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Nine hopefuls for the 2017 Louis-Delluc Prize

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- Arnaud Desplechin, Robin Campillo, Mathieu Amalric, Bruno Dumont, Xavier Beauvois, Eric Caravaca, Emmanuel Gras, Ado Arrietta and Raoul Peck are all in the running

Nine hopefuls for the 2017 Louis-Delluc Prize
Ismael's Ghosts by Arnaud Desplechin

The prestigious Louis-Delluc Prize, which will be handed out on 15 December by a jury of critics and leading figures from the seventh art, chaired by Gilles Jacob, will this year see nine features go head to head for the title of best film.

Among them we find six works unveiled at Cannes: Ismael’s Ghosts [+see also:
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Q&A: Arnaud Desplechin
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by Arnaud Desplechin, which opened the festival, the Grand Prix winner BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+see also:
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interview: Arnaud Valois
interview: Robin Campillo
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by Robin Campillo, Barbara [+see also:
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by Mathieu Amalric (awarded in Un Certain Regard), Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc [+see also:
film review
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interview: Bruno Dumont
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by Bruno Dumont (presented in the Directors’ Fortnight), and the documentaries Carré 35 [+see also:
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by Eric Caravaca (shown as an official selection special screening) and Makala [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Gras
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by Emmanuel Gras (Grand Prize in the Critics’ Week – set to be released in France on 6 December).

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They are joined by The Guardians [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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by Xavier Beauvois (which was premiered at Toronto and will be on general release in France from 6 December), the doc I Am Not Your Negro [+see also:
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trailer
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by Raoul Peck (Audience Award at Toronto and Berlin, nominated for the Oscar) and Sleeping Beauty [+see also:
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interview: Ado Arrietta
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by Spaniard Ado Arrietta.

Six films are duking it out for the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best Debut Film, four of which were revealed at Cannes (Ava [+see also:
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interview: Léa Mysius
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by Léa Mysius, Montparnasse Bienvenüe [+see also:
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interview: Léonor Serraille
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by Léonor Serraille, Raw [+see also:
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interview: Julia Ducournau
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by Julia Ducournau and Bloody Milk [+see also:
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interview: Hubert Charuel
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by Hubert Charuel), one at Venice (Four Days in France [+see also:
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trailer
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by Jérôme Raybaud) and one at San Sebastián (A Taste of Ink [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Morgan Simon
film profile
]
by Morgan Simon).

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(Translated from French)

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