2014 Deauville Film Fest: Nathan Silver, Damien Chazelle, Mark Jackson & Ana Lily Amirpour Among In Comp Titles

The Deauville Film Festival heads have unveiled the make-up of the 40th edition of the fest, and naturally this coming September, we’ve got a Sundance-infused edition being readied for the North West coastal town. Celebrating several new American indie auteurs, noteworthy filmmakers from Park City include Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), A.J. Edwards (The Better Angels), Mark Jackson (War Story) and Damien Chazelle’s much acclaimed Whiplash. Also found in the 14 In Comp slate we find Nathan Silver’s Uncertain Terms — which our Nicholas Bell called “uneasy, uncomfortable, and certainly uncertain”. Also on tap: the French premieres of Before I Go to Sleep and director Chris Messina’s Alex of Venice. Here is the full selection and you can make a detour here to see who is being celebrated at the fest.

IN COMPETITION:
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ana Lily Amirpour
I Origins, Mike Cahill
It Follows, David Robert Mitchell
Jamie Marks is Dead, Carter Smith
Cold in July, Jim Mickle
Love is Strange, Ira Sachs
The Better Angels, A.J. Edwards
The Good Lie, Philippe Falardeau
Things People Do, Saar Klein
A Most Wanted Man, Anton Corbijn
Uncertain Terms, Nathan Silver
War Story, Mark Jackson
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
White Bird in a Blizzard, Gregg Araki

OFFICIAL SELECTION, OUT OF COMPETITION:
Camp X-Ray, Peter Sattler
Chef, Jon Favreau
Deepsea Challenge 3D, James Cameron
Get on Up, Tate Taylor
Infinitely Polar Bear, Maya Forbes
Land Ho!, Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz
Anchorman 2, Adam McKay
The Boxtrolls, Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable
The Hundred-Foot Journey, Lasse Hallstrom
Magic in the Moonlight, Woody Allen
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them, Ned Benson

DOCUMENTARY SELECTIONS:
Last Days in Vietnam, Rory Kennedy
Life Itself, Steve James
National Gallery, Frederick Wiseman
Red Army, Gabe Polsky
The Go-Go Boys, Hilla Medalia