Day 3

On Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 6, the third day of the 52^nd Deauville Amer­i­can Film Fes­ti­val offered a packed pro­gramme com­bin­ing screen­ings, indus­try events and a spe­cial event for younger audiences.

17 screen­ings across the Festival’s venues

Through­out the day, 17 screen­ings took place across four venues, from the C.I.D. and the Ciné­ma du Casi­no to the Morny 2 and Morny 3 the­atres. Com­pe­ti­tion titles, Pre­mieres, Amer­i­can Doc Sto­ries doc­u­men­taries and clas­sics from the Once Upon a Time (in) Amer­i­ca sec­tion filled the pro­gramme, with screen­ings run­ning from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Sev­er­al screen­ings were accom­pa­nied by con­ver­sa­tions with film­mak­ers, includ­ing Mouse by Kel­ly O’Sullivan and Alex Thomp­son, and Méli-Mélo by Leah Nel­son. The day con­tin­ued at the C.I.D. with the Gala Screen­ing of Andy Garcia’s Dia­mond and the pre­sen­ta­tion of the Deauville Tal­ent Award to Bren­dan Fraser.

A Fes­ti­val for younger audi­ences too

At 5 p.m., the C.I.D. also wel­comed a spe­cial screen­ing for younger audi­ences, open to chil­dren aged 6 and over: L’île des sou­venirs, direct­ed by Joel Craw­ford and Januel P. Mer­ca­do. Pre­sent­ed in French and Dol­by Atmos, the screen­ing gave younger fes­ti­val­go­ers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to expe­ri­ence the mag­ic of cin­e­ma on the Festival’s big screen.

Deauville Indus­try Days kick off

Sep­tem­ber 6 also marked the launch of the Deauville Indus­try Days, a new pro­fes­sion­al pro­gramme designed to fos­ter dia­logue between the French and Amer­i­can film industries.

The first day began at 2 p.m. with a pitch­ing ses­sion and a pre­sen­ta­tion of the par­tic­i­pants and part­ners. At 3 p.m., the pro­gramme con­tin­ued with “The Art and Craft of Food­styl­ism”, fea­tur­ing Ange Macias and Car­o­line Le Touzé of Wal­lace Food­styl­ist, fol­lowed by a sec­ond pitch­ing ses­sion at 4 p.m. The day con­clud­ed at 5 p.m. with a net­work­ing event with Nor­mandie Images at the Fes­ti­val Bar.

Designed as a plat­form for exchange and coop­er­a­tion between French and Amer­i­can film pro­fes­sion­als, the Deauville Indus­try Days aim to pro­vide a deep­er under­stand­ing of pro­duc­tion and cre­ative prac­tices on both sides of the Atlantic, explore their respec­tive financ­ing mod­els and fos­ter new oppor­tu­ni­ties for collaboration.

From screen­ings to indus­try meet­ings, and from ded­i­cat­ed film lovers to the youngest fes­ti­val­go­ers, Sep­tem­ber 6 reflect­ed the many facets of the Fes­ti­val: show­cas­ing films, shar­ing a pas­sion for cin­e­ma and build­ing new bridges between those who bring sto­ries to the screen.