The deadline nears for Le Groupe Ouest’s Annual Selection
- 23 November 2022 is the deadline for the 2023 call for projects of the successful residential writing coaching scheme aimed at French-speaking screenwriters and filmmakers
It is a coincidence in time and a sign that speaks volumes about the quality of the Breton programme: having gone through Le Groupe Ouest’s Annual Selection with Close [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Eden Dambrine
interview: Lukas Dhont
interview: Lukas Dhont
film profile] in 2020, Lukas Dhont’s film — winner of the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival — is released in French cinemas on Tuesday 1 November and in Belgium the following day.
Every year, the writing coaching scheme of Le Groupe Ouest (headed by Charlotte Le Vallégan and Antoine Le Bos) selects eight fiction projects (live action or animation), carried by French-speaking screenwriters and filmmakers. The select few will participate in four collective work sessions between April and December, in residency on the seaside in Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages (Finistere), under the supervision of screenwriter-consultants.
Participating projects from previous editions (read our article about the 2022 promotion) include South Sentinel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mathieu Gérault
film profile] by Mathieu Gérault, three debut features well-received at the Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2021 and 2020 (A Tale of Love and Desire [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Leyla Bouzid, Skies of Lebanon [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Chloé Mazlo, and Beasts [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Naël Marandin), Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Massoud Bakhshi
film profile] by Massoud Bakhshi (awarded at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival), not to mention Cuties [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Maïmouna Doucouré
film profile] by Maïmouna Doucouré, Divines [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Houda Benyamina
film profile] by Houda Benyamina, My Life as a Courgette [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Claude Barras
film profile] by Claude Barras, Sunset [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: László Nemes
film profile] by László Nemes, as well as upcoming films from Elie Grape, Rachid Djaïdani, Daouda Coulibaly, Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, Delphine Deloget, Alanté Kavaïté and Jonathan Millet.
The call for projects for the 2023 Annual Selection (click here) is open until 23 November 2022.
(Translated from French)
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