Unifrance’s MyFrenchFilmFestival (Mfff) is back this year, giving thousands of fans of French-speaking cinema from around the world an opportunity to see films reaching the end of their festival runs. This year’s competition received a late boost when Delphine Girard’s “A Sister,” one of the 10 shorts in competition, was nominated for the best live-action short Oscar on Monday.
This year’s Mfff competition has placed a special emphasis on genre films and animation.
In the case of the former, Axel Scoffier and Antoine Cordier, coordinators of the selection, explained in a joint statement that “this is the result of a growing taste among contemporary French filmmakers for blurring lines of genres and playing with fantasy codes. We wanted this selection to reflect that.”
“From the very beginning of the festival, one of the goals has been to highlight animation as a very rich and creative part of the French production,...
This year’s Mfff competition has placed a special emphasis on genre films and animation.
In the case of the former, Axel Scoffier and Antoine Cordier, coordinators of the selection, explained in a joint statement that “this is the result of a growing taste among contemporary French filmmakers for blurring lines of genres and playing with fantasy codes. We wanted this selection to reflect that.”
“From the very beginning of the festival, one of the goals has been to highlight animation as a very rich and creative part of the French production,...
- 1/16/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Debut filmmaker Marine Levéel’s “Magnetic Harvest” arrives at the MyFrenchFilmFestival, the online film festival that runs Jan. 16-Feb. 16, capping a whirlwind year of awards and recognition. It first premiered at the Angers Film Festival, scooping the audience prize, before competing at the Hof Film Festival and France’s prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Produced by Marthe Lamy and Jeanne Ezvan at Apache Films, “Magnetic Harvest” was the beneficiary of state and regional funds, as well as presales to France Television before shooting started, a key to the film’s eventual success, according to Levéel.
France’s New Rurals, a group of young, ambitious workers who are electing to stay or move back to the picturesque pastures of France’s countryside, take center stage in this love story between a farmer whose prized breeding hog has escaped and a close friend returned from a long stint abroad.
Levéel spoke...
Produced by Marthe Lamy and Jeanne Ezvan at Apache Films, “Magnetic Harvest” was the beneficiary of state and regional funds, as well as presales to France Television before shooting started, a key to the film’s eventual success, according to Levéel.
France’s New Rurals, a group of young, ambitious workers who are electing to stay or move back to the picturesque pastures of France’s countryside, take center stage in this love story between a farmer whose prized breeding hog has escaped and a close friend returned from a long stint abroad.
Levéel spoke...
- 1/16/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The Palm Springs International ShortFest wrapped Sunday with top prizes going to “The Christmas Gift,” directed by Bogdan Muresanu, for best of the festival, Nara Normande’s “Guaxuma” for best international short and Horatio Baltz’s “King Wah (I Think I Love You)” for best North American short.
The festival is the largest shorts-focused event in North America, screening 369 films during the festival as well as 5,600 in the film market. Juried award winners of some categories are qualified to enter the shorts categories for the Oscars.
Best U.S. short went to “Manila is Full of Men Named Boy,” by Andrew Stephen Lee, while Best animated short went to “Dani” directed by Lizzy Hogenson.
Full list of winners below:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award – The Christmas Gift (Romania/Spain), Directed by Bogdan Muresanu
Best International Short – Guaxuma (Brazil/France), Director Nara Normande
Best North American Short – King Wah (I...
The festival is the largest shorts-focused event in North America, screening 369 films during the festival as well as 5,600 in the film market. Juried award winners of some categories are qualified to enter the shorts categories for the Oscars.
Best U.S. short went to “Manila is Full of Men Named Boy,” by Andrew Stephen Lee, while Best animated short went to “Dani” directed by Lizzy Hogenson.
Full list of winners below:
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award – The Christmas Gift (Romania/Spain), Directed by Bogdan Muresanu
Best International Short – Guaxuma (Brazil/France), Director Nara Normande
Best North American Short – King Wah (I...
- 6/23/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
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