11/11/2021 - Deadline on 26 November for the 2022 call for projects for the successful residential writing coaching scheme for French-speaking scriptwriters and filmmakers

A Tale of Love and Desire [+see also:
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film profile] by Leyla Bouzid and Skies of Lebano [+see also:
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film profile]n by Chloé Mazlo (Critics' Week 2021 and 2020), Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness [+see also:
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interview: Massoud Bakhshi
film profile] by Massoud Bakhshi (winner at Sundance 2020), Akelarre [+see also:
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interview: Pablo Agüero
film profile] by Pablo Agüero (most awarded film at the Spanish Goya and ranked 3rd worldwide on Netflix in March 2021), The Room [+see also:
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interview: Christian Volckman
film profile] by Christian Volckman (record audience on Shudder), but also Beasts [+see also:
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film profile] by Naël Marandin, Cuties [+see also:
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interview: Maïmouna Doucouré
film profile] by Maïmouna Doucouré, Divines [+see also:
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interview: Houda Benyamina
film profile] by Houda Benyamina or the next films by Lukas Dhont, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Delphine Deloget, Eve Duchemin, Alanté Kavaïté: the business card of the Groupe Ouest Annual Selection looks very good (read the article on the class of 2021).

Each year, the Breton writing coaching scheme supports eight fiction projects (live action and animation) by French-speaking scriptwriters and filmmakers. For the lucky ones, four collective work sessions in residence by the sea in Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages (Finistère) are on the menu from April to December.

But there is a big change this year: the programme, which was previously reserved for first, second and third feature films, is now open to all authors. A change that Charlotte Le Vallégan (who runs the West group with Antoine Le Bos) explained to us: "The Groupe Ouest has existed for 15 years now. At the beginning, it was a question of setting up a particular approach and through successive experiments and iterations, we have matured our profession and our support for authors. We believe that this logic of mutual aid based on how authors, within a collective, can finally take their respective projects to the next level, is not necessarily only reserved for emergence. This is why we wanted to open the door to filmmakers who have more than three feature films to their credit so that, if they so wish, they can come and take part in this type of experience."

The call for projects for the 2022 Annual Selection is open until 26 November 2021. Professionals wishing to learn more can register here for a Zoom presentation of the scheme and a Q&A session on Wednesday 17 November at 17:00.

(Translated from French by Manuela Lazic)