Biarritz celebrates young cinema: Noah Centineo, Lina Khoudri and Dali Bensalah in the jury of the festival Nouvelles Vagues.

Biarritz International Film Festival NOUVELLES VAGUES has announced its jury and its competition. Aimed at celebrating youth, this new festival brings together many international multidisciplinary artists under the age of 35.

The Iranian filmmaker Saeed Rustai (director of Law of Tehran, Leila and Her Brothers) was asked to chair this first edition and was accompanied by Lina Khoudri (actress, 3 Musketeers, Papicha…), Dali Bensalah (actress, I Always See Your Face, James Bond ), Camilla Morrone (actor, Daisy Jones and Six), Noah Centineo (actor, All the Boys I’ve Loved Before), Francesca Scorsese (American actress). and director) and Leo Walk (French dancer and choreographer, En corps).

Opening and competition opened

The movie that will have the honor of kicking off the festivities has been announced: This Is Reality, Tina Setter’s American film starring Sidney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton and Marchant Davis.

8 feature films from Senegal, China, Canada, France, Italy, Great Britain and Spain participated in the competition.Each paints a portrait of their country’s youth, through characters in the making, on the brink of adulthood.“, the selectors explain in the press release where they announce their choice.

and add:The youthfulness of these films suggests funny or tragic, tender or caustic qualities. All genres are represented and often intermingled: comedy goes haywire, psychological study turns fantastical, buddy film turns into subdued drama, and coming-of-age becomes a political manifesto.“, he continues in the press release.

Note the strong representation of films by female directors: 6 of the 8 selected films and many heroines. “Behind and in front of the camera, they are modern young women, far from traditional notions of femininity, now out of their imaginations, and building our future with their eyes.“

Check out the competition list:

• Blue Song by Geng Zihan (China).

• by Amanda Carolina Cavali (Italy)

• Banel & Adama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy (France, Senegal, Mali) – Cannes 2023 competition

• How to Have Sex by Molly Manning Walker (United Kingdom, Greece) – Prize on the one hand Cannes 2023.

• I like Chandler Levack movies (Canada)

• Paula de Angela Otoba (France)

• Super Bourrés by Bastien Milheau (France)

• Wild sunflower Jaime Rosales (Spain, France)

The birth of a new festival dedicated to youth

The bias of the Biarritz International Film Festival – New Waves is to tell the story of youth and build on its vision through a unique proposal: films that represent the stories of youth, judged by a jury of artists under 35 and an international jury. Students from major film schools.

Nouvelles vague aims to highlight the young generation, its vision and its power, where the future takes root. Youth is the future written in the present, and during the festival, the present will merge with the future. Stories of heroes aged 12 to 35 will be at the center of the festival program and professional sections. The trophy presented to the winners was designed by Ecole Boulle students.

Enlightening young people so that they in turn can enlighten us with the works of both established and emerging directors and reveal the faces of tomorrow is the challenge of the Biarritz International Film Festival, its raison d’être.

Indoor and outdoor screenings, concerts, exhibitions around the theme and meetings with guests of honor make the five-day city of Biarritz an unprecedented international cultural event and the atmosphere of a collective and joyful cinema experience.

The first edition of the Biarritz International Film Festival NOUVELLES VAGUES will be held from June 28 to July 2, 2023.