Angers European First Film Festival
 Official logo | |
| Location | Angers, France |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Directors | Claude-Eric Poiroux |
| Language | International |
| Website | https://www.premiersplans.org/festival/en/ |
The Angers European First Film Festival (French: Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers) is an annual film festival held in the city of Angers, France every January since 1989, dedicated to European cinema.[1]
History
[edit]The first edition of this festival took place in 1989 at the initiative of its current delegate general Claude-Eric Poiroux, founder of the art house cinema Les 400 coups in Angers, and of a group of moviegoers.[2][3]
Since 2011, the festival collaborates with the Beijing First Film Festival.[4]
In 2013, it attracted nearly 70,000 festival-goers.[5][6] By 2014, over 2200 films were submitted annually, more than 300 were selected for different sections.[7] In 2016, admissions were estimated to be more than 76,000 and more than 150,000 euros in prizes awarded to films selected by juries or spectators.[8][9]
Jury Presidents
[edit]Over the years, seminal figures in the world of cinematography have chaired the jury:[10]
- 1989 : Theo Angelopoulos
- 1990 : Henri Alekan
- 1991 : Vojtěch Jasný
- 1992 : André Téchiné
- 1993 : Jane Birkin
- 1994 : Andrzej Żuławski
- 1995 : Bertrand Tavernier
- 1996 : Freddy Buache
- 1997 : Agnieszka Holland
- 1998 : Claude Chabrol
- 1999 : Lucian Pintilie
- 2000 : Agnès Varda
- 2001 : Pavel Lungin
- 2002 : Nathalie Baye
- 2003 : Jeanne Moreau[11]
- 2004 : Benoît Jacquot
- 2005 : Jacqueline Bisset and Claude Miller
- 2006 : Radu Mihaileanu
- 2007 : Abderrahmane Sissako
- 2008 : Sandrine Bonnaire
- 2009 : Claire Denis and Raoul Servais
- 2010 : Lucas Belvaux and Matthias Luthardt
- 2011 : Robert Guédiguian and Tonie Marshall
- 2012 : Christophe Honoré and Mathieu Demy
- 2013 : Noémie Lvovsky and Fabienne Godet[5][12]
- 2014 : Catherine Corsini
- 2015 : Laurent Cantet and Jiri Barta
- 2017 : Lambert Wilson
- 2018 : Catherine Deneuve
- 2019 : Cédric Kahn and Michael Dudok de Wit
- 2020 : Juliette Binoche and Claude Barras
- 2021 : Pierre Salvadori[13]
- 2022 : Melvil Poupaud[14]
- 2023
- 2024 : Robin Campillo[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers, retrieved 17 June 2021
- ^ Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers, retrieved 17 June 2021
- ^ La passion du cinéma made in Angers, 2014-01-27, retrieved 2021-06-17
- ^ Premiers Plans, premiers pas en Chine, 2011-11-02, retrieved 2021-06-17
- ^ a b A propos du festival, retrieved 2014-01-28
- ^ 70,000 visitors to the 25th Angers First Film Festival, 2013-01-29, retrieved 17 June 2021
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (2014-01-16). "Claude-Eric Poiroux • Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ Angers Le festival Premiers Plans bat des records, 2016-01-31
- ^ Le 22 janvier Festival Premiers plans, 2016
- ^ Press release for the 27th festival in 2015 (PDF), 2014-09-15.
- ^ Présentation du festival Premiers plans (PDF), 2013-10-11
- ^ Marie-Noëlle Tranchant (2013-01-25), Premiers plans d'Angers : 25 ans de découvertes
- ^ Premiers plans. Comment le festival de cinéma d’Angers va s'organiser en plein Covid-19, 2020-12-17
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (2022-01-21). "It's home from home for young European talent at the Premiers Plans". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (2024-01-19). "New European talents showcased at Premiers Plans". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Premiers Angers at the Internet Movie Database
- Premies Angers at FestAgent