Keep up to date on trips made by French actors and directors as they accompany their films around the world (for commercial releases, retrospectives, master classes, festivals, preview screenings, and more) in our bi-monthly bulletin.
Festivals
- Isabelle Huppert traveled to New York for a weekend tribute event organized in her honor from November 19 through 21, at Metrograph.
- Jérôme Le Maire was in Scotland, in Glasgow and Edinbourg, from November 20 through 22, to present Premiers crus at the French Film Festival UK.
- Rebecca Zlotowski attended the Stockholm International Film Festival, November 18 through 20, to present Planetarium, then traveled to the Hong Kong French Cinepanorama, from November 26 through 29, on the occasion of the film's Hong Kong premiere and to meet the press prior to its release.
- Rosalie Varda gave a master class at the International Film Festival of India, Goa (20-28 November), which also welcomed Leila Kilani (a jury member), and Damien Chapelle for Marie and the Misfits.
- Eugène Green attended the Torino Film Festival (18-26 November) to present The Son of Joseph, and Sébastien Betbeder traveled there for Marie and the Misfits.
- Angelin Preljocaj and Valérie Müller were in Estonia from November 22 through 24 to present Polina at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and then traveled to Saint Petersburg (November 25-28), where the film was presented at the Institut Français.
- Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar went to Spain to the Gijon International Film Festival from November 20 through 23 to present Heaven Will Wait.
- Édouard Baer and Sabrina Ouazani were present at the Brussels International Film Festival on November 24 and 25 for the screenings of Open at Night.
- Trần Anh Hùng attended the Singapore International Film Festival (November 23 -December 4) to present Eternity.
- Olivier Assayas was at Mar del Plata from November 18 through 20 to present Personal Shopper. He also gave a master class while there.
- Sébastien Betbeder, Delphine and Muriel Coulin, Gilles Marchand, Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine, Dominik Moll, Lola Créton, and Corentin Fila were all present at the IFI French Film Festival in Dublin (November 16-27).
- Houda Benyamina, Oulaya Amamra, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Verhoeven, Raoul Peck, Philippe Grandrieux (who also gave a master class at Cal Arts), Roxane Mesquida, Daouda Coulibaly, Éric Neveux, Gaspard Ulliel, and Marion Cotillard attended the AFI FEST (November10-17).
- Finnegan Oldfield traveled to the French Film Festival in Singapore (November 10-20) to present Cowboys.
- Juliette Binoche was in Taipei, at the Golden Horse Film Festival (November 4-24) to present Slack Bay and participate in the closing ceremony. She also gave a master class at the Institut Français (photo).
- Stéphanie Di Giusto attended the French Film Festival in the Czech Republic (November 23-30), which presented The Dancer as its opening film. She was accompanied by Vincent Garenq, who came to present Kalinka, and Nicole Garcia, who was at the event for From the Land of the Moon.
- Julia Ducournau traveled to Melbourne, in Australia, for the presentation of Raw as the opening film of Monster Fest (November 24-27), and to promote the film prior to its Australian release.
- Éric Lavaine, Samir Guesmi, Laurent Tirard, and Jérôme Commandeur were present at the 2nd edition of Ohlala, a French comedy festival in Israel (November 14-29).
- The New York "In French with English Subtitles" film festival (November 18-20) welcomed Jérôme Commandeur and Alicia Endemann for My Family Already Adores You, James Huth for Brice From Nice, Laurence Arné for Penny Pincher!, and Philippe de Chauveron and Medi Sadoun for Last Call for Nowhere.
Film releases
- Michel Boujenah was in Belgium from November 23 through 25 to promote Heartstrings.
- Alejandro Jodorowsky traveled to Switzerland on November 27 for the release of Endless Poetry.
- Trần Anh Hùng was in Hong Kong from November 27 through 30 to promote Eternity.
- Karin Viard and Nadège Loiseau both went to Brussels to accompany A Bun in the Oven, which released in Belgium on November 23.
- Rachid Djaïdani was also in Brussels from November 21 through 23 to promote Tour de France.
- James Thiérrée traveled to Tokyo from November 17 through 19 for the release of Monsieur Chocolat.
- Marc Fitoussi and Émilie Dequenne were in Belgium on November 17 for the release of Mum's Wrong.
- Joyce A. Nashawati traveled to Berlin from November 23 through 26 to promote Blind Sun in Germany.
- Danièle Thompson traveled to Bulgaria from November 21 through 24 for the release of Cézanne and I.
- Martin Bourboulon, Marina Foïs, Laurent Lafitte, Alexandre De La Patellière, and Matthieu Delaporte were in Belgium on November 19 to promote Divorce French Style.
Other news
- Raoul Peck was in New York on November 28 for the nomination of I Am Not Your Negro at the Gotham Awards. Isabelle Huppert, nominated for Best Actress (for her performance in Elle by Paul Verhoeven), was also present.
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