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2011 schedule

Thursday, March 24


6:30 p.m. Nos enfants nous accuseront by Jean-Paul Jaud
Preview Screening for Master Class

8:45 p.m. Hors-la-loi by Rachid Bouchareb
Special Screening
   

Friday, March 25


1:30 p.m.

Master class: “Partnering with France’s renowned Cinema Schools: Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière and La Fémis” 

La Fémis short:
Coucou-les-Nuages by Vincent Cordona

Louis Lumière shorts:
Les Larmes de la luciole by Antoine Mocquet

Son esquisse by Charlotte Michel

Discussion with Pierre-William Glenn, Cinematography Department at La Fémis; directors Vincent Cardona and Charlotte Michel; director of photography Benoît Mars; Rob Tregenza, VCUarts cinema professor and director; Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick and Peter Kirkpatrick, UR and VCU professors and French Film Festival directors

   
3:30 p.m.

Master class: “Spotlight on Biodiversity and Sustainability in Documentary Filmmaking”

Severn, la voix de nos enfants by Jean-Paul Jaud
Presentation by and discussion with director Jean-Paul Jaud

   
7 p.m.

Le Nom des gens by Michel Leclerc
Presented by cinematographer Vincent Mathias

   
9:30 p.m.

Nos enfants nous accuserontFood Beware. Our Children Will Accuse Us by Jean-Paul Jaud
Discussion with director Jean-Paul Jaud

   

Saturday, March 26


8:30 a.m.

First Short Film Series

Le Concile lunatique by Christophe Gautry and Arnaud Demuynck
Le Meilleur Ami de l’homme by Vincent Mariette
Le Sans-Nom by Violaine Lécuyer
L’Incroyable Voyage de Margaux de Marc-Etienne Schwartz

Discussion with director of photography Sara Sponga and directors Vincent Mariette, Violaine Lécuyer and Marc-Etienne Schwartz

   
10:15 a.m.

Deux de la vague by Emmanuel Laurent
Discussion with director Emmanuel Laurent

   
12:30 p.m.

L’Âge de raison by Yann Samuell
Discussion with actress Juliette Chappey

   
3 p.m.

One séance with short and feature documentary

Prunelle et Mélodie by Mathieu Simonet
Discussion with director Mathieu Simonet, producer Marc-Etienne Schwartz, actresses Julie Voisin and Maud Forget, actor Olli Barbé and still photographer Matthieu Normand

   
 

Océans by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud
Discussion with director Jacques Perrin, production manager Olli Barbé and still photogapher Mathieu Simonet

Presentation of the 2011 French Delegation, introduced
by His Excellency François Delattre,the French Ambassador to the United States, Michel Schaffauser,Consul Général de France, VCU President Michael Rao, UR Provost & Vice President Stephen Allred

   
7:00 p.m.

Official Reception at VCU Scott House

   
9:30 p.m.

Demain dès l’aube by Denis Dercourt
Discussion with actor Aurélien Recoing

   

Sunday, March 27


8:15 a.m.

Second Short Film Series

Nuit blanche by Samuel Tilman
Ego Sum Petrus by Julien Dexant
L’Accordeur by Olivier Treiner
Un jour sans by Yzabel Dzisky

Discussion with directors Samuel Tilman, Julien Dexant, Olivier Treiner and Yzabel Dzisky

   
9:50 a.m.

Hitler à Hollywood by Frédéric Sojcher
Discussion with director Frédéric Sojcher

   
12:05 p.m.

Pieds nus sur les limaces by Fabienne Berthaud
Discussion with director Fabienne Berthaud

   
2:40 p.m.

L’Empire du Milieu du Sud by Jacques Perrin and Eric Deroo
Discussion with director Jacques Perrin and Production Manager Olli Barbé

   
5:00 p.m.

Mon pote by Marc Esposito
Presented by Festival directors


 



 
 

 

 


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