07/10/2021 - The 12th edition of the French festival will unfold from 11 to 17 October with a very rich and diverse programme of more than 100 films, including nine in international competition

Final preparations before the 12^th edition of the La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, which will unfold from 11 to 17 Octobre 2021 and open with Venice competition title Lost Illusions [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
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film profile] by Jérôme Bonnell.

In the international competition, the jury (which includes Charles Tesson, Sophie Mirouze and Hubert Viel) will have to choose the winner from among nine films, including the English language title Nobody Has To Know [+see also:
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interview: Bouli Lanners
film profile], unveiled in Toronto, from Belgian director Bouli Lanners (who will be the subject of a dedicated Focus at the festival), Here Before from British director Stacey Gregg and two features discovered in Venice: My Night [+see also:
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interview: Antoinette Boulat
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film profile] from Iranian duo Shirin Neshat-Shoja Azari. Also in the competition will be the American film Pig, the Mexican title Una película de policías, the Canadian production Le bruit des moteurs, the Argentina-Brazil-Chile co-production Matar a la bestia and the documentary Faya Dayi from Mexican-Ethiopian director Jessica Beshir (winner at Visions du réel).

Worth mentioning among the feature films playing in the Nouvelles Vagues competition are Atlantide from Italian director Yuri Ancarani, Our Eternal Summer [+see also:
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interview: Émilie Aussel
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interview: Susana Nobre
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interview: Isabel Coixet
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interview: Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zü…
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Among the special screenings will be Parallel Mothers [+see also:
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making of
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film profile] by Abel Ferrara and the French films Waiting for Bojangles [+see also:
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film profile] by Régis Roinsard, Drift Away [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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film profile] by Audrey Estrougo.

Dedicated to singular and accessible visions, the Perspectives section will offer, among other titles, the Venice Golden Lion winner Happening [+see also:
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interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
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interview: Leonardo Di Costanzo
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interview: Frida Kempff
film profile] by Frida Kempff, Last Night in Soho [+see also:
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film profile] from British director Edgar Wright and Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï [+see also:
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film profile] from France’s François Desagnat.

Worth pointing out finally are the Focus sections dedicated to directors Clio Barnard (including her film Ali & Ava [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Marre and Julie Le…
film profile] by Emmanuel Marre and Julie Lecoustre) and Judith Chemla, a carte blanche to Alain Guiraudie, and homages to Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Claude Carrière, Sean Connery and Monte Hellman, without forgetting the En Famille programme which will include the animated films Princesse Dragon from French director Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis and Even Mice Belong in Heaven [+see also:
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film profile] from Czech directors Denisa Grimmova and Jan Bubenicek.

(Translated from French)