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President of the Festival: Jérôme CLÉMENT President of the Association: Jean-Michel CLAUDE

General Delegate and Artistic Director: Claude-Éric POIROUX

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THE PREMIERS PLANS FESTIVALBy focusing on the discovery of new talents in European cinema and on revealing its cultural heritage, the Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers has become an emblematic highpoint in the cultural year. It is recognised by artists and professionals alike, is followed by a curious and enthusiastic audience, and supported by a large number of partners and personalities.

The aims of the FestivalTo reveal new European directors through a selection of a hundred first films presented in seven competitive sections.

To discover film history and heritage thanks to retrospectives on national cinematographies, tributes to major and unrecognized authors and actors, programs on specific themes.

Highlighting the diversity of European cinema by gathering professionals on questions relative to the production and circulation of European films. To educate a new public on European cinema by favoring the young public to participate to the Festival.

To support scriptwriters and directors in their writing work by inviting professional actors to read scripts of first short and feature films in public before shooting the film.

The Festival is sponsored byFanny ARDANT, Dominique BESNEHARD, Pierre BOUTEILLER, Jérôme CLÉMENT, Gérard DEPARDIEU, Christophe GIRARD, Alain ROCCA and Hélène VINCENT.

The Presidents of the jury since 1989Feature films2019 Cédric KAHN 2018 Catherine DENEUVE 2017 Lambert WILSON 2016 Arnaud DESPLECHIN 2015 Laurent CANTET 2014 Catherine CORSINI 2013 Noémie LVOVSKY 2012 Christophe HONORÉ 2011 Robert GUÉDIGUIAN 2010 Lucas BELVAUX 2009 Claire DENIS 2008 Sandrine BONNAIRE 2007 Abderrahmane SISSAKO 2006 Radu MIHAILEANU 2005 Jacqueline BISSET / Claude MILLER 2004 Benoît JACQUOT 2003 Jeanne MOREAU 2002 Nathalie BAYE 2001 Pavel LOUNGUINE 2000 Agnès VARDA 1999 Lucian PINTILIE 1998 Claude CHABROL 1997 Agnieszka HOLLAND 1996 Freddy BUACHE 1995 Bertrand TAVERNIER 1994 Andrzej ZULAWSKI 1993 Jane BIRKIN 1992 André TÉCHINÉ 1991 Vojtech JASNY 1990 Henri ALEKAN 1989 Théo ANGELOPOULOS

Short films2019 Michael DUDOK DE WIT 2018 Karim MOUSSAOUI 2017 Laurent LARIVIÈRE 2016 Dyana GAYE 2015 Jiři BARTA, 2013 Fabienne GODET, 2012 Mathieu DEMY, 2011 Tonie MARSHALL, 2010 Matthias LUTHARDT, 2009 Raoul SERVAIS

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Jeanne Moreau Nathalie BayeAbderrahmane SissakoLambert WilsonCatherine Deneuve


Among those discovered at AngersAUSTRIABarbara AlbertJessica HausnerSudabeh MortezaiHubert Sauper

BELARUSLidiya Bobrova

BELGIUMAlain BerlinerLukas DhontJoachim LafosseOlivier Masset-DepasseGuillaume SenezPatrice Toye

BULGARIAKamen Kalev

CZECH REPUBLICSaša Gedeon Bohdan Sláma Jan SverakPetr Václav

DENMARKSusanne BierChristopher BoeAnnette K. OlesenJoshua OppenheimerThomas Vinterberg

ESTONIAVeiko Õunpuu

GERMANYFatih AkinValeska GrisebachBenjamin Heisenberg Christoph HochhäuslerUlrich KöhlerPia MaraisChristian Petzold

GREECEAthina Rachel Tsangari

FRANCEMarie AmachoukeliMathieu Amalric Danielle Arbid Yvan AttalXavier Beauvois Emmanuelle Bercot Claire BurgerThomas CailleyLaurent Cantet Emmanuel CarrèreYves CaumonFred CavayéSylvain Chomet Jean-Paul CiveyracMarina de Van Arnaud des Pallières Arnaud DesplechinValérie Donzelli Olivier Ducastel Karim Dridi Eléonore FaucherDelphine Gleize Éric GuiradoLucile HadzihalilovicGérald Hustache-MathieuAbdellatif KechicheSophie LetourneurNoémie Lvovsky Gilles MarchandJean-Bernard MarlinJacques MartineauPatricia Mazuy Orso Miret Gaël Morel Emmanuel MouretValérie MréjenJacques Nolot François OzonMelvil PoupaudPhilippe Ramos

HUNGARYBenedek FliegaufAgnes KocsisKornél MundruczoLászló NemesGyörgy Palfi

ICELANDDagur KariRúnar Rúnarsson

IRELANDJim SheridanPerry Ogden

ITALYMatteo GarroneClaudio GiovannesiVincenzo MarraMario MartonePaolo Sorrentino

KAZAKHSTANÉmir Bayğazin Sergei Dvortsevoy Guka OmarovaNariman Turebayev

KYRGHYZSTANAktan Abdykalykov

NETHERLANDSDavid Verbeek

NORWAYJoachim TrierRune Denstad Langlo

POLANDAndrzej JakimowskiSlawomir Fabicki

PORTUGALMiguel Gomes Inês OliveiraJoão SalavizaTeresa Villaverde

ROMANIAMarian Crisan Catalin MitulescuCristian NemescuCristi PuiuCorneliu PorumboiuAdrian Sitaru

RUSSIANicolaï KhomerikiVassili Pitchoul

SLOVAKIAMartin Šulik

SPAINFernando Leon de AranoaMarc RechaDaniel Sanchez ArevaloRaúl ArévaloCarla Simón PipóBenito Zambrano

SWITZERLANDMilagros Mumenthaler

TADJIKISTANDjamshed Usmonov

TURKEYÖzcan Alper Nuri Bilge Ceylan Zeki DemirkubuzDeniz Gamze ErgüvenSemih KaplanogluSeren Yüce

UNITED KINGDOMDanny BoyleDuane HopkinsShane Meadows Peter Mullan Nick Park

Among the feature films selected in 2019


PRESIDENTS OF THE 2020 JURIES

President of the jury feature film Juliette BinocheActress - France

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Juliette Binoche made her debut with Jean-Luc Godard in Je vous salue, Marie and then became known the following year in Rendez-vous by André Téchiné. She was directed by Leos Carax in Mauvais sang and Les Amants du Pont-Neuf and quickly became internationally renowned with Philip Kaufman’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Louis Malle’s Fatale. She then went on to work with several international directors including Krzysztof Kieślowski (Three Colours: Blue), Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, Breaking and Entering), Michael Haneke (Code inconnu, Caché), John Boorman (In My Country), Abel Ferrara (Mary), Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Le Voyage du ballon rouge), Amos Gitaï (Disengagement), Abbas Kiarostami (Copie conforme), David Cronenberg (Cosmopolis), Naomi Kawase (Vision) and with French directors such as Jacques Doillon (La Vie de famille), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (Le Hussard sur le toit), Diane Kurys (Les Enfants du siècle), Patrice Leconte (La Veuve de Saint-Pierre), Cédric Klapisch (Paris), Olivier Assayas (L’Heure d’été, Sils Maria, Doubles

vies), Bruno Dumont (Camille Claudel 1915, Ma Loute), Claire Denis (Un beau soleil intérieur, High Life), Safy Nebbou (Celle que vous croyez). Juliette Binoche has also ventured into other artistic disciplines such as dance, with choreographer Akram Khan for In-I, and painting with her exhibition Portraits In-Eyes. Her work has regularly been recognised with awards, including an Oscar and a César, and acting awards at the world’s leading festivals. Currently featuring in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s La Vérité, Juliette Binoche will be appearing later in the year in Martin Provost’s La Bonne Épouse and Emmanuel Carrère’s Le Quai de Ouistreham.

President of the jury short filmClaude BarrasDirector - Switzerland

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After graduating in illustration from the Ecole Emile Cohl and studying anthropology at the Lumière University in Lyon, Claude Barras returned to Switzerland to specialise in computer graphics at Ecal (école cantonale d’art de Lausanne). He has directed several short films, including Banquise (Ice Flow), presented at Premiers Plans in 2007 and at the Cannes Film Festival, and Le Génie de la boîte de raviolis, which has won awards at numerous festivals around the world. In 2013, he began directing his first feature film Ma vie de Courgette (My Life as a Courgette), adapted from the novel Autobiography of a Courgette by Gilles Paris. Co-written by Céline Sciamma, the film was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2016 and was a major public success when it was released. Ma Vie de Courgette has been screened in about sixty countries including Russia, China and Japan. Nominated for the Golden Globes and the Oscars, Claude Barras has won numerous awards, including two Césars for best animated film and best adaptation, two Cristals at Annecy and a European

Film Award. He is currently developing two new feature film projects, while continuing his work producing short films for the collective Hélium Films in Lausanne.

JURY DIAGONALES

Marie-Pierre Duhamel MullerProgramme planner at the international

Festival of Pingyao (Chine)

Sanam GharagozlouHead of International Marketing at MUBI,

cinéma platform (London)

Miguel DiasCo-founder, director et programme planner of the international festival Curtas Vila do Conde

(Portugal)


OFFICIAL SELECTIONYoung European directors, invited in Angers, come to show their first films to the audience, to the film professionals and to the press.Almost 100 first films will be projected, directed by about a hundred new European directors :-More than 80 films as part of the 8 sections of the competition. -More than 20 of other films will be shown out of the competition, as part of My first session, From the page to the screen and the Air Numérique sections.

Competition

European first feature filmsGiraffe Anna Sofie Hartmann 87’ Germany

Ivana the Terrible Ivana Mladenović 86’ Romania

A Thief’s Daughter Belén Funes 102’ Spain

Oray Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay 97’ Germany

Overseas Sung A Yoon 90’ Belgium, France

Psychobitch Martin Lund 111’ Norway

Sans frapper Alexe Poukine 85’ Belgium

A White, White Day Hylnur Pálmason 109’ Iceland

Diagonales100 nuits avec Robert Walser Agathe Lartigue 36’ FranceAnimus Animalis (A story about people, animals and things)

Aistė Žegulytė 69’ Lithuania

Automne malade Lola Cambourieu, Yann Berlier 30’ FranceSad Song Louise Narboni 66’ FranceFroth Ilia Povolotskiy 84’ Russia L’Île aux oiseaux Maya Kosa, Sergio Da Costa 60’ SwitzerlandAbdi Logic Bruno Rino Nesin 26’ Belgium Pol-len Blanca Camell Gali 16’ FranceRodeo Mario Valero 32’ Spain

French first feature filmsDeux Filippo Meneghetti 100’

Des hommes Alice Odiot, Jean-Robert Viallet 82’

Mes jours de gloire Antoine de Bary 99’

Retiens la nuit Simon Depardon, Baptiste Drouillac et Arthur Verret 71’

European first short filmsAcid Rain Tomek Popakul 26’ Poland

Rare Bird Vasco Saltão 35’ Portugal

Lucia en el limbo Valentina Maurel 20’ Belgium

Operation Jane Walk Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel 16’ Austria

Otpusk Anton Sazonov 12’ Russia

Poder fantasma Afonso Mota 23’ Portugal

The Last Image of Father Stefan Djordjevic 20’ Serbia

Suc de síndria Irene Moray 22’ Spain

Symbiosis Nadja Andrasev 10’ Hungary


French first short films Champs de bosses Anne Brouillet 32’

Extérieur crépuscule Roman Kané 21’

Genius Loci Adrien Merigeau 16’

La Guerre des centimes Nadér S. Ayach 37’

Massacre Maïté Sonnet 26’

Moutons, loup et tasse de thé... Marion Lacourt 12’

Noée dans la tempête Mathilde Chavanne 22’

Un adieu Mathilde Profit 24’

European student films A sad se spušta veče Maja Novaković 28’ SerbiaAlma nel branco Agnese Làposi 25’ SwitzerlandAm cu ce - Mein ganzer Stolz Hannah Weissenborn 13’ GermanyLe Cas Perrot Rony Tanios 30’ FranceChamp de Mars Rokhaya Marieme Balde 14’ SwitzerlandClean With Me Gabrielle Stemmer 21’ FranceDas Urteil im Fall K. Özgür Anil 30’ GermanyEm caso de fogo Tomás Paula Marques 23’ PortugalIba plasty a diamanty sú večné Štefánia Lovasová 24’ SlovakiaIkki Illa meint Andrias Høgenni 21’ DenmarkIn Her Boots Kathrin Steinbacher 6’ United Kingdom, AustriaJaskinia zolwi Klaudia Folga 20’ PolandNebát se ničeho Jakub Jirásek 20’ Czech republicOh Mann, Hanna Alex Negret 27’ GermanyOmarska Varun Sasindran 19’ FrancePlaqué or Chloé Léonil 24’ BelgiumSchovka Barbora Halířová 7’ Czech republicSlozhnopodchinennoe Olesya Yakovleva 26’ RussiaStill Working Julietta Korbel 17’ SwitzerlandSummer Hit Berthold Wahjudi 19’ GermanyLe Temps long Lou Colpé 40’ BelgiumLa Vie active Janloup Bernard 20’ FranceZorg II Auden Lincoln-Vogel 21’ Estonia

European animated filmsWith the support of Mécène et LoireBienvenue dans le monde des géants Émilie Mereghetti 6’ FranceBlack Sheep Boy James Molle 15’ FranceDéjeuner sur l’herbe Collectif 8’ FranceDuszyczka Barbara Rupik 9’ PolandKantentantz Elisabeth Jakobi, Camille Geißler 4’ GermanyLive a little Jenny Jokela 4’ United Kingdom, Finland, GermanyŁowy Mateusz Jarmulski 8’ PolandMetamorphosis Carla Pereira, Juanfran Jacinto 10’ Spain, FranceNight Cab Alix Bortoli 3’ United KingdomPá kis panelom! Éva Darabos 9’ HungaryPaper or Plastic Nata Metlukh 7’ UkraineRiviera Jonas Schloesing 15’ FranceSolar Plexus David McShane 9’ United KingdomTête de linotte ! Gaspar Chabaud 5’ Belgium


Short films for kidsA selection of European short films to discover from 6 years old

Au large Mathilde Pepinster 6’ Belgium

o28 Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Louise Grardel, Antoine Marchand, Robin Merle, Fabien Meyran

5’ France

Schovka / Hide N Seek Barbora Halířová 7’ Czech republic

TommeLise et l’Ogre Cécile Robineau 8’ France

Vers un monde meilleur Collectif (12 enfants) 6’ Belgium

La Vie de château Nathaniel H’Limi, Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat 29’ France

Readings of screenplays Feature FilmsIn partnership with SACD, Fondation VISIO, and SadelFirst feature film scripts are read in public by professional actors.

Entre les vagues Anaïs Volpé Unité de production

Le Marchand de sable Steve Achiepo et Romy Coccia Di Ferro Barney Production

Olga Elie Grappe et Raphaëlle Desplechin Cinéma Defacto From Sunday 19h to Thursday 23th January - Centre de Congrès - Espace Grand Angle

Short FilmsIn partnership with Adami and France 23 first short film scripts are read in public by Talents Cannes Adami actors and managed by the filmmaker and screenwriter Rachel Lang

Bien mignonne Louise Groult Because the night Productions

Le soleil dort Pablo Dury Petit Chaos

Nuit Cristiano Mangione Ecce FilmsSaturday 18th January- 2:15p.m. - Centre de Congrès - Espace Grand Angle

Out of competition filmsProgramme under construction

Air NumériqueIn partnership with the Saint Martin collegiate Church, the County Council of Maine-et-Loire, Stereolux - Nantes and ARTEPremiers Plans is giving festival-goers an opportunity to experience L’Air Numérique, a program dedicated to digital creation and its authors.

My first sessionA program of European short films to discover from 3 years old

L’Atelier Bianca Mansani 4’ France

Babochki Elizaveta Khlomovawas 6’ Russia

Drôle de poisson Krishna Chandran A. Nair 6’ France, Switzerland

Hannibal l’éléphant Aurélie Monteix 4’ France

Même pas peur Virginie Costa 5’ France

Nest Sonja Rohleder 4’ Germany

Zoo Nina Heckel 4’ France

From the Page to the Screen In partnership with the Adami The script of a short film which has already been shot will be read in public by actors from Talents Adami Cannes 2019 and will be followed by the screening of the film. The actors will be directed by scriptwriter and director Rachel Lang.Monday 20th January - 2:15 p.m. - Centre de Congrès - Espace Grand Angle

Fatiya Marion Desseigne-Ravel 19’ France


Events

PreviewsAutonomes François Bégaudeau 112’ FranceCo-produced by Atmosphères production with 24 Images and France 3 Pays de la Loire, in partnership with the Association des Cinémas de l’Ouest pour la Recherche (ACOR)Friday 24th February - 8:30p.m. - Grand Théâtre d’Angers

Colectiv Alexander Nanau 109’ Romania, Luxembourg

L’Équipe de secours, en route pour l’aventure !

Janis Cimermanis 45’ Latvia

Fais ton cinéma Francine Filatriau 52’ FranceCo-produced by O.H.N.K, Bus Films and France Télévisions, in partnership with France 3 Pays de la Loire et O.H.N.K

Rocks Sarah Gavron 93’ United Kingdom

Special screenings with Juliette BinocheMauvais sang Leos Carax 116’ 1986 France, Switzerland

Trois couleurs: bleu Krzysztof Kieślowski 98’ 1993 France, Poland, Switzerland

Copie conforme Abbas Kiarostami 106’ 2010 France, Italy, Belgium, Iran

Sils Maria Olivier Assayas 124’ 2014 France, Germany, Switzerlandprésenté par Olivier Assayas

Special screenings with Claude BarrasMy Life as a Courgette 66’ 2014 Switzerland, France

Programme of short films

Special screening with Julie Roué and Erwan Le DucPerdrix Erwan Le Duc 99’ 2019 FranceSaturday 18h January - 11 a.m. - Les 400 Coups

Hommage to Jean DouchetJean Douchet, l’enfant agité Fabien Hagege, Guillaume Namur, Vincent Haasser 85’ 2017 France

Clouds of Sils Maria from Olivier Assayas My Life as a Courgette from Claude Barras

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TRIBUTES AND RETROSPECTIVES

Raymond Depardon - Claudine NougaretIn attendance

A tribute to the cinematographic work of Raymond Depardon. Born into the rural world he so often films, fascinated by an Africa he constantly travels through, his documentaries, reports and fictions highlight the voices of those that often go unheard, reveal the invisible portrait of his country and his time.

1974, une partie de campagne 90’ 1974 France

Reporters 90’ 1981 France

San Clemente 90’ 1982 France

News Items 108’ 1983 France

Empty Quarter : A Woman in Africa 85’ 1985 France

Urgences 105’ 1988 France

Captive of the Desert 96’ 1990 France

Délits flagrants 109’ 1994 France

Paris 97’ 1998 France

Profils paysans : l’approche 88’ 2001 France

Untouched by the West 104’ 2002 France

The 10th District Court: Moments of Trials 105’ 2004 France

Profils paysans : le quotidien 83’ 2005 France

La Vie moderne 88’ 2008 France

Journal de France 100’ 2012 France

Les Habitants 84’ 2016 France

12 Days 87’ 2017 France

Programmes de courts métrages 1969 - 2008

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Sicilia!From the dominance of the patriarchy and religion to the violence of Cosa Nostra, from the legend of Salvatore Giuliano to the tragedy of migrants, a journey to the Mediterranean’s biggest island and its rich and fascinating life in film.

La terra trema Luchino Visconti 158’ 1948 Italy

Il mondo perduto Vittorio de Seta 101’ 1959 Italy

L’avventura Michelangelo Antonioni 144’ 1960 Italy

Il bell’Antonio Mauro Bolognini 105’ 1960 Italy, France

Mafioso Alberto Lattuada 105’ 1962 Italy

Salvatore Giuliano Francesco Rosi 123’ 1962 Italy

The Leopard Luchino Visconti 186’ 1963 Italy, France

Seduced and Abandoned Pietro Germi 118’ 1964 Italy, France

Mafia Damiano Damiani 108’ 1968 Italy, France

The Godfather Francis Ford Coppola 175’ 1972 USA

The Godfather 2 Francis Ford Coppola 202’ 1974 USA

Kaos Paolo et Vittorio Taviani 187’ 1984 Italy

Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 155’ 1988 Italy, France

The Godfather 3 Francis Ford Coppola 162’ 1990 USA

Toto Who Lived Twice Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco 93’ 1998 Italy

Sicilia! Jean-Marie Straub et Danièle Huillet 66’ 1999 IItaly, France, Germany

One Hundred Steps Marco Tullio Giordana 114’ 2000 Italy

Palermo Emma Dante 92’ 2013 Italy, Switzerland, France

Fuocoammare Gianfranco Rosi 114’ 2016 Italy, France

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From our CorrespondentAt a time when fake news is running out of control, when whistle-blowers are constantly threatened, when the press is undergoing a major crisis, it seems relevant to question, through 20 or so films, the figure and function of the journalist in wartime, on crime or in political investigations.

The Cameraman Buster Keaton et Edward Sedgwick 76’ 1928 USA

His Girl Friday Howard Hawks 92’ 1940 USA

Ice in the Hole Billy Wilder 111’ 1951 USA

The Cat o’Nine Tails Dario Argento 112’ 1971 Italy, Germany, France

Slap the Monster on Page One Marco Bellocchio 86’ 1972 Italy, France

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Volker Schlöndorff et Margarethe von Trotta 100’ 1975 FRG

The Passenger Michelangelo Antonioni 126’ 1975 Italy, France, Spain

All the President’s Men Alan J. Pakula 138’ 1976 USA

Under Fire Roger Spottiswoode 128’ 1983 USA, Mexico

The Killing Fields Roland Joffé 141 1984 United Kingdom

Veillées d’armes Marcel Ophüls 224’ 1994 France, Germany, United Kingdom

Le Mystère de la chambre jaune Bruno Podalydès 118’ 2003 Belgium, France

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Adam McKay 94’ 2004 USA

Zodiac David Fincher 157’ 2007 USA

Citizen Four Laura Poitras 114’ 2014 USA, Germany

Night Call Dan Gilroy 117’ 2014 USA

Pentagon Papers Steven Spielberg 116’ 2017 USA

Depuis Mediapart Naruna Kaplan de Macedo 100’ 2018 France

For Sama Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts 100’ 2019 United Kingdom, Syria

Colective - Alexander Nanau 109’ 2019 Romania, Luxembourg

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Nora Twomey and Tomm MooreIn the presence of Tomm MooreIn partnership with Mécène et Loire

Irish animator Tomm Moore will be at the Festival Premiers Plans to present the work he has done with animator Nora Twomey, both co-founders of production company Cartoon Saloon in 1999. After graduating from the University of Ballyfermot in Dublin, they were able to gain international recognition after the release of The Secret of Kells in 2009, nominated for the Oscar for best animated film. The production was spread between several countries since the drawings were animated by the Kecskemét studio in Hungary, the colouring and 3D effects were provided by Digital- Graphics and Walking the Dog in Belgium, and the compositing was done by Spirit in France. The Secret of Kells is largely inspired by Irish history and folklore. Tomm Moore continued his career with Song of the Sea in 2014, where Nora Twomey also contributed to the animation. This also has is source in age-old tales since the film focuses on a selkie, a wonderful being which can change into a seal. Song of the Sea also received an Oscar nomination, the second for a production by the Irish animator. He then produced, again with Cartoon Saloon, The Breadwinner in 2017, directed by Nora Twomey, which was also nominated

for the Oscars in 2018. The Festival Premiers Plans is delighted to present these three magical tales along with Tomm Moore.

The Secret of Kells Tomm Moore et Nora Twomey 71’ 2009 France, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, USA, Denmark, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Hungary

Song of the Sea Tomm Moore 93’ 2014 Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, France

The Breadwinner Nora Twomey 94’ 2017 Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, USA, United Kingdom, Philippines, India

The Secret of Kells from Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey


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In February 2011, Béla Tarr presented The Turin Horse at the Berlinale. It would, he said, be his last film: the Hungarian filmmaker was 56 years old at the time. Described as a radical filmmaker, making metaphysical films in a coaly black and white, Béla Tarr is best known for his work after 1988’s Damnation. However, he began his career at a very young age, at just 22, in 1977, with Family Nest, in a style which is very different from the one he is usually associated with. Produced by Béla Balázs, highlighting the social realism style of the “Budapest School”, this first film features a large family sharing the same apartment. It is in this same documentary vein, examining the dashed hopes of communism, that he directed the colour film The Outsider in 1981, one of his least known films, which follows András, a young alcoholic violinist who self-destructs by rejecting the social conventions of Hungary in the 1980s. In 1984, with his last film in colour, the intense, claustrophobic chamber drama Autumn Almanac, Béla Tarr distanced himself from social realism and created a film with an aesthetic which was different both from his previous films and

also from those that followed. After writing his first four films alone, he met László Krasznahorkai, a novelist who provided him with the necessary material to make his most successful films, Damnation, Satan’s Tango in 1994 (7 ½ hours!), The Werckmeister Harmonies in 2000 and finally The Turin Horse, his last film. It is with these films that he achieved international recognition and influence from filmmakers as diverse as Gus Van Sant and László Nemes. Béla Tarr will come to the Festival Premiers Plans to show us, for the very first time, restored versions of his early work. An opportunity to discover or rediscover an absolutely singular and multi-facetted body of work, from the anger of the young filmmaker to the virtuosity of the master. 4K restoration by Arbelos in collaboration with the Hungarian Filmlab under the supervision of Béla Tarr. Retrospective in association with Carlotta Films, which will release five of its titles in theatres from 12 February 2020.With thanks to Luxbox.

Family Nest 108’ 1977 Hungary

The Outsider 122’ 1981 Hungary

Almanac of Fall 119’ 1984 Hungary

Damnation 120’ 1988 Hungary

Sátántangó 450’ 1994 Hungary, Germany, Switzerland

Werckmeister Harmonies 145’ 2000 Hungary, Italy, Germany, France

The Turin Horse 155’ 2011 Hungary, France, Switzerland, Germany, USA

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PRACTICAL INFORMATIONS

Prices

Full price: €8 per seatReduced price: €5,50 per seat6 seats and more: €5,25 per seat

Pass Festival: €75 (+ catalogue + small poster)Pass Festival reduced price*: €52 € (+ catalogue + small poster)* On presentation of justifying documents: under 18s – students – jobseekers – minimum wage earners – people performing voluntary civic service – Partner cards (delivered by the City of Angers) – disabled – dependent elderly people – Carte Czam and Carte Loisirs (for seats only).ID photo required for all passes

Festival Venues• Centre de Congrès Jean Monnier, 33 boulevard Carnot • Cinémas Les 400 Coups, 2 rue Jeanne Moreau• Pathé Angers, 1 avenue des Droits de l’Homme• Grand Théâtre, place du Ralliement• La collégiale Saint-Martin, 23 rue St-Martin• Le Qu4tre, espace culturel de l’université, 4 allée F. Mitterrand• Bibliothèque Universitaire Saint-Serge, 57 quai Félix Faure• Le Chabada, 56 boulevard du Doyenné• Le Joker’s Pub, 32 rue Saint-Laud

Attachés de presse6, rue de la Victoire

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Festival Premiers Plans

Paris54, rue Beaubourg

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