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Poster of the Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Revealing new European directors through a selection of a hundred first films, this is one of the main objective of the Festival.


competition©  Kinescope Films - Christopher Behrmann

Competition

Young European filmmakers are invited to Angers to present their first films to the audience, industry professionals and press. About 100 films are screened in 7 official categories: European feature films, Diagonales, European and French short films, European student films, European animated films and Short films for kids.
Scrips are read in public by professional actors.
 
hors competition© Carole Bethuel

VERTIGES

Unreleased films in previews and "cartes blanches" to discover nuggets and references of genre cinema.

 
© 1015! Prod, Lupa Film, Box Prod, Film in Evolution, Fourier Films, Mikino, Les Films du Camélia

Opening / Closing

The opening and closing ceremonies are followed by a film preview.



 
© Melusine, Le Pacte, British Film Institute, Ffilm Cymru Wales CBC

Previews

A selection of previews, presented by the film teams, in collaboration with the French independent distributors.

 

© Sandrine Jousseaume

Special screenings

Meetings with Robin Campillo and the residents of the Ateliers d'Angers, Films d'ici, tribute to Patrice Chéreau, producing a first film, the 50th anniversary of Fantastic Planet....



 
© Gilles Marchand

JURYS

Filmmakers Robin Campillo and Lola Quivoron will chair the Feature Film and Short Film juries.
 

AWARDS

Find the list of prizes awarded to the films in competition.
(2023 list)