Having been rescheduled in the annual calendar of film-industry events and now organised prior to the start of the awards season in the USA, instead of taking place in the spring, COLCOA (City of Light, City of Angels), Hollywood’s very own French film festival, organised on the brand-new premises of the Directors' Guild of America, will kick off on Monday 23 September with the Cannes-awarded Les Misérables [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ladj Ly
scheda film] by Ladj Ly (which will be having its US premiere, in association with Amazon Studios) and will be brought to a close on 28 September by another Croisette-premiered movie that is also being presented as a US premiere: La belle époque [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nicolas Bedos
scheda film] by Nicolas Bedos.

In total, 25 features will be duking it out for the COLCOA Cinema Awards, including Three Days and a Life [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Nicolas Boukhrief, which will be enjoying its international premiere, and eight films that will be screened as North American premieres: Adults in the Room [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Costa-Gavras
scheda film] by Costa-Gavras, The Dazzled [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Sarah Suco, On a Magical Night [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Christophe Honoré
scheda film] by Christophe Honoré (in association with US distributor Strand Releasing), Happy Birthday [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Cédric Kahn, Someone, Somewhere [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Cédric Klapisch, Papicha [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mounia Meddour
scheda film] by Mounia Meddour, Young Ahmed [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jean-Pierre e Luc Dardenne
scheda film] by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and Edmond [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alexis Michalik
scheda film] by Alexis Michalik (in association with Roadside Attraction).

Also of note are the US premiere of Our Wonderful Lives [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Fabienne Godet
scheda film] by Fabienne Godet and eight titles set to be presented in Los Angeles for the first time: In Safe Hands [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Jeanne Herry (in association with Distrib Films US), Conviction [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Antoine Raimbault, Amanda [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mikhaël Hers
scheda film] by Mikhaël Hers, Real Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Burger
scheda film] by Claire Burger, The Freshmen [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Thomas Lilti, 100 kilos d’étoiles [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Marie-Sophie Chambon, Little Tickles [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer, and The Trouble With You [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pierre Salvadori
scheda film] by Pierre Salvadori (in association with Kino Lorber).

Animation will also have a strong presence thanks to I Lost My Body [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jérémy Clapin
scheda film] by Jérémy Clapin (Grand Prize in the 2019 Cannes Critics’ Week – in association with Netflix and Animation Is Film) and Minuscule – Mandibles From Far Away [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo.

Also standing out on the menu of this edition of the gathering are a High School screening of In Your Hands [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Ludovic Bernard, the COLCOA Classics section, series, TV fiction shows and documentaries, short films, a Focus on director Claire Burger, and several panels (the so-called Happy Hour Talks) that will enable filmmakers, actors and other industry professionals to discuss various topics.