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President of the Association: Jean-Michel CLAUDE President of the Festival: Jérôme CLÉMENT
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 six 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 films2017 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 BIR-KIN, 1992 André TÉCHINÉ, 1991 Vojtech JASNY, 1990 Henri ALEKAN, 1989 Théo ANGELOPOULO.
Short films2017 Laurent LARIVIÈRE 2016 Dyana GAYE 2015 Jiři BARTA, 2013 Fabienne GODET, 2012 Mathieu DEMY, 2011 Tonie MARSHALL, 2010 Matthias LUTHARDT, 2009 Raoul SERVAIS
Lambert Wilson Nathalie BayeAbderrahmane SissakoArnaud DesplechinJeanne Moreau
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Among those discovered at AngersAUSTRIABarbara AlbertRainer FrimmelJessica HausnerHubert Sauper
BELARUSLidia Bobrova
BELGIUMAlain BerlinerJoachim LafosseOlivier Masset-DepassePatrice Toye
BULGARIAKamen Kalev
CZECH REPUBLICSaša Gedeon Bohdan Sláma Jan SverakPetr Václav
DENMARKSusanne BierChristopher BoeAnnette K. OlesenThomas Vinterberg
ESTONIAVeiko Õunpuu
GERMANYFatih AkinValeska GrisebachBenjamin Heisenberg Chris-toph HochhäuslerUlrich KöhlerPia MaraisChristian Petzold
GREECEAthina Rachel Tsangari
FRANCEMarie AmachoukeliMathieu Amalric Danièle Arbid Yvan AttalClaude BarrasXavier 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 Eric GuiradoLucile HadzihalilovicGérald Hustache-MathieuAbdellatif KechicheSophie LetourneurNoémie Lvovsky Gilles MarchandJacques MartineauPatricia Mazuy Orso Miret Gaël Morel Emmanuel MouretValérie MréjenJacques Nolot François OzonMelvil PoupaudPhilippe Ramos
HUNGARYBenedek FliegaufAgnes KocsisKornél MundruczόGyörgy Palfi
ICELANDDagur KariRúnar Rúnarsson
IRELANDJim SheridanPerry Ogden
ITALYTizza CoviMatteo Garrone Claudio GiovannesiVincenzo MarraMario MartonePaolo Sorrentino
KAZAKHSTANGuka OmarovaNariman Turebayev Sergey Dvortsevoy
KYRGHYZSTANAktan Abdykalykov
NETHERLANDSDavid Verbeek
NORWAYJoachim TrierRune Denstad Langlo
POLANDAndrzej JakimowskiSlawomir Fabicki
PORTUGALInês OliveiraTeresa Villaverde Miguel Gomes
ROMANIAMarian Crisan Catalin MitulescuCristian NemescuCristi PuiuCorneliu PorumboiuAdrian Sitaru
RUSSIANicolaï KhomerikiVassili Pitchoul
SLOVAKIAMartin Šulik
SPAINRoberto CastónFernando Leon de Ara-noaMarc RechaDaniel Sanchez ArevaloBenito Zambrano
SWITZERLANDMilagros Mumenthaler
TADJIKISTANDjamshed Usmonov
TURKEYNuri Bilge Ceylan Zeki DemirkubuzDeniz Gamze ErgüvenSemih KaplanogluÖzcan AlperSeren Yüce
UNITED KINGDOMDanny BoyleDuane HopkinsShane Meadows Peter Mullan Nick Park
Among the feature films selected in 2017
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TRIBUTE TO JEANNE MOREAU
In attendance of Josée Dayan and Jérôme ClémentAt this 30th edition, the Festival will be paying tribute to Jeanne Moreau, President of the Festival in 2003 and co-founder of the Ateliers d’Angers in 2005.
Bay of Angels Jacques Demy 90’ 1963 France
Cet amour-là Josée Dayan 99’ 2001 France
One day you’ll understand Amos Gitaï 90’ 2008 France
Photo Exhibition Jeanne Moreau by Agnès VardaPhotos taken by Agnès Varda at several moments in the life of actress Jeanne Moreau. At the Festival d’Avignon in 1951 and 1952, on the shooting of La Baie des anges (Bay of Angels) by Jacques Demy in 1962, where Agnès Varda was stills photographer, and of course on the set of Les Cents et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (A Hundred and One Nights), directed by Agnès Varda. From Friday 12 to Sunday 21 January - Centre des Congrès
Encounter with the Residents of the Ateliers d’AngersDirectors will talk about their work and their close collaboration with Jeanne Moreau during the Ateliers d’Angers that she founded in 2005 and which take place every year.
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FEATURE FILM JURY 2018
Catherine Deneuve - PresidentActress - France
Catherine Deneuve has been internationally famous since Jacques Demy’s Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), winner of the 1964 Palme d’Or. She then went on to work with Roman Polanski in Répul-sion (Repulsion), Jean Paul Rappeneau in La Vie de château (A Matter of Resis-tance), Alain Cavalier in La Chamade, Luis Buñuel in Belle de jour and Tristana, François Truffaut in La Sirène du Mississipi (Mississippi Mermaid) and again with Jacques Demy in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Roche-fort) and Peau d’âne. In the 1970s, she continued with major directors such as Robert Aldrich, Marco Ferreri, Jean-Pierre Melville, Mauro Bolognini, Claude Lelouch, Dino Risi, and again Jean-Paul Rappeneau in Le Sauvage (Lovers Like Us). At the beginning of the 1080s, Catherine Deneuve found great critical and public success with François Truffaut’s Le Dernier Métro (The Last Metro), and then met André Téchiné with whom she made 7 films, including Hôtel des Amériques (Hotel America), Le Lieu du crime (The Scene of the Crime), Ma saison préférée (My Favourite Season), Les Voleurs (Thieves). She was then in The Hunger by Tony Scott, Agent trouble by Jean-Pierre Mocky, Drôle d’en-droit pour une rencontre (A Strange Place to Meet) by François Dupeyron and
Indochine by Régis Wargnier, which was a massive success. She then worked with Manoel de Oliveira, Raúl Ruiz, Leos Carax, Philippe Garrel, Benoît Jacquot and Nicole Garcia in Place Vendôme. From the 2000s on she met a new generation of directors, including Lars Von Trier for Dancer in the Dark, François Ozon for Huit femmes (8 Women) and Potiche, Arnaud Desplechin for Rois et Reine (Kings and Queen) and Conte de Noël (Christmas Tale), Gaël Morel for Après lui, Valérie Lemercier for Palais royal !, Christophe Honoré for Les Biens aimés (The Beloved), Emmanuelle Bercot for Elle s’en va (On My Way) and La Tête haute (Standing Tall), Pierre Salvadori for Dans la cour (In the Courtyard) and Martin Provost for Sage-femme (Midwife). Her career has regularly received awards from festivals around the world. She is currently starring in Tout nous sépare by Thierry Klifa, and will be appea-ring this year in Le Dernier Vide-grenier de Claire Darling by Julie Bertuccelli.
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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 6 sections of the competition.-More than twenty or so of other films will be shown out of the competition, as part of of the Free Form, Fémis Panorama and Air Numérique sections.
Films in competitionMore than 70 films in the 6 sections of the competition. At the end of the Festival, audiences and juries will award more than €150 000 in prize money to the winners.
European first feature filmsBroers (Brothers) Bram Schouw 105’ Netherlands
The Cured David Freyne 95’ Ireland
Gutland Govinda Van Maele 100’ Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium
Il Figlio (Manuel) Dario Albertini 97’ Italy
The Rules For Everything Kim Hiorthøy 88’ Norvège
Strimholov (Falling) Marina Stepanska 105’ Ukraine
Tesnota (Closeness) Kantemir Balagov 118’ Russia
Valley of shadows Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen 91’ Norway
Vinterbrødre (Winter Brothers) Hlynur Pálmason 94’ Denmark, Iceland
French first feature filmsLes Garçons sauvages Bertrand Mandico 111’ France
Jusqu’à la garde Xavier Legrand 93’ France
La Nuit a dévoré le monde Dominique Rocher 94’ France
Los versos del olvido (Oblivion Verses) Alireza Khatami 92’ France, Germany, Netherlands
Sparring Samuel Jouy 95’ France
European first short filmsCeata (Fog) Adi Voicu 27’ Romania
The Full Story Daisy Jacobs 8’ United Kingdom
Kajaani Mikael Marignac 21’ Finland, France
Lâchez les chiens (Release the dogs) Emmanuelle Fleytoux 20’ Belgium
Nachtstück (Nocturne) Anne Breymann 5’ Germany
Passée l’aube (After Dawn) Nicolas Graux 24’ Belgium
Skuggdjur (Shadow Animals) Jerry Carlsson 22’ Sweden
U Plavetnilo (Into the Blue) Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic 22’ Croatia
Villa Ventura Roman Hüben 26’ Switzerland
Zabigyerek (Come By Chance) Levente Kölcsey 20’ Hungary
French first short films Cajou Claude Le Pape 20’ France
Le Cavalier seul Thomas Petit 17’ France
Chose mentale William Laboury 20’ France
Le Collectionneur Thomas Lévy-Lasne 20’ France
Déter Vincent Weber 36’ France
L’Étrange Histoire de Prince Dethmer Hadrien La Vapeur et Corto Vaclav 20’ France
Lower Heaven Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi 20’ France
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Pourquoi j’ai écrit la Bible (Why did I write the Bible)
Alexandre Steiger 30’ France
Retour à Genoa City Benoit Grimalt 29’ France
Vilaine Fille Ayce Kartal 8’ FranceEuropean student films Atelier Elsa María Jakobsdóttir 30’ Denmark
Atlantída, 2003 (Atlantis, 2003) Michal Blaško 30’ Slovakia, Czech Republic
Čistoća Neven Samardžić 38’ Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gabi Michael Fetter Nathansky 30’ Germany
Le Grand Calme Thomas Petit 19’ France
Jest naprawde ekstra (It’s Really Awesome) Katarzyna Warzecha 28’ Poland
Jsme přece lidi (We’re Human, After All) Jan Míka 17’ Czech Republic
Láthatatlanul (Invisibly) Áron Szentpéteri 31’ Hungary
Loop Matija Gluščević 20’ Serbia
Nikog nema (Nobody Here) Jelena Gavrilović 20’ Serbia
O Meu Pijama Maria Inês Gonçalves 21’ Portugal
On the Other Side of the Pillow a Rose Was Blossoming
Dragana Jovanović 26’ Germany
Poles Apart Paloma Baeza 12’ United Kingdom
Le Saint des voyous Maïlys Audouze 35’ France
Sog Jonatan Schwenk 10’ Germany
Sombra Kristian Sejrbo Lidegaard 24’ Denmark
Un homme, mon fils Florent Gouëlou 34’ France
Київ Москва (Kiev Moscow) Anna Lyubynetska 24’ Czech Republic, Ukraine
Красота (Beauty) Kristina Kuzhakhmetova 27’ Russia
Я остаюсь (I’m Staying) Grigory Kolomytsev 20’ Russia
European animated filmsA Table Game Nicolás Petelski Mesón 4’ Estonia, Spain
Água mole (Drop by drop) Laura Gonçalves et Alexandra Ramires (Xá) 9’ Portugal
Amalimbo Juan Pablo Libossart 15’ Sweden
Attraction Emily Scaife 5’ United Kingdom
Barbeque Jenny Jokela 6’ United Kingdom
Eluvaim (The Spirit of Life) Anne Mirjam Kraav 4’ Estonia
L’Indigestion (The Indigestion) Mathilde Rémy 6’ Belgium
Leksykon mysli (Lexicon of reflections) Urszula Reszczynska 7’ Poland
Living Like Heta Bianca Caderas, Isabella Luu, Kerstin Zemp 6’ Switzerland
Market of Lost Things Zaide Kutay et Christelle Serrano 6’ Switzerland
Pépé le morse (Grandpa Walrus) Lucrèce Andreae 14’ France
Putka (Booth) Ottomar Sukko 4’ Estonia
Rumours Nicole Aebersold 9’ Germany
Tears Jon Boutin et Robin Vouters 5’ France
Tough Jennifer Zheng 5’ United Kingdom
True North George Bowler 8’ United Kingdom
Ükskord igavuse väljadel (Once in the Fields of Boredo)
Teele Strauss 5’ Estonia
Vulkan sziget (Volcano Island) Anna Katalin Lovrity 9’ Hungary
Directors forumEach day, meetings and debates between the filmmakers, the film teams and the audience
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Debate on movies in competitionFaced with the world of today, what do these young directors and their first films in competition show us and hide from us?Saturday 20th January - 1:45 p.m. - Grand Théâtre d’Angers - Free entryOrganised with l’association de la Cause Freudienne d’Angers
Out of competition filmsMore than 20 other films are screened out of competition, in other categories: Free Form, Fémis Panorama and Air Numérique.
Free form A selection of audacious and innovative new films .
Next shotsFilms by young directors following their discovery at the Festival Premiers Plans
Fémis Panorama A short films panorama, directed by students of the Fémis in 2017.
Air NumériqueIn partnership with the Collégiale Saint-Martin and the Conseil Départemental de Maine-et-Loire For the third time, Premiers Plans is giving festival-goers an opportunity to experience L’Air Numérique, a pro-gramme dedicated to digital creation and its authors.
Feature Film
Sand and Blood Matthias Krepp et Angelika Spangel Austria
Virtual Reality
Héritage Benjamin Nuel
Short Films
#ThisisMe Aino Suni et Jenni Tuli Finland
2D Run Ilko Lil Illiev Bulgaria
5e jour à New York Augustin Shackelpopoulos France
Adieu Bohême Cosme Castro et Jeanne Frenkel France
Badass Jean-Baptiste Saurel France
Calls Thimothée Hochet France
Confess ep. Fat Moshe Rosenthal Israel
Drone Alphabet Stanislas Giroux France
Everlasting Gelatin Hadrien Téqui France
Not Normal Matt MacDonald United Kingdom
Snapillon Johann Dorlipo / Le Woop France
Mute Andy Lambert United Kingdom
Carte Blanche for Luc Lagier
Serial at the Collégiale
Les Promesses du sol Raphaël Stora France
Readings of the screenplays in competitionFeature FilmsFirst feature film scripts are read in public by professional actors. .
La Douceur humaine by Arthur Cahn Méroé Films
Deux by Filippo Meneghetti and Malysone Bovorasm Paprika Films
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Midinette by Maria Larrea and Catherine Paillé Timshel Productions - 3B ProductionsFrom Sunday 14th to Friday 19th January - 2:15 p.m. - Centre de Congrès In partnership with SACD and France Culture
Short Films3 first short film scripts are read in public by Talents Cannes Adami actors.and managed by the filmmaker and screenwriter Héléna Klotz.
Au revoir Paris ! Coralie Majouga Les Produits Frais
Sans amour Simon Rieth Smac Productions
La traction des pôles Marine Levéel Apaches FilmsSaturday 13th January - 2:15 p.m. - Centre de Congrès In partnership with Adami and France 2
From the Page to the Screen (out of competition)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 2017 and will be followed by the screening of the film (out of competition). The actors will be directed by scrip-twriter and director Héléna Klotz.
Les Bigorneaux Alice Vial 25’ 2017 FranceMonday 15 January - 2:15 p.m. - Centre de Congrès
Exceptional reading (out of competition)Opening Night, John Cromwell and John CassavetesRead by Isabelle Adjani / directed by Cyril Teste Saturday 13 January – 8:00 p.m. - Le Quai - T900Ticket sales outside the Festival: €5 / booking at Le Quai: 02 41 22 20 20
Previews and Special Screenings Opening CeremonyIn partnership with the Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
Madame Hyde Serge Bozon 95’ France, BelgiumWith Serge Bozon and Isabelle Huppert in attendanceFriday 12 January - 7:30 p.m. - Centre des Congrès
Previews
Dopo la Guerra (After the War) Annarita Zambrano 92’ Italy, France
Ni juge, ni soumise (So Help Me God) Yves Hinant and Jean Libon 100’ France, Belgium
Sicilian Ghost Story Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza 122’ Italy, France
Revenge Coralie Fargeat 108’ France
In partnership with the Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
Cornelius, le meunier hurlant Yann Le Quellec 107’ France
Dolphin Man Lefteris Charitos 79’ Greece, France, CanadaWith Lefteris Charitos, Jean-Marc Barr and Estelle Robin-You in attendanceSaturday 20 January – 2:30 p.m. - Gaumont Multiplexe
Signer Nurith Aviv 52’ FranceWith Nurith Aviv and Farid Rezkallah in attendanceInterpreted in sign languageWednesday 17 January – 8:00 p.m. - Les 400 coups
Screening-encounter « retour d’expérience »In partnership with the Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
Petit paysan (Bloody Milk) Hubert Charuel 90’ FranceWith Hubert Charuel and a producer from Domino Films in attendanceThursday 18 January – 10 a.m. - Les 400 coups
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TRIBUTES AND RETROSPECTIVES
Pedro AlmodóvarIn attendance of Frédéric Strauss and several guests and co-workers of Pedro Almodóvar
A major figure in the Movida in the 1980s, Pedro Almodóvar cut his teeth in the Madrid underground scene of the 1970s. In the cultural effervescence shaking up Spain following release from the yoke of General Franco, Almo-dóvar worked in all sorts of areas: photo novellas, underground reviews, an amateur theatre company and even sang in a punk rock group! Between 1974 and 1978, he made a dozen or so short films, which can no longer be seen today, with a Super8 camera, and taught himself how to make films.
Even with his first, which were as controversial as they were joyful and exuberant, his popularity and success conti-nued right through to Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) in brought him international recognition and a selection in the Venice and Berlin film festivals along with a nomi-nation for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. His films, inhabited by marginals, transvestites, cleaning ladies, pros-titutes, nuns or junkies, shook up a country which was struggling to free itself from its traditions. His films broke taboos, particularly sexual taboos. In Matador, Diego and Maria try to reach the ultimate orgasm: coming and dying, on the day of an eclipse.
However, this baroque and colourful extravagance hides the classical genre that Almodóvar has always surrepti-tiously worked on: the melodrama. In 1991, he made Tacones lejanos (High Heels) with Victoria Abril, which esta-blished his reputation. Then came a series of films with an increasingly refined, consistent and personal style. The end of the 90s and beginning of the 2000s could be considered as his golden age. He made films at an amazing pace, won several awards (including two Oscars) and gave unforgettable roles to some of his actors, especially favourites such as Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Maura, and Marisa Parades… If only one thing were to remain of his work for the stage, it would be the spirit of a theatre company, working loyally with the same people, beginning with his brother Agustín, with whom he founded the production company El Deseo in 1986.
Along with Luis Buñuel, Almodóvar is unquestionably the most famous director in the history of Spanish cinema. His name alone appears on the credits of his films and calls to mind a colourful imagination which has accompa-nied him for more than 30 years. His more famous films resonate with less well-known ones, showing the path of a director going against the flow, who is able to bring together the contradictions of modern Spanish society. In one of his films, Almodóvar himself, in the role of a fashion designer, explained: “the country is divided in two, there are the jealous and the intolerant”, “What side are you on?”, he is asked. “Both”. As part of this exceptional retrospective, many guests will be in Angers to talk about their work with Almodóvar, their memories and their projects.
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Pepi, Luci, Bom 82’ 1980 Spain
Dark Habits 114’ 1983 Spain
What Have I Done to Deserve This ? 101’ 1984 Spain
Matador 110’ 1985 Spain
Law of Desire 102’ 1986 Spain
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 88’ 1988 Spain
Tie Me Up ! Tie Me Down ! 101’ 1989 Spain
High Heels 112’ 1991 France, Spain
Kika 114’ 1993 France, Spain
The Flower of My Secret 103’ 1995 France, Spain
Live Flesh 103’ 1997 France, Spain
All About My Mother 101’ 1999 France, Spain
Talk to Her 112’ 2002 Spain
Bad Education 106’ 2004 Spain
Volver 121’ 2006 Spain
Broken Embraces 127’ 2009 Spain
The Skin I Live In 120’ 2011 Spain
I’m So Excited 90’ 2013 Spain
Julieta 99’ 2016 Spain
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The Films of Agnès V.In attendance of Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda, Jane Birkin, Sandrine Bonnaire, Nurith Aviv, Jean-Michel Fro-don...
The cinematographic work of Agnès Varda began in 1955 with La Pointe courte, coming a few years before the beginnings of the New Wave, of which she was the sole female representative, with Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cleo from 5 to 7). It is the attention to the real that is immediately striking in her work, and something which ran through her undeniably varied oeuvre (shorts, features, dramas, installations, documentaries, a Documenteur: An Emotion Picture…). Varda is interested in life itself but does not limit herself to the idea of reality stripped bare of poetry. On the contrary, imagination and a sense of play have a crucial role in her oeuvre, making every one of her pro-ductions playful. In Visages, Villages (Faces Places), co-directed with JR and presented at the most recent Cannes Film Festival, she went off without a script, just with an idea, and improvised the film from one encounter to the next, feigning amateurism with the insurance of experience. From Sète to Cuba, the rue Daguerre to Los Angeles, her nomadic cinema has always maintained an autobiographical aspect to it, giving her work the sense of an immense diary. Agnès Varda will be honouring us with her presence, as she is someone who loves sharing and meeting people to talk about her work, her fellow workers and the people who have marked her life.
Feature films
La Pointe courte 86’ 1955 France
Cléo from 5 to 7 90’ 1962 France, Italy
Happiness 79’ 1965 France
Lions Love 110’ 1969 France, United States
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t 120’ 1977 Belgium, France, Venezuela
Documenteur 65’ 1981 France, United States
Vagabond 105’ 1985 France
Kung Fu Master 80’ 1988 France
Jane B. par Agnès V. 97’ 1988 France
Jacquot de Nantes 118’ 1991 France
Short films
L’Opéra-mouffe 16’ 1962 France
Salut les Cubains 30’ 1963 Cuba, France
Ulysse 22’ 1983 France
7p., cuis., s. de b., ... à saisir 28’ 1984 France
Documentaries
Women Reply 8’ 1975 France
Daguerréotypes 80’ 1976 France, West Germany
Murs, murs 85’ 1981 France, United States
The Gleaners and I 82’ 2000 France
The Beaches of Agnès 110’ 2008 France
Faces Places, codirected by JR 89’ 2017 France
Cléo from 5 to 7 The Beaches of Agnès
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Happy Families?In attendance of Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean Douchet, Catherine Paillé, Dominique Leborne, Louis Mathieu...
What cinema loves is telling stories, showing us characters faced with difficulties or with obstacles to overcome: we share what they feel, and we are happy if they can find their well-being. Families torn apart by internal tensions, suffo-cating families, domineering families, families shaken up by outside events, all types of situations explored by scrip-twriters, as if to nourish the thought that there are loving, generous families, and that in any case, we owe almost eve-rything to our families, and in particular the fact that we are alive.
Mon oncle Jacques Tati 117’ 1958 France, Italy
Good Morning Yasujirô Ozu 94’ 1959 Japan
Rocco and His Brothers Luchino Visconti 177’ 1960 Italy, France
Theorem Pier Paolo Pasolini 98’ 1968 Italy
Murmur of the Heart Louis Malle 118’ 1971 France, Italy, West Germany
Down and Dirty Ettore Scola 115’ 1976 Italy
To Our Loves Maurice Pialat 95’ 1983 France
Time of the Gypsies Emir Kusturica 142’ 1988 England, Italy, Yugoslavia
The Celebration Thomas Vinterberg 105’ 1998 Denmark, Sweden
Along the Ridge Kim Rossi Stuart 108’ 2006 Serbia, Montenegro, Italy
Home Ursula Meier 98’ 2008 Belgium, Switzerland, France
Dogtooth Yorgos Lanthimos 94’ 2009 Greece
Just the Wind Benedek Fliegauf 95’ 2012 Hungary, Germany, France
Like Father, Like Son Hirokazu Kore-Eda 121’ 2013 Japan
Boyhood Richard Linklater 165’ 2014 United States
Land Legs Samuel Collardey 89’ 2015 France
My Life as a Zucchini Claude Barras 66’ 2016 Switzerland, France
Festen EventDirected by Cyril Teste / Cie MxM, based on the work by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens RukovFrom Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 January at 20.00 - Le Quai CDN, T900 – Ticket office 02 41 22 20 20
La Fabrique #17: Familles in PicturesLe Quai CDN is inviting Premiers Plans to a learned, entertaining and impertinent encounter, combining images and contributions from academics, and artists from the stage and screen.As an echo to the Festen Event, at the university conference and the Festival retrospective.Saturday 13 January at 17.00 - Le Quai CDN, T900 – Free entry, booking required on 02 41 22 20 20
Masterclass: Happy Families?By Louis Mathieu, film teacherWednesday 17 January - Centre de Congrès
Just the Wind by Benedek FliegaufHome by Ursula Meier
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Monty PythonThey are to comedy what the Beatles are to music: a revolution! When Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam burst onto British television screens in 1969 with Monty Python’s Flying Circus, they never imagined they would stay for five years and change the image of the BBC forever. British viewers discovered their free and off-beat humour and these genius actor-authors soon had a cult following. But the rest of the world didn’t know them, hence their first film And Now for Something Completely Different, which drew on some of their sketches reworked for an international audience. In France, the poster was designed by Marcel Gotlib, confirming a sense of fra-ternity in slapstick. This was followed by three legendary films: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. From the killer rabbit to an after-dinner mint too many, through three slightly lost Wise Men, unfor-gettable situations have been handed down from one generation to the next by lovers of the nonsensical. In this anni-versary year, the Festival Premiers Plans is happy to give you an opportunity to (re)discover these film on the big screen.
And Now for Something Completely Different Ian MacNaughton 88’ 1971 United Kingdom
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones 91’ 1975 United Kingdom
Monty Python’s Life of Brian Terry Jones 94’ 1979 United Kingdom
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam 107’ 1983 United Kingdom
Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Terry Gilliam et Terry Jones
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones et Terry Gilliam
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Serge BozonIn attendance of Serge Bozon and Isabelle Huppert
For a good 30 years, Serge Bozon has done the rounds of a number of directors, with his particular delivery and wild body movements. You may also know Serge Bozon as a film critic, his ardent passion for cinema remaining intact (Bozon currently writes a monthly column for the magazine So Film). At the Festival Premiers Plans, it is Serge Bozon the filmmaker that we are welcoming. The director who made his first film in 9 days aged just 22 (L’Amitié, a rarity). Mods and La France followed. The two films blend cinema and music in a surprising and anachronistic way. They are very singular, and made him atypical in the world of contemporary French cinema. Always eccentric and gentle, his cinema explores another form of hybridisation with Tip Top, combining crime and slapstick. Serge Bozon was once a maths teacher, and his twofold passion for logic and transmission are at the heart of his latest film, Madame Hyde, with the great Isabelle Huppert. This variation on a classic Robert Louis Stevenson story will open the Festival and start the dance.
L’Amitié 84’ 1998 France
Mods 59’ 2002 France
La France 102’ 2007 France
Tip Top 106’ 2013. France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Madame Hyde 95’ 2017 France, Belgium
Kornél MundruczóIn attendance
Born in 1975, director Kornél Mundruczó graduated from the University of Dramatic Arts and Directing of Hunga-ry. His graduation film, Afta, was selected for Premiers Plans, as was his first feature, Pleasant Days, in 2004. Since then he has presented every one of his film at the Cannes Film Festival. Delta is the story of a man who returns home to discover he has a sister. They are attracted to each other, and decide to isolate themselves and build a utopian refuge on the Danube. This dark tale, with its uncompromising staging, marked many people. This was also the case for White God, an apocalyptic fable where a pack of dogs is a metaphor for the revolt of oppressed minorities. In Kornél Mundruczó’s films, the social fresco always encounters a certain mysticism and this is the case for his latest film, Jupiter’s Moon, an unexpected depiction of the refugee crisis. Since 2003, Mundruczó has also successfully staged theatre plays and has presented several of them in France. It is therefore a great pleasure to welcome him for the first French retrospective of his cinematographic work, currently made up of 6 features.
Pleasant Days 99’ 2002 Hungary
Johanna 86’ 2005 Hungary
Delta 92’ 2008 Hungary, Germany
Tender Son 109’ 2010 Hungary, Germany, Austria
White God 121’ 2014 Hungary, Germany, Sweden
Jupiter’s Moon 123’ 2017 Hungary, Germany, France
Madame Hyde by Serge Bozon Jupiter’s Moon by Kornél Mundruczó
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The Toon that Came in from the ColdIn attendance of Antti Laakso
The Festival Premiers Plans is offering you an overview of the history of European animation. After Poland last year, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway are-being honoured this year. With 5 programmes, this retrospective gives us an opportunity to highlight these films, some of which have already been selected for Premiers Plans in previous years. The ambition and virtuosity of the drawing encounter unexpected stories, full of (often dark) humour and (often furious) madness. From the shorts of Danish director Siri Melchior, for younger audiences, to the hilarious “trash” programme, be ready for a cold blast of outlandish characters and artists!
Program 1 Trash
The Tongueling Elli Vuorinen 4’ 2010 Finland
Kuhina Joni Männistö 8’ 2011 Finland
The Tale of Little Puppetboy Johannes Nyholm 18’ 2008 Sweden
Jatkoaika Tatu Pohjavirta, Marc Stahle 10’ 2008 Finland
Moms on Fire Joanna Rytel 13’ 2016 Sweden
Wormhole L. Rapeli, E. Vuorinen, S. Kukkonen, T. Juutilainen, L. Järvenpää, J. Männistö, C. Lindström, A. Laakso
13’ 2016 Finland
Program 2
Animal Tatu Pohjavinta 28’ 2005 Finland
Ilo Irti Ami Lindholm 6’ 2006 Finland
Bath House Niki Lindroth von Bahr 14’ 2014 Sweden
Las Palmas Johannes Nyholm 13’ 2011 Sweden
No time for Toes Kari Pieskä 8’ 2013 Finland
Program 3
The Idol Sanna Vilmusenaho 4’ 2008 Finland
Tsunami Sofie Kampmark 7’ 2015 Denmark
Death in the Yellow House Anna Virtanen 5’ 2008 Finland
They Came for Supper Antti Laakso 7’ 2006 Finland
Safari Heat Antti Laakso, Simo Ruotsalainen 6’ 2014 Finland
Benigni E. Vuorinen, P. Partanen, J. Ottelin 8’ 2009 Finland
The Burden Niki Lindroth von Bahr 14’ 2017 Sweden
Program 4
The Moustache Anni Oja 3’ 2015 Finland
The Egg Race Kaisa Penttilä 9’ 2010 Finland
Nightshift Samppa Kukkonen, Sara Wahl, Simo Koivunen 6’ 2004 Finland
The Marathon Diary Hanne Berkaak 8’ 2015 Norway
Pig me Mette Rank Tange 7’ 2009 Denmark
Shadow play Sanna Vilmusenaho 4’ 2007 Finland
Piirongin Piiloissa Sanni Lahtinen 7’ 2011 Finland
Treevil A. Salminen, C. Lindström, A. Ovaskainen 6’ 2002 Finland
I am round Mario Adamson 14’ 2011 Sweden
The Last Elephant Antti Laakso 9’ 2008 Finland
Program 3 years old
Rita et Crocodile Siri Melchior 40’ 2018 Denmark
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Gleaners and Collectors of FilmsIn partnership with the Musée des beaux-arts d’Angers, on the occasion of the exhibition Collectionneurs, le désir inachevéIn attendance of Agnès Varda, Jacques Richard, Jean Douchet, Marin Karmitz, Serge Bromberg, Éric Le Roy, Dominique Païni and Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux
Round Table: Gleaners and Collectors of FilmsWith :Marin Karmitz, producer, distributor, cinema exhibitor and collector of contemporary art and photography,Serge Bromberg, artistic director of Lobster Films,Éric Leroy, director of the French Film Archive - CNC,Dominique Païni, exhibition curator, film critic and theorist. Chaired by Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux, Professor at the University of Angers, Director of the Structure Fédéra-tive de Recherches Confluences.Tuesday 16 January – 10:30 a.m. – Centre de Congrès,Salle Gan
Features
Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse (The Gleaners and I) Agnès Varda 82’ 2000 France
Henri Langlois : Phantom of the Cinematheque Jacques Richard 210’ 2004 France
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Lisa Immordino Vreeland 97’ 2015 United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Restless Child F. Hagege, G. Namur, V. Haasser
85’ 2017 France
Programme of rare first films collated by Eric Le Roy, head of the “accès, valorisation et enrichissement des collections” department of the Archives françaises du filmJeunes en montagne (1940, 25’). First film by Georges Régnier produced by LATAC, the first film school, pre-dating IDHEC.Surprise Film. Unscreened.Images de Paris (1945, 3’). Unscreened schots by Yannick Bellon of Paris before his first film Goémons.Le Médaillon (date unknown, 8’). Unscreened first film by Nico Papatakis made at the IDHEC.Crazéologie (1954, 6’). Louis Malle’s very first film, directed at the IDHEC. La Sorcière (1958, 7’). Andrej Zulawski very first film, directed at the IDHEC.
Cine-performance by Serge Bromberg «Retour de flamme» :Short films restored by Lobster Films
A Trip Down Market Street Miles Brothers 5’ 1906 United States
San Francisco après la catastrophe 2’ 1906 France
Métamorphoses du papillon Gaston Velle 1’ 1904 France
The Acrobatic Fly Percy Smith 2’ 1908 United Kingdom
La Peine du talion Gaston Velle and Albert Capellani 4’ 1906 France
Flirt en chemin de fer 1’ 1902 France
Après le bal Georges Méliès 1’ 1897 France
Gwalior, ville de l’Inde anglais 5’ 1909 France
Kiriki, acrobates japonais Segundo De Chomon 3’ 1907 France
Ach wie so trügerisch Alfred Duskes 3’ 1908 Germany
Balloonland Ub Iwerks 7’ 1935 United States
The Battle of the Century Clyde Bruckman 17’ 1928 United States
Le Voyage dans la lune Georges Méliès 13’ 1902 France
Gertie, the Trained Dinosaur Winsor McCay 8’ 1914 United StatesTuesday 16 January - 20:15 p.m. – Grand Théâtre
Documentaries relating to the figure of the collector
Marchand d’art - Ernst Beyeler Philippe Piquet
Voyage dans ma collection, Antoine de Galbert Alyssa VerbizhWednesday 17 January – 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. – Auditorium of the Musée des beaux-arts
Exhibition Collectionneurs, le désir inachevé at the Musée des beaux-artsFree entry for holders of the Pass Premiers Plans during the whole of the Festival.
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CONFERENCE, ROUND TABLES AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
The cinema experienceConference organised with the support of the CNC, Créative Europe/MEDIA and Europa Cinémas.
The birth of a film is marked by its first public screening. The 35 spectators at the Grand Café were, along with the Lumière brothers, cofounders of the art of cinema. 122 years later, audiences worldwide are in their billions, there is an increasing amount of film productions on all continents and 27 screens are opened each day!
It is this unfailing link that we want to examine, exploring the experience in the cinema theatre at the heart of the Festival which, for the past 30 years, gives the same opportunities to all the films, that of a collective rendez-vous and the big screen. It enables thousands of young audiences to make the twofold discovery of the cinema theatre and the films of tomorrow.
All spectators can remember films and the theatres where they discovered them, and these memories are maintained all the better as they are accompanied by sensations related to their environment. Seeing a film in a theatre is an unforgettable physical, social and emotional experience. A marking moment since it is shared, enriched by the presence of those others, known or anonymous, who have come to the same place at the same time.
Seeing a film in a theatre, means measuring up to a sound and an image which is bigger than we are, looking upwards, to paraphrase Godard. It means immersion in an invented world, constructed and recorded by artists and technicians who have also created collectively and over a long period. How can you feel the dizziness of 2001: A Space Odyssey, appreciate Bergman’s silences, listen to the tumult of Apocalypse Now without the magic conjured up by the big screen and the sound design of a cinema theatre?
It is the very nature and the future of cinematographic expression which will be under debate. .At a time of a profusion of images and an increase in their distribution channels, it is increasingly essential not to deprive future generations of this cinema experience which has so generously been offered for more than a century. And above all, not to allow to dwindle an art and its artists who express so powerfully on the big screen the imagination and torments of our contemporary lives.
For this exploration, we will use contributions from spectators themselves, particularly young audience members who will be experiencing the cinema theatre for 10 days during Premiers Plans, and who will become or not avid fans of the big screen. Researchers will explore with us the relationship which unites people around the same experience of the film, the theatre and the audience. We will invite European exhibitors to describe the initiatives they are taking, the investments they are making to invent the cinema theatre of tomorrow and develop actions for young audiences. We will ask administrations and professionals to commit to development avenues for the various media for cinematographic distribution to satisfy the needs of an audience which is increasingly solicited, connected and demanding.Friday 19 January – Centre de Congrès
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EXCHANGES WITH...China at Premiers PlansCarte blanche to the Beijing Academy of Dramatic ArtsWith Xu Feng, film teacher, and directorsSelection of school films made by student from the prestigious school created in 1949.Thursday 18 January – Les 400 coups – 19.45 / Friday 19 January – Espace culturel – 10.00
Screening, following by a discussion with Xu Feng and Serge Le PéronA documentary by Serge Le Péron using film clips and interviews with directors he explores the history of Chinese cinema.
Le Réveil des ombres, une histoire du nouveau cinéma chinois Serge Le Péron 60’ 2016Thursday 18 January - Espace Culturel – 10.00
Discussion with Ma Defan, costume designerModerated by Nicole Foucher, specialist of cinema costumes. With her presence in Angers, on the invitation of the Institut Confucius to present her work on calligraphy, Ma Defan will show us her work as a costume designer. Trained at the prestigious Fine Arts Academy of Tsinghua University in Beijing, Ma Defan is a costume designer for television and cinema. She has worked with leading Chinese directors, including Zhang Yimou. Ma Defan has dressed leading actresses and actors such as Gong Li among others. Wednesday17 January – Espace culturel – 10.00In partnership with the Beijing Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Institut Confucius des Pays de la Loire
Austin at Premiers PlansCarte blanche for the Austin Film Society (Austin, Texas)With John Pierson and Holly HerrickProducer and author John Pierson will present and discuss three game-changing independent films that he launched in the late 80s and early 1990s: Spike Lee’s Nola Darling, Kevin Smith’s Clerks and Richard Linklater’s Slacker. Pier-son was a major player of the American independent film scene in the 80s and 90s and the author of the essential chronicle of that era, the book «Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes». The films will be presented alongside segments from Pierson’s television series about independent film that aired from 1997-2000, Split Screen. Pierson will also present and discuss Boyhood, a recent Richard Linklater film. The program is co-presented by Austin Film Society, Premiers Plans American partner.
Clerks Kevin Smith 92’ 1994
Slacker Richard Linklater 102’ 1993
She’s Gotta Have It Spike Lee 90’ 1987
Correspondence ProjectThe Correspondence Project is a laboratory for exchanges and experiments on the moving image and sound crea-tion. Each video made as part of this series is the fruit of a meeting between two artists, one from sound the other form visuals, who have not met before, but who work together artistically for the time of a correspondence.
19.00: Screening of a programme of videos made between 2016 and 2017 as part of a sound an image corres-pondence between 40 artists from the city of Austin and 20 artists from the city of Angers. 20.00: Concert by Austinite artist Douglas Fergusson, participant in the Correspondence Project and Coordinator in AustinTuesday16 January – Espace culturel
Videos from elsewhereLive from the Austin Music Video FestivalIn partnership with the Austin Film Society and with the support of Austin Angers Creative, the University of Angers and Angers English-Language Library
Algiers at Premiers Plans4th Algiers Documentary LaboratoryWith Xavier Liébard and directorsFor the 4th year running, 12 Algerian professionals will have the challenge of making 3 cinema documentaries in 20 days. A race against time, requiring coordination and efficiency. The documentary laboratory training initiated by the Institut Français d’Alger has enabled around 40 sound, image and directing professionals to work together for the first time in the documentary genre.
Birds Louisa Beskri 13’
Nice, Very Nice Zidani El Kheyer 16’
Dr Fatma Narcisse Youmbi 13’3 small sound forms and a photographic series will be presented.Wednesday 17 January – Les 400 coups – 19.45 / Friday 19 January – Espace culturel – 14.00In partnership with the Institut Français d’Alger and Dzaïr TV
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PRACTICAL INFORMATIONSPricesFull price: €7.50 per seatReduced price: €5 per seat6 seats and more: €4.80 per seatOpening screening or awards ceremony: €10 – limited number of seatsPass Festival: €65 (+ catalogue + small poster)Pass Festival reduced price*: €47 € (+ catalogue + small poster)Catalogue: €7Small poster (40x60cm): €3Large poster (120x176cm): €10* 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 elder-ly people – Carte Czam and Carte Loisirs (for seats only).ID photo required for all passesAll passes give access to the Irigo network during the duration of the Festival.
Where to buy and collect the tickets and passes before the Festival?On the Festival site : www.premiersplans.org // Form to be downloaded and returned before 6 january to Premiers Plans, 9 rue Claveau BP 82214, 49022 Angers cedex 02 or to be given to Les Cinémas Les 400 Coups.At Les Cinémas Les 400 CoupsFrom Monday 18 to Friday 22 December from 13.00 to 18.00, then from Thursday 4 to Tuesday 9 January from 13.00 to 18.00 (closed on Sundays)At the Office de Tourisme d’Angers (closed 25 December and 1 January)From Monday 18 December to Sunday 21 January, from 10.00 to 17.30 except Tuesday: opening at 13.30 and closed on Sunday from 13.00) – only for seats at €7.50 / €5 / €4.80 (book of 6 place and more)/At the Centre de CongrèsMonday 11 January, from 11.00 to 18.00 - Further information: [email protected] - 02 41 88 77 11
Where to buy the tickets and passes during the Festival?At the Centre de CongrèsFrom Friday 12 to Sunday 21 January – from 9.30 to 20.00 and 21.30 to 22.00At the Office de Tourisme d’AngersFrom Friday 12 to Sunday 21 January, from 10.00 to 17.30 (except Tuesday: opening at 13.30 and closing Sunday at 13.00) - only for seats at €7.50 / €5 / €4.80 (book of 6 place and more)At the Centre de CongrèsMonday 11 January, from 11.00 to 18.00 - Further information: [email protected] - 02 41 88 77 11 - only for seats at €7.50 / €5 / €4.80 (book of 6 place and more)/Au Grand Théâtre d’Angers, aux Cinémas Les 400 coups et au Gaumont MultiplexeFrom Sunday 13 January, at screening times. The ticket office will open 30 minutes before the screeningPasses and seats for the opening and awards ceremonies of the Festival are only available at the Centre de Congrès.
When can the Festival documents be obtained?Day by day detailed screening schedule: from Thursday 4 January at www.premiersplans.org then from cinemas in Angers and in public placesPosters: From Monday 18 December at the 400 CoupsCatalogue: from Friday 12 January at the Centre de Congrès.
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