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From the Irma Vep series by Olivier Assayas, exploration of the many facets of actresses in film: the reflections and the inlaid stories. 

Having made their appearance at the very early stages of film, Vamps have opened new perspectives to the female figure, freeing the body from the constraints of fashion and social mores. 

Laurent Achard was a brilliant director and a dear friend of the festival. A whole week in the company of his characters’ unforgettable gaze, young boys who crave love, having witnessed the unspeakable.

The Gérard Frot-Coutaz Prize, under the patronage of the Fondation de France, rewards a first French fiction released during the year.

Social comedy, tragedy, historical film, melodrama, Robert Guédiguian has constantly renewed the form of his cinema, while remaining faithful to the themes of commitment, the collective and friendship, beautifully embodied by his favorite trio of actors. 

The tourist in cinema, at times, clown, dreamer, exiled, in search of escape, meaning or rest, but also voyeur or destroyer crucially questions our relationship to the world and to the Other. 

Nancy Savoca is a unique voice of independent cinema. By inviting herself into households, she offers an intimate portrait of Italian New York that overturns the classic stories of American cinema and the codes of romantic comedy. 

The chic and relaxed women filmed by Agnès Varda in her first documentary Du côté de la côte, under the sun of the Riviera, among the palm trees and the sparkling colors of the Mediterranean will be our guides for this 39th edition.