Costa-Gavras will participate in Colcoa 2019

The change of date of the French film festival Colcoa will surprise the regulars. Traditionally in April, the 23rd edition was staggered in September for "Technical reasons". "The Directors Guild of America was under renovation for six monthscomments François Truffart, the director of the festival. And we had the will to test Colcoa on a different period: the beginning of the season of film prices. This gives us the opportunity to present recent films from the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. "

From Monday, September 23 to Saturday, September 28, "City of Lights City of Angels" will screen about fifty films, TV series and short films, to represent the diversity of French creation. "We are offering an extremely high experimental line-up, with recent films expected in September." There will be many American premieres, including the opening film "Les Misérables" by Ladj Ly, "A social thriller that made a lot of noise in Cannes, from Michael Mann to the French".

French expatriates and Americans will also discover in preview "Les Éblouis" directed by Sarah Suco, the animated film "I lost my body" ("I lost my body") by Jérémy Clapin, "Adults in The Room "of Costa-Gavras (which will be present in Los Angeles) or" Room 212 "of Christophe Honoré. For François Truffart, "Colcoa is confirmed as an exclusive platform for French cinema and television."

After dedicating the previous edition to the role of women, the 2019 programming puts into perspective "The condition of women in society". "There are two documentaries that answer this question:" Woman "by Yann Arthus-Bertrand or" Haut les filles "by François Armanet, which deals with feminism through singers, from the 60s to the present day"François Truffart, who selected the films with the help of a programming consultancy committee.

He also wanted to improve the female representation: 40% of the films were made by women directors. "We are one of the only film festivals to make this particular effort, knowing that this rate does not represent the reality of the medium." There are first films and series of women, such as "Papicha" Mounia Meddour, which tells the story of an 18-year-old student passionate about fashion, who sells his creations in a nightclub "papichas" , pretty young girls from Algiers.

For the first time, Colcoa collaborates with Amazon Studio (for the opening film in particular) and Netflix. A radical change, the relations being until now strained between the streaming giants and the festivals, particularly in France. Regarding the format, three competitions will punctuate the festival: cinema, television and short films.

For a little less than a week, spectators will be able to discover the much awaited films like "Amanda" by Mikhaël Hers, "One of this year's most touching movies", "Real Love" ("That's it love") Claire Burger, "Happy Birthday" ("Family Day") Cédric Kahn, "Edmond" ("Cyrano my love"), an adaptation of the piece on Cyrano de Bergerac's writing by Alexis Michalik, or "Pupilles" by Jeanne Herry, "A masterful film about adoption".

Always related to the news, Colcoa had to pay homage to the big names disappeared. The film "Cleo 5 to 7", directed by Agnès Varda with an original soundtrack by Michel Legrand, will be screened in a restored version as part of the "classic" selection. The film that will close the festival, as well as the focus on a director and a composer, will be announced later.