Retrospectives 2024

Social comedies, tragedies, period films, melodramas, Robert Guédiguian has kept renewing his brand of filmmaking and travelled ever further (Marseille, Paris, Armenia, Bamako); without ever forsaking his roots, he has delved ever deeper into the topics of dedication, the collective and friendship, beautifully conveyed by his three favourite actors (Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan) by his side in each and every film. A retrospective and a premiere of his latest film La Pie voleuse. Presented by Robert Guédiguian and his closest collaborators. 

Poking her camera into the intimate relationships and the homes of the Italian community of New York, Nancy Savoca paints an intimate picture, disrupting both the classic tales of American cinema and the tenets of romantic comedy. Her first films reveal magnificent actors (River Phoenix, Lili Taylor) and part of the cast of The Sopranos (Annabella Sciorra, Michael Imperioli) before they joined the mob. Presented by Nancy Savoca 

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. We will screen the 6 films that we were thrilled to have had as part of our festival competition, presented by his filmmaking family (Pascal Cervo, Ricardo Muñoz). 

In film, tourists can be clowns, exiles, seeking new horizons, rest or meaning, at times voyeurs or destroyers, they challenge the very essence of our connection to the world and to one another. First exotic “takes”, empowering journeys, ethnographic works, road-movies, and slapstick comedies: discover the history of cinema with Roberto Rossellini, Agnès Varda, Jacques Rozier, Wes Anderson, Elia Suleiman, Bruno Podalydès. 

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. Films by Germaine Dulac and vamps such as Musidora, Asta Nielsen, Valeria Creti, Alla Nazimova; presented by female historians. And a very special live-music screening of the film Salomé by Charles Bryant, conducted by Emile Sornin. 

Starting from Irma Vep, the series by Olivier Assayas (part of the 2024 baccalaureate curriculum), we shall explore the many facets of actresses in film: the reflections and the inlaid stories. From Mankiewicz’s classic The Barefoot Contessa to Mai Zetterling’s modern, Swedish take in The Girls, and David Lynch’s fantasy glamour in Mulholland Drive. Screenings, conferences, and teaching tools.  

Premieres and releases of restored heritage films, carte blanche programmes (La Cinémathèque Française, Préludes, Espace Gantner), Favourite picks by Acid and GNCR, the closing ceremony of the Documentary Film Month, the Lithuanian Focus in France, panel discussions.  

As part of the Lithuanian Season in France, the festival invited students from the National Film school (KiMO) of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater to present carte blanche.

Discover the 5 films selected this year for the [FILMS EN COURS] post-production support program.