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PREMIERS PLANS FESTIVAL : 22nd EDITION Since 1989, the Premiers Plans Film Festival takes place each year in the city of Angers, France. In 2009 its competitive sections, programs and other events attracted some 65 000 filmgoers who discussed and shared their passion of cinema with young European directors and other professionals. Through the years, the Festival has become a major meeting of European cinematographic creation, as numerous directors such as Fatih Akin, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Joachim Lafosse, Matteo Garrone, Arnaud Desplechin, Xavier Beauvois, Nick Park, Cristi Puiu, Paolo Sorrentino and Thomas Vinterberg were originally discovered in Angers with the screening of their first films. Each year, the Official Selection presents a hundred of European first films divided in five competitive sections: European first feature films, European first short films, French first short films, student films, and European animated films, as well as two out of competition sections: free style and “next shot”. The official jury and the public award the laureates with 200 000 euros in prize. Premiers Plans has two major characteristics: it enables the meeting between the public and filmmakers from one generation, and also gives the opportunity to discover or rediscover masterpieces of European cinema on screen through retrospectives highly appreciated and attended by journalists and professionals. The program of the 22nd edition of the Festival features five major retrospectives: - Jean-Pierre Melville and his legacy - Fear in cinema - Tribute to Guillaume Depardieu - Karel Zeman - Cinema schools in Turkey (next pages : lists of films subject to be changed)
As well as other events: - Public readings of first scripts from feature and short films - Lessons, workshops, professional meetings... - Sneak preview - Director’s forum: film crews meet the public after screenings - Program of short films by Pierre-Luc Granjon - « Nouvelles Images en Région » program - Readings of cinematographic short stories - Silent film concerts : The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by the Zenzile, a band of Angers, with Le Chabada Retour de flamme by Serge Bromberg, with Le Quai – Forum des arts vivants
Public reading of script by Julie Gayet
Lesson by Nanni Moretti
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JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE AND HIS LEGACY Premiers Plans pays tribute to French director Jean-Pierre Melville. Fond of the American Dream, he created his own universe and style and became himself an inspiring model for many current filmmakers. Thereby, his 14 films will be shown as well as the ones of his « heirs » : from Martin Scorsese to Aki Kaurismäki, Johnny To, Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch… FULL WORK OF JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un clown Le Silence de la mer The Strange Ones (Les Enfants terribles) When You Read This Letter (Les Quand tu liras cette lettre) Bob the Gambler (Bob le flambeur) Two Men in Manhattan (Deux hommes dans Manhattan) Leon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre) Doulos: The Finger Man (Le Doulos) Magnet of Doom (L'Aîné des Ferchaux) Second Breath (Le Deuxième souffle) The Samourai (Le Samouraï) Army in the Shaddow (L'Armée des ombres) The Red Circle (Le Cercle rouge) Dirty Money (Un flic)
18' 88' 105' 104' 98' 84' 114' 108' 102' 144' 105' 136' 140' 98'
1945 1949 1950 1953 1955 1959 1961 1962 1963 1966 1967 1969 1970 1972
JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE : HIS LEGACY Breathless (A bout de souffle) I Hired A Contract Killer King Of New-York Reservoir Dogs Sonatine Ghost Dog : The Way Of Samourai The Mission (Cheung fo) The Departed
90' 79' 100’ 99' 94’ 116' 81' 151'
1959 1990 1990 1992 1993 1999 1999 2006
Second Breath
Jean-Luc Godard Aki Kaurismäki Abel Ferrara Quentin Tarantino Takeshi Kitano Jim Jarmusch Johnny To Martin Scorsese
The Mission
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FEAR IN CINEMA From fear to terror, shiver and anxiety, 23 films to explore how fear has been represented cinema. Nosferatu (Eine Symphonie des Grauens) Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau 72’ Les Diaboliques Henri-George Clouzot 115’ Dracula Terence Fisher 87’ Peeping Tom Michael Powell 101’ Psycho Alfred Hitchcock 109’ Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage) George Franju 88’ Revenge of the Vampire Mario Bava 85’ (Le Maschero del demonio) Le Locataire Roman Polanski 125’ Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah 113’ The Spirit of the Beehive Victor Erice 98’ (El Espiritu de la colmena) Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) Dario Argento 101’ Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton 105’ Thesis (Tesis) Alejandro Amenabar 130’ The Kingdom (Riget) Lars Von Trier 571’ Harry, He's Here to Help Dominique Moll 117’ (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) The Devil Blackbone (L’Echine du diable) Guillermo del Toro 107’ I’m not scared (Io non ho paura) Gabriele Salvatores 102’ Shaun of the dead Edgar Wright 99’ Nocturna V. Maldonado / A. Garcia 80’ [Rec] P. Plaza / J. Balagueró 80’ Fear(s) of the Dark (Peur(s) du noir) Blutch / C. Burns / M. Caillou 85’ P. di Sciullo / R. McGuire / L. Mattoti Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson 114’ (Låt den rätte komma in)
and felt in 1922 1955 1959 1960 1960 1960 1961 1976 1971 1974 1975 1991 1996 1997 2000 2001 2005 2005 2007 2007 2008 2009
NOT SCARED ! : short films program for children from 6 years old Frankenstein circus A noite La Saint Festin What’s Next Karu Tuleb !
Jacques Remy-Girerd Régina Pessoa A-L Daffis / L. Marchand A. Flückiger / C. Röthlin J. Cimermanis
9’ 6’ 15’ 4’ 16’
1986 1999 2007 2007 2008
Les Diaboliques
[Rec]
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TRIBUTE TO GUILLAUME DEPARDIEU Back to a selection of memorable films part of the actor’s career, gone in October 2008. All the Mornings of the World Alain Corneau 114’ (Tous les matins du monde) Wild Target (Cible émouvante) Pierre Salvadori 87’ Les Apprentis Pierre Salvadori 95’ Pola X Leos Carax 135’ A Loving Father (Aime ton père) Jacob Berger 100’ Don't Touch the Axe Jacques Rivette 137’ (Ne touchez pas la hache) Versailles Pierre Schoeller 113’ On War (De la Guerre) Bertrand Bonello 130’ Château en Suède Josée Dayan 105’
1991 1993 1995 1999 2000 2007 2008 2008 2008
Versailles
Pola X
KAREL ZEMAN A selection of short and feature films by the great Czech animated film director. FEATURE FILMS Journey to Prehistory (Cesta do praveku) A Deadly Invention (Vynález zkázy) Sindbad the Sailor (Dobrodruzstvi namornika Sindibada)
93’ 87’ 65’
1955 1958 1974
SHORT FILMS The Christmas Dream (Vanocni sen) A Horseshoe For Luck (Podkova pro stestí) Krecek Mr. Prokouk Filmmaker (Pan Prokouk filmuje) Inspiration (Inspirace)
11’ 10’ 9’ 8’ 12’
1945 1946 1946 1948 1948
CINEMA SCHOOLS IN TURKEY Three programs of films made in cinema schools in Turkey. Event organized as part of the Turkey Season in France (July 2009 - March 2010) www.saisondelaturquie.fr
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