7 films from Quebec will be introduced at Angoulême

Quebec cinema will be existing in outcome at 3pm^And Angoulême Francophone Film Festival which kicks off upcoming Tuesday in southwestern France.

7 community element movies are section of the plan of this occasion completely focused to French-language cinema.

Movie Arlette (by Mariloup Wolfe) e Noémie states certainly (by Geneviève Albert) have been picked in the formal opposition of the competition and will compete for the Valois de Diamant, the most prestigious prize of the party.

Other picks

The comedy Traces of escapeby Miryam Bouchard and Catherine Chabot, will also have the option to test the French public by presenting themselves in the “Premiers rendezvous” section.

For this version 15^And anniversary, competition-goers will be able to rediscover many movies that have marked the brief historical past of the pageant. Some Quebec function movies have been included in this retrospective, like It is not me, I swear! by Philippe Falardeau (Valois d’or in 2009), Catimini by Nathalie Saint-Pierre (Gold Valois in 2012), Weeds by Louis Bélanger (Audience Award 2016) e 1:54 by Yan England (2016 Very best Actor Award).

Quebec director Sébastien Pilote (Maria Chapdelaine, Salesperson) will be section of the jury of the pageant, chaired this calendar year by the French actor André Dussollier.

The 15^And the version of the Angoulême Francophone Film Pageant will acquire location from 23 to 28 August.

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