude-Eric POIROUX Press department Paris André-Paul Ricci Angers 54, rue Beaubourg 6, place de la Madeleine 9, rue Claveau BP 82214 75003 PARIS 75008 Paris 49022 ANGERS Cedex 02 FRANCE FRANCE FRANCE Tel : 00 33 1 42 71 53 70 Tel : 00 33 1 49 53 04 20 Tel : 0 33 2 41 88 92 94 Fax : 00 33 1 42 71 01 11 Fax : 00 33 1 43 59 05 48 Fax : 00 33 2 41 87 65 83 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] w w w . p r e m i e r s p l a n s . o r g October 2009 PREMIERS PLANS FESTIVAL : 22nd EDITION Since 1989, the Premiers Plans Film Festival takes place each year in the city of Angers, France. In 2009 its competitive sections, programs and other events attracted some 65 000 filmgoers who discussed and shared their passion of cinema with young European directors and other professionals. Through the years, the Festival has become a major meeting of European cinematographic creation, as numerous directors such as Fatih Akin, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Joachim Lafosse, Matteo Garrone, Arnaud Desplechin, Xavier Beauvois, Nick Park, Cristi Puiu, Paolo Sorrentino and Thomas Vinterberg were originally discovered in Angers with the screening of their first films. Each year, the Official Selection presents a hundred of European first films divided in five competitive sections: European first feature films, European first short films, French first short films, student films, and European animated films, as well as two out of competition sections: free style and “next shot”. The official jury and the public award the laureates with 200 000 euros in prize. Premiers Plans has two major characteristics: it enables the meeting between the public and filmmakers from one generation, and also gives the opportunity to discover or rediscover masterpieces of European cinema on screen through retrospectives highly appreciated and attended by journalists and professionals. The program of the 22nd edition of the Festival features five major retrospectives: - Jean-Pierre Melville and his legacy - Fear in cinema - Tribute to Guillaume Depardieu - Karel Zeman - Cinema schools in Turkey (next pages : lists of films subject to be changed) As well as other events: - Public readings of first scripts from feature and short films - Lessons, workshops, professional meetings... - Sneak preview - Director’s forum: film crews meet the public after screenings - Program of short films by Pierre-Luc Granjon - « Nouvelles Images en Région » program - Readings of cinematographic short stories - Silent film concerts : The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by the Zenzile, a band of Angers, with Le Chabada Retour de flamme by Serge Bromberg, with Le Quai – Forum des arts vivants Public reading of script by Julie Gayet Lesson by Nanni Moretti 2 JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE AND HIS LEGACY Premiers Plans pays tribute to French director Jean-Pierre Melville. Fond of the American Dream, he created his own universe and style and became himself an inspiring model for many current filmmakers. Thereby, his 14 films will be shown as well as the ones of his « heirs » : from Martin Scorsese to Aki Kaurismäki, Johnny To, Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch… FULL WORK OF JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un clown 18' 1945 Le Silence de la mer 88' 1949 The Strange Ones (Les Enfants terribles) 105' 1950 When You Read This Letter (Les Quand tu liras cette lettre) 104' 1953 Bob the Gambler (Bob le flambeur) 98' 1955 Two Men in Manhattan (Deux hommes dans Manhattan) 84' 1959 Leon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre) 114' 1961 Doulos: The Finger Man (Le Doulos) 108' 1962 Magnet of Doom (L'Aîné des Ferchaux) 102' 1963 Second Breath (Le Deuxième souffle) 144' 1966 The Samourai (Le Samouraï) 105' 1967 Army in the Shaddow (L'Armée des ombres) 136' 1969 The Red Circle (Le Cercle rouge) 140' 1970 Dirty Money (Un flic) 98' 1972 JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE : HIS LEGACY Breathless (A bout de souffle) Jean-Luc Godard 90' 1959 I Hired A Contract Killer Aki Kaurismäki 79' 1990 King Of New-York Abel Ferrara 100’ 1990 Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino 99' 1992 Sonatine Takeshi Kitano 94’ 1993 Ghost Dog : The Way Of Samourai Jim Jarmusch 116' 1999 The Mission (Cheung fo) Johnny To 81' 1999 The Departed Martin Scorsese 151' 2006 The Mission Second Breath 3 FEAR IN CINEMA From fear to terror, shiver and anxiety, 23 films to explore how fear has been represented and felt in cinema. Nosferatu (Eine Symphonie des Grauens) Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau 72’ 1922 Les Diaboliques Henri-George Clouzot 115’ 1955 Dracula Terence Fisher 87’ 1959 Peeping Tom Michael Powell 101’ 1960 Psycho Alfred Hitchcock 109’ 1960 Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage) George Franju 88’ 1960 Revenge of the Vampire Mario Bava 85’ 1961 (Le Maschero del demonio) Le Locataire Roman Polanski 125’ 1976 Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah 113’ 1971 The Spirit of the Beehive Victor Erice 98’ 1974 (El Espiritu de la colmena) Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) Dario Argento 101’ 1975 Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton 105’ 1991 Thesis (Tesis) Alejandro Amenabar 130’ 1996 The Kingdom (Riget) Lars Von Trier 571’ 1997 Harry, He's Here to Help Dominique Moll 117’ 2000 (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) The Devil Blackbone (L’Echine du diable) Guillermo del Toro 107’ 2001 I’m not scared (Io non ho paura) Gabriele Salvatores 102’ 2005 Shaun of the dead Edgar Wright 99’ 2005 Nocturna V. Maldonado / A. Garcia 80’ 2007 [Rec] P. Plaza / J. Balagueró 80’ 2007 Fear(s) of the Dark (Peur(s) du noir) Blutch / C. Burns / M. Caillou 85’ 2008 P. di Sciullo / R. McGuire / L. Mattoti Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson 114’ 2009 (Låt den rätte komma in) NOT SCARED ! : short films program for children from 6 years old Frankenstein circus Jacques Remy-Girerd 9’ 1986 A noite Régina Pessoa 6’ 1999 La Saint Festin A-L Daffis / L. Marchand 15’ 2007 What’s Next A. Flückiger / C. Röthlin 4’ 2007 Karu Tuleb ! J. Cimermanis 16’ 2008 Les Diaboliques [Rec] 4 TRIBUTE TO GUILLAUME DEPARDIEU Back to a selection of memorable films part of the actor’s career, gone in October 2008. All the Mornings of the World Alain Corneau 114’ 1991 (Tous les matins du monde) Wild Target (Cible émouvante) Pierre Salvadori 87’ 1993 Les Apprentis Pierre Salvadori 95’ 1995 Pola X Leos Carax 135’ 1999 A Loving Father (Aime ton père) Jacob Berger 100’ 2000 Don't Touch the Axe Jacques Rivette 137’ 2007 (Ne touchez pas la hache) Versailles Pierre Schoeller 113’ 2008 On War (De la Guerre) Bertrand Bonello 130’ 2008 Château en Suède Josée Dayan 105’ 2008 Pola X Versailles KAREL ZEMAN A selection of short and feature films by the great Czech animated film director. FEATURE FILMS Journey to Prehistory (Cesta do praveku) 93’ 1955 A Deadly Invention (Vynález zkázy) 87’ 1958 Sindbad the Sailor (Dobrodruzstvi namornika Sindibada) 65’ 1974 SHORT FILMS The Christmas Dream (Vanocni sen) 11’ 1945 A Horseshoe For Luck (Podkova pro stestí) 10’ 1946 Krecek 9’ 1946 Mr. Prokouk Filmmaker (Pan Prokouk filmuje) 8’ 1948 Inspiration (Inspirace) 12’ 1948 CINEMA SCHOOLS IN TURKEY Three programs of films made in cinema schools in Turkey. Event organized as part of the Turkey Season in France (July 2009 - March 2010) www.saisondelaturquie.fr 5 .