From Locarno to Mexico (where Serge Bozon performed one of his mythical sets during the Black Canvas festivalr—photo), and from Melbourne to Stockholm, we follow the trips made around the world in August by actors and directors to represent French films.
Festivals
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Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (August 18-24)
ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ
Sarajevo Film Festival (August 10-17)
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Locarno Film Festival (August 1-11 August)
- Bruno Dumont for Coincoin and the Extra Humans, a retrospective and the Pardo d'onore
- Jean Dujardin, Yolande Moreau, & Benoît Delépine for I Feel Good
- Vianney Lebasque, Ahmed Syla, & Olivier Barthelemy for Team Spirit
- David Roux, Jérémie Renier, Marthe Keller, & Maud Wyler for Breath of Life
- Mélanie Thierry, Bettina Oberli, Anastasia Shevtsova, & Nuno Lopes for 風とともに
- Virgil Vernier, Agathe Bonitzer, & Lilith Grasmug for Sophia Antipolis
- Yolande Zauberman for M
- Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti for Sibel
- Matthieu Bareyre for Young and Alive
- François-Xavier Drouet for Le Temps des forêts
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Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival (August 21-26)
- Serge Bozon for Mrs. Hyde
Europa Nuevas Tendencias (San Sebastian-Guadalajara) (August 23-September 1)
- Jean Libon & Yves Hinant for 神よ、お助けを!
オーストラリア
Melbourne International Film Festival (August 2-19)
- Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani (August 1-8) for Let the Corpses Tan and a retrospective
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London Frightfest (August 23-27 August)
- Gaspar Noé for Climax
Film Releases
- Eriq Ebouaney traveled to Stockholm August 23-24 for the release of A Season in France (Folkets Bio) and for a gala screening at the Institut Français of Stockholm.
- Cécilia Rouaud & Pierre Deladonchamps were in Brussels for the preview screening of Photo de famille on August 28.
- Djamel Bensalah & Samy Seghir for the release of Straight Outta Neuilly
- Elsa Diringer was in Seoul from August 8-12 for the relase of Luna
- Eye Haidara is in London from August 31-September 1 for the release of Sens de la fête (CineFile)
- Fanny Ben-Ami was in Baden Baden and Berlin from 26-31 August for the DVD release of Voyage de Fanny (Atlas Film und Medien)
- Karim Moussaoui was in Berlin and Hanover from 22-25 August for the release of Until the Birds Return (MissingFilms)
- Jacques Doillon was in Madrid from July 27 Juillet-August 1 for the release of Rodin (Caramel Films)