An exceptional year for French cinema at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, which will open on August 30, with 4 French films in Competition, by Abdellatif Kechiche, Robert Guédiguian, Xavier Legrand, and Ziad Doueiri.
All sections combined, fifteen French and majority French films (not including heritage and minority French films), along with 5 short films (+ 7 VR works, which will be in a competitive selection for the first time in Venice), will be shown during the world's oldest film festival, which wraps on September 9.
The French delegation present this year will be composed of (subject to change):
- Robert Guédiguian and Ariane Ascaride for The House by the Sea
- Ziad Doueiri, Adel Karam, and Rita Hayek for L'Insulte
- Abdellatif Kechiche, Shaïn Boumedine, and Lou Luttiau for Mektoub, My Love : Canto Uno
- Xavier Legrand, Denis Ménochet, and Léa Drucker for Custody
- Anne Fontaine and Finnegan Oldfield for Reinventing Marvin
- Gilles Bourdos, Alice Isaaz, and Vincent Rottiers for Endangered Species
- Rachid Hami, Kad Merad, and Samir Guesmi for Orchestra Class
- Alireza Khatami, Vincent Wang, Fred Bellaïche, Antoine Héberlé, and Dominique Welinski for Oblivion Verses
- Bertrand Mandico, Vimala Pons, and Diane Rouxel for The Wild Boys
- Sofia Djama, Sami Bouajila, and Nadia Kaci for The Blessed
- Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel, and Valentina Novati for Caniba
- Damien Manivel and Kohei Igarashi for The Night I Swam
- Sara Forestier and Redouanne Harjane for M
Let us also mention the presence of four French artists in this edition's four main juries: Anna Mouglalis, member of the Official Competition Jury, Céline Sciamma, member of the Venice Virtual Reality Jury, Benoit Jacquot president of the "Luigi de Laurentiis" Venice Award for a Debut Film - Lion of the Future Jury, and Rebecca Zlotowski member of the Orizzonti Jury.
Official Competition:
- Custody by Xavier Legrand
- The Insult by Ziad Doueiri
- The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian
- Mektoub, My Love : Canto Uno by Abdellatif Kechiche
- Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz (minority)
- Hannah by Andrea Pallaoro (minority)
- Angels Wear White by Vivian Qu (minority)
Out of Competition:
- Orchestra Class by Rachid Hami
- Racer and the Jailbird by Michael R. Roskam (minority)
Orizzonti:
- Endangered Species by Gilles Bourdos
- Reinventing Marvin by Anne Fontaine
- The Blessed by Sofia Djama
- Caniba by Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Oblivion Verses by Alireza Khatami
- The Night I Swam by Damien Manivel, Kohei Igarashi
- Affreux et méchants by Cosimo Gomez (minority)
Orizzonti (short films):
- Mon amour mon ami by Adriano Valerio
- Aria by Myrsini Aristidou
- You Will Be Fine by Céline Devaux
- Ant Killers by João Paulo Miranda Maria
Special screenings:
- The Order of Things by Andrea Segre (minority)
Venezia Classici:
- L'Utopie des images de la révolution russe by Emmanuel Hamon
- La Lucida follia di Marco Ferreri by Anselma Dell’Olio (minority)
Short Film - Special Program:
Short Film - Venice VR:
- I Saw the Future - VR by François Vautier
- On/Off by Isabelle Foucrier, Camille Duvelleroy
- Alice, the Virtual Reality Play by Marie Jourdren, Mathias Chelebourg
- Alteration by Jérôme Blanquet
- Nothing Happens by Michelle Kranot, Uri Kranot
- Proxima by Mathieu Pradat
- S.E.N.S VR by Armand Lemarchand, Charles Ayats
Cinema nel Giardino:
- Above the Law by François Troukens, Jean-François Hensgens (minority)
Critics' Week
- The Wild Boys by Bertrand Mandico
- Hunting Season by Natalia Garagiola (minority)
Venice Days (Official Selection):
- M by Sara Forestier
- Volubilis by Faouzi Bensaïdi (minority)
Venice Days (Special Events):
- The Resolute by Giovanni Donfrancesco (minority)
