Following the Tehran Law and Black Box Award in 2021, Reims Polar once again celebrates Best Detective Films from April 5 to 10. Zoom in on this 2022 edition choice.
While Gerrarder has been awarding prizes for Best Fantastic Film last January and CANNESERIES is lifting the curtain on the upcoming new series, Reims is preparing to host the 2nd Criminal Film Festival.
From 5 to 10 April 2022, the event will feature new works from this very popular genre, through a selection highlighting Europe and a poster in honor of Jean-Pierre Melville’s samurai.
REIMS POLAR 2022: Heading to Europe
Following the digital edition of 2021, which triumphed over Saeed Roustayi by La Loi de Tehran, Reims Polar 2022 highlights more than 40 achievements, allowing Reims to shine as the new European capital of thrillers.
Under the chairmanship of Neil Arestrup, the competition jury is to decide on 10 feature films, including Giordano Gederlin’s opening film Between Life and Death, Antonio de la Torre, Marine Vakt and Olivier Gourmet, Ukrainian rhinoceros Ole Man Sentinov from Spain.
In parallel with the competition films, New Blood Selection, whose jury is chaired by Marie Drucker, removes the curtain on 7 films, including Matthew Jero’s long-awaited Sentinelle Sud, Nils Schneider, Sophie Jaimes and India Hair.
The Bad Guys, La Ruse or Dédales will be presented without competition, while the TV series Les Papillons noirs, along with Nicolas Duvassel, Neil Arestrup and Alice Belaid, will be screened at the festival.
Note that Reims Polar will honor the careers of Rodrigo Sorogoyen (El Reino), Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) and Walter Hill (48 Heures) with a special Spanish film program and will lead to meetings with Jacques Weber and Ivan Attal.
REIMS POLAR 2022 SELECTION
In the competition:
• Are you lonely tonight? By Wen Shipei (China)
• Attack on Adilkhan Erzhanov (Kazakhstan)
• Between the Life and Death of Giordano Gederlin (France) – Opening Film
• The next lonely place is Martin Havi and Laura Harvart (Germany)
• Midnight Silence in Kwon O-Seng (South Korea)
• RHINO Ole Sentsov (Ukraine)
• Daughter of Manuel Martin Cuenca (Spain)
• The death penalty Lado Kvatania (Russia)
• The Evil Generation of Emily Velivis (Lithuania)
• TROS (A PIECE OF LAND) Pau Calpe Rufati (Spain)
New blood:
• AMERICA LATINA by Damiano & Fabio D’Innocenzo (Italy)
• Justin Lerner CADEJO BLANCO (Guatemala)
• Fires in the lowlands of Zhang Ji (China)
• Engine Noise Philip Gregoire (Canada)
ZHENWU NIGHTS Na Jiazuo (China)
• SENTINEL SOUTH Mathieu Gera (France)
• SILENT LAND AGA WOSCHINSKA (POLAND)
Without competition:
• DAZE Bogdan George Apetri (Romania)
• THE COLLINI AFFAIR by Marco Kreuzpaintner (Germany)
• LA RUSE by John Madden (UK) – Closing film
• The Bad Guys by Pierre Periphele (USA)
• NO MAN OF GOD Amber Silly (USA)
Special sessions:
• Recognition of the Commissioner of Police by the Prosecutor of the Republic by Damiano Damiani (Italy, 1971)
• Revenge is mine by Shohei Imamura (Japan, 1979)
Black sequence:
LES BUTTERFLIES NOIRS Created by Bruno Merley and Olivier Abau – 3 episodes presented
Spain in front of:
• Cannibal LOVES Manuel Martin Cuenca (2013)
• EL REINO Rodrigo Sorogoien (2018)
• Insiders Daniel Calparsoro (2016)
• Patient Anger Raul Arevalo (2017)
• LA ISLA MINIMA Alberto Rodriguez (2014)
• The skin of Pedro Almodვარvar, which is Habitat (2011)
• Rodrigo Sorogoien MADRE (2019)
• The Magic Girl by Carlos Vermouth (2015)
• Rodrigo Sorogoien QUE DIOS NOS PERDONE (2016)
Source: allocine
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