18/04/2016 - The 20th edition of the ColCoa (City of Lights, City of Angels) Festival kicks off today in Los Angeles and lasts nine days

Chocolat [+see also:
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The "French NeWave 2.0" section will present such titles as Fatima [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Faucon
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interview: Eva Husson
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film profile] by Samuel Collardey, The Wakhan Front [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Larivière
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The "Film Noir" programme includes titles like A Decent Man [+see also:
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film profile] by Frédéric Schoendoerffer, while featuring among the titles on the "After 10" menu are Saint Amour [+see also:
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interview: Bouli Lanners
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Standing out in the "World Cinema Produced by France" section are As I Open My Eyes [+see also:
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interview: Leyla Bouzid
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Several seasoned filmmakers are also taking part – for example, with Agnus Dei [+see also:
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interview: Lou de Laâge
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film profile] by Claude Lelouch, Families [+see also:
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film profile] by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Courted [+see also:
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film profile] by Christian Vincent, Don’t Tell Me the Boy Was Mad [+see also:
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The US premiere of Nicolas Boukhrief’s Inside the Cell [+see also:
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film profile] by Anne Giafferi, One Man and His Cow [+see also:
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film profile] by Mohamed Hamidi, Encore heureux [+see also:
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film profile] by Benoît Graffin, and All Gone South [+see also:
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film profile] by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheau. Animation will also be showcased with Long Way North [+see also:
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film profile] by Rémi Chayé, as will documentaries, notably Tomorrow [+see also:
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film profile] by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent.

The highly varied programme at this edition of ColCoa is rounded off by a competition for TV productions with the first season of Call My Agent! (Cédric Klapisch, Lola Doillon and Antoine Garceau), the international premieres of Bébés volés by Alain Berliner and Le Passe-muraille by Dante Desarthe, and also Les Pieds dans le tapis by Nader Takmil Homayoun, Borderline by Olivier Marchal, Disparue by Charlotte Brändström and the mini-series Le Secret d’Elise (an adaptation of Marchlands), among others. We also find a short-film competition, six restored classics, and a number of talks (including Focuses on director Jean-Paul Rappeneau and producer Dominique Besnehard) on the festival’s menu.

(Translated from French)