Around thirty French artists traveled around the globe in January to take part in a variety of events including the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, and the New York Jewish Film Festival, which opened with a screening of Razzia held in the presence of Nabil Ayouch (photo). And that's not to mention the launch of 15 French films in theaters abroad accompanied by their directors and leading cast members.
FESTIVALS
Belgium
Tournai Ramdam Festival (January 13-23): Marine Francen & Pauline Burlet for The Sower
USA
Palm Springs International Film Festival (January 2-15)
- Léa Mysius for Ava
- Yves Hinant for So Help Me God
BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party (January 6)
- Robin Campillo for BPM (Beats Per Minute)
- Jacqueline Bisset for Amant double
- Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water
- Isabelle Huppert for La Caméra de Claire
Golden Globe Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles (January 7)
- Arnaud Valois for BPM (Beats Per Minute)
- Isabelle Huppert (award presenter)
Sundance Film Festival (January 18-28)
- Alexandre Espigares for White Fang
- Samuel Collardey, Grégoire Debailly, and Catherine Paillé for A Polar Year
New York Jewish Film Festival (January 10-23)
- Nabil Ayouch for Razzia (photo)
Switzerland
Les Journées de Soleure/Solothurn Film Festival (January 25-February 1)
The Netherlands
Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) (January 24-February 4)
- Nabil Ayouch for Razzia
- Serge Bozon for Mrs. Hyde
- Cyril Brody & Olivier Peyon for Latifa, le cœur au combat
- Ziad Doueiri for The Insult
- Bruno Dumont for Jeannette: the Childhood of Joan of Arc
- Philippe Garrel for Lover For A Day
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun for A Season in France
- Alireza Khatami for Oblivion Verses
- Xavier Legrand for Custody
- Valérie Massadian for Milla
- F.J. Ossang for 9 Fingers
- Run & Shojirou Nishimi for Mutafukaz
- Dominique Rocher for The Night Eats the World
- Ben Russell for Good Luck
- Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire for A Prayer Before Dawn
- Léonor Serraille for Montparnasse Bienvenüe
- Raoul Peck
- Charlotte Rampling
Sweden
Göteborg Film Festival (January 26-February 5)
- Serge Bozon for Mrs. Hyde
- Juliette Binoche, to receive an Honorary Dragon Award
- Robert Guédiguian & Ariane Ascaride for The House by the Sea
FILM RELEASES
- Release of Amant double in the USA (Cohen Media Group): François Ozon & Marine Vacth were in New York from January 24 to 26.
- Release of Sens de la fête in Spain (A Contracorriente Films): Franck Nakache and Éric Toledano were in Madrid and Barcelona from January 23 to 24.
- Release of Maria by Callas in Greece (Filmtrade): Tom Volf was in Athens from January 9 to 12 to take part in several preview screenings.
- Release of A Season in France in the The Netherlands (Imagine): Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was present for the film's commercial release and at the Rotterdam Film Festival on January 27 and 28.
- Release of The House by the Sea in Sweden (TriArt Film): Robert Guédiguian & Ariane Ascaride, commercial release + Göteborg Film Festival from January 26 to 28.
- Release of Château in Cameroon (Canal Olympia): Modi Barry was in Yaoundé and Douala from January 16 to 21 for the film's presentation at the Institut Français + preview screenings.
- Release of La Ch'tite Famille in Switzerland (Pathé Films): Dany Boon, Guy Lecluyse, Laurence Arné & Valérie Bonneton were in Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, and Fribourg from January 18 to 20.
- Release of Les Tuche 3 in Belgium (Alternative Films): Isabelle Nanty, Olivier Baroux, Sarah Stern & Pierre Lottin were in Brussels on January 22.
- Release of Everyday Heroes in Spain (Film Buro): Anne-Dauphine Julliand was in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia from January 29 to February 2.
- Release of Northern Wind in Tunisia (Hakka Distribution): Walid Mattar & Philippe Rebbot were in Tunis from January 5 to 10.
- Release of Djam in Turkey (Baska Sinema): Tony Gatlif & Daphné Patakia were in Istanbul from January 16 to 18.
- Release of Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life in French-speaking Switzerland (Pathé Films): Clovis Cornillac was in Geneva on January 30.
- Release of Memoir of War in Belgium (O'Brother): Emmanuel Finkiel, and Mélanie Thierry were in Brussels on January 30 and 31.
OTHER TRAVEL NEWS
Switzerland
- Fabien Gorgeart presented the Swiss premiere of Diane Has the Right Shape at the Pully Cityclub on January 11.
