The 26th Festival de la Fiction La Rochelle, an event where all French and foreign professionals working in the field of audiovisual dramatic fiction can meet, exchange, and reflect, will take place from September 10 to 15. Unifrance will be reinforcing its presence with two new initiatives.
On Thursday, September 12, Unifrance joins forces with TV5MONDE, lUSPA, TRANSPERFECT MEDIA, the Sodec, and Wallonie-Bruxelles Images (WBI) to propose a Grand Déjeuner de la Fiction Francophone that will take place at La Yole de Chris.
For the first time, Unifrance and the Festival de la Fiction have brought together a foreign press jury of three international journalists:
- João Antunes, Portugal
- Noémie Jadoulle, Belgium
- Stefania Carini, Italy
The jury will award the first Foreign Press x Unifrance Prize to a selected French drama.
The winners will be announced on Saturday September 14 at La Coursive, with comedian Antonia De Rendinger, as Master of Ceremonies, who will also officiate at the Festival opening.
All the French works selected
French Competition — Television Films
- The Test, written by Fanny Chesnel and Noémie de Lapparent, directed by Akim Isker
- Les Ailes Collées, written by Alexis Bayet and Alain Layrac, directed by Thierry Binisti
- Bénie soit Sixtine, screenplay by Zoé Galeron and Dominique Garnier, adaptation and dialog by Zoé Galeron, directed by Sophie Reine
- Alice's Journey, written by Mikaël Ollivier, directed by Thierry Binisti
- Enough Is Enough, written and directed by Gustave Kervern
- La maman du bourreau, written by Stéphanie Kalfon and Gabriel Aghion, directed by Gabriel Aghion
- Olympe, une femme dans la Révolution, written by Sébastien Mounier, Marine Ninaud-Bromberg, and Mathieu Busson, directed by Julie Gayet and Mathieu Busson
- Père Noël à domicile, written and directed by Manu Joucla
- Reporting, written by Catherine Ramberg and Clément Michel, directed by Eric Metayer
French Competition — 52’ Series
- No Time For Goodbye, created by Laurent Burtin and Agathe Robilliard, written by Laurent Burtin, directed by Myriam Vinocour
- Flashback, written by Clélia Constantine, Charlotte Robb, Louise Bezombes, Vinciane Mokry, and Julie Anna Grignon, directed by Vincent Jamain and Stephen Cafiero
- The Huguenots, created and directed by Christopher Thompson, written by Christopher Thompson, Fabrice Roger-Lacan, and Baptiste Roger-Lacan, after the book by Robert Merle
- Frotter Frotter, created by Hélène Le Gal, Laure Mentzel, Melusine Laura Raynaud, written by Hélène Le Gal, Laure Mentzel, Agathe Robilliard, Sandrine Gregor, and Marion Vernoux, directed by Marion Vernoux
- Nismet, written by Philippe Faucon and Nismet Hrehorchuk, directed by Philippe Faucon
- Day One – Escaping Ukraine, created by Thibault Valetoux and Frédéric Krivine, written by Frédéric Krivine and Thibault Valetoux (Episode 1), Frédéric Krivine (Episode 2), and directed by Jean-Philippe Amar
French Competition — 26’ Series
- Enjoy !, created and written by Benoit Marchisio and Katell Guillou, directed by Lionel Meta
- Iris, written by Doria Tillier and Constance Verlucca, directed by Doria Tillier and Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux
- A Night to Live, created by Tatiana-Margaux Bonhomme, written by Tatiana-Margaux Bonhomme and Victor Lockwood, directed by Jonathan Cohen-Berry and Anthony Jorge
- Sex (re)Education (Season 2), created by Clémence Azincourt and Alice Vial, written by Clémence Azincourt, Alice Vial, Clément Marchand, and Louis Aubert, directed by Sarah Heitz De Chabaneix
French Competition — 20’ Series
- The Tide, created by Kim Massee and Guillaume Miquel, written and directed by Guillaume Miquel, Kim Massee, Cécile Clémenceau, and Johanna Menuteau
- En vers et contre tout, created and written by Guillaume Ducreux, directed by Guillaume Ducreux and Johann Dionnet
- Générations Carbone, written and directed by Laura Ghazal
- A Very Ordinary World - Chapter 2, created, written, and directed by Ovidie
Fiction Events
- Les enfants sont rois, created and written by Judith Havas and Victor Rodenbach, co-written by Benjamin Adam, directed by Sébastien Marnier
- Cimetière Indien, created and written by Thibault Vanhulle and Thomas Bidegain, directed by Stéphane Demoustier (Episodes 1 to 4), Farid Bentoumi (Episodes 5 to 8)
- Serial Hunter, created by Nathalie Hug, Jérôme Camut, written by Ami Cohen and Hélène Lombard, directed by Renaud Bertrand
- The Confidante, created and written by Fanny Burdino, Samuel Doux, Alexandre Kauffman, and Jean-Baptiste Delafon, directed by Just Philippot
- Cat's Eyes, created by Michel Catz, based on the original work by Tsukasa Hojo, written by Michel Catz, Antonin Martin-Hilbert, Justin Kim Gautier, Anne-Charlotte Kassab, Coline Dussaud, Audrey Gagneux, Sophie Maurer, Mari Mouazan, and Mohamed Benyekhlef, directed by Alexandre Laurent
- The World Does Not Exist, written by Erwan Le Duc and Mariette Désert, based on the novel by Fabrice Humbert, directed by Erwan Le Duc
- Ça, c'est Paris, created and written by Marc Fitoussi, Edgard F. Grima, and Jérôme Bruno, directed by Marc Fitoussi
Special Screenings
- Carpe Diem, written by Julien Guérif, Pierre Isoard, directed by Pierre Isoard
- Sea Shadows, written by Jonathan Rio and Monica Rattazzi, directed by David Hourrègue
- RED CARPET - Episode 1 : « Abracada Bar » by Pauline Clément
- RED CARPET - Episode 2 : « Capharnaumia » by Sarah Stern
- RED CARPET - Episode 3 : « Les noyaux sans cerises » by Vanessa Guide
- RED CARPET - Episode 4 : « Délibérations » by Nina Meurisse