Last week at the Bordeaux Independent Film Festival (FIFIB), the French genre and women’s cinema took a special place.
After Noémie Merlant’s Les Femmes au balcon presented at the opening, a moment dedicated to Coralie Farji with the presentation of The Substance and Revenge, FIFIB closed with a French preview of a futuristic film with a very beautiful cast: Adele Exarchopoulos and Souheila. Yakub.
Planète B, as it’s called, is written and directed by Aud Léa Rapin. The field is presented as follows: France, 2039. One night, activists hunted by the state disappear without a trace. Among them is Julia Bombart. When he wakes up, he finds himself trapped in a completely unknown world: Planet B.
The feature film, which will be released in France on December 25, had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last September.
Earlier we will be able to see Adele Exarchopoulos in a completely different register, under the title L’amour ouf, with Francois Civil. L’amour ouf is out this Wednesday, October 16th.
Highly anticipated movies in preview
The festival participants were also offered many without competition: their children after them by Ludovic and Zoran Bucher, Miséricorde by Alain Guiraudier, Animale by Emma Benestani, Diamant Brut by Agathe Reidinger and Les Reines du Drama by Alexis Langlois. . The public responded to these sessions, which were often packed.
As usual, FIFIB was an opportunity to discover gems in previews, such as Camille Lugan’s Joy, Judith Davies’ Bonjour l’Asile, or even the short film Amelia Starlight by Laure Thomasaint and High Wave. by Camille Fleur.
FIFIB has the peculiarity of a contraband section dedicated to films without a distributor in France. A list of prizes can give a boost to some of these feature films or short films.
Discover the complete winners of the 2024 edition of FIFIB:
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Film Workout
feature films:
FTEN WINTER MUTINES by Benoît Perraud – Corpus Films
A Taste of Sugar by Charlie Duplan and Thomas Loubier – Wild Eye Films
Mona Robert’s Gray Zone – Tamara Films
Short films:
City of Light by Josephine Privat – Corpus Films
DEEP DRIVE Nicolas Goreau – Don Quixote
Our Garden is Lonely by Hoda Taher and Boris Hardzia – Kidam
206 by Laurie Bisceglia – Padel Productions
Sylwia Szkiladz Bus – Novanima Productions
French Television Prize
Dreams in Paper Boats by Samuel Suffren
Grand Prix Smuggling Competition
The Roller, THE LIFE, THE FIGHT by Elettra Bisogno & Hazem Alqaddi; Mention Dreams in Paper Boats by Samuel Suffren
Comet Prize – the best short film shot in the region
how do we know By Joachim Larrier
Award for Best Original Score (Contraband and Short Film Competition)
Florent Meng Lechevalier Analog Tracks / Music: Passepartout Duo (Nicoleta Favar and Christopher Salvito)
Grand Prix French short film competition
MAN OF SHIT by Sorel France; Mention AMELIA STARLIGHT by Laura Thomassaint
Erasmus+ prize
KOUTÉ VWA by Maxime Jean-Baptiste; Mention LOVE LOSE by Lenny & Harpo Guit
Prize of the Union of French Film Critics
MINE by Samira El Mouzgibat
Best Original Score Award – Feature Film Competition
HELLO ASYLUM by Judith Davies / Music by Francois Ern
Grand Prix – international competition of feature films
IVO by Eva Trobish; Mention MINE by Samira El Mouzgibat
The festival was held from October 8 to 13, 2024.
Source: Allocine
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