Deauville Industry Encounters

Deauville Indus­try Encounters

Bridg­ing French and Amer­i­can Cinema

The New Deauville Pro­fes­sion­al Program

« Our goal is for Deauville to serve as a strate­gic hub where French and Amer­i­can indus­tries can come togeth­er, bring­ing the best of who they are, to fos­ter syn­er­gies and inspire col­lab­o­ra­tions that will dri­ve the future of cin­e­ma. »

Aude Hes­bert, Direc­tor of the Festival

Since the inven­tion of cin­e­ma in France and the Unit­ed States, the influ­ences between our two coun­tries have nev­er ceased to fer­til­ize our industries.

For as long as cin­e­ma has exist­ed, Amer­i­ca has been the stuff of dreams for French pio­neers like Alice Guy and Gus­tave Méliès, who ven­tured to the Unit­ed States to set up stu­dios and pro­duce films. At the same time, Amer­i­can films were already flood­ing onto French screens. Today, Richard Lin­klater is shoot­ing Nou­velle Vague in France – a film infused with his Amer­i­can sen­si­bil­i­ty, Jim Jar­musch, the most New York of Amer­i­can film­mak­ers, is revis­it­ing Paris with Father Moth­er Sis­ter Broth­er, Rebec­ca Zlo­tows­ki is film­ing with Jodie Fos­ter in Vie Privée, Alice Winocour with Angeli­na Jolie in Cou­tures, while Coralie Fargeat tri­umphed last year at the Oscars with an all-Amer­i­can film shot entire­ly in France (The Sub­stance)…

Our two coun­tries have pre­served indus­tries that are as vital as they are unique. Two indus­tries that have many oppor­tu­ni­ties to cross paths but don’t speak the same lan­guage. Although films are still not made in France as they are in the Unit­ed States, in a con­text of accel­er­at­ing glob­al­iza­tion, syn­er­gies have become a neces­si­ty for both France and the Unit­ed States.

The Deauville Amer­i­can Film Fes­ti­val is a plat­form for the exchange of best prac­tices on both sides of the Atlantic, and a space for dia­logue to bet­ter under­stand each oth­er in order to col­lab­o­rate more effectively.

All ses­sions will be in Eng­lish only.

Free access to Deauville Amer­i­can Film Fes­ti­val pro­fes­sion­als with accred­i­ta­tions only

(Press & Indus­try) I Sub­ject to availability.

Reg­is­tra­tion is required:

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A MATINEE DEDICATED TO THE ISSUES OF SHOOTING AND PRODUCTION

In part­ner­ship with Film France-CNC I Paris Region | Fran­co-Amer­i­can Cul­tur­al Fund

Open­ing remarks by CNC
Pub­lic Fund­ing Oppor­tu­ni­ties in France (Tax Rebate for Inter­na­tion­al Pro­duc­tions and Aide aux ciné­mas du monde)

9:30am 10:15am FRANCE: A NEW HAVEN FOR US FILMMAKING
A Keynote speech by Film France I CNC
French Tax Rebates and Pub­lic Fund­ing Oppor­tu­ni­ties (Aide aux
ciné­mas du monde)

10:15am – 12.30pm CASES STUDIES 

AN AFTERNOON FOCUS ON ACTING IN FRANCE AND IN THE US

In part­ner­ship with ADAMI

3pm – 4pm INTIMACY COORDINATOR: AN AMERICAN TRAILBLAZING CRAFT
by Kather­ine O’Keefe

4pm – 5pm CASTING DIRECTOR: A KEY ROLE FOR ACTORS WHO WANT TO
GO INTERNATIONAL