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Crime films bear their claws in Beaune

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- Enrique Urbizu, James Marsh, Morten Tyldum, Stefano Sollima, and Cédric Jimenez are in the line-up at Burgundy’s crime film festival.

The mood will be tense tomorrow in Beaune, as cinema screens light up for the town’s fourth International Crime Film Festival. Among the nine films in competition until April 1 is No Rest for the Wicked [+see also:
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by Spanish director Enrique Urbizu, who recently won six Goya awards for the film, including Best Film and Best Director.

Also in the race are the excellent Shadow Dancer [+see also:
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by British director James Marsh (discovered out of competition in Berlin – read the review), Kill List [+see also:
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by fellow Brit Ben Wheatley (watch the interview), and Headhunters [+see also:
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by Norwegian director Morten Tyldum, a German co-production unveiled in Locarno, that went to Toronto and is doing extremely well in Scandinavia, and for which Summit has acquired the rights for a remake. French co-production Headshot by Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang will also be in competition.

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In the New Blood section of the competition, the films that stand out are: A.C.A.B.: All Cops Are Bastards [+see also:
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by the Italian Stefano Sollima (read the article), the Irish production Behold The Lamb by John McIlduff, and Paris Under Watch [+see also:
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by French director Cédric Jimenez (article).

American film Contreband by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur, Indonesian production The Raid by Welsh director Gareth Huw Evans, and Spanish-Columbian co-production Inside [+see also:
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(La Cara Oculta) by Andres Baiz will be screened out of competition.

The Claude-Chabrol Prize for a French film whose cinematography honours the crime film genre will this year be awarded to Guilty [+see also:
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by Vincent Garenq (watch the interview). The festival will pay tribute to American filmmaker Richard Donner who, like Scottish actor Brian Cox, will give a talk at the event. Finally, the event whose guest of honour is Jean Reno, will screen a series of films paying tribute to the city of London for its influence and mythic status in the crime film genre.

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(Translated from French)

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