Festivals

Norway
Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (August 18-24)

• Antony Cordier for Gaspard at the Wedding
• Xavier Legrand for Custody

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Film Festival (August 10-17)

• Meryem Benm'Barek for Sofia

Switzerland
Locarno International Film Festival (August 1-11 August)

• Bruno Dumont for Coincoin and the Extra Humans, a retrospective and the Pardo d'onore
• Jean Dujardin, Yolande Moreau, & Benoît Delépine for I Feel Good
• Vianney Lebasque, Ahmed Sylla, & Olivier Barthélémy for Team Spirit
• David Roux, Jérémie Renier, Marthe Keller, & Maud Wyler for Breath of Life
• Mélanie Thierry, Bettina Oberli, Anastasia Shevtsova, & Nuno Lopes for With the Wind
• Virgil Vernier, Agathe Bonitzer, & Lilith Grasmug for Sophia Antipolis
• Yolande Zauberman for M
• Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti for Sibel
• Matthieu Bareyre for Young and Alive
• François-Xavier Drouet for Le Temps des forêts

Mexico
Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival (August 21-26)

• Serge Bozon for Mrs. Hyde

Europa Nuevas Tendencias (San Sebastian-Guadalajara) (August 23-September 1)

• Jean Libon & Yves Hinant for So Help Me God

Australia
Melbourne International Film Festival (August 2-19)

• Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani (August 1-8) for Let the Corpses Tan and a retrospective

United Kingdom
London Frightfest (August 23-27 August)

• Gaspar Noé for Climax

Film Releases

Sweden

• Eriq Ebouaney traveled to Stockholm August 23-24 for the release of A Season in France (Folkets Bio) and for a gala screening at the Institut Français of Stockholm.

Belgium

• Cécilia Rouaud & Pierre Deladonchamps were in Brussels for the preview screening of Photo de famille on August 28.
• Djamel Bensalah & Samy Seghir for the release of Straight Outta Neuilly

South Korea

• Elsa Diringer was in Seoul from August 8-12 for the relase of Luna

United Kingdom

• Eyé Haidara is in London from August 31-September 1 for the release of Sens de la fête (CineFile)

Germany

• Fanny Ben-Ami was in Baden Baden and Berlin from 26-31 August for the DVD release of Voyage de Fanny (Atlas Film und Medien)
• Karim Moussaoui was in Berlin and Hanover from 22-25 August for the release of  Until the Birds Return (MissingFilms)

Spain

• Jacques Doillon was in Madrid from July 27 Juillet-August 1 for the release of Rodin (Caramel Films)