It is a coincidence in time and a sign that speaks volumes about the quality of the Breton programme: having gone through Le Groupe Ouest’s Annual Selection with Close [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Eden Dambrine
intervista: Lukas Dhont
intervista: Lukas Dhont
scheda film] in 2020, Lukas Dhont’s film — winner of the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival — is released in French cinemas on Tuesday 1 November and in Belgium the following day. 

Every year, the writing coaching scheme of Le Groupe Ouest (headed by Charlotte Le Vallégan and Antoine Le Bos) selects eight fiction projects (live action or animation), carried by French-speaking screenwriters and filmmakers. The select few will participate in four collective work sessions between April and December, in residency on the seaside in Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages (Finistere), under the supervision of screenwriter-consultants.

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Participating projects from previous editions (read our article about the 2022 promotion) include South Sentinel [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mathieu Gérault
scheda film] by Mathieu Gérault, three debut features well-received at the Critics’ Week in Cannes in 2021 and 2020 (A Tale of Love and Desire [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Leyla Bouzid, Skies of Lebanon [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Chloé Mazlo, and Beasts [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Naël Marandin), Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Massoud Bakhshi
scheda film] by Massoud Bakhshi (awarded at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival), not to mention Cuties [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Maïmouna Doucouré
scheda film] by Maïmouna Doucouré, Divines [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Houda Benyamina
scheda film] by Houda Benyamina, My Life as a Courgette [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claude Barras
scheda film] by Claude Barras, Sunset [+leggi anche:
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intervista: László Nemes
scheda film] by László Nemes, as well as upcoming films from Elie Grape, Rachid Djaïdani, Daouda Coulibaly, Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, Delphine Deloget, Alanté Kavaïté and Jonathan Millet.

The call for projects for the 2023 Annual Selection (click here) is open until 23 November 2022.