Tomorrow will see the opening, in Châlons-en-Champagne, of the 9th War on Screen Festival (running 28 September – 3 October), an event which is gaining increasing notoriety and whose high-quality programme is likewise growing in size at a time when cinema is reflecting the fiery nature of our world, now more than ever before.

The international competition jury (which notably includes French producer Patrick Sobelman and the Netherlands’ Bianca Stigter) will have to decide between ten feature films, six of which having already received Cannes’ stamp of approval. Jostling among them are two titles unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight - the French-Belgian co-production Our Men [+lee también:
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entrevista: Rachel Lang
ficha de la película] by Rachel Lang (to be released in France on 6 October via Bac Films) and Europa [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by the Italian-Iraqi filmmaker Haider Rashid - another work awarded the SACD Prize at Critics’ Week (Swiss-French production Olga [+lee también:
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entrevista: Elie Grappe
ficha de la película] by Elie Grappe – due for release in France on 17 November via ARP Sélection) and a further film screened in the Un Certain Regard section (Israeli-French title Let It Be Morning [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Eran Kolirin – which Pyramide will distribute in France in March). This flurry of films “made on the Croisette” also boasts two documentaries in the form of Lebanese-French title Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Abdallah Al-Khatib (selected for the ACID line-up following its premiere at the Visions du Réel Festival) and Downstream to Kinshasa [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Dieudo Hamadi (awarded Cannes’ Official Selection Label in 2020 and hitting screens on Wednesday courtesy of Laterit Productions).

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Rounding off this particular line-up are three films discovered in Venice (the Italian-Polish co-production Thou Shalt Not Hate [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mauro Mancini
ficha de la película] by Italy’s Mauro Mancini, Gaza My Love [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Tarzan and Arab Nasser – in cinemas on 6 October via Dulac Distribution – and the Oscar-nominated work The Man Who Sold His Skin [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kaouther Ben Hania
ficha de la película] by Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania) and former Berlin competitor Memory Box [+lee también:
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entrevista: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil …
ficha de la película] by Lebanese directors Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (due for release in France on 19 January courtesy of Haut et Court).

Stealing similar focus on the festival programme is a new “Perspectives” section showcasing 11 films, which include Cannes-award-winner Ahed’s Knee [+lee también:
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entrevista: Nadav Lapid
ficha de la película] by Israel’s Nadav Lapid, animated feature The Crossing [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Florence Miailhe, Cœurs vaillants [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Mona Achache, the Oscar-nominated Venetian competitor Quo Vadis, Aida? [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jasmila Žbanić
ficha de la película] by Bosnia’s Jasmila Zbanic, the remarkable Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle [+lee también:
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entrevista: Arthur Harari
ficha de la película] by Arthur Harari (which opened Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section), the documentaries There Will Be No More Light [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Eléonore Weber and Notturno [+lee también:
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entrevista: Gianfranco Rosi
ficha de la película] by Italian director Gianfranco Rosi, Faithful [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Helier Cisterne, and the two titles scheduled to open and close the festival: A Radiant Girl [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Sandrine Kiberlain (Cannes’ Critics’ Week) and Secret Name [+lee también:
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entrevista: Aurélia Georges
ficha de la película] by Aurélia Georges (which competed in Locarno).

A very wide range of films featuring in the "Rock’n’War", "Surveillance, Manipulation, Sabotage", "War As Seen By…", "Cinema, A Fragile Resistance", "The Unknown" and "Shared Recollections" sections are also well worth a mention, without forgetting the festival’s young audiences line-up and guest of honour, the composer Michel Portal.