Though nominated General Delegate of the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes (where he passed his baptism of fire last May), Paolo Moretti has remained director of La Roche­-sur­-Yon International Film Festival, for which he has once more put together a quality programme exploring the diversity of arthouse cinema worldwide (more than 60 features, including 30 French premieres and 8 previews) for the 10th edition of the event which will unfold in Vendée from 14 to 20 October.

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In the international competition, the jury (featuring actress Lolita Chammah and directors Lionel Baier and Nicolas Pariser) will be judging eight titles (six having their French premieres at the festival) including four European films: Vitalina Varela [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dominik Moll
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scheda film] by Lee Cronin. Facing them will be four North American titles: the Canadian film Jeune Juliette by Anne Émond, and the American films Clemency by Chinonye Chukwu, American Woman by Jake Scott and Light of My Life by Casey Affleck.

Among the 13 feature-length, medium-length and short films featured in the Nouvelles vagues competition, all of them having their French premiere at the festival, a few titles stand out: Arguments [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bas Devos
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intervista: Anna Odell
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Standing out in the Special Screenings section (which features seven French premieres) are several films well received in Venice (the award-winning An Officer and a Spy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pietro Marcello
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intervista: Roy Andersson
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intervista: Hirokazu Kore-eda
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intervista: Costa-Gavras
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intervista: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
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Dedicated to singular and accessible points of view, the Perspectives section, composed of five films having their French premiere at the festival, will offer The August Virgin [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jonás Trueba
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Finally, standing out among the six titles brushing with genre cinema and fantasy in the Variété section (three of them having their French premiere at the festival) are the UK/Belgian production A Good Woman Is Hard To Find by Abner Pastol and the US/UK production I See You by Adam Randall.

The guest of honour at this 10^th edition of the festival will be French actor Lambert Wilson. Also in the programme are conversations with Adèle Haenel, Bulle Ogier, Lorenzo Mattotti and Pedro Costa, homages to Bernardo Bertolucci and Peter Fonda, and a programme for the younger public featuring the animated films The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lorenzo Mattotti
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