Deauville Industry Days 2026

French and American Cinema: Two Cinematic Traditions, One Creative Conversation 

Two hun­dred and fifty years ago, the Unit­ed States declared its inde­pen­dence in a rev­o­lu­tion­ary spir­it, sup­port­ed by France, whose endur­ing friend­ship was root­ed in admi­ra­tion for a young nation dri­ven by the pur­suit of free­dom. That mutu­al admi­ra­tion quick­ly found expres­sion through cin­e­ma from its ear­li­est days. Yet this long-stand­ing rela­tion­ship between our two coun­tries has also been shaped by peri­ods of mis­trust and misunderstanding.

To this day, France and the Unit­ed States con­tin­ue to cul­ti­vate rad­i­cal­ly dif­fer­ent cin­e­mat­ic tra­di­tions, yet the dia­logue between them has remained remark­ably fer­tile. French audi­ences con­tin­ue to embrace Amer­i­can block­busters, while French crit­ics cham­pi­on the coun­try’s great auteurs. Across the Atlantic, gen­er­a­tions of film­mak­ers — from Mar­tin Scors­ese and Quentin Taran­ti­no to Wes Ander­son, James Gray, Gre­ta Ger­wig and Christo­pher Nolan — have open­ly expressed their admi­ra­tion for French cin­e­ma. While Hol­ly­wood has long stood as the beat­ing heart of the glob­al film indus­try, a new term has emerged this year: Frol­ly­wood. With grow­ing enthu­si­asm, we are wit­ness­ing an increas­ing num­ber of Amer­i­can film­mak­ers choos­ing to shoot in France — and even to make it their home. As Bradley Coop­er is cur­rent­ly direct­ing the Ocean’s Eleven pre­quel here, and Mike White has set­tled in France while work­ing on the lat­est sea­son of The White Lotus, the coun­try con­tin­ues to wel­come direc­tors from across the Atlantic with open arms.

Fos­ter­ing a deep­er under­stand­ing of how films are devel­oped, financed and pro­duced on both sides of the Atlantic; appre­ci­at­ing each coun­try’s dis­tinc­tive cre­ative and indus­tri­al strengths; over­com­ing mis­un­der­stand­ings; decod­ing financ­ing mod­els and best prac­tices; cre­at­ing new oppor­tu­ni­ties for dia­logue and col­lab­o­ra­tion; and draw­ing inspi­ra­tion from one anoth­er — these are the ambi­tions that dri­ve those Deauville Indus­try Days.

PROGRAM

All ses­sions will be in Eng­lish only

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6

2pm

PITCHING SESSION (Part 1) : Intro­duc­ing our par­tic­i­pants and partners

3pm

THE ART AND CRAFT OF FOODSTYLISM

With Ange Macias and Car­o­line Le Touzé from Wal­lace Foodstylist

Mod­er­at­ed by François-Pier Peli­nard Lam­bert (Le Film Français)

4pm

PITCHING SESSION (Part 2): Intro­duc­ing our par­tic­i­pants and partners 

5pm

TEA TIME MINGLE & SIP with Nor­mandie Images at the Festival’s Bar

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7

9am 

WELCOME COFFEE

9.30am

HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR AWARD CAMPAIGN IN THE USA ? (Part 1)

Pan­el with Car­o­la Ash (DDA), Sébastien Cau­chon (Cin­e­ma Col­lec­tors) and David Thion (Les Films Pelleas)

Mod­er­at­ed by François-Pier Peli­nard Lam­bert (Le Film Français)

10.45am

HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR AWARD CAMPAIGN IN THE USA ? (Part 2)

Mas­ter­class with Benoit Berthe Siward — CEO The Ani­ma­tion Showcase

11.45am

HOW TO BREAK IN THE US AS A FRENCH ACTOR ?

With Mathilde Snod­grass (​Snod­cast), Mathilde Ollivi­er and Raphaelle Danglard (Ano­ra)

Mod­er­at­ed by François-Pier Peli­nard Lam­bert (Le Film Français)

1pm 
LUNCH – Buf­fet at the O2 Sofa Bar

3pm

THE FINANCING SCHEMES IN FRANCE : THE TAX REBATE FOR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS & AIDE AU CINEMA DU MONDE

With Daph­né Lora (Film France-CNC) and Céline Lecler­cq (CNC)

4pm

A US PRODUCTION SHOT IN FRANCE : CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS BY MARK STEVEN JOHNSON

With pro­duc­ers David Atrakchi and Boris Mendza (Full­Dawa Films). Mod­er­at­ed by Alex Rit­man (Vari­ety)