Pictures of the 2012 Festival

PROGRAMME

Official selection
Retrospectives
Events

The aim of the Festival is to reveal new European directors through a selection of a 100 first films.

CompEtition

Young European filmmakers are invited to Angers to present their first films to the audience, industry professionals and press. More than 70 films are screened in 6 official categories: European and French short or feature films, European student films and European animated films. 200.000 Euros in awards are given out by juries and the public at the end of the festival.
Feature films (european et french)
Short films (european et french)
Student films
Animated films

Out of competition

A selection of films out of competition is presented in four categories : Free Style, a selection of the first works made without restrictions, Next Shots, films that were made by filmmakers discovered at Premiers Plans, 3D short films and a selection of short and feature Chinese films discoverd at the Beijing First Film Festival.
(selection soon online)
Free forms
Next shots
3D films
Beijing First Film Festival

Public readings of French scripts

Since 1991, the Festival Premiers Plans has introduced audiences to the work of young screenwriters with the readings of French scripts for first features. Each year, 4 screenplays are selected and read in public (before the film is directed) by professional actors. (Free admission)
Feature films
Short films

AWARDS

The details of the 200,000 Euros in awards.

jury

The composition of the 2 official juries will be annonced in early January.

The Festival give the opportunity to discover film history and heritage thanks to retrospectives on national cinematographies, tributes to major and unrecognized authors and actors, programmes on specific themes.