Countless filmmakers owe their success, in part, to Premiers Plans Film Festival, including Paolo Sorentino, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, François Ozon, Fatih Akin, Arnaud Desplechin, Matteo Garrone, Abdellatif Kechiche, Kornél Mundruczó, Jessica Hausner, Cristi Puiu, Miguel Gomes, Joachim Trier, Laurent Cantet, Joachim Lafosse, Rúnar Rúnarsson, and more recently the likes of Lukas Dhont, László Nemes, Guillaume Senez and Carla Simón. And with 100 films due to be showcased, the 31^st edition (25 January to 3 February), directed by Claude-Eric Poiroux (read the interview here) has no intention of deviating from its excellent editorial line, which focuses on emerging European talent.

The nine feature films competing in the international competition will be decided by a jury chaired by the French director Cédric Kahn and comprised of the Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen, the filmmaker and screenwriter Léa Mysius, the producer Sylvie Pialat and the composer Amine Bouhafa. Three films discovered at Locarno are in the running: All Good [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by the German director Eva Trobisch (Winner of Best Film at the Swiss Festival), Ray & Liz [+lee también:
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entrevista: Richard Billingham
ficha de la película] by the British director Richard Billingham (special mention in international competition) and Those Who Work [+lee también:
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entrevista: Antoine Russbach
ficha de la película] by the Swiss director Antoine Russbach (unveiled in the Filmmakers of the Present section). They will be up against Lemonade [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ioana Uricaru
ficha de la película] by the Romanian director Ioana Uricaru (screened in the Panorama section at the Berlinale), Blossom Valley [+lee también:
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entrevista: László Csuja
ficha de la película] by the Hungarian director László Csuja (Special Jury Prize in the East of the West competition at Karlovy Vary), the harrowing Cutterhead [+lee también:
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entrevista: Rasmus Kloster Bro
ficha de la película] by the Danish director Rasmus Kloster Bro and three films that premiered at Toronto: Light as Feathers [+lee también:
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entrevista: Rosanne Pel
ficha de la película] by the Dutch director Rosanne Pel, Saf [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ali Vatansever
ficha de la película] by the Turkish director Ali Vatansever and Core of the World [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by the Russian director Natalia Meshchaninova (selected in the New Directors section at San Sebastian Festival).

The French first feature section includes five films: Daniel [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Marine Atlan (which will also be competing at Berlin in the Generation section), Truk [+lee también:
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entrevista: Sarah Marx
ficha de la película] by Sarah Marx (a great discovery in the Horizons section at Venice), the documentary Young and Alive [+lee también:
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entrevista: Matthieu Bareyre
ficha de la película] by Matthieu Bareyre (special mention in the Filmmakers of the Present section at Locarno), Paper Flags [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by the very young Nathan Ambrosioni and Father and Sons [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Félix Moati.

In addition to the four other competitions (including the European First Short competition, the French School competition, and the Animated Short competition), the Angers festival, which is due to be opened by Claire Burger’sReal Love [+lee también:
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entrevista: Claire Burger
ficha de la película], will also be screening Renault 12 by Mohamed El Khatib and I See Red People [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Bojina Panayotova in the Figures Libres section.

Festival premieres include the Venetian title Pearl [+lee también:
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entrevista: Elsa Amiel
ficha de la película]by Elsa Amiel, the Toronto features Teret [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ognjen Glavonić
ficha de la película] by the Serbian Ognjen Glavonić and Arctic [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by the Brazilian director Joe Penna and the animated films Wardi [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mats Grorud
ficha de la película] by the Norwegian director Mats Grorud and Funan [+lee también:
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entrevista: Denis Do
ficha de la película] by Denis Do. 

Finally, the programme is due to include a number of tributes and retrospectives to the likes of Costa-Gavras, the Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu, the Romanian Institute of UNATC, the German directors Maren Ade (who won’t be in attendance) and Valeska Grisebach, and the Dutch animation director Michael Dudok de Wit (who is due to chair the short film jury). And that’s not without forgetting a screenplay lecture on Amore mio, due to be directed by Guillaume Gouix, Les Versants by Guillaume Renusson and Gagarine [+lee también:
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entrevista: Fanny Liatard y Jérémy Tro…
ficha de la película] by the director duo Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh.