01/09/2020 - The 46th Deauville American Cinema Festival, which will take place from 4 to 13 September, will present several French works, including eight labelled by the Cannes Official Selection

Exceptional circumstances require exceptional programming. On the occasion of its 46th edition, which will take place from 4 to 13 September, and as a sign of solidarity in the context of the health crisis, the Deauville Film Festival, usually dedicated to American productions, has decided to invite the Cannes Film Festival, which will present nine feature films labelled by its 2020 Official Selection.

Amongst them are DNA [+see also:
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film profile] by Charlène Favier (which will be released on 4 November by Jour2Fête and which will receive the Ornano-Valenti prize in Deauville, to reward a French debut feature in order to help its gaining recognition, its promotion and its exportation), A Good Man [+see also:
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The showcase of films labelled by the Cannes Official Selection also includes the majority French production Home Front [+see also:
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Also of note, and closing the Deauville Film Festival (which will project close to 70 American films in total), is the world premiere of another French film: How I Became a Super Hero [+see also:
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French production will also be highlighted in the young audience programme, organised in partnership with the Annecy festival, with Calamity: a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary [+see also:
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On the premiere menu, several French co-productions also appear, such as the English-language film The Sound of Philadelphia [+see also:
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film profile] by Venezuelan filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz (starring Jesse Eisenberg, Clémence Poésy, Félix Moati and Matthias Schweighöfer) and The Professor and the Madman [+see also:
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In the Uncle Sam’s Documentaries section, the French features Kubrick by Kubrick [+see also:
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Lastly, Barbet Schroeder will give a masterclass, Vanessa Paradis will chair the competition jury (which will also include, amongst others, Zita Hanrot, Mounia Meddour, Sylvie Pialat, Vincent Lacoste, Bruno Podalydès and Yann Gonzalez and rapper Oxmo Puccino) while director Rebecca Zlotowski will head the Revelation jury (comprised also of Luàna Bajrami, Mya Bollaers, Antoine Reinartz and Arnaud Rebotini).

(Translated from French by Manuela Lazic)