Around the World: April 19, 2017

Festivals

• Olivier Assayas, Édouard Baer, Lucas Belvaux, Clotilde Courau, Louis Garrel, Mia Hansen-Løve, Antonin Peretjatko, Martin Provost, Thomas Kruithof, Diane Kruger, Nicolas Silhol, Claire Simon, and Rebecca Zlotowski are the members of the delegation attending the 7th Rendez-Vous with New French Cinema in Rome (April 4-May 7) (photo).
• Dany Boon and Alice Pol traveled to Beijing for the presentation of R.A.I.D. Special Unit as part of the French Film Panorama in China (April 15-23).
• Nicole Garcia was a guest at the Previews French cinema program held in Montevideo (Uruguay) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) in early April.
• François Ozon was in Finland to present Frantz as opening film at the Helsinki Season Film Festival (March 30-April 4).

Commercial releases

• Katell Quillévéré was in London from March 31 to April 5 for the promotion of Heal the Living, which will be released in the United Kingdom on April 28.
• Dominique Farrugia accompanied the presentation of Room(H)Ates in Geneva on April 7 and 8, in the lead-up to its release in French-speaking Switzerland on April 19.
• Mamane traveled to Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Niger, and Ivory Coast from April 13 to 20 to present his film Welcome to Gondwana.
• Gérard Jugnot made the trip to Brussels on April 4 to attend the Belgian launch of Accidental Family, then traveled to Geneva on April 5 and 6 in preparation for the film's release in French-speaking Switzerland on April 12.
• Lisa Azuelos was in Lisbon for a preview screening of Dalida, just prior to its release in Portugal on April 13.
• Cyril Dion traveled to Los Angeles on April 18 to attend the preview screening of his film Tomorrow, which will be released in the United States on April 21.
• During their visit to Rome, Nicole Garcia and Louis Garrel took part in the promotion of From the Land of the Moon, which will be released in Italian theaters on April 13.