09/10/2008

At the Dijon Film Meetings organised by the ARP (October 9-12), there will be several film screenings alongside the professional debates (see news). Andrzej Jakimowski’s Tricks [+see also:
film review
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interview: Andrzej Jakimowski
interview: Tomasz Gąssowski
film profile] (set to be released in France on October 22 by Kmbo) will be presented as part of the European Filmmakers’ Tour de France organised by Europa Cinemas during the Season of European Culture to mark the French Presidency of the EU.

The line-up also includes avant-première screenings of Pierre Jolivet’s La très très grande entreprise (“The Very, Very Big Business”, see news), which looks at the battle of ordinary citizens against a polluting multinational and stars Roschdy Zem, Jean Paul Rouve and Marie Gillain (to be launched by Pathé on November 5); and Philippe Muyl’s Magique! [+see also:
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film profile] (French release by Paramount Pictures on October 22), starring Gillain and singer Cali in a circus-set drama.

There will also be presentations of Christophe Barratier’s Paris 36 [+see also:
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During the week prior to the Film Meetings, the Eldorado movie theatre – a member of the Europa Cinemas network – hosted an event dedicated to European film. The programme included Cannes prize-winners Il divo [+see also:
film review
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interview: Nicola Giuliano
interview: Paolo Sorrentino
interview: Philippe Desandre
film profile] by Italy’s Paolo Sorrentino (to be released by StudioCanal on December 31); Hunger [+see also:
film review
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interview: Laura Hastings-Smith Rob…
interview: Steve McQueen
film profile] by UK director Steve McQueen (MK2 - November 26); Three Monkeys [+see also:
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interview: Zeynep Ozbatur
film profile] by Turkey’s Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Pyramide - January 14, 2009); and Cloud Nine [+see also:
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film profile] by Germany’s Andreas Dresen (ASC Distribution - November 5).

The line-up also featured three other films presented on the Croisette in May: Christophe Van Rompaey’s Moscow Belgium [+see also:
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film profile] (Bac Films - November 19); Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski’s Four Nights With Anna [+see also:
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film profile] (Les Films du Losange - November 5); and Juraj Lehotsky’s Blind Loves [+see also:
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film profile] (Slovakian hopeful for the 2009 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar - ASC Distribution, January 2009).

Also showing was Stephen Walker’s UK documentary Young@Heart, which will be launched in France by Le Pacte on December 24 under the title I Feel Good!.

(Translated from French)