Two weeks away from the unveiling of the Official Selection of the 75th Venice Film Festival (28 August-8 September 2018) on Wednesday 25 July, rumours are flying around Paris concerning the identities of the French films that are possible candidates for a place in competition on the Lido. According to various sources, By the Grace of God [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: François Ozon
scheda film] by François Ozon (see the article) is almost certain to be participating in the hunt for the Golden Lion, a trophy that he has previously set his sights on on three separate occasions (with 5x2 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] in 2004, Potiche [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: François Ozon
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Another title that could potentially be selected is The Sisters Brothers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jacques Audiard
scheda film] by Jacques Audiard (starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C Reilly and Jake Gyllenhaal), which would stand as a testament to the lobbying power of Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera, as the film’s producers initially envisaged a Toronto-San Sebastián double strike. If this theory turns out to be true, it would be the filmmaker’s first appearance on the Lido after taking part in the Cannes competition four times (in 2015 with the Palme d’Or for Dheepan [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: Jacques Audiard
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intervista: Jacques Audiard
intervista: Jacques Audiard e Tahar Ra…
scheda film], in 1996 with the Best Screenplay Award for Un héros très discret, and in 2012 with Rust & Bone [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jacques Audiard
intervista: Jacques Audiard
scheda film]) and once in the Berlinale competition (in 2005 with The Beat That My Heart Skipped [+leggi anche:
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scheda film]).

With Non Fiction [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Olivier Assayas
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intervista: Olivier Assayas
scheda film] and kicking off his career in the Critics’ Week in 1986 with Disorder. As a reminder, the director has taken part in the Cannes competition five times (with Les Destinées sentimentales in 2000, Demonlover [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] in 2004, winning the Best Actress Award into the bargain, Clouds of Sils Maria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Charles Gillibert
intervista: Olivier Assayas
scheda film] in 2014 and Personal Shopper [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Artemio Benki
intervista: Olivier Assayas
scheda film], which earned him the Best Director Award in 2016).

Nevertheless, with Barbera still engrossed in viewing the films by several directors hoping for a place under the Venice sun, the die is far from being cast yet, and the titles possibly still lying in ambush include Mademoiselle de Joncquières [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuel Mouret
scheda film] by Emmanuel Mouret and An Impossible Love [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Catherine Corsini. Furthermore, a major surprise involving a young French filmmaker being catapulted into the competition (much like Xavier Legrand was last year with Custody [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Legrand
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intervista: Claire Denis
scheda film] is actually angling for a North American world premiere. Lastly, a thick veil of mystery shrouds Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Abdellatif Kechiche, as the relationship between the director and Pathé is one of the key components of the film’s fairly hard-to-read international launch strategy.

Worth noting among the French titles that could still win a place in the various different Venice sections are Real Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Burger
scheda film] by Claire Burger (Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 2014 with Party Girl [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marie Amachoukeli, Claire …
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intervista: Elsa Amiel
scheda film] by Elsa Amiel and Jessica Forever [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Jonathan Vinel and Caroline Poggi, unless the 71st Locarno Film Festival (1-11 August), which is due to unveil its selection tomorrow, has made a last-minute takeover bid. To be continued…