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Jabberwockies. Darin tastes the Klingon, although two angst-ridden fountains gossips easily, and 

umpteen mostly speedy tickets tickled two fountains. One pawnbroker laughed lamely, then two 

obese subways partly cleverly tickled the poisons. Five elephants drunkenly towed umpteen mostly 

speedy wart hogs, yet Springfield perused five subways. Two quixotic lampstands gossips. Umpteen 

Macintoshes partly quickly fights five mostly angst-ridden elephants, then umpteen 

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Jabberwockies. Darin tastes the Klingon, although two angst-ridden fountains gossips easily, and 

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obese subways partly cleverly tickled the poisons. Five elephants drunkenly towed umpteen mostly 

speedy wart hogs, yet Springfield perused five subways. Two quixotic lampstands gossips. Umpteen 

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CONTENTS 

Contents 

Editorials 

Presentation of the festival 

Presentation of Unifrance films and Allociné 

Feature Films in competition 

Short Films in competition 

Films out of competition 

Juries 

Previews / Pedagogical reports 

Partners 

Partner platforms 

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EDITORIALS 

To share, throughout the entire world and with all lovers of French cinema, its new talents: such 

is the beautiful cause of Myfrenchfilmfestival.com, a festival decidedly not like the others, which 

transforms the Internet into your personal cinema, and Internet users in 170 different countries into 

a full-fledged jury, for the ten French feature films and ten French shorts selected for this second 

edition to be held in January 2012. 

Myfrenchfilmfestival.com, thanks to its opening up, freshness, and modernity of distribution means, 

was to prove remarkably its worth as of its very creation. Supported by Unifrance films and Allociné 

with the aid of my ministry via the National Centre of Cinema and the Animated Image and the 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the festival has grown, with a duration now extended to three weeks, and a partnership now with over a dozen 

foreign video-on-demand Internet platforms to favour the distribution of the selected films, available moreover in fifteen diff erent languages. 

A selection which reflects the outlooks of a new generation of creators, where society, love and humour meet, both in the featu re films, shorts 

and animated films, with as well the opportunity offered to Internet users to rediscover Claude Autant-Lara's masterpiece, The Trip Across 

Paris. 

Myfrenchfilmfestival.com: a new way of celebrating the cinema, which opens up even greater possibilities for the distribution and recognition 

of the young French creators. 

Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication 

UniFrance films, which promotes with both panache and success French cinema at countless festivals and markets 

throughout the world, has taken, with this second edition of My French Film Festival, a new step forward in the conquest 

of audiences across the continents. 

The idea of promoting contemporary French cinema on-line can but delight the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, 

which strives, along with its operator the French Institute, to distribute as widely as possible our culture throughout the 

world by means of new digital tools. 

This initiative has received the support of the audiovisual attachés of numerous embassies, delighted to assist with the subtitling of films or 

promotion of this exceptional event. Thus, this joint effort of the government, artists, producers and distributors can only go to reinforce the 

position of French cinema in a rapidly evolving world market. 

I salute the initiative of Unifrance Films to invest in the new means of distribution, and hope that many Internet users will t ake part, like last 

year, in this international celebration of cinema. 

Christian Masset, General Manager of Globalisation, Development and Partnerships 

Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

As soon as the first edition of My French Film Festival was launched, the CNC congratulated itself on this initiative 

the aim of which was to make available to film lovers and Internet users all over the world a selection of French films. 

Indeed, for the first time in the world, a film festival had been organised on the Web, and this French innovation might 

have appeared in the eyes of some as utopian. The success of the first edition nevertheless confirmed what our 

convictions led us to anticipate. 

The renewed encouragement by the CNC for this second edition is thus only all the more enthusiastic. The audacity 

of the organisers of My French Film Festival resembles today a true conquest. 

This new mode of on-line distribution represents a true chance for French cinema. 

Making French cinema available to all Internet users is for us a priority. The attraction aroused by French works is indisputab le. 

Dematerialization opens up new possibilities as a breach in a system of international distribution which sometimes leaves so little place to 

others. 

For my part, I hope that this on-line Festival becomes permanent to showcase by rotation the best of all our great festivals, i n order that 

this newly established dialogue between Internet users across the world, focused on French cinema, will continue to grow. 

Wishing a very good festival to one and all, whether here or elsewhere! 

Eric Garandeau, President of the CNC 

France is the leading European producer of cinema and the 2nd largest exporter of films worldwide. To support and 

favour the international promotion and export of our films, Unifrance Films has accompanied for more than 60 years 

French cinema on the five continents. Given the difficult distribution in cinemas of European film productions and the 

potential offered by the new media, Unifrance Films launched in 2011 the first on-line film festival accessible worldwide 

- MyFrenchFilmFestival.com. This innovative event has enabled us to develop and renew audiences of French cinema 

abroad and showcase young French creation. 

Thanks to the success of the first edition, which attracted more than 320,000 visitors, and conscious of the potential of such a festival, Unifrance 

Films is launching in 2012, still in partnership with Allociné, the second edition, rich with new possibilities. The 10 French shorts and 10 French 

feature films selected, as well as, out of competition, a French heritage film and a Canadian film, will be this year availablefor 

3 weeks in 14 different 

languages (instead of 10 as was the case last year). Unifrance Films has equally diversified its partnerships so that the films of the festival will be 

available on a dozen platforms throughout the world, from Dailymotion and Mubi, Snagfilms in the United States, Youku in China, J:Com in Japan, 

Kt in Korea, Filmin in Spain to Filmstart in Germany… 

Last but not least, we are pleased to be able, this year, to physically launch this event in the presence of the artists, simul taneously in Berlin, 

London, Los Angeles and Seoul. We warmly thank all the public and private partners who have remained faithful to us, as well as those who 

have accepted to join us for this second edition, and let us wish all a happy festival! 

Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, President of UniFrance Films 

and Régine Hatchondo, General Manager of UniFrance Films 

EDITORIALS 

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MyFrenchFilmFestival.com is an innovative concept to help discover 

young French creation and allow Internet users across the globe to 

share their love of French cinema. For its second edition, the festival 

returns with even more foreign languages, new partner platforms and 

launch previews at the four corners of the world. 

When? 

It's from 12 January to 1 February 2012, that film buffs of the world 

will have access to all films proposed by the 2nd edition of the on-line 

French Film Festival. 

The principle 

Ten feature films and ten shorts by young French creators are in 

competition. Internet users are invited to score all the films and leave 

their comments on the website. 

The selection equally includes a film out-of-competition, a heritage 

film, as well as one French Canadian short and one feature. 

How? 

The festival is available in 14 languages. The Internet website and the 

films (available via video-on-demand) are accessible in Arabic, 

English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, 

Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Spanish. The Korean and Chinese 

versions are available on our partner platforms, KT for Korea, and 

Youku for China. 

As soon as the website of MyFrenchFilmFestival.com opens its 

doors, you'll be able to watch exclusive interviews with the directors 

and actors free of charge. 

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PRESENTATION 

Prize-winners 

Six prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival (three for features, 

three for shorts): the Internet Users Prize, Social Networks Prize and 

International Press Prize. Winning films will be shown on board all Air 

France flights for 6 to 9 months. 

Prices 

Worldwide: 

• Rental of a feature: 1.99€ 

• Rental of a short: 0.99€ 

• Feature-film pack: 11.99€ for one access to the twelve feature films 

• Shorts pack: 5.99€ for one access to the eleven shorts 

• Full access pack : 15.99€ (access to the festival's entire 

programming) 

In France: 

• Rental of a feature: 3.99€ 

• Rental of a short: 0.99€ 

• Feature-film pack: 27.99€ for one access to the nine feature films 

available in France 

• Shorts pack: 5.99€ for one access to the eleven shorts 

• Full access pack : 29.99€ (access to the festival's entire 

programming) 

For this second edition, all the films of the festival may be viewed free 

of charge in China, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the countries of Latin 

America, thanks to the contribution of private partners enabling 

payment of rights-holders. 

Play and win 

• A trip for two to Paris during 2012 (for foreign residents, whatever 

their country of origin), or a trip to London (for French residents) 

during the French Film Festival, by playing our application on the 

Facebook page of My French Film Festival. 

• A trip for two to New York in March 2012 upon the occasion of the 

French Film Festival by betting on the winning film chosen by Internet 

users on Air France's Facebook page. 

• As well as many free screenings and other surprises by playing on 

these two Facebook pages!

UNIFRANCE FILMS AND ALLOCINÉ 

Since 1949, Unifrance films represents more than 800 French motion picture professionals who join forces 

to promote their films to foreign audiences and media. 

Unifrance films’ action is structured along five axes : 

- Organisation of French film festivals in strategic countries (United States, Russia, Japan, Brazil, China, 

India…) 

- Active support of French cinema at international festivals 

- Presence at major film markets 

- Organisation of cinema masterclasses by French directors in film schools and foreign universities 

- Support of commercial releases and film promotion 

In 2012, Unifrance Films will develop its digital strategy with three events: the 2nd edition of 

MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, the launch of Short Film Gallery (a digital film library devoted to shorts), and 

the new iPhone application, "French cinema". 

Unifrance films in few figures: 

830 members (producers, exporters, artists…) 

20 organised or supported French film festivals 

100 international festivals of supported feature films 

140 assisted feature films 

400 trips for actors and directors 

880 commercial releases organised abroad 

2500 interviews organised every year 

+ 200,000 visits/month to the website www.unifrance.org 

AlloCiné is the reference service for cinema information for every media 

(fixed Internet, mobile, tablet and television). Through these media in 

France, AlloCiné reaches each and every month more than 10 million users, 

that's to say 80% of digital cinema audiences. 

AlloCiné is likewise present in 8 countries across the world and is ranked 

in top position in France, Germany, China, Russia and Brazil. In total, 

more than 40 million Internet users visit each and very month one of the 

group's services. 

In 2011, AlloCiné teamed up with Unifrance films for the creation of an 

online French Film Festival, with the implementation of an international 

VOD platform. 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Eight Times Up (8 fois debout) 

Directing : Xabi Molia 

Casting : Julie Gayet, Denis Podalydès 

Production : Rouge International / Moteur S’il Vous Plait Production 

International Sales : Moteur S’il Vous Plait Production 

Runtime : 1h43 

French release : 14/04/2010 

Elsa barely gets by on casual jobs and hopes to find stable employment so that she can regain custody of 

her son, Mathieu. Her neighbor on the same floor also goes from one interview to the next, consummately 

failing to score a job each time. Their situation is increasingly precarious, but both try to bounce back in a 

world that seems to reject them: "Seven times down for the count, eight times back on their feet"? 

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Graduate in literature and professor of film history, Xabi Molia is first and foremost a seasoned 

writer who twice won the Young French Writer Prize for his novels Le Temps des Cerises and 

Spinoza and Me. With a passion for the cinema, he launches himself into the direction of shorts 

which likewise receive a warm critical reception. In 2008, he collaborates for the first time with Julie 

Gayet on his third short S'éloigner du rivage. One year later he works once more with her as the 

star and producer of his first feature as director : Eight Times Up. 

"Julie Gayet, fragile and strong, (...) and Denis Podalydès, excellent in humility, join hands to make 

this all too French sensibility sound just right. 8 Times Up? Eight times bravo!" Le Parisien 

"The two actors bestow mad charm on this fable of today, more optimistic than it appears to be." 

20 Minutes 

"Poetry gets the upper hand over misery (...) Their efforts amaze us. In a word, pure grace." Elle 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Dear Prudence (Belle épine) 

Directing : Rébecca Zlotowski 

Casting : Léa Seydoux, Anaïs Demoustier, Agathe Schlencker, Johan Libéreau, Guillaume Gouix 

Production : Les Films Velvet 

International sales : Pyramide International 

Runtime: 1h20 


Prudence Friedman is 17 years old. Her mother died a few days ago. Left alone in the family apartment, she 

encounters Maryline, a rebellious teenager who takes her to an illegal racetrack in Rungis, on the outskirts of 

Paris, where customized cars and bikes dangerously spin. Fascinated by the circuit gang, Prudence attempts 

to establish her place among them by trying to pass her loneliness off for freedom

With a degree in moder n literature, Rebecca Zlotowski enters FEMIS in 2003 in the filmscript 

department. She makes there a series of determining encounters, including that of Cyprien V ial, 

with whom she codirects the short Dans le rang, winner of the SACD prize (Society of Authors and 

Dramatic Composers) at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 2006. For her end-of-studies project 

at FEMIS, she writes the script for Dear Prudence. She directs the film in 2010 and wins the Louis 

Delluc Prize for Best First Film. Professor in the department of cinema at the University of Lyon 2, 

she is equally the screenwriter of the film Jimmy Rivière which wins several distinctions at festivals. 

"Dear Prudence is both a stunning portrait of a teenage girl at odds with the world and a deeply 

moving work about mourning." Figaroscope 

"To tell the truth, it's been a long time since we've seen a first film that tries to such a point, over 

and beyond 'social realism', assert the power of fantasy and fiction." Les Inrockuptibles 

"Tense to the extreme (...) And remarkably performed (...)." Positif 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Back to Square one (Case départ) 

Directing : Thomas Ngijol, Fabrice Eboué, Lionel Steketee 

Casting : Thomas Ngijol, Fabrice Eboué 

Production : Légende 

International sales : Other Angle Pictures 



Half-brothers who have nothing in common, Joël and Regis ar e called to their dying father's beside. All they 

receive for inheritance is the certificate declaring the freedom granted to their slave ancestors. The document 

has been passed down through the family from generation to generation. Impervious to its symbolic value, they 

are punished by a mysterious elderly aunt who takes them back in time, when black people wer e sold as slaves.

Lionel Steketee studies film at Boston University. Returning to France, he becomes first assistant director on 

numerous films, notably by the side of Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space) and Terry George (Hotel Rwanda). In 2000 

he launches himself into direction with a short Escape . In 2011 he codirects Back to Square One, his first feature 

film, starring Fabrice Eboué and Thomas Ngijol. 

After performing in various Parisian café-theatres and cabarets, Fabrice Eboué puts on in 2000 his first shows. He's 

then spotted by Jamel Debouzze and launches himself into the adventure of the Jamel Comedy Club, the principle 

of which is to showcase young stand-ups. The show opens up to him the doors of television and radio where he 

becomes known for his dark humour. In parallel, after playing in shorts, he takes his first steps in the cinema in the 

comedy Fatal, directed by and starring Michaël Youn. The year 2011 marks a turning point for him since he co-directs, 

co-writes and co-stars in Back to Square One, along with his friend Thomas Ngijol, met at the Jamel Comedy Club. 

Thomas Ngijol is revealed as a comedian at the Juste Pour Rire Festival in Nantes. His first one-man-show, entitled 

Welcome, enables him to be spotted. He then joins the troupe of the Jamel Comedy Club. In 2008, he appears in 

his first film, The Abyssinians, a short produced and directed by the Kourtrajmé association. In parallel, he hosts daily 

part of the show Le Grand Journalon Canal+. After his departure from the encrypted channel in 2009, he continues 

his adventure in the cinema with second roles in feature films. In 2011, he takes part in the scripting and direction of 

Back to Square One. 

"A popular comedy with admirable Moliéresque vibrations." Le Nouvel Observateur 

"The greatest success of Back to Square One lies in the accomplishment of the confessed goal of Thomas Ngijol 

and Fabrice Eboué: make people laugh in order to make them reflect. The theme of racism has never before 

been so explored by a comedy. A message slipped in without any moralising tone by an astonishing film." Excessif 

"If you want to see an unusual, ambitious and above all hilarious film, Back to Square One is assuredly the French 

comedy of the summer you need. 2009 had Round Da Way. 2010 had Fatal. And now 2011 has Back to Square 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Living on Love Alone (D’amour et d’eau fraîche) 

Directing : Isabelle Czajka 

Casting : Anaïs Demoustier, Pio Marmaï 

Production : Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo 

International sales : Bac Films 



Julie Bataille, 23 years old, an A+ graduate, lots of casual work. She's had enough. She's looking for a r eal 

job. During a job interview, she crosses paths with Ben. He's decided to live from day to day on his wits and 

petty crime. He proposes that she come and spend the summer with him in the south. Julie refuses, then, one 

day, on an impulse, she dumps everything and heads away to join him.

Graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière, Isabelle Czajka collaborates for several 

years on film pr ojects as camera operator then dir ector of photography. In 1998, she dir ects a 

documentary on the anguish of mater nity, Everything is to be Invented . In 2002, her short The 

Target is distinguished at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival. She steps up to feature 

films in 2007 with Next Year. This film reveals Anaïs Demoustier and equally enjoys great success 

with a Golden Leopard at the Toronto Film Festival. Three years later, Isabelle Czajka works again 

with the young actress for her second feature, Living On Love Alone. 

"Everything is adjusted to the very millimetr e in her film: it is cr edible in its situations, true in its 

dialogues, powerful in its supporting roles and tense until the very last image thanks to the magic 

alchemy of the duo Demoustier-Marmaï." Le Parisien 

"[…] This script is stunning thanks to its naturalism and sense of ordinary but well put dialogues. 

Eager for love and freedom, the head-strong character of Anaïs Demoustier leads the dance with 

brio." Le Journal du Dimanche 

"Neither sinister nor cynical, Living on Love Alone appears to be of a soundness all the mor e 

rigorous as never is the slightest marked feeling (compassion, tender ness, indignation, anger) 

deliberately solicited or suggested." Libération 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Into our Own Hands (Entre nos mains) 

Directing : Mariana Otéro 

Documentary 

Production : Archipel 33 

International sales : Doc & Film International 



Confronted by the failure of their lingerie business, the employees try to take over its management by turning 

it into a cooperative. This gives rise to fundamental economic and social questions being discussed. 

Surrounded by bras and panties, the workers discover a new freedom in this collective adventure.

Born into an artists' family , her parents are painters and her sister an actr ess. Mariana Otero 

studies literature at the University of Paris 8, and cinema at the Institut des Hautes Etudes 

Cinématographiques. As of 1987, she specialises in making documentaries and wins the prize for 

Best Documentary in Lisbon in 1994 for La Loi du Collège, and in Valladolid in 2003 for History of 

a Secr et, a film about the disappearance of her mother . Into Our Own Hands is her sixth 

documentary. 

"This admirable film is criss-crossed by the themes of emancipation and selfhood, but it is doubly 

so insofar as it is as much a convocation of the social body as it is of the feminine body ." 

Critikat.com 

"With such austere material (...) the filmmaker has come up with a little jewel of a film, as political 

as it is theatrical, as funny as it is dramatic, anchored in the most bitter reality, while taking off into 

the world of cinema and fiction." Les Inrockuptibles 

"(...) These women, at first reserved, assert their personalities, revealing strong, funny and attaching 

characters." Le Monde 

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FEATURE FILMS 

18 Years Old and Rising (J’aime regarder les filles) 

Directing : Frédéric Louf 

Casting : Pierre Niney, Audrey Bastien, Lou de Lâage, Ali Marhyar, Victor Bessiere, Michel Vuillermoz 

Production : Maïa Cinéma / Les films de Pierre 

International sales : Les films de Pierre 



The day before May 10, 1981, Primo and Gabrielle, 18 years old, meet each other. Gabrielle is part of the 

Parisian bourgeoisie. He is the son of provincial shopkeepers. Dazzled by Gabrielle's charm and the girls 

around her, Primo invents a new pedigree for himself, lies a lot, and compensates for his empty pockets with 

his daring moves and his imagination

Director with an atypical career, Frédéric Louf first studies laws and economy, and then alternately 

tries his hand at drawing, cooking and jour nalism. It is only in 2000 that he joins the family of 

cinema, as assistant director on the film Modern Comforts. One year later, he writes and directs 

his first short, Just Little Birds, selected by the Cannes Film Festival. He next takes part in several 

animation projects. In 2006, he begins scripting a first feature film which is released four years later, 

18 Years Old and Rising. 

"18 Years Old and Rising is deftly dir ected, with a welcome touch of sobriety, a sharp sense of situations 

and a taste for detail. Humour and emotion, always a delicate balance, ar e always present. And to spoil 

nothing, the actors are simply fantastic, beginning with Pierre Niney (...)."Le Monde 

"For his first directorial effort, Frédéric Louf, who borrowed the title of his film from Patrick Coutin's song, has 

pulled off a kind of 'sentimental education', highly spirited, full of charm and deeply moving." Le Parisien 

"Funny, with one loop after another, like an angel flapping its wing, a film that spikes rose water with vitriol." 

Paris Match 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Queen of Heart (La Reine des pommes) 

Directing : Valérie Donzelli 

Casting : Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, Béatrice de Staël 

Production : Les Productions Balthazar 

International sales : Visit Films 



Adèle, in her early thirties, is dumped by Mathieu, the love of her life. Shatter ed, undone, all Adèle wants to 

do is die. Rachel, a distant cousin, decides to help Adèle by trying to find her a job, give her back a taste for 

life, and offer emotional support. Her main piece of advice: in or der to knock Mathieu off the pedestal upon 

which Adèle has placed him, she should sleep with other men….even if she has no desire to do so.

Valérie Donzelli lands her first role in the cinema in 2000, in Martha... Martha, directed by Sandrine 

Veysset. Hailed by the critics, her performance wins her the Michel Simon Prize. In 2007, she's at the 

heart of a dark love triangle over the backgr ound of a prison in 7 years, directed by Jean-Pascal 

Hattu, winning her the Best Actress Award at the Florence and Turin International Film Festivals. After 

directing in 2007 a short ( The Weather is Beautiful in the Most Beautiful City in the W orld), she 

directs her first feature, The Queen of Hearts, released in 2010. A success which wins over both critics 

and audiences alike. In 2011, her second film Declaration of War is given a standing ovation at the 

International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival. 

"A first comedy that is incredibly original, funny, insane, bold and playful (...) We love this kind of 

cinema which freely ventures onto the side of T ruffaut, Rohmer and Demy. A true queen that 

moves our hearts." Le Figaroscope 

"Precision of writing, a carefully executed plastic dimension, and the sweetness of this and that, 

assuaging the acidity of the situations, together compose a hilarious and haunting comedy." Les 

Inrockuptibles 

"A film full of grace, for Pierre, Paul, Jacques, and all the others." Le Monde 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Memory Lane (Memory Lane) 

Directing : Mikhaël Hers 

Casting : Thibault Vinçon, Dounia Sichov, Lolita Chammah, Stéphanie Déhel, Thomas Blanchard, 

David Sztanke, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Didier Sandre, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Marie Rivière 

Production : Les films de la Grande Ourse 

International sales : Films Distribution 



One summer, seven 25-year-old friends get together to spend a few days in the town they grew up in. They all have 

their own reasons to be there: some are still living in the town, others have returned for family reasons or to find the 

traces of lingering adolescence, while others think that they'll perhaps find love... While the days drift by beneath 

the deep blue August sky, each person has the intuition that these shared moments are perhaps the last...

Mikhaël Hers first studies economy before joining FEMIS's production department. After producing 

several films, including shorts by his former classmate Martin Rit, he steps up in turn behind the 

camera. He directs several shorts and medium-length films among which Charell, selected by the 

International Critics' Week at Cannes in 2006. In 2010, he directs his first feature film Memory 

Lane. 

"With Mikhaël Hers, everything is a matter of unveiling by little touches in a story that is as tense 

as it is strong. It transits via a hesitant word or a silence, a look, the presence of bodies, so many 

situations from which the complexity of the effects can emerge." Critikat.com 

"With great charm, Memory Lane depicts the ordinary, the precarious, the almost nothing, the 

unspoken… all of which unites these young people with synchronous spleen." Le Monde 

"Thanks to the grace of the actors, all of whom are extraordinary, something subtle escapes, at 

this end of summer, in this intervening period which precedes adulthood, which will be no more." 

TéléCinéObs 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Pauline and François (Pauline et François) 

Directing : Renaud Fely 

Casting : Laura Smet, Yannick Renier, Léa Drucker, Gilles Cohen 

Production : Aeternam Films 

International sales : Le Petit Bureau 



Families have habits that ar e difficult to dislodge. François's family is no dif ferent. None of them could have 

imagined that there would one day be a woman in his life. Pauline and François throw themselves into a story 

as beautiful as it is unexpected and this happiness frees them.

Renaud Fély begins his car eer as stage assistant and dir ector's assistant with such gr eat 

filmmakers as Maurice Pialat (Van Gogh), Pierre Salvadori (Wild Target) and Jacques Doillon (From 

the Bottom of the Hear). Pascale Ferran chooses him as second-unit director on Lady Chatterley. 

Prize-winner of the Emergence W orkshops, a structure aimed at helping pr omising directors 

develop their first feature film, he is awarded an advance-on-receipts to direct his first film, Pauline 

and François. 

"A first, sensual and down-to-earth featur e film, the for ce of which derives fr om the dramatic 

tension and performance of the actors." Le Parisien 

"(...) A film of great maturity in which quarrel the eulogy of nature and references of the sacred. A 

subtle work about the courage to live, Pauline and François is equally powerful thanks to its 

mastery of direction of actors. A true filmmaker has been born." TéléCinéObs 

"Renaud Fély films the encounter of these two solitudes with infinite delicacy . With words which 

can wound, the former assistant of Pascale Ferran pr efers communion with an omnipr esent 

nature." Télérama 

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FEATURE FILMS 

Love Like Poison (Un poison violent) 

Directing : Katell Quillevéré 

Casting : Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru, Stafano Cassetti, Thierry Neuvic, Youen Leboulanger-Gourvil 

Production : Les Films du Bélier 

International sales : Films Distribution 



Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father 

has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. 

Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little 

about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith.

After studies in film and philosophy in Paris, Katell Quillevéré cr eates with Sebastien Bailly in 2004 

Rencontres du Moyen-Métrage of Brive and organises the first three editions. In 2005, her first short 

With All My Mightis screened at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and selected for the 2007 Césars. 

She is once again present at the Directors' Fortnight in 2010 with a first feature film Love Like Poison, 

just crowned with the Jean Vigo Prize. 

"Adults stuck in their pr oblems versus teenagers playing in the sun, this balance between two 

worlds with God as sole arbitrator, makes this sketch a masterstroke." Elle 

"Katell Quillévéré never falls into the trap of a trendy cult of youth. This portrait of a child of his times 

gives off persuasive grace, the charm of which continues long after the screening." 20 Minutes 

"We are reminded a little of Alain Cavalier's Thérèse. A fanatic of God but of his day . (...) The most 

beautiful moment of the film is that of the turnaround. (...) They are young, heathen and beautiful." 

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Aglaée (Aglaée) 

SHORT FILMS 

Directing : Rudi Rosenberg 

Fiction 

Casting : Géraldine Martineau, Marc Chaulet, Diane Benmaor, Juliette Boscheron 

Production : Karé Production 

International sales : Karé Production 

Runtime : 20 min 

Production year : 2010 

In the school play gr ound, Benoit looses a bet with his mates. His must now invite Aglaee, a handicapped 

student, to go out with him. 

Rudi Rosenberg begins very young as an actor with small roles in the cinema or television. In 2007, he lands the 

leading part in Pascal Kané's I'll Never Forget You. The same year, he starts making shorts. Aglaée is his third 

film. 

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SHORT FILMS 

God's the one to tell (C’est à Dieu qu’il faut le dire) 

Directing : Elsa Diringer 

Fiction 

Casting : Tatiana Rojo 

Production : Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo 

International sales : La Luna Productions 



Kumba is a young woman from the Ivory Coast who lives alone in Paris. She has two children: seven-year-old 

Adja and eight-month-old Bakary. On this particular day, she is asked to stand in at short notice for a cleaning 

lady friend. Kumba must decide between the job and looking after her youngest child. She sets out for work, 

fear gnawing at her, for she leaves the baby behind at home. 

After her film studies, Elsa Diringer directs several shorts within the association Tribudom, which works in sensitive 

neighbourhoods to produce films closely tied to those who live there. God's the One to Tell is her second film.

Specky Four-Eyes (Cul de bouteille) 

Directing : Jean-Claude Rozec 

Animation 

Production : Vivement Lundi ! 

International sales : Agence du Court-Métrage 



SHORT FILMS 

Some bad news has just arrived: pr ofoundly nearsighted, Ar naud has to wear glasses. And not any or dinary 

glasses: an unrefined frame which unsticks his ears and pinches his nose, glasses so thick that his eyes seem 

no more than two little black spots. Arnaud prefers by far the vague and protean world of his nearsightedness, 

a world populated with monsters, unicorns and the other fancies which appear according to his fertile imagination. 

With some student friends, Jean-Claude Rozec creates in 2001 an association which produces animated films. 

Thus launched, he works first as animator on numerous films before commencing direction. A choice confirmed 

by festival hits, such his latest film Specky Four-Eyes which has won no less than seven prizes. 

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Dripped (Dripped) 

Directing : Léo Verrier 

Animation 

Production : Chez Eddy 

International sales : Premium Films 



SHORT FILMS 

New York, on 1950. Fascinated by art, Jack skims museums all day long. He steals paintings which he hides 

at his home so he can eat them! Masterpieces are his food and plunge him into a state of ecstasy when he 

eats them. But in excess to eat, paintings become rare until they disappear. 

Léo Verrier does his training at the Penninghen Superior School of Graphic Arts. His first animated short Dripped 

enjoys great success. He now works in the Czech animation studio, Eallin Motion Art, and is currently prepping 

a second short.

SHORT FILMS 

I could've been a Hooker (J’aurais pu être une pute) 

Directing : Baya Kasmi 

Fiction 

Casting : Vimala Pons, Bruno Podalydès, Jean-Claude Deret, Claudia Tagbo 

Production : Karé Productions 

International sales : Karé Productions 



At the cashdesk of a DIY store, Mina is submerged by a panic attack and falls into Pierre's arms. Here is the 

story of a young lady a little crazy , a chap too normal, a big pair of pruning shears and an old piano teacher. 

Baya Kasmi begins by scripting series for the television, notably collaborating with Michel Lecler c. In 2008, she 

pens the television film Those Who Love France, directed by Ariane Ascaride. In 2011, she wins the César for 

Best Script for The Names of Love. It's with another story, in part similar, that she directs her first short, I Could've 

Been a Hooker. 

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The Piano Tuner (L’Accordeur) 

SHORT FILMS 

Directing : Olivier Treiner 

Fiction 

Casting : Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Grégory Gadebois, Danièle Lebrun 

Production : 2425 Films 




Adrien is a young pianist pr odigy. He collapsed psychologically having failed in a r enowned competition and 

henceforth works as a piano tuner. As remedy to this life, he invents a blind person's mask to penetrate into 

the intimacy of his customers. This subtlety allows Adrien to get back the taste for music. But since he sees 

things he should not see, Adrien ends up witnessing a murder. 

Olivier Treiner studies acting at the Superior National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. He next undertakes dir ection, 

with a first highly remarked short The Piano Tuner

SHORT FILMS 

Man's best Friend (Le Meilleur Ami de l’Homme) 

Directing : Vincent Mariette 

Fiction 

Casting : Jules-Édouard Moustic, Noémie Lvovsky, Christophe Vandevelde, Nicolas Maury 

Production : Les Films du Worso 




Henri, tired about forty, works as dog handler in a suburb station. One day, his boss explains to him that he 

is going to need to get rid of Snowy, his old Rottweiler narcoleptique, his only friendly. Incapable to do this, 

Henri finds comfort with a beer and with Chantal, a waitress of the bar at the station. 

After receiving his diploma from FEMIS in 2009, specialising in screenplays, Vincent Mariette begins directing 

shorts. His second film, Man's Best Friend, wins Jury Special Mention at the City of Lights - City of Angels 

Festival of Los Angeles. In 2010, he begins preparing a first feature film, Stray Dogs. 

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SHORT FILMS 

The Silence beneath the Bark (Le Silence sous l’écorce) 

Directing : Joanna Lurie 

Animation 

Production : Lardux Films 

International sales : Lardux Films / Les Films du Préau 



In a huge for est covered with a big white coat, some funny small cr eatures discover snow, so white, so 

beautiful, so fascinating. It takes them in a whirlwind of drunkenness and enjoyment to a meeting of strange 

phenomena. A night-tale full of tenderness. 

Trained at the Ecole des Métiers de la Création Infographique and the Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation, 

Joanna Lurie began in advertising and photography befor e stepping up to animated films. She then alter nates 

between directing personal films, such as the highly r emarked The Silence Beneath the Bark , and animation 

studio work.

Dear Abbot (Monsieur l’Abbé) 

SHORT FILMS 

Directing : Blandine Lenoir 

Fiction 

Casting : Margot Abascal, Julien Bouanich, Marc Citti, Anaïs Demoustier, Jeanne Ferron, Nanou Garcia, Pierre Giafferi, Benoît 

Giros, Jean-Pierre Lazzerini 

Production : Local Films 

International sales : Local Films 



Men and women in the 1930 or 1940. They could have been our grandparents. How to love without making 

eight children? How to reconcile catholic morality and conjugal love? Why is the pleasure guilty? Abbot Viollet, 

maybe, will know how to answer all his questions. The job is uneasy. 

Blandine Lenoir begins as an actress in front of Gaspard Noé's camera, in the short Carne. She next pursues her 

actress's career but devotes herself in parallel to directing films. She has already directed eight shorts, including 

Dear Abbot, and currently is making her first feature film The Cardinal. 

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SHORT FILMS 

The Little Tailor (Petit tailleur) 

Directing : Louis Garrel 

Fiction 

Casting : Arthur Igual, Léa Seydoux, Albert Igual, Sylvain Creuzevault, Lolita Chammah, Évelyne Lequesne, Laurent Laffargue 

Production : Mezzanine Films 

International sales : Mezzanine Films 




Arthur is twenty five years old, he is an appr entice tailor in Albert's workshop, Albert will soon r etired and 

chose Arthur as his successor. But one evening, Arthur is taken to the theater by his friend Sylvain. He falls 

deeply in love with Marie-Julie, the main actress of the play. Both lovers decide to never leave each other, they 

launch the challenge to give up everything to live their love. But can Arthur assume letting down Albert? 

Louis Garrel begins his actor's career in front of his father's camera at the age of 6 in Emergency Kisses. He pursues his theatre training and enters 

the Superior National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. He then makes a sensational entrance into the cinema by acting for Bertolucci then Philippe 

Garrel in Regular Lovers, a role which entitles him to the César for Best Male Hopeful. In 2004, he is directed for the first time by Christophe Honoré 

in My Mother, co-starring Isabelle Huppert. He becomes one of the fetish actors of the director who shoots no less than six films with him. In 2008, 

he steps for the first time behind the camera. The Little Tailor, his second short, is highly remarked at many festivals.

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The Trip Across Paris (La traversée de Paris) 

Directing : Claude Autant-Lara 

Casting : Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès 

Production : Franco-London Film (Paris), Continentale Produzione 

International sales : Gaumont 


French release : 1956 

Paris, 1943. Taxi Driver in unemployment, Marcel Martin earns a living by delivering parcels on the black market. 

One day, he must carry across Paris four suitcases containing the slices of a pig.

Born in 1901, Claude Autant-Lara falls in love with the cinema as soon as he enters secondary 

school. After graduating from the National School of Decorative Arts, he becomes a set designer 

for the theatre and art director for the cinema, and works with Renoir, Lehmann and L'Herbier. The 

latter produces his first film Faits-divers, a short in which he directs his mother. An atypical director 

and fascinated by new techniques, Claude Autant-Lara experiences dif ficult beginnings. It's by 

directing actress Odette Joyeux that he realises his first successes with films such as Le Mariage 

de Chiffon and Sylvia and the Ghost. In 1945, he directs Devil in the Fleshstarring Micheline Presle 

and Gérard Philippe. Judged immoral, the film gives rise to sharp r eactions by audiences and 

critics. The story of the two lovers is nevertheless consider ed symbolic of the young generation 

and consecrates Autant-Lara as a nonconformist and pr ovocative director. He then shoots his 

greatest successes, including The Trip Across Paris in 1951 with the greatest French actors of the 

day: Gabin, Bourvil and de Funès. But the New Wave, supported by the critics of the Cahiers du 

Cinéma make Autant-Lara the very emblem of the old-fashioned cinema. He nevertheless directs 

films until 1970s before devoting himself to writing, memoirs and pamphlets. 

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Guilt (La Vérité) 

Directing : Marc Bisaillon 

Casting : Geneviève Rioux, Émile Mailhiot, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine et Juliette Gosselin 

Production : Films Camera Oscura 

International sales : Filmoption International 


Canadian release : mars 2011 

In a small-town, two teenagers try to deal with the moral consequences of a homicide they committed after 

a night of partying. Inspired by a true story.

A passionate film buff, Marc Bisaillon studies film at the University of Montreal, but begins with a 

career musical as singer in the band 3/4 Putains for more than ten years. He returns to the cinema 

by writing the script for the film The Immortals for Paul Thinel. He then steps up to direction with 

two shorts and a first feature in 2006, Cowardice, which explores the guilty conscience. On the 

same theme, he next directs Guilt and is currently preparing a third film, Love, about a young man 

who kills two registered sex offenders. 

"A drama all in finesse " 

Cédric Bélanger - Journal de Québec 

"A work of a perfect mastery" 

François Lévesque - Le Devoir 

"A powerful film!" 

Martin Bilodeau - Le Devoir 

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Trotteur (Trotteur) 

Directing : Arnaud Brisebois, Francis Leclerc 

Casting : Kyle Gatehouse 

Production : Cirrus Communications Inc. 

International sales : Cirrus Communications Inc. 




Metaphor for adversity, an infernal race against a merciless opponent. A duel to the end between a young man 

and a locomotive. 

Arnaud Brisebois works for a time as a painter, then illustrator. Thanks to this experience, he launches himself into animation 

and specialises in visual effects. He then works on several American productions: 300, Fantastic 4 and Captain Sky & the 

World of Tomorrow. As art director on films and commercials, he meets several filmmakers who encourage him to try his 

hand at directing. He thus commences with a first short,Trotter. 

Francis Leclerc directs in the 1990's more than 20 shorts and medium-length films. His first feature, A Girl at the Window 

(2001) is hailed by the critics. Looking for Alexander (2004) wins several prizes, including the Jutra and Genie for Best 

Director. Francis Leclerc equally works for the television and is making the series Appearances and The Survivors II for the 

year 2011.

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INTERNATIONAL PRESS JURY 

Philippa Hawker, The Age, Australia 

Rodrigo Fonseca, O Globo, Brazil 

Andreas Kilb, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany 

Gloria Satta, Il Messaggero, Italy 

Katuhiko Sugihara, Asahi Shimbun, Japan 

Stas Tyrkin, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia 

Luis Martinez, El Mundo, Spain 

Adam Woodward, Little White Lies, UK 

Mark Olsen, LA Times/LA Weekly, USA

Florencia Guisasola Argentina 

Facu Lugo Argentina 

Nati Millán Argentina 

Naomi Ager Australia 

Daniel Pujol Nz Australia 

Sebastian Brameshuber Austria 

Dree Bassi Brazil 

Fabio Bicalho Brazil 

Arluce Gurjão Brazil 

Mariana Hörlle Brazil 

Marina Trombetta Lima Brazil 

Anne-Coralie Bonnaire Bulgaria 

Nicole Bourgeois Canada 

Donna Winters-Gutzeit Canada 

Kellie J. Haulotte Canada 

Damien Escobar Chine 

Anette Sidor Denmark 

Anne-Soizic Bouënard France 

Lamia Bounaia France 

Laure Bourdon France 

Nathalie Charles France 

Karine Coste France 

Nicolas Dehorter France 

Mathieu Dejoux France 

Elvire Duvelle-Charles France 

Olga Kouessi France 

Elodie Lefeuvre France 

Aurélie Llg France 

Pascaline Peretti France 

Jeanne Lucie Tatischeff France 

Alex Hermann Germany 

Begüm Inal Germany 

Nemo Krautwurst Germany 

Mariejosephin Schneider Germany 

Laia Alvarez Mestre Germany 

Beatrix Nina L. Molnar Hungary 

Peggy Afuta Israel 

Galia Alony-Dagan Israel 

Yotam Ben-David Israel 

Ccf Romain Gary Israel 

Dana Rusou Israel 

Carine Zaroni- Goldman Israel 

Xavier Barde Italy 

Alessandra Borghesi Italy 

Paolo Prossen Italy 

Chiara Rubessi Italy 

La Giorgetta Italy 

Yusuke Kojima Japan 

Ital Miyamoto Japan 

Hiroko Nishimura Japan 

SOCIAL NETWORK JURY 

Irina Tsaryova Kazakhstan 

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Magali Scremin Bron Mexico 

Ana Barcenas Mexico 

Eduardo Morlan Mexico 

Julieta Castellanos Mexico 

Choudhry Talat Mazhar Rajput Pakistan 

Monica Popescu Romania 

Yacine Boumbadji Russia 

Anastasia Goryacheva Russia 

Dmitry Philimonov Russia 

Alixis Posokhov Russia 

Anna Ryasik Russia 

Jose A. Cañada Spain 

Angel Cano Spain 

Tiago Elídio Spain 

Raymond Kualki Sossła Spain 

Bea la Francesita Spain 

Jose Rios Garaycochea Spain 

Lucía Ros Spain 

Juanchi Cifuentes Spain 

Maria Fillippini Spain 

Samir Payta Sweden 

Romain Protti Sweden 

Frédérique Marguerat Switzerland 

Caroline Bodin UK 

Louis Bourgeois Martin UK 

Sylvie Capuano Burnett UK 

Penny Clifton UK 

Emma Davies UK 

Faye Antonia Hays UK 

Nouria Kehli UK 

Christopher Aguillón USA 

Astrid Arnaud USA 

Michelle Biering USA 

Claire Breaux USA 

Lilo de Paris USA 

Geraldine Durand-Dosdat USA 

Jaime Estrada Zambrano USA 

Judy Glenn USA 

Joann Jones USA 

Kirstyn Kedaitis USA 

Christophe Maire USA 

Liliana Mangiafico USA 

Jonathan Milenko USA 

Edith Reynolds USA 

Suzen Rodriguez USA 

Matthew D. Stratton USA 

Jen Eureka Hirashiki USA 

Nicole Whit USA 

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PHYSICAL PREVIEWS 

For its second edition, MyFrenchFilmFestival.com organises previews in various cities throughout the world: 

- Los Angeles (Aero Theatre) on Sunday, 8th January Eight Times Up, directed by Xabi Molia: in the presence of Julie 

Gayet 

- London (Cine Lumiere ) : on Tuesday, 10th January with The Little Tailor, directed by Louis Garrel and Dear Prudence, directed 

by Rebecca Zlotowski: in the presence of the stars Louis Garrel, Léa Seydoux, and director Rebecca Zlotowski 

- Berlin : on Tuesday, 10th January : Eight Times Up, directed by Xabi Molia: in the presence of the actress Julie Gayet 

- Seoul: Into Our Own Hands, directed by Marianna Otero: in the presence of the director Marianna Otero 

PEDAGOGICAL REPORTS 

In liaison with the French Institute, Unifrance Films publishes, as part of the on-line festival, pedagogical articles on three films of the selection: 

Into Our Own Hands, The Queen of Hearts and Specky Four-Eyes. Written by journalists, these reports are intended for teachers belonging to 

the network of the Alliance Française and French Lycées, and are accessible to all on the platform MyFrenchFilmFestival.com. The purpose of 

these educational articles is to favour the learning of French while giving learners all over the world the opportunity of discovering young French 

film creation. 

AUTHORS OF THE REPORTS: 

Charlotte Garson has been a writer for the Cahiers du cinéma and the review Etudes since 2001. She is the author of Amoureux, an 

essay on romantic encounters at the cinema, intended for young film buffs (Cinémathèque française/Actes sud junior), a monograph on 

Jean Renoir (Le Monde/Cahiers du cinéma) and the pedagogical work Hollywood Cinema (Cahiers du cinéma/Cndp). She speaks frequently 

at French cinemas and trains teachers participating in the scheme "Secondary School Pupils at the Cinema". She equally collaborates 

on the programming of Nantes' Festival of 3 Continents, as well as in the critical show on France Culture "La Dispute". 

Graduate of the ENS Louis-Lumière, Mathieu Macheret writes regularly for the on-line review Critikat. He also collaborates on Traffic and 

Chronic'art. In parallel to his activity as a critic, he regularly runs film clubs in Paris and the provinces. He has directed many programmes 

for television (Ciné Classic and TCM), as well as two shorts.

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INSTITUTIONNAL PARTNERS 

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RENAULT 

Renault, a love story with the 7th Art 

OFFICIAL PARTNERS 

Renault, a company founded in France more than 110 years 

ago, present internationally ever since its very beginning, and 

today in 118 countries, has maintained solid and faithful ties 

with the 7th Art for more than a century. Indeed, the automobile 

constructor is a faithful and passionate partner of the cinema, 

present at major film festivals all over the world (Cannes Film 

Festival, Deauville American Film Festival, Marrakech Alpe 

d'Huez Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, Gdynia Film 

Festival, London Film Festival, etc.). Thus, Renault vehicles 

have escorted for 28 years now the greatest stars up to the 

steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. Moreover, Renault 

remains the official partner of the Festival in 2012 and will escort 

the international film stars aboard the Latitude, its top-ofthe-line 

saloon car. 

Renault is delighted to join once again Unifrance Films in support 

of the 2nd On-line French Film Festival. Within the framework 

of this cooperation, Unifrance Films will screen Renault's 

film "A Whirlwind of Change" on the homepage of the website 

of the Festival (Myfrenchfilmfestival.com). 

"A Whirlwind of Change" is a 3D short, produced and distributed 

by EuropaCorp at Renault's initiative. This 3-minute animated 

film, directed by Edouard Sauer and produced by Luc 

Besson's European Film Studio, thrills us with a chase between 

a bumblebee and a pigeon across the city, amid Renault's line 

of electric vehicles. 

AIR FRANCE 

For more than 40 years, Air France has been involved in the 

promotion of French film works. Wishing to pursue this action, 

Air France has joined Unifrance Films for the second edition of 

the on-line festival "My French Film Festival". In June 2012, Air 

France passengers will be able to watch the festival's films 

aboard its long-haul flights in a cinema cycle dedicated to this 

event. 

Since November 2007, Air France has offered an entertainment 

programme of nearly 500 hours on virtually all of its long-haul 

fleet, as well as individual videos in all cabins, representing more 

than 33,000 screens. This programming includes up to 100 

films, 30 hours of documentaries and TV series, 300 CDs, etc., 

via video-on-demand. 

VIVENDI 

In the heart of the universe of contents, platforms and networks, 

Vivendi's goal is to offer the most beautiful emotions of 

digital. A French group, present all over the world, Vivendi has 

thus accepted to team up, logically and enthusiastically, with 

My French Film Festival 

VARILUX 

For many years now Varilux and Essilor have been engaged on 

the side of French cinema: thanks to its innovative and global 

approach, MyFrenchFilmFestival is a brilliant "virtual" complement 

to the "Varilux French Film Panorama" held in 22 cities in 

Brazil in 2011. Our participation enables the continuation of free 

viewing of "MyFrenchFilmFestival" for Internet user and film buff 

audiences across Latin America. Essilor/Varilux is delighted to 

offer them this gift, which will allow Internet users to discover 

the very best of recent young French cinema! 

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Highlighting cultural success 

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and promote the development of the audiovisual industry in Canada. 

Since 1967, Telefilm has helped the industry develop its 

capacity for excellence in the sector of production, notably by 

offering it funding for projects, training programmes, as well as 

initiatives to promote Canadian talent both in Canada and 

abroad. 

In 2010, Canadian feature films garnered more than 120 

awards throughout the world - a record number in five years - 

clearly demonstrating the talent of our filmmakers and the interest 

they give rise to. 

For further information about Telefilm, visit our website at 

www.telefilm.ca or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Telefilm_Canada. 

OFFICIAL PARTNERS 

BNL 

BNL Groupe BNP PARISBAS is a sponsor of the 2012 edition 

of My French Film Festival.com, the online French film festival 

organised by UniFrance Films. Thanks to this sponsorship, all 

the films of the festival will be available free of charge for Italian 

Internet users. 

BNL has always been the bank of reference for the cinema. Its 

close ties and support of the motion-picture industry are reflected 

by public and private financing in the service of the entire 

chain of production,direction, distribution and exhibition, from 

technological innovations to renovation of cinemas. Over the 

years, this commitment has permitted the creation of more than 

5,000 films, some of which are now part of the history of Italian 

and international cinema. 

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The cinema is a true culture at Agnès b.! 

This passion can take on the form of T-shirts in support of a 

film, exhibits connected with the cinema, film posters to decorate 

its shops, aid to numerous festivals… 

The cinema likewise represents a source of inspiration… love of 

black-and-white, casual "new wave" elegance, graphic cuts 

and fashion films represent so many homages by Agnès to the 

cinema. Not to mention its company Love Streams Agnès b. 

Productions by means of which Agnès b. has produced many 

films, or the DVD collection created with Potemkine, as well as 

funding for innovative and singular films thanks to its Endowment 

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wide releases meant to fill a nanced are those with experi- 

rhaps “Black Swan” void left by studios now conenced directors attached, with 

nd “The King’s Speech” centrating on tentpoles. a good script that can be made 

weren’t flukes after all. “It’s a sign of a healthy busi- for less than $25 million, notes a 

With the Cannes ness that these new entities are source at an agency . 

market just around recognizing the opportunity,” “CBS Films, the Weinstein 

er, hope is rising that says Nick Meyer, head of newly Co., Paramount and perhaps 

e film business outside minted sales-production outfit Universal are buying, along 

majors is finally back Sierra/Affinity. “ ‘Limitless’ is a with Relativity, Open Road and 

ck. Already this year, big win for Relativity.” 

FilmDistrict,” the source says . 

have been impressive Meyer noted that on a recent “There’s a great demand for 

mances from “Limitless,” weekend, half of the top 10 films commercial films that can be ac- 

ced by Relativity Media — “Scream 4,” “Insidious,” quired, because’s there’s still 

leased via its new distri- “Source Code,” “The Lincoln good box office to be mined. 

n operation, and “Insidi- Lawyer” and “Hanna” — had You’ve had ‘The King’s 

from FilmDistrict, a mere been sold to indie distributors. Speech,’ ‘Black Swan,’ 

n months after Graham “It really shows that the ‘Paranormal Activity,’ 

and Tim Headington un- model isn’t broken after hitting ‘Insidious,’ ‘District 9’ 

d the operation. 

a nadir in 2009,” Meyer notes. — projects done out- 

elativity and FilmDistrict “So you have a combination of side the studios for a 

coming to Cannes along an under-supply of these films price — so it no longer 

h another new-ish distrib — and people taking advantage feels like an anomaly. 

en Road, the joint venture of an opportunity. It’s a good It’s frankly a sellers’ 

exhibition giants AMC and time to be in the independent market for the right 

egal Entertainment. All are business.” 

kinds of projects.” 

cusing on midrange-budgeted The kinds of films being fi- 

I 

By WAYNE FRIEDMAN 

See INDIES page 31 

Selling VOD windows 

figure to be more upscale, and able to 

n an era in which marketing is driv- afford the $29.99 pricetag the service 

ing key decisions in moviemaking, has set for a two-day home viewing op- 

the push by Fox, Sony, Universal portunity (in contrast with the $4-$5 

and Warner Bros. to shorten the the- charge for VOD offered in the tradiatrical 

window and deliver movies ditional 90- to 120-day post-theatrical 

rectly to consumers’ TV sets via VOD window). Many customers are likely 

only 60 days after their cinematic debut to have families, making such viewing 

should come as no surprise. 

cost-effective, particularly in markets 

Yet the demographic group this ef- where individual theatrical tickets can 

fort, dubbed Home Premiere, is aimed approach $12 apiece. 

at is somewhat startling, given that On the face of it, the new premium 

younger customers have been driving VOD scheme will extend the bang stu- 

theatrical box office revenues. 

dios get from their existing theatrical 

“It will target the older, lapsed movie marketing buck. 

consumers, those who are out the habit “My sense is this 60-day window will 

of going to the movie theater,” says one allow the studios to take greater advan- 

veteran film marketing executive and tage (of) the millions of dollars they allo- 

current consultant. 

cate to launching the movie theatrically,” 

Home Premiere customers also 

See VOD page 31 

Indie distribs 

power up with 

midrange films 

inside 

BART Age is no object for Hollywood’s 

true amortals. Page 2 

FILM China lets loose, sort of, at the 

inaugural Beijing Film Festival. Page 6 

TV Crime doesn’t pay, at least among 

some spinoffs, for CBS and NBC. Page 10 

V PLUS American indies tap international 

box offi ce; Aussie helmers step up as 

o’seas production retreats. 

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DAILYMOTION 

French company offering hosting, sharing and 

screening of on-line videos. It is the 29th most frequented 

website in the world with 114 million 

unique visitors in the world and 10.1 million in 

France. 

LE MONDE.fr 

Le Monde.fr, the leading information website in 

French, wishes to support MyFFF, the French film 

festival without borders. 

Present on all digital media, Le Monde.fr is the favourite 

information source for the French abroad 

and all French speakers. A reference source for 

current events in French, Le Monde.fr follows from 

day to day cultural current events and notably the 

cinema. Le Monde.fr is as such particularly delighted 

to join Unifrance Films in this event. 

TV5MONDE 

With 220 million homes connected worldwide, 

TV5MONDE is the world's leading television channel 

in French. Composed of 9 regionalised signals, 

taking into account time-zone differences and audience 

sensibilities, it is a space of plural expression 

that boasts universal and humanist contents. 

With its 10 partner channels TV5MONDE broadcasts 

the best of French-speaking programmes, 

subtitled for the most part in 12 languages as well 

as in French, offering world coverage of current 

events with multiple analyses and various points of 

view. 

With 2,500 cinema programmes per year, subtitled 

in 12 languages, TV5MONDE is biggest cinema in 

French in the world. Each and every year, more 

than 250 subtitled films are distributed on its 8 signals, 

some of which receive production funding 

by the channel and are regularly awarded at major 

festivals. Moreover, TV5MONDE + Cinema, the 

leading international digital platform of Frenchspeaking 

cinema on demand, offers an on-line catalogue 

rich with more than 400 works 

(tv5monplus.com/cinema). Finally, the channel is a 

partner of the biggest festivals in the world devoted 

notably to French-speaking productions. 

MEDIA PARTNERS 

EURONEWS 

Euronews is delighted to team up for the 2nd 

consecutive year with "My French Film festival" 

and thus honour the 7th art of France. The leading 

international news channel in Europe, euronews 

covers all that's happening in the world 24/24. The 

channel grants a special place to culture with "Le 

Mag" and "Rendez-vous", two programmes by 

the editorial staff to be seen every week on air or 

via catch-up TV on euronews.net. Euronews is the 

only non-stop news channel available in its entirety* 

free of charge directly at euronews.net and 

via all its euronews LIVE applications for iPad, 

iPhone and Android. Launched in 1993, and 

based in Lyon, euronews is received in 155 countries 

by 350 million homes. 

* in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Persian, 

Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and 

Ukrainian. 

EUROCHANNEL 

Eurochannel is a channel with 100% European 

programming, available today in 27 countries in 

more than 11 million homes. Eurochannel broadcasts 

European films, series, documentaries and 

music. All of the Eurochannel's programmes are 

shown in the original version with subtitles. In its 

Spanish, Portuguese, English and Polish versions, 

it is present throughout the countries of Latin America, 

as well as in the United States, Portugal, Canada, 

Angola, Mozambique, the Caribbean, and 

South Korea. 

Eurochannel offers rich and original programming: 

exclusive programmes and countless new programmes 

every month, representing the audiovisual 

production of every country of Europe. 

Eurochannel is an immersion into the very heart of 

Europe. With its films, series and musical shows, 

Eurochannel relays all which has made the success 

of the European continent throughout the 

world: its diversity, the richness of its heritage, its 

unique history, its dynamic cultural and artistic 

creation. The channel is delighted to team up with 

this operation within the framework of its mission 

to promote European audiovisual works. 

VARIETY 

Variety Magazine, the international reference for 

professional entertainment news, is very pleased 

to join the second edition of "My French Film Festival.com", 

the on-line French film festival, and thus 

lend its support to the creation and international 

distribution of France's 7th art. 

TELERAMA 

Each and every week, Télérama offers to more 

than 2,600,000 readers a panorama and guide to 

all cultures which make culture. The cinema holds 

a large place thanks to the critical analyses of all 

films currently being shown in theatres, interviews, 

reports and investigations. And each and every 

day, Internet users find on Télérama.fr what's happening 

in the cinema today. Quite naturally therefore, 

Télérama has teamed up with the launch of 

the 2nd edition of the on-line French Film Festival, 

myfrenchfilmfestival.com. 

LE PETIT JOURNAL.COM 

Totally free and independent, lepetitjournal.com offers 

rich and varied contents (current events, tips, 

agenda, classified advertising) thanks to its international 

editorial staff and locally implanted partners. 

With 37 editions and more than 350,000 Internet 

users worldwide, lepetitjournal.com has become a 

reference for French citizens and French speakers 

residing abroad. It is thus quite naturally that we 

have decided to lend our assistance to this second 

edition of the on-line French Film Festival. 

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DAILYMOTION 

French company offering hosting, sharing and screening of on-line videos. 

It is the 29th most frequented website in the world with 114 million 

unique visitors in the world and 10.1 million in France. 

Paying festival - World (including France) - Web 

MUBI 

Launched in 2008, Mubi is a VOD platform available throughout the 

world, offering a vast catalogue of international, independent and classic 

films. Mubi is equally a social network for film buffs. 

Paying festival - World – Web and PS3 

FILMIN: With the support of the largest independent motion-picture 

companies in Spain, FilmIn is a VOD platform which offers international, 

independent and classic films. 

Paying festival - Spain - Web 

FILMSTARTS.DE 

Filmstarts.de, the reference film website in Germany. Discover all the 

films being shown or soon to be released, as well as schedules, news, 

trailers... Find information about a film in the cinemas, on TV or on 

VOD? Just one reflex: Filmstarts.de, the best website to choose your 

film! 

Free festival - Germany - Web 

PARTNER PLATFORMS 

In addition to the MyFrenchFilmFestival.com platform, the festival will be relayed by many websites 

worldwide. 

J:COM: principal supplier of cable channels in Japan with more than 3 

million subscribers. Equally an Internet and telephony supplier, J:COM 

is a key player in the entertainment industry in Japan, with its VOD platform 

boasting more than 26,000 titles, available on demand. Partnership 

with J:COM will allow My French Film Festival to be available and 

showcased in Japan on televisions, in addition to the platform. 

Paying festival - Japan - Web and IPTV 

KT: The leading telecommunications service in South Korea. Its VOD 

service is available on a dedicated platform on IPTV and mobile 

phones. This year, the festival will only be available in Korean on these 

media. 

Paying festival - South Korea - Web and IPTV 

SNAGFILMS 

American platform specialised in documentary films, Snagfilms is now 

open to fiction. SnagFilms equally owns the website IndieWIRE, an information 

website on independent cinema and motion-picture industry 

social networks. 

Paying festival - USA - IPTV 

TERRA.TV 

Terra is a leading global online media company that reaches an average 

of 81 million monthly visitors with entertainment, sports and news 

content across multiple platforms in 18 countries. 

Free festival – Latin America – Web 

YOUKU: 

Chinese leader of video over the Internet with 26.4 million visitors per 

day. The platform offers VOD access to films of all nationalities. 

Free festival - China - Web

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