January traditionally remains a quiet month when it comes to French artists traveling and festivals, despite the starting signal of the year in terms of major film events which are the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) and Sundance. Maïmouna Doucouré attended the American festival to present her debut feature Cuties, whose screenplay had already won a Global Filmmaking Award in 2017.
FESTIVALS
Rotterdam International Film Festival (January 22–February 2)
- Ladj Ly for Les Misérables
- Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche for South Terminal
- Albert Serra for Liberté
- Justine Triet for Sibyl
- Bertrand Bonello for Zombi Child
- Costa Gavras for Adults in the Room
- David Perrault for Savage State
- Filippo Meneghetti for Two of Us
- Mati Diop for Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story
- Amjad Abu Alala (director) for You Will Die at 20
- Alice Winocour for Proxima
- Éric Baudelaire for Un film dramatique
- Sophie Letourneur for Enormous
- Anca Damian for Marona's Fantastic Tale
Sundance Film Festival (January 23–February 2)
- Maïmouna Doucouré and Zangro, director and producer of Cuties
- Jacques Bidou and Marianne Dumoulin, producers of Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
- Zoé Wittock for Jumbo
- Ariane Labed for Olla
FILM RELEASES
- Bruno Dumont to promote Coincoin and the Extra Humans in London, Manchester, and Brussels (January 9–11)
- Karin Viard to promote The Perfect Nanny in London (January 10–12)
- Éric Lartigau and Alain Chabat for the Belgian release of #Iamhere (January 11)
- Dany Boon, Philippe Katerine, and Ludovic Colbeau-Justin in Brussels for the release of Lion (January 9 – 10)
- Dany Boon and Ludovic Colbeau-Justin in Geneva for Lion (January 17)
- Jean-Michel Bertrand in French-speaking Switzerland for Wolf Walk (January 20–22)
- Lou Jeunet for Curiosa in Madrid
OTHER EVENTS
The Golden Globes ceremony, January 5
- Céline Sciamma, Adèle Haenel, and Noémie Merlant for Portrait of a Lady on Fire in competition at the Golden Globes and Q&A during public screenings with a view to the film's American release.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Critics’ Choice Awards
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