Due to the Cannes Film Festival there were few international trips made by French actors and directors in May, apart from a sizable delegation that attended the Jeonju International Film Festival in South Korea, at which over 30 French productions and coproductions were presented! (photo: Marie Monge at the French Film Festival in Romania)
FESTIVALS
International Animation film Festival of Stuttgart (Trickfilm) (April 30 - May 5)
Jeonju International Film Festival (May 2–11)
- Guillaume Brac for Treasure Island
- Maxime Matray and Alexia Walther for Blonde Animals
- Patricia Mazuy for Paul Sanchez is Back!
- Safy Nebbou for Who You Think I Am
- Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub for Still Recording
- Callisto Mc Nulty for Delphine and Carole
- Antoine Thirion (screenwriter)
Czech Republic
Trebon AniFilm Festival (May 7–12)
- Denis Do for Funan
Indie Lisboa (May 2-12)
Romania
Festivalul Filmului Francez—French Film Festival in Romania (May 8–19)
- Marie Monge for Treat Me Like Fire in Timisoara and Bucharest
- Matthieu Bareyre for Young and Alive in Bucharest and Iasi
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival (May 8–15)
French Film Festival of Belgrade (May 28 - June 1)
Docs in Tunis (May 1–5)
- Jean Libon and Yves Hinant for So Help Me God (screening and masterclass)
Kiev Molodist International Film Festival (May 25–June 2)
COMMERCIAL RELEASES
- Lisa Azuelos in Berlin for Sweetheart on May 29 and 30
- Claire Denis in Manchester and London for High Life from May 7 to 11
- Jeanne Herry and Élodie Bouchez in London for In Safe Hands from May 31 to June 1
- Julie Bertuccelli in Brussels for Claire Darling on May 7 and 8
- Safy Nebbou in Beirut for Who You Think I Am from May 7 to 11
French-speaking Switzerland
- Ivan Calbérac in Geneva for Venice Calling on May 9 and 10
- Jonathan Vinel, Aomi Muyock and Caroline Poggi in Geneva for Jessica Forever on May 8 and 9
- Romain Gavras in Bangkok for The World is Yours on April 30 to May 2
