The Namur International French-Language Film Festival (FIFF) will offer nearly 120 films during its upcoming edition, throughout its three main competitive sections. Among them are many French films that have delighted international festivals these past few months. Thus, the Festival will open with great fanfare with a screening of The Innocent [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], the new film from Louis Garrel, presented last May in the Cannes Premiere section. The film is among ten titles in the Official Competition. By its side are four other French films: Forever Young [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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scheda film] by Blandine Lenoir, starring the unmissable Laure Calamy, and discovered this summer on the Piazza Grande in Locarno; Laure Calamy is also in The Origin of Evil [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sébastien Marnier
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intervista: Delphine Lehericey
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intervista: Paul Negoescu
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intervista: Davy Chou
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intervista: Erige Sehiri
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Since last year, the Festival also includes a competition dedicated to feature debuts, which will bring together ten films. There, too, French productions are well represented, with six selections. We therefore find three films first shown this summer in Angoulême, including two feature debuts from actors-turned-directors: Amore Mio [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Leopold Legrand, which won four awards there. Also programmed are The Worst Ones [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Romane Gueret e Lise Akoka
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intervista: Florent Gouëlou
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intervista: Julie Lerat-Gersant
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scheda film], from the Central African filmmaker of Congolese descent Rafiki Fariala, and which premiered in Berlin. This section will also welcome the Tunisian film Ashkal [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuelle Nicot
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The Festival also features a Short Film Competition which will gather 25 films, a large programme for young audiences, as well as many events for professionals.