Now in its 22nd year, the 2018 edition of COLCOA took place from April 23 to 30. It showcased around forty feature films and twenty shorts spread between the numerous festival sections, with the aim of offering the widest possible panorama of current French cinema.
This year, 37 live-action films and documentaries in all formats were competing for the COLCOA Cinema Awards. The festival opened on April 23 with a screening of Promise at Dawn by Eric Barbier, held in the presence of the director, and closed with The Prayer by Cédric Kahn, screened in the presence of its lead actor Anthony Bajon, who recently won the Best Actor Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The delegation of actors and directors present included the well-known talents Camélia Jordana, Vanessa Paradis, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Melvil Poupaud, and Francis Veber, who were at COLCOA to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of The Dinner Game.
The festival has offered the following sections: the After 10 Series (April 24-28); COLCOA Classics (April 24-28); COLCOA Documentaries (April 24-29); World Cinema Produced by France, featuring two Franco-Italian co-productions (April 25); Focus on a Filmmaker, with Mélanie Laurent (April 26); Film Noir Series (April 28); and French NeWave 2.0, dedicated to first films made by women (April 28). The program also included the Happy Hour Talks—panel discussions held in collaboration with Variety—and the COLCOA High School Screenings, giving around 3,000 young Americans the chance to discover the French films in the lineup and to meet with the directors.
For the second year running, a VR Corner has been set up to give visitors the opportunity to explore the richness of French virtual reality productions (on April 28 and 29). And finally, the COLCOA Digital Series program featured a competition comprising four productions presented in North American premieres. This program is free (as is the Short Film section), with the audience invited to vote for the COLCOA Best Digital Series Award.
Awards list
- Audience Award : Petit Paysan, d'Hubert Charuel
- Special Award : La Promesse de l'aube, d'Eric Barbier
- Jury Award : Le Brio, d'Yvan Attal
- Jury Special Award : Le Sens de la Fête, d'Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache
- Best First Film Award : Luna, d'Elsa Diringer
- Best Documentary Award : Makala, d'Emmanuel Gras
- American Students Award : Au revoir là-haut, d'Albert Dupontel
- Coming Soon Award : Jusqu'à la Garde de Xavier Legrand
2018 COLCOA Programs
Premieres
- The Other Woman by Daniel Auteuil
- See You Up There by Albert Dupontel
- C'est tout pour moi ! by Nawell Madani, Ludovic Colbeau-Justin
- Jealous by David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos
- School of Life by Nicolas Vanier
- La Ch'tite Famille by Dany Boon
- The Prayer by Cédric Kahn
- Promise at Dawn by Eric Barbier
- Château by Modi Barry, Cédric Ido
- C'est la vie! by Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
- Naked Normandy by Philippe Le Guay
COLCOA Short Film Competition
- The Winkles by Alice Vial
- Voyagers by Gauthier Ammeux, Valentine Baillon, Benjamin Chaumény, Alexandre Dumez, Léa Finucci, Marina Roger
- Under Mom's Skirt by Sarah Heitz De Chabaneix
- Fist by Sarah Al Atassi
- Pioneers v Benjamin Bernon, Clémentine Courbin, Matthieu Guevel, Anthony Rège, Jérôme Van Beneden
- Grams by Camille Japy
- Overrun by Jérémie Cottard, Antonin Derory, Matthieu Druaud, Pierre Ropars, Diane Thirault, Adrien Zumbihl
- Ordeal by Sacha Barbin
- Our Children by Sarah Suco
- Rise of a Star by James Bort
- Marlon by Jessica Palud
- The Amorous Indies by Clément Cogitore
- Hybrids by Florian Brauch, Kim Tailhades, Matthieu Pujol, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
- The Understudy by Morgane Polanski
- 19 June by Anaïs Tellenne
- Creature from the Lake by Renata Antunez, Léa Bresciani, Maria Castro Rodriguez, Nicolas Grangeaud, Victor Rouxel, Mallaury Simoes, Alexis Bédué, Amandine Canville, Logan Cluber, Capucine Rahmoun-Swierczynski, Orianne Siccardi
- Acid by Just Philippot
- The Hitchhiker by Julien Decoin
COLCOA Classics
- Peppermint Soda by Diane Kurys
- The Flesh Of The Orchid by Patrice Chéreau
- The Dinner Game by Francis Veber
- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs by Bertrand Blier
- Adoptés by Mélanie Laurent
French NeWave 2.0
- Some Like It Veiled by Sou Abadi
- Montparnasse Bienvenüe by Léonor Serraille
- The Party Is Over by Marie Garel Weiss
- Luna by Elsa Diringer
- The Prince of Nothingwood by Sonia Kronlund
- Bloody Milk by Hubert Charuel
Film Noir Series
World Cinema Produced by France
- Gabriel and the Mountain by Fellipe Barbosa
- Le Portrait Interdit by Charles De Meaux
- Radiance by Naomi Kawase
After 10 Series
- The Night Eats the World by Dominique Rocher
- Dog by Samuel Benchetrit
- Radiance by Naomi Kawase
- Barbara by Mathieu Amalric
- The Prince of Nothingwood by Sonia Kronlund
Focus on a Filmmaker: Mélanie Laurent
COLCOA Documentaries
- Plot 35 by Éric Caravaca
- The Quest of Alain Ducasse by Gilles De Maistre
- Makala by Emmanuel Gras
- The Prince of Nothingwood by Sonia Kronlund
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