Paris 54, rue Beaubourg 75003 PARIS Tel : 01 42 71 53 70 Fax : 01 42 71 01 11 paris@premiersplans.org

Press department André-Paul Ricci / Tony Arnoux 6, place de la Madeleine

75008 Paris Tel : 01 49 53 04 20 Fax: 01 43 59 05 48 apricci@wanadoo.fr

Angers 9, rue Claveau

BP 82214 49022 ANGERS Cedex 02

Tel : 02 41 88 92 94 Fax : 02 41 87 65 83

angers@premiersplans.org

President: Gérard PILET General delegate: Claude-Eric POIROUX

2

Since 1989, the Premiers Plans Film Festival takes place each year in the city of Angers, France. Its competitive sections, programs and other events attract some 70 000 filmgoers who discuss and share their passion of cinema with young European directors and other professionals. Through the years, the Festival has become a major meeting of European cinematographic creation, as numerous directors such as Fatih Akin, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Arnaud Desplechin, Xavier Beauvois, Nick Park, Cristi Puiu and Thomas Vinterberg were originally discovered in Angers with the screening of their first films. Each year, the Official Selection presents a hundred European first films divided in five competitive sections: European first feature films, European first short films, French first short films, student films, and European animated films, as well as two out of competition sections: free style and “next shot”. The official jury and the public award the laureates with 200 000 euros in prize. Premiers Plans has two major characteristics: it enables the meeting between the public and filmmakers from one generation, and also gives the opportunity to discover or rediscover masterpieces of European cinema on screen through retrospectives highly appreciated and attended by journalists and professionals. The program of the 21st edition of the Festival features five major retrospectives: -Todo Buñuel: 32 films of the Spanish director -Plans américains: a selection of films European directors made in the United-States -Belgian animated cinema: a choice of feature and short films -A tribute to Jean-François Laguionie -Cities of the future

As well as other events: ----Sneak preview -Director’s forum: film crews meet the public after film screenings -Public readings of scripts from first feature and short films -Lessons, workshops, professional meetings...

A public reading by Melvil Poupaud

The 2008 jury : Frédéric Fonteyne, Mia Hansen-Løve, Jorge Semprún, Sandrine Bonnaire,

Djamshed Usmonov

3

TODO BUÑUEL

Thirty-two films by Luis Buñuel made from 1929 to 1977. An Andalusian Dog 17’ 1929 Age of Gold 61’ 1930 Land Without Bread (Las hurdes) 32’ 1933 Gran casino 92’ 1947 The Great Madcup (El gran calavera) 92’ 1949 The Forgotten Ones (Los olvidados) 89’ 1950 The Devil and the Flesh (Susana demonio y carne) 82’ 1951 Daughter of Deceit (La hija del engaño) 80’ 1951 Ascent to Heaven (Subida al cielo) 85’ 1952 A Woman without Love 85’ 1952 The Brute (El Bruto) 81’ 1953 Torments (El) 91’ 1953 Illusion Travels by Streetcar (La llusión viaja en transvía) 90’ 1954 Wuthering Heights (Abismos de pasión) 90’ 1954 The Adventures of Robinson Crusoé (Robinson Crusoé) 89’ 1954 That Is the Dawn 102’ 1955 Rehearsal for a Crime (Ensayo de un crimen) 91’ 1955 The River and Death (El río y la muerte) 90’ 1955 Death in the Garden 104’ 1956 Nazarín 90’ 1959 La Fièvre monte à El Pao 97’ 1959 The Young One 95’ 1960 Viridiana 90’ 1961 The Exterminating Angel (El angel exterminador) 95’ 1962 Diary of a Chambermaid 98’ 1964 Simon of the Desert (Simón del desierto) 42’ 1965 Beauty of the Day 100’ 1967 The Milky Way 101’ 1969 Tristana 100’ 1970 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 100’ 1972 The Phantom of Liberty 103’ 1974 That Obscur Object of Desire 105’ 1977 In partnership with the Cinémathèque française.

The Forgotten Ones

Ascent to Heaven

4

PLANS AMERICAINS

A selection of feature films European directors made in the United States. Point Blank John Boorman 92’ 1968 Model Shop Jacques Demy 85’ 1968 Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger 113’ 1969 Lions Love Agnès Varda 110’ 1969 Zabriskie Point Michelangelo Antonioni 110’ 1970 Punishment Park Peter Watkins 88’ 1970 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Forman 129’ 1975 Stroszek Werner Herzog 115’ 1976 Pretty Baby Louis Malle 110’ 1978 Alien Ridley Scott 117’ 1979 Paris, Texas Wim Wenders 145’ 1984 Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone 229’ 1984 Bagdad Café Percy Adlon 95’ 1988 The Dangerous Liaisons Stephen Frears 119’ 1989 Fisher King Terry Gilliam 130’ 1991 Dead Again Kenneth Branagh 107’ 1992 Arizona Dream Emir Kusturica 142’ 1993 The Fifth Element Luc Besson 126’ 1997 The Shade Raphaël Nadjari 83’ 2000 Human Nature Michel Gondry 96’ 2001

Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni

Bagdad Café by Percy Adlon

Human Nature by Michel Gondry

5

BELGIAN ANIMATED CINEMA

A dozen programs, mainly short films, relating the history of Belgian animated cinema. TRIBUTE TO RAOUL SERVAIS – In his presence Some of his short films, as well as his feature film Taxandria. Suitable for children from the age of twelve. THE PIC PIC ET ANDRE SERIAL The famous serial which revealed Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier. Suitable for children from the age of nine. PANIQUE AU VILLAGE A few episodes from Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier’s serial. As well as the world sneak preview of the pregeneric of their feature film currently being finished. TRIBUTE TO FILMS DU NORD Short films produced by this company specificaly dynamic in formal experimentation (traditional animation, 2D, 3D, watercolors, puppets…). Suitable for children from the age of 12. TRIBUTE TO ENSAV - LA CAMBRE Short films from filmmakers who trained at La Calmbre school. Suitable for children from the age of seven. THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLLECTIVE “CAMERA ENFANTS ADMIS” Short films since the creation of the production workshop “Caméra, etc.” in 1979. The collective encourages the creation of first pieces of work by children, young authors and adults. THE ZOROBABEL WORKING GROUP Presentation of short animated cartoons and films by this working group specialized in the production of young authors. Suitable for children from the age of twelve. PETITS PLANS BELGES 3 programs of short films for children from the ages of three and seven. And : PROGRAMS RELATING THE HISTORY OF BELGIAN ANIMATED CINEMA Among which films by Manu Gomez, Gérald Frydman, Yvan Lemaire, Louis Van Maelder, Daniel Wiroth, Paul Leeman…

Papillons de nuit by Raoul Servais

L’Evasion by Arnaud Demuynck

6

A TRIBUTE TO JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAGUIONIE

In his presence “LA FABRIQUE” SUGGESTS – Suitable for children from the age of six. A program of short films by “La Fabrique”, an association specialized in the production of animated auteur films, created by Jean-François Laguionie. La Demoiselle et le violoncelliste Jean-François Laguionie 9’ 1965 Potr’ et la fille des eaux Jean-François Laguionie 12’ 1974 Le Masque du diable Jean-François Laguionie 12’ 1977 Haut pays des neiges Bernard Palacios 10’ 1990 La Belle au bois d'or Bernard Palacios 13’ 2001 JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAGUIONIE’S FIRST FILMS – Suitable for children from the age of nine. La Demoiselle et le violoncelliste 9’ 1965 L'Arche de Noé 11’ 1965 Une bombe par hasard 9’ 1969 Plage privée 13’ 1971 L’Acteur 5’30 1975 La Traversée de l’Atlantique à la rame 21’ 1978

FEATURE FILM Black Mor’s Island 85’ 2004

CITIES OF THE FUTURE

Cinema has been showing new cities since its debut. They are unlikely, futurist, intriguing, fanciful...

Metropolis Fritz Lang 90’ 1927 The Savage Planet René Laloux 72’ 1973 Soylent Green Richard Fleisher 97’ 1974 The King and the Mockingbird Paul Grimault 87’ 1980 Blade Runner Ridley Scott 117’ 1982 Brazil Terry Gilliam 145’ 1985 Taxandria Raoul Servais 80’ 1995 Fahrenheit 451 François Truffaut 112’ 1996 The Fifth Element Luc Besson 126’ 1997 Howl’s Moving Castle Hayao Miyazaki 124’ 2003 Renaissance Christian Volkman 95’ 2006 Tekon kinkurîto Michael Arias 111’ 2007

L’Acteur by Jean-François Laguionie Brazil by Terry Gilliam