Cannes 2022: Meeting the young talents of French cinema

The Cannes Film Festival is an opportunity to showcase young talent, and for this 75th edition of this unreleased event, Unifrance has decided to focus on this new generation of directors, actors and actresses.

Those who embody the revival of cinema through their atypical ways, novelty, courage, and career choices, or even their commitment, were honored at this luncheon at a luncheon meeting.

Among the talents highlighted by Unifrance are Noée Abita (Ava, Slalom), a (on behalf of the Earth), Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet (Les amours d’Anaïs), Maïmouna Doucouré (Mignonnes), Karim Leclu (Bac Nord). ), Fanny Liatari and Jeremy Trowley (Gagarin), Deborah Lukumuena (Deities), Rabbi Knight Oufella (Tomb, Nocturma), Agathe Russell (Titan), Anamaria Vartolomei (L’Evenment).

Faces of a new generation

What else does this new generation of film talent have today? And what does it bring to the world of French cinema? For Raba Knight Oufella, who started between Laurent Cante’s Walls, the Golden Palm Branch in 2008 and most recently the poster for Arthur Rimbaud, “Cinema is moving forward” :

“I think wild casting has a lot to do. Today we are giving more chances to young people who may not have done much. And we realize that these young people can do great things too and it is good that we have given them the opportunity to do so. Every year, we have new revelations, new actors who meet them with their stuff.

That is what I am trying to emphasize. For example, after “Between the Walls” I was often asked why I did not go to school or why I did not take acting lessons. And I think the most important thing is to be comfortable in front of the camera and bring more things to yourself. “It’s as good as anything you learn a little more academically.”

Demanding and supervising young talents

A new generation of French cinema enters the medium with its novelty, spontaneity, background, sometimes far from conventions, which does not prevent the need for this talent in their careers, as explained by Noah Abita, revealed in Ava and César. Best Female Hope for Slalom and currently in cinema at Les Passagers de la Nuit. The most important good scenario for him is:

“I’m very attached to the script. When it ‘s well written, I’m excited. It’ s already in itself, I’m impressed and curious. Then there ‘s the character, sometimes small. The character, but I like it so much that I want to do it. “Thighs, I have a small role, but I liked it. The story. And it always depends on the story.”

The same goes for Rabah Knight Oufella: “Screenplay has an advantage. Movies that the screenplay does not like, even if it’s a big role, I do not care. Even if it is always in question. Choose characters that do not always play the same and do not “I renewed my head. In my choice, the script may be elimination, not the character.”

First of all, this new talent is better supported by the profession than their superiors, says Noah Abita:

“I think we’re a lot better in the cast than the previous generation. For example, I talked to Emmanuel Beart and he told me that at the beginning of his career he was a bit lonely. His cast was alone. Today. “There is something calmer and I have the impression that there is a bigger framework.”