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The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and l’ACID, an association of filmmakers who support the distribution of independent films, in association with the Institut Français are thrilled to offer OPENING UP French Society, a list of French films, to American Universities. The selection of 14 fiction and documentary films explores politics, French society, music, and gender and invites the audience to discover the depth and creativity of French independent cinema. This unique perspective on French independent cinema is also a great opportunity for students to discover first features by emerging talents. ACID filmmakers are available to attend screenings and to give master classes and Q&A sessions.
Guidelines :
OPENING UP is not part of the Tournées Festival but rather an additional opportunity to further discover French society though cinema.
If you are a university participating in Tournées Festival or applying for a Tournées Festival grant, you must select the 5 films in the Tournées catalog. If your additional film(s) is/are selected from the OPENING UP list you must order them directly from the French distributors (contact informations available for every movie, in the list of films). These additional films should not be included in your Tournées Festival application.
If you are not participating in or applying for a Tournées Festival grant, you may show films from the the OPENING UP list at any point during the year. If you decide to screen a film from the OPENING UP list , you must contact the French distributors directly (contact informations available for every movie, in the list of films).
To order a film from the OPENING UP list, you must contact directly the French distributors (contact informations available for every movie, in the list of films). The prices listed below every movie of the list does not include shipping costs (the price in US Dollars depends upon the current exchange rate).
Contacts :
For all information concerning the films proposed in the list, you can contact the French distributor of the selected film/films (contact informations available for every movie, in the list of films).
For all other informations, contact Florence Almozini at the Cultural services of the French Embassy [email protected] or Amaury Augé from l’ACID at [email protected].
About us :
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy
The Cultural Services is a division of the French Embassy in the United States. The Cultural Services was first imagined in the 1930's by Paul Claudel. In 1945 General de Gaulle appointed Claude Lévi-Strauss as the first Cultural Counselor, with the mission of providing Americans (individuals and organizations) with access and resources to engage with French culture and promote it in their own communities.
Today, under the leadership of Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy and Permanent Representative of French Universities in the United States, the French Cultural Services provides French and American artists, intellectuals, arts professionals, and the general public a platform and resources for cultural exchange. It is dedicated to creating transatlantic dialogue in the arts and education from French and American perspectives. Based in New York City, Washington D.C., and eight other cities across the US, the French Cultural Services’ principal fields of action are the arts, literature, cinema, French language programs and higher education.
The French Cultural Services is interested in new and challenging ideas that will bring French and American people together in creative collaboration. Programs are offered either directly by the Departments or in conjunction with the Embassy’s non-profit partner FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) and the 972 Fifth Avenue Fund. The French Cultural Services also coordinates nominations and award ceremonies for French honorary distinctions awarded to Americans and others living in the U.S. in recognition of exceptional artistic and academic accomplishments.
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ACID is an association of filmmakers who support the distribution of independent films, and organize public encounters between filmmakers and audiences. ACID was created in 1992 with the founding principle to lend support by filmmakers to other filmmakers, French or international. Every year, ACID supports 20 to 30 feature films. Since 1993, ACID has had its own parallel program at the Cannes International Film Festival. It screens nine feature films, fiction and documentary, all selected by ACID filmmakers who express their love for a film and wish to give more visibility to emerging directors.
Filmmakers discovered at ACID Cannes include : Lucas Belvaux, Serge Bozon, Djinn Carrénard, Vincent Dieutre, Rachid Djaïdani, Alain Gomis, Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu, Ursula Meier, Avi Mograbi, Yolande Moreau & Gilles Porte, Pierre Schoeller, Claire Simon and more. http://www.lacid.org/ The Institut Français The Institut Français is the operator of the outside cultural action of France, created by the maw of July, 27th 2010. http://www.institutfrancais.com/ http://www.institutfrancais.com/fr/cinema-francais
List of Films :
1. Andalucia by Alain Gomis Narrative - France - 2007 - 90’
Belfort Film Festival EntreVues 2007 - Public’s Choice
A wild and passionate film that explores identity and heritage.
Yacine (Samir Guesmi) has left his family’s home to live on his own
in a cramped trailer. A social worker, Yacine shuns the prospect of
landing a permanent job for fear that his life will grow stagnant
and dull. As Yacine walks the city streets one night with friends,
immersed in ethnic music, a series of conversations gradually brings
the nomadic city-dweller's mysterious past into focus.
Distribution : Institut Français - Free of rights
Format available with English subtitles : 35mm print and DVD
Rental price : Free of charge
Contact : ACID / Amaury Augé / [email protected]
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/andalucia
2. La BM du Seigneur by Jean-Charles Hue
The Lord’s Ride Narrative - France - 2010 – 84’
Rotterdam International Film Festival; Indie Lisboa; The Edge
Atlantic Film Festival (NYC)
In the heart of a gypsy community in France…
A modern western bursting with life!
Fred belongs to a community of gypsies. He steals cars and his
brother Jo resells them. But the sudden appearance of a mysterious
character turns his life upside down, and he's torn between
solidarity with his people and a newfound faith.
Distribution : Capricci Films
Format available with English subtitles : DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD, 35mm
Rental price : 250 $
Contacts* : Julien Rejl / [email protected] / +33 1 83 62 43
75
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/la-bm-du-seigneur
3. Bovines by Emmanuel Gras
Cattles Documentary - France - 2011 – 62’
ACID Cannes 2011; Angers : European first film Festival; Green film
Festival in Seoul; Programmed at BAM in NYC
What would it be like to be a cow for an hour? An extreme bucolic
experience…
“Reminiscent of critically acclaimed pastoral documentaries like
Sweetgrass, Emmanuel Gras’ Cattle is distinguished by a combination
of masterful restraint, visual beauty, and a rare commitment to
capturing the details of animal life without sentimentality or
symbolism. Gras’ camera patiently observes a herd of cows as they
move across the gorgeous open landscapes of the French countryside,
mostly free of human disturbance. Crafted with great technical
acuity and sensitivity to the rhythms of the natural world, Cattle
is a uniquely immersive cinematic experience. “ - BAMcinématek
Distribution : Batysphere Production
Format available with English subtitles : Blu-Ray
Rental price : 250 $
Contact* : [email protected] / + 33 1 40 21 37 02
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/bovines-cattle
4. Casa Nostra by Nathan Nicholovitch Narrative - France - 2012 – 90’
ACID Cannes 2012; Angers : European first film Festival; Programmed
at BAM in NYC
A first feature film shot in stunning black and white.
Hélène, Mathilde and Ben are travelling to the Parisian suburbs to
visit their dying father. On the road together, the siblings
rediscover each other.
“In this moving, sometimes unsettling black-and-white ensemble
drama, director Nathan Nicholovitch dismantles the ideal of the
family with a poetic, ruminative style.” - BAMcinématek
Distribution : CASA NOSTRA PRODUCTION
Format available with English subtitles : DCP, Blu-Ray and DVD
Rental price : 250$
Contact* : Céline Casanostra / [email protected] / + 33 (0)6 88
56 69 62
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/casa-nostra
5. Donoma by Djinn Carrénard
Narrative - France - 2010 -133’
ACID Cannes 2010, Pusan International Film Festival, New Directors /
New Films (MoMa), Montreal New Cinema Festival, French Cinema Now
(San Francisco)
A self-produced, first feature film that was a phenomenon at his
release.
An exhilarating film on love and the French youth that bursts with
freedom and energy!
DONOMA is a low budget movie made with great passion, and passion is
at the center of its three stories. Analia is a teacher in a rough
Parisian suburb high school who begins an ambiguous relationship
with Dacio, a rebellious student in her class. Salma, an agnostic
teenager, is “called” by God, and fascinated by Raine, a young man
who she sees praying in the train every morning. Chris, a
photographer, offers herself to a stranger in the subway in order
challenge all her preconceived notions about love. All of DONOMA’s
stories ask the same questions: do we choose to love, and do we
choose to be loved?
Distribution : Donoma Guerilla
Format available with English subtitles : DVD & DCP
Rental price : 250 $
Contact : Donoma Guerilla / 8, rue Godillot, 93400 Saint-Ouen / + 33
6 40 59 74 97 / [email protected] / [email protected]
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/donoma
6. Faire Kiffer les anges by Jean Pierre Thorn Documentary - France - 1996 – 1h28 mins
The origins of the French Hip Hop movement.
For over twenty years, from the Bronx to Lyon, in cities and in
suburbs, a rebellious artistic movement has been growing. Hip hop
has allowed young people to express themselves through dance, rap
music, and other art forms since the 1980s. But who are these hip
hop dancers, and where does their wild beauty of come from? What do
their dreams, their hopes, and their demons look like? How can we
explain an entire generation’s identification with this single,
powerful movement? Faire kiffer les anges is a journey to hip hop’s
greatest landmarks, to places where the movement first took shape.
Distribution : Institut français – Free of rights
Format available with English subtitles : 35mm print
Rental price : Free of charge
Contact : ACID / Amaury Augé / [email protected]
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/faire-kiffer-les-anges
7. Histoire d’un secret by Mariana Otero
History of a secret Documentary - France - 2002 – 95’
Locarno International Film Festival ; BAFICI ; Festival dei Popoli…
A delicate documentary about a family secret…
“When I learned at the age of 30 that my mother had died of a back-
alley abortion, I was stupefied. It was hard to admit that it could
have happened to her, that this event was suddenly part of her
history, my history and that of my family's. I couldn't believe I
had lived so long without knowing the real causes of her death. As
for many women of my generation, the tragedies linked to abortion
belonged to a distant and forgotten past. My stupor turned into
revolt and anger. I could not allow that she had died almost
illegally, surrounded by shame and secrecy. As the victim of an
unfair law, silence had made her a culprit.
When I first dared talk about the circumstances of my mother's
death, I realized that other families had been through the same
horror and in most cases, secrecy had been maintained, particularly
with the children. I had to break the silence. My film had to
participate in lifting and destroying once and for all the secrecy
within my family to restore its political and social dimension.” -
Mariana Otero
Distribution : Doc & Film
Format available with English subtitles : DVD, 35mm print
Rental price : 250 $
Contacts : Hannah Horner / [email protected] / tel:+33 (0)1 42
77 89 66
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/histoire-d-un-secret
8. Noor by ÇağlaZencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti Narrative - France, Turkey, Pakistan - 2012 - 78‘
ACID Cannes 2012; Pusan International Film Festival 2012;
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2012
A poignant quest for love and freedom on the road to Pakistan.
Noor wants to be a man. He no longer belongs to the Khusras,
Pakistan’s transgender community, and he wants to put his last
transgender love affair—one that changed his life drastically—behind
him. Now, he’s doing a man’s job as a truck builder, and he’s made
up his mind: he will find a girl who will accept him as he is...
Distribution : Wide Management
Format available with English subtitles : DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD
Rental price : 250 $
Contact : Matthias Angoulvant / [email protected]
9, rue Bleue, 75009 - Paris | France
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/noor
9. Nous Princesses de Clèves by Régis Sauder
Children Of the Princess of Clèves Documentary - France - 2010 - 69’
Montreal International Documentary Festival ; Nyon Visions du Réel
Festival ; Beirut International Film Festival 2011; San Francisco
International Film Festival
A refreshing look at the lives of teenagers at a Marseille High
school, their hopes and dreams, their love stories and heartbreaks,
and their place in French society today.
The story takes places in 1558, in the court of King Henri II.
Mademoiselle de Chartres, who has become the Princess of Clèves
after her marriage, encounters the Duke of Nemours. An instant and
blinding love is born when the two meet, but the Princess's mother
begs her daughter to reject it. Today, in Marseilles, the students
at Lycée Diderot use the story of the Princess of Clèves to talk
about their own lives. At 17 years old, teenagers love intensely,
conceal their passion, and confess their love. With blooming
adolescence comes our first choices and rejections.
Distribution : Institut français – Free of rights
Format available with English subtitles : DVD
Rental price : Free of charge
Contact : ACID / Amaury Augé / [email protected]
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/nous-princesses-de-cleves
10. Rue des cités by Carine May & Hakim Zouhani
Slums Road Narrative - France - 2011 – 68’
ACID Cannes 2011; Ghett'Out Film Festival (Boston & New-York);
Angers European first film Festival
A self-produced first feature film in dazzling black and white.
A beautiful look at the French suburbs today, full of humor and
contagious energy!
Adilse is twenty. He lives in the in the slums of Paris. One day,
while he’s watching the news on TV, he realizes that some
journalists have been lying about a bike robbery that took place
nearby. One of the youngsters who answers to the journalist’s
question appears to be Adilse’s cousin. Meanwhile, Adilse’s
grandfather has disappeared. The young man, accompanied by his
friend Mimid, decides to look for him.
Distribution : Nouvelle Toile Production
Format available with English subtitles : DVD, DCP, Blu-Ray
Rental price : 250 $
Contacts : Nouvelle Toile / [email protected] /
www.nouvelletoile.com /
Tél : + 331 43 52 79 10
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/rue-des-cites-slums-road
11. Stalingrad Lovers by Fleur Albert Narrative - France - 2012 – 82’
ACID Cannes 2010; Belfort Film Festival EntreVues ;
Programmed at BAM in NYC
Between film noir and neorealism, a lyrical immersion into the life
of drug addicts in Paris.
“Acclaimed documentarian Fleur Albert’s lyrical, narrative feature
debut chronicles the precarious lives of crack addicts in Paris’
Stalingrad metro station. Inspired by the true stories of its
remarkable cast of non professional actors, this stunningly
photographed neorealist film noir follows Isaïe as he strives to
keep his promise to transport the body of his recently deceased
friend Medhi back to his native Senegal and recover outstanding
debts from his clients. Depicting the agony of poverty and addiction
with striking immediacy, Stalingrad Lovers also captures moments of
compassion and tenderness that keep hope alive in this marginalized
community.” - BAMcinématek
Distribution : LA HUIT PRODUCTION
Format available with English subtitles : DVD, Blu-Ray and DCP
Rental price : 250 $
Contacts: Stéphane Jourdain / [email protected] /
www.lahuit.com
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/stalingrad-loversNa
12. Le Temps des grâces by Dominique Marchais Documentary - France - 2009 – 123’
Locarno Film Festival 2009; Lussas Documentary Film Festival 2009 ;
Viennale 2009 ; Belfort Film Festival EntreVues 2009
An acclaimed documentary on French agriculture today.
A world of uncertainty and a future full of questions.
Le Temps des Grâces is a documentary that investigates the world of
French agriculture today through various testimonials from farmers,
researchers, government employees, and writers. Economic,
scientific, and social issues threaten to destabilize the natural,
ancient rhythms of this world, but strong intergenerational ties
prove essential to maintaining stability.
Distribution : Institut français – Free of rights
Format available with English subtitles : DVD and 35mm print
Rental price : Free of charge
Contact : ACID / Amaury Augé / [email protected]
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/le-temps-des-graces
13. La Vierge les coptes et moi by Namir Abdel
Messeeh
The Virgin, the Copts and Me Documentary - France, Qatar, Egypt – 2012 - 85‘
ACID Cannes 2012 ; Berlin International Film Festival 2012
La Rochelle Film Festival 2012 ; Belfort Film Festival EntreVues
A first feature film and a mix of documentary and fiction.
A wonderful comedy on beliefs, heritage… and cinema !
. Namir’s mother is a Coptic Christian. She is convinced that she has
seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary in an old video taken at her
home in Egypt. Her son, who has been raised in a secular environment
in France, decides to make a film about the phenomenon and travels
to Egypt to visit his relatives. Hoping to understand the connection
between Coptic Christian beliefs, the Virgin apparition on the tape,
and recent events in Egyptian history, he soon meets plenty of
obstacles.
Distribution : Icarus Films
Format available with English subtitles : DVD
Rental price : 250 $
Contacts : Livia Bloom [email protected]
32 Court Street, 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/la-vierge-les-coptes-et-
moi
14. Robert Mitchum est mort by Olivier Babinet et
Fred Kihn
Robert Mitchum is dead Narrative - France – 2010 - 91’
Angers European first film Festival, Raindance Film Festival London;
Cleveland Film Festival ; Milano Film Festival; Thessaloniki
international film festival …
An electrifying road trip to the Artic Circle with an irresistible
duo.
A darkly comedic odyssey across Europe that’s full of sleeping
pills,
Rock and Roll and femmes fatales.
“This fresh, often hilarious addition to the road-movie genre
follows a desperate agent (Olivier Gourmet, The Son and La Promesse)
and an insomniac actor of questionable talent as they make their way
in a stolen car to the Artic Circle.” -BAMcinématek
Distribution : Brink DVD
Format available with English subtitles : DVD (Blu-Ray with notice)
Rental price : 250 $
Contact for Distribution : David Pike [email protected]
Tel : 520.628.9600 - 350 W. Simpson St, Tucson, AZ 85701
*Be sure to copy Amaury Augé / [email protected] in the request e-
mail.
Info : http://www.lacid.org/films-soutenus/la-vierge-les-coptes-et-
moi
