The 11th Francophone Film Festival begins in Athens, Greece this Thursday (April 15, 2010) and I couldn't agree more with the decision to celebrate opening night with the Greek premiere of Joann Sfar's Gainsbourg (vie héroïque). See the film's trailer with Greek subtitles below.
(via Dailymotion)
There will be a number of celebrities in attendance over the 10 days of French film premieres throughout the Greek capital including Festival Patron Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jane Birkin, Jacques Perrin, Stephane Bern, Daphne Roulier, Antoine de Caunes, Francois-Xavier Demaison, Tania Bruna-Rosso, Grégoire Vigneron, and Riad Sattouf. Additionally, there will be a special tribute to Éric Rohmer which will feature screenings of Le Signe du Lion, La Collectionneuse (The Collector), Les Nuits de la pleine lune (Full Moon in Paris), Le Rayon vert (Summer), and Triple Agent.
The selection of films screening at this year's festival include:
- Feature Films:
- - Au Voleur
- - Wolf
- - 22 Bullets
- - Ashes & Blood
- - Bel âge
- - Coco Before Chanel
- - Complices
- - Demain des l'aube
- - Fais-moi Plaisir!
- - Gainsbourg: Je t'aime...Moi non plus
- - Goodbye Gary Cooper
- - Happy End
- - He's My Girl
- - Hidden Diary
- - Immaculate
- - LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
- - La Famille Wolberg
- - Le our où Dieu est parti en voyage
- - Leaving
- - Mademoiselle Chambon
- - Making Plans for Lena
- - Océans
- - One
- - Panique au village
- - Persecution
- - Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront
- - Rapt
- - Round da way
- - Skirt day
- - Someone I Loved
- - The Army of Crime
- - The French Kissers
- - The High Life
- - The Invisible Woman
- - The Queen of Clubs
- - The Refuge
- - Yuki et Nina
- Tribute to Éric Rohmer:
- - Full Moon in Paris
- - The Collector
- - The Green Ray / Summer
- - The Sign of Leo
- - Triple Agent
- Carte blanche and Public Presentation:
- - Callas Forever
- - FALBALAS
- - Fauteuils d'orchestre
- - Mariscos Beach
(via UniFrance on YouTube)
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