With seven titles in three sections of the Cannes Film Festival, an impressive record has been set for the TorinoFilmLab, the lab and training programme for budding young talents from all over the world, which is connected to the Torino Film Festival and promoted by the National Film Museum and the Torino Piemonte Film Commission. 

A short while ago, the TorinoFilmLab reached the grand milestone of 50 films completed since it was created in 2008, and this year, Cannes really shows an exceptional result: seven features backed by the international lab are part of the Un Certain Regard programme, the Critics’ Week and the ACID selection.

In Un Certain Regard, two feature debuts in the running for the Caméra d'Or, Dogs [+lire aussi :
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interview : Juho Kuosmanen
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Of the seven films in competition in the Critics’ Week, three passed through the TFL: once again, they are two feature debuts and a second work. The beginnings of Raw [+lire aussi :
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Two Italian films selected at Cannes were actually made in Piedmont: Sweet Dreams [+lire aussi :
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