Working Jan. 19-Feb. 19, this yr’s MyFrenchFilmFestival, a web based showcase organized by France’s film-TV promotional physique UniFrance, will mark its 14th version with an accent on younger expertise, each in entrance of and behind the digital camera, and an emphasis on feminine empowerment.
With a mixture of heritage docs like Agnès Varda’s “Jane B. for Agnès V.,” and a nine-film competitors that spotlights auteurist animation like Alain Ughetto’s “No Canines or Italians Allowed” alongside outré dramatic fare, the 11 options and 15 shorts that make up this yr’s choice will likely be obtainable on 80 accomplice platforms as effectively on MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, the place all of the shorts will likely be obtainable to display freed from cost.
All movies will likely be subtitled in 11 languages, together with Arabic, English, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish and Ukrainian, whereas the function part may even be obtainable totally free in lots of Latin American, African and Center Japanese territories.
“No Canines or Italians Allowed”
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Popping out and coming down are two frequent themes of this yr’s choice, which explores queer relationships in jail in Zeno Graton’s “The Misplaced Boys,” on the dance-floor in Patric Chiha’s “The Beast within the Jungle,” and in between two unique dancers in Lucie Borleteau’s “My Sole Need.” In the meantime, the 2 hapless leads of Bastien Milheau’s teen comedy “Tremendous Drunk” must come-of-age whereas scrounging for booze within the countryside.
Whereas Nicolas Pariser’s “The Inexperienced Fragrance” sends established names Sandrine Kiberlaine and Vincent Lacoste on a breakneck spy caper, titles like Jean-Baptiste Durand’s “Junkyard Canine” and Jeanne Aslan and Paul Saintillan’s “Spare Keys” will assist break a brand new era of onscreen expertise, introducing worldwide viewers to rising stars like Raphäel Quenard, Céleste Brunnquell and Quentin Dolmaire.
Rounding out the Francophone choice, the Quebecois road-movie “Rodéo,” from Joëlle Desjardins and the crusing doc “Polaris,” from Ainara Vera, each situate household tales – dad and mom in a single, siblings within the different – in opposition to rugged and expressive pure landscapes. In the meantime, the free-of-charge shorts choice will highlight quite a lot of animated and family-oriented choices.
Filmmakers Marie Kreutzer (“Corsage”), Katell Quillévéré (“Alongside Got here Love”), Lillah Halla (“Energy Alley”), and Faouzi Bensaïdi (“Desserts”), and Italian star Pierfrancesco Favino (“The Traitor”) will make up this yr’s jury.
