Deauville American Film Festival Explained
| Deauville American Film Festival |
| Founded: | 1975 |
| Location: | Deauville, France |
| Language: | English, French |
The Deauville American Film Festival (French: '''Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville'''|link=no) is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, which has taken place since 1975 in Deauville, France.[1] [2]
It was established by Lionel Chouchan, André Halimi, and then Mayor of Deauville Michel d'Ornano, with support from the Groupe Lucien Barrière in providing a luxurious setting for the Festival.[3] Although not competitive at its origin, the festival began to award prizes for feature films in 1995 and short films in 1998.
Awards
Grand Prix
This award was named Grand Prix spécial Deauville from 1995 to 2007 and Grand Prix du cinéma indépendant américain in 1998 and 1999.
Prix du Jury
The award was called Prix du jury spécial Deauville (Special Deauville Jury Award) from 1995 through 1997 and Prix spécial du jury du cinéma indépendant américain (Special Jury Award of American Independent Film) in 1998 and 1999.
Prix du Public
The winner of the Deauville Audience Award is chosen by the festival attendees.
Prix de la Critique Internationale
The International Critics' prize is an award presented at the festival.
Prix d'Ornano-Valenti
The Prix d'Ornano-Valenti (previously "Prix Michel d'Ornano") is awarded annually to a debut French film. It carries a grant of 3,000 euros for the awarded director-writer, 3,000 euros for the film's producer, and 10,000 euros for the French distributor to help promote the film. The award, which is named in honour of the former Mayor of Deauville and co-founder of the festival, Michel d'Ornano, is supported by the Franco-American Cultural Fund.[5]
Prix de la Révélation
The Revelation Prize recognises an original work by a promising new filmmaker and is awarded by a Revelation jury composed of up-and-coming actors and filmmakers.[6]
Prix du Scénario
The Screenplay Prize was awarded in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and then discontinued.
The Jury
- 1995 : Andrei Konchalovsky (president), Anouk Aimée, Michael Lonsdale, Claudie Ossard, René Bonnell, Valérie Kaprisky, Steven Zaillian, Mathilda May, Élie Chouraqui and Yvan Attal.
- 1996 : Charlotte Rampling (president), Sabine Azéma, René Cleitman, Dominique Farrugia, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Laura Morante, Ornella Muti, Melvil Poupaud and Alain Rocca.
- 1997 : Sophie Marceau (president), Élodie Bouchez, Philippe Carcassonne, Étienne Chatiliez, Alain Finkielkraut, John Hurt, Michèle Laroque, Inés Sastre, Nathalie Quintane and Lambert Wilson.
- 1998 : Jean-Paul Rappeneau (president), Michèle Halberstadt, Sandrine Kiberlain, Virginie Ledoyen, Russell Banks, Maurice Bernart, Alessandro Gassmann, Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Éric Serra and Christian Vincent (director).
- 1999 : Régis Wargnier (president), Jean-Hugues Anglade, Humbert Balsan, Richard Berry, Gabriel Byrne, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Marie Gillain, Michel Houellebecq, Marie-France Pisier and Elsa Zylberstein.
- 2000 : Neil Jordan (president), Guillaume Canet, Clotilde Courau, Tchéky Karyo, Philippe Labro, Samuel Le Bihan, François Ozon, Vincent Perez, Danièle Thompson and Marie Trintignant.
- 2001 : Jean-Jacques Annaud (president), Sandrine Bonnaire, Marion Cotillard, Arielle Dombasle, Gérard Darmon, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Darius Khondji, Benoît Poelvoorde and Gabriel Yared.
- 2002 : Pierre Lescure (president), Chantal Akerman, Richard Anconina, Jean-Marc Barr, Charles Berling, Amira Casar, Julie Gayet, Irène Jacob, Cédric Kahn and Bruno Wolkowitch.
- 2003 : Roman Polanski (president), Claudia Cardinale, Paweł Edelman, Jacques Fieschi, Ben Kingsley, Anne Parillaud, Zbigniew Preisner, Ludivine Sagnier, Fernando Trueba and Tom Tykwer.
- 2004 : Claude Lelouch (president), Anouk Aimée, Marie-Josée Croze, Danièle Heymann, Diane Kurys, Jeanne Labrune, Lio, Claudie Ossard, Bettina Rheims and Mathilde Seigner.
- 2005 : Alain Corneau (president), Enki Bilal, Dominique Blanc, Romane Bohringer, Rachida Brakni, Christophe, Dominik Moll, Melvil Poupaud and Brigitte Roüan.
- 2006 : Nicole Garcia (president), Maurice Barthélémy, Guillaume Canet, Amira Casar, Emmanuelle Castro, Antoine de Caunes, Julien Clerc, Philippe Djian and Marthe Keller.
- 2007 : André Téchiné (president), Odile Barski, Xavier Beauvois, Nicolas Cazalé, Charlélie Couture, Émilie Deleuze, Anouk Grinberg and Marie-France Pisier.
- 2008 : Carole Bouquet (president), Édouard Baer, Ronit Elkabetz, Diane Fleri, Pierre Jolivet, Cédric Kahn, Cristian Mungiu, Leonor Silveira and Dean Tavoularis.
- 2009 : Jean-Pierre Jeunet (president), Hiam Abbass, Dany Boon, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Émilie Dequenne, Déborah François, Sandrine Kiberlain, Patrice Leconte, Géraldine Pailhas and Bruno Podalydès.
- 2010 : Emmanuelle Béart (president), Lucas Belvaux, Jeanne Balibar, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Christine Citti, Fabrice Du Welz, Tony Gatlif, Denis Lavant and Abderrahmane Sissako.
- 2011 : Olivier Assayas (president), Nathalie Baye, Claire Denis, Nicolas Godin, Chiara Mastroianni, Angelin Preljocaj, Jean Rolin et Bruno Todeschini.
- 2012 : Sandrine Bonnaire (president), Clotilde Courau, Sami Bouajila, Christophe Honoré, Anaïs Demoustier, Alice Taglioni, Philippe Decouflé, Joann Sfar and Florent Emilio Siri.
- 2013 : Vincent Lindon (president), Lou Doillon, Jean Echenoz, Hélène Fillières, Xavier Giannoli, Famke Janssen, Pierre Lescure, Bruno Nuytten and Rebecca Zlotowski.
- 2014 : Costa-Gavras (president), Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Claude Lelouch, Pierre Lescure, Vincent Lindon, André Téchiné, Marie-Claude Pietragalla
- 2015 : Benoît Jacquot (president), Pascal Bonitzer, Louise Bourgoin, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Marc Dugain, Marie Gillain, Julien Hirsch, Sophie Fillières and Marthe Keller
- 2016 : Frédéric Mitterrand (president), Françoise Arnoul, Éric Elmosnino, Sara Forestier, Ana Girardot, Douglas Kennedy, Radu Mihăileanu, Emmanuel Mouret and Marjane Satrapi
- 2017: Michel Hazanavicius (president), Benjamin Biolay, Emmanuelle Devos, Clotilde Hesme, Eric Lartigau, Charlotte Le Bon, Michel Leclerc, Yasmina Reza, Axelle Ropert and Alice Winocour
- 2018 : Sandrine Kiberlain (president), Sabine Azéma, Alex Beaupain, Leïla Bekhti, Stéphane Brizé, Sara Giraudeau, Xavier Legrand, Pierre Salvadori, Leïla Slimani
- 2019 : Catherine Deneuve (president), Antonin Baudry, Claire Burger, Jean-Pierre Duret, Valeria Golino, Vicky Krieps, Gaël Morel, Orelsan, Nicolas Saada, Gaspard Ulliel
- 2020 : Vanessa Paradis (president), Yann Gonzalez, Zita Hanrot, Delphine Horvilleur, Vincent Lacoste, Mounia Meddour, Sylvie Pialat, Brunot Podalydès, Oxmo Puccino
- 2021 : Charlotte Gainsbourg (president), Bertrand Bonello, Delphine de Vigan, Denis Podalydès, Fatou N'Diaye, Garance Marillier, Mikhaël Hers, SebastiAn
The Revelation Jury
- 2006: Christophe Honoré (president), Lou Doillon, Audrey Marnay, Olivier Py, Émilie Simon and Gilles Taurand
- 2007: Gaël Morel (president), Clotilde Hesme, Olivia Magnani, Mélanie Thierry and Florian Zeller
- 2008: Zoe Cassavetes (president), Diastème, Léa Drucker, Jalil Lespert and Ara Starck
- 2009: Maïwenn (president), Romane Bohringer, Nicolas Fargues, Aïssa Maïga, Louise Monot and Raphaël
- 2010: Manuel Pradal (president), Jonathan Lambert, Emma Luchini, Roxane Mesquida and Sébastien Thiéry
- 2011: Samuel Benchetrit (president), Leila Hatami, Sabrina Ouazani, Elisa Sednaoui and Benjamin Siksou
- 2012: Frédéric Beigbeder (president), Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Mélanie Bernier, Ana Girardot and Félix Moati
- 2013: Valérie Donzelli (president), Laurence Arné, Vincent Lacoste, Géraldine Maillet and Woodkid
- 2014: Audrey Dana (president), Anne Berest, Lola Bessis, Christine and the Queens, Freddie Highmore and Clémence Poésy
- 2015: Zabou Breitman (president), Alice Isaaz, Géraldine Nakache, Stanley Weber and Rachelle Lefevre
- 2016: Audrey Pulvar (president), Cédric Anger, Jérôme Bonnell, Kheiron, Diane Rouxel and Christa Théret
- 2017: Emmanuelle Bercot (president), Abd al Malik, Anaïs Demoustier, Pio Marmaï, Pierre Rochefort and Leonor Varela
See also
Further reading
- Roland Godefroy, Deauville, 25 ans de cinéma américain, éd. CID, 2000
External links
Notes and References
- News: A French Town's Bright Shine Belies Its Size. The New York Times. Christopher F. Schuetze. 25 May 2011. 9 March 2012.
- Web site: Normandy's Quiet Glamour. The New York Times. 9 March 2012. 5 August 2010. Seth Sherwood.
- Web site: Deauville American Film Festival history. festival-deauville.com. 5 May 2015. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011941/http://www.festival-deauville.com/DEV/index.php?pid=49. dead.
- Web site: Keslassy. Elsa. 2021-09-11. ‘Red Rocket,’ ‘Blue Bayou’ and ‘Down With the King’ Among 2021 Deauville Film Festival Winners. live. 2021-09-11. Variety. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210911201518/https://variety.com/2021/film/global/red-rocket-deauville-winners-2021-1235061966/ . 11 September 2021 .
- Web site: Deauville : The Michel d'Ornano Award . SACEM.
- Web site: Accueil. 2021-09-14. Champagne Louis Roederer. en.
