BACK TO THE 49TH EDITION OF THE DEAUVILLE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL !

This year the Centre Inter­na­tion­al de Deau­ville, co-organ­izer of the Deau­ville Amer­ic­an Film Fest­iv­al, hos­ted the 49^th edi­tion from Septem­ber 1 to 10, 2023. 10 days of screen­ings at 3 ven­ues, meet­ings, red car­pets and events to cel­eb­rate Amer­ic­an cinema at the Deau­ville Con­ven­tion Cen­ter in Normandy !

The program included a number of film previews

• FIREBRAND by Karim Aïn­ouz — Open­ing Film
• ICON OF FRENCH CINEMA by Judith Godrèche, in the pres­ence of the film’s dir­ect­or and crew
• DOGMAN by Luc Besson, in the pres­ence of the film’s dir­ect­or and crew
• THE LAST MEN by Dav­id Oel­hof­fen, with the director
• THE POD GENERATION by Soph­ie Barthes, in the pres­ence of the dir­ect­or and act­ress Emil­ia Clarke
• FITTING IN by Molly McGlynn, in the pres­ence of the director
• SHE CAME TO ME by Rebecca Miller, in the pres­ence of the director
• THE ANIMAL KINGDOM by Thomas Cail­ley, in the pres­ence of the director
• FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kauris­mäki, in the pres­ence of Thi­erry Frémaux (gen­er­al del­eg­ate of the Cannes Film Festival)
• THE ABDUCTION by Marco Bellocchio
• GOLDA by Guy Nattiv
• MAY DECEMBER by Todd Haynes, in the pres­ence of the director
• ALL TO PLAY FOR by Del­phine Delo­get, in the pres­ence of the dir­ect­or and act­or Félix Lefebvre
• PARTY OF FOOLS by Arnaud des Pal­lière, in the pres­ence of the dir­ect­or and act­resses Car­ole Bou­quet, Mélanie Thi­erry, Josiane Balasko and Domi­n­ique Frot
• JOIKA by James Napi­er — Clos­ing Film
• FANCY DANCE by Erica Tremblay
• THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Jonath­an Glazer
• THE INSEPARABLES by Jérémie Degruson — Young Audi­ence Screening

Festival-goers were able to enjoy screenings of films in competition, in the presence of their directors.

• LAROY, by Shane Atkin­son — Win­ner of the Grand Prize, the Deau­ville Pub­lic Prize, and the Crit­ics’ Jury Award
• WAYWARD, by Jac­quelyn Frohlich
• COLD COPY, by Rox­ine Helberg
• THE GRADUATES, by Han­nah Peterson
• PAST LIVES, by Céline Song
• I.S.S, by Gab­ri­ela Cowperthwaite
• RUNNER, by Mari­an Mathias
• FREMONT, by Babak Jalali — Win­ner of the Jury Prize
• THE SWEET EAST, by Sean Price Wil­li­ams — Win­ner of the Jury Prize and the Louis Roeder­er Found­a­tion Rev­el­a­tion Award 2023
• BLOOD FOR DUST, by Rod Blackhurst
• MANODROME, by John Trengove
• SUMMER SOLSTICE, by Noah Schamus
• ARISTOTE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE, by Aitch Alberto
• THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETING HAS PASSED, by Joanna Arnow

The fest­iv­al opened with a trib­ute to Jerry Schatzberg in the grand aud­it­or­i­um Michel d’Or­nano, fol­lowed by the inaug­ur­a­tion of his booth on Deau­ville’s renowned boards.

The open­ing cere­mony included a sur­prise con­cert by Kyle East­wood, who had come to Deau­ville for the release of his new album, a meet­ing with the artist and a pre­view screen­ing of the doc­u­ment­ary East­wood Sym­phon­ic : A Fam­ily Affair, a trib­ute to the career of Clint Eastwood.

Con­ver­sa­tions took place in the Lex­ing­ton aud­it­or­i­um with dir­ect­or Luc Besson and act­ress Car­ole Bou­quet, to exchange views with fest­iv­al-goers on the vari­ous Amer­ic­an films that have marked their careers and their out­look on cinema.

A round-table dis­cus­sion was also held in con­nec­tion with the news that marked the 49^th edi­tion: “Grève Hol­ly­wood: les muta­tions du cinéma”, an event organ­ized by the news­pa­per Le Monde and sup­por­ted by the Deau­ville Amer­ic­an Film Festival.

Finally, we were honored to wel­come act­ress Emil­ia Clarke, who received the Prix du nou­vel Hol­ly­wood, and writer Katie Kit­amura, who was awar­ded the Prix lit­téraire Lucien-Bar­rière for her nov­el INTIMACIES.

The 49^th Jury was chaired by Guil­laume Canet, and included Alex­an­dre Aja, Anne Berest, Laure de Cler­mont-Ton­nerre, Léa Mysi­us, Mar­ina Hands from the Comédie-Française, Rebecca Marder, Stéphane Bak and Max­im Nucci (aka Yodelice). As well as the Jury de la Révéla­tion with Mélanie Thi­erry as pres­id­ent, along­side Félix Lefe­b­vre, Pablo Pauly, Julia Faure, Ramata Toulaye Sy and Cécile Maistre-Chabrol.

Numer­ous oth­er celebrit­ies walked the red car­pet, as did PASS VIP cli­ents of the Pal­ais des con­grès de Deauville.

The Fest­iv­al closed at the Centre Inter­na­tion­al de Deau­ville with the Pal­mares even­ing and private parties on Fri­day and Sat­urday at the Villa Le Cercle, hos­ted by offi­cial part­ner Villa Schweppes.

Until the 50^th edi­tion, check out the Best-of and see you from Septem­ber 6 to 15, 2024!