A host of French artists traveled to attend events abroad in April, notably for the French-Language Film Festival in Greece and the 2019 Istanbul Film Festival. Big congratulations go to the young directors Camille Vidal-Naquet (Sauvage), Louis-Julien Petit (Invisibles), and Nathan Ambrosioni (Paper Flags), who gave so much of their time to present their film, including in the United States. Our photo shows Arthur Igual and Judith Chemla at the Moscow International Film Festival, where My Polish Honeymoon by Elise Otzenberger won the FIPRESCI Award.
FESTIVALS
ALFILM Arab Film Festival Berlin—April 3 to 10
Festival du film francophone de Vienne—April 1 to 11
- Ludovic Bernard for In Your Hands—April 5 to 7
Festival International du Film de Pékin—April 13 to 20
Barcelona Film Festival—April 22 to 30
Festival du film Tribeca (New York)—April 24 to May 5
- Elsa Amiel for Pearl from April 26 to 29
- Anne Fontaine for Pure As Snow
New York - New Directors New Films—March 27 to April 7
New French Cinema in Austin—April 18 to 21
SFFF—April 10 to 23
Focus On French Cinema in Greenwich—April 26 to 30
Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce—April 2 to 10
- Rémi Bezançon for The Mystery of Henri Pick
- Claire Burger for Real Love
- Catherine Corsini and Virginie Efira for An Impossible Love
- Basile Doganis for Meltem
- Sandrine Dumas for Sing Me Back Home
- David Foenkinos
- Sébastien Marnier for School's Out
- Safy Nebbou for Who You Think I Am
- Louis-Julien Petit for Invisibles
Iran
Fajr Film Festival—April 18 to 26
Rendez-vous avec le nouveau Cinéma français à Rome—April 3 to 8
- Louis Garrel and Laetitia Casta for A Faithful Man
- Jeanne Herry for In Safe Hands
- Jacques Audiard for The Sisters Brothers
- Alexandre Desplat for a master class
- Alexis Michalik for Edmond
- Louis-Julien Petit for Invisibles
- Cédric Kahn for The Prayer
- Mikhaël Hers for Amanda
- Antonin Baudry for The Wolf's Call
Vilnius Festival International (Kinopavasaris)—March 21 to April 4
Festival International du Film de Moscou—April 18 to 25
- Judith Chemla and Arthur Igual for My Polish Honeymoon
- Macha Méril for Adorable Liar
- Guillaume Nicloux for To the Ends of the World
- Jean-François Richet forThe Emperor of Paris
- Yolande Zauberman for M
Istanbul Film Festival—April 5 to 16
- Thomas Solivérès and Lucie Boujenah for Edmond
- Catherine Corsini for An Impossible Love
- Xavier De Choudens for Adopt a Daddy
- Sandor Funtek for K contraire (L'Enkas)
- Gaya Jiji for My Favorite Fabric
- Nadav Lapid for Synonyms
- Félix Maritaud for Sauvage
- Guillaume Nicloux and Gaspard Ulliel for To the Ends of the World
- David Roux for Breath of Life
- César Vayssié for Ne travaille pas (1968-2018)
FILM RELEASES
- Fabienne Godet and Régis Ribes for Our Wonderful Lives in Liège—April 18 and 19
- Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet, Clémentine Baert, and Benoît Magimel for Little White Lies 2 in Brussels on April 23
- Gilles De Maistre for Mia and the White Lion in Madrid from April 8 and 9
- Camille Vidal-Naquet for Sauvage on April 8 and 9
- Eva Husson for Girls Of The Sun in New York from April 10 to 15
- Claire Denis for High Life from March 31 to April 12
- Camille Vidal-Naquet and Félix Maritaud for Sauvage from April 4 to 11
- Alexandra Lamy and Éric Lavaine for No Filter in Montreal from April 16 to 19
- François Ozon for By the Grace of God in Montreal from April 21 to 24
- Lisa Azuelos for Sweetheart in Los Angeles and Montreal from April 19 to 25
- Thaïs Alessandrin for Sweetheart in Montreal on April 19
French-speaking Switzerland
- Guillaume Canet for Little White Lies 2 in Geneva on April 2
- Michel Leclerc and Baya Kasmi for Battle of the Classes in Geneva and Lausanne on April 9 and 10
- Romain Gavras for The World is Yours from April 30 to May 2
