Around the World: February 2020

The Berlin Film Festival (in the photo: Rithy Panh, recipient of the Best Documentary Award) and the Oscars meant that French film artists undertook many trips abroad in February, without forgetting those for national releases. Céline Sciamma was hence in London at the beginning of February for the BAFTAs and to prepare the British release of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and then went on to Los Angeles for the film's American release.

FESTIVALS

Germany

Berlinale (February 20—March 1)

Maïmouna Doucouré and Zangro for Cuties
Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Blanche Gardin, and Corinne Masiero for Delete History
Philippe Garrel, Caroline Deruas, Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, Louise Chevillotte, and Souheila Yacoub for The Salt of Tears
Guillaume Brac, Grégoire Debailly, and Salif Cissé for All Hands on Deck
Patric Chiha and Gisèle Vienne for If It Were Love
Rithy Panh for Irradiated

Serbia

Belgrade International Film Festival (February 28—March 8)

Filippo Meneghetti for Two of Us

Sweden

Göteborg Film Festival (January 24—February 3)

Mia Hansen-Løve (jury member)
Alice Winocour for Proxima

FILM RELEASES

Germany

Costa Gavras in Berlin for Adults in the Room at the Cinema for Peace Foundation (February 23)

Belgium

Élie Semoun and Mathys Gros for Ducobu 3 (February 1)
Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand for Woman (February 2—3)
Filippo Meneghetti for Two of Us, released March 4 (February 24)
Katia Lewkowicz, Melha Bedia, and Alison Wheeler for Ballsy Girl (February 27)
Stéphane Batut for Burning Ghost in Bozar

Spain

Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache in Madrid and Barcelona for The Specials, premier and press (February 5—7)
Zabou Breitman for The Swallows of Kabul (February 8 and 19)

USA

Céline Sciamma for Portrait of a Lady on Fire in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and New York (February 7—16)
Costa Gavras in New York for Adults in the Room at the Museum of the Moving Image - le 5 février

Switzerland

Ludovic Bernard for 10 days Without Mum (February 6)

OTHER EVENTS

USA

Oscars (10 February)

Ladj Ly, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral, Djebril Zonga, Alexis Manenti, Damien Bonnard, Al-Hassan Ly, Isaa Perica, and Steve Tientcheu for Les Misérables
Jérémy Clapin, Marc du Pontavice, Dan Lévy, Guillaume Laurant, Hakim Faris, Victoire du Bois, Margaux Balsan, Jean Brune, Alexandre Rozoy, Marie-Laurence Turpin, Dorothée Lanchier, Pierre Monfort, François Bardoux, Camille Wiplier, Pierre Ducos, Fursy Tessier, David Says, David Nasser, Manu Drouglazet, Lucie Bozle, Mathieu Chaptel, Benjamin Massoubre, and Quentin Reubrecht for I Lost My Body
Yves Piat, Carla Evans, Celina Evans, Jérôme Bréau, Valentin Vignet, Lyes Salem, Damen Léculée, Melisa Onder, Pauline Bignon, Damine Megherbi, and Justin Pechberty for Nefta Football Club
Jean-François Le Corre, Bruno Collet, Mathieu Courtois, and Aurélie Angebault for Memorable

United Kingdom