One of the top three strictly American indie film festivals outside of the US, France’s Deauville American Film Festival has unveiled the fourteen titles in the competition section with films dating back to Marian Mathias‘ Runner (Venice 2022) passing through (Sundance) in heavyweight contender Celine Song‘s Past Lives and Babak Jalali‘s Fremont to Berlinale with John Trengove‘s Manodrome and to the Tribeca with Hannah Peterson‘s The Graduate plus some Directors’ Fortnight titles for good measure.
The 49th edition takes place between September 1st and the 10th and they’ll likely throw in a trio of French title world premieres in the mix. For the jury we’ve got Guillaume Canet, filmmakers Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Alexandre Aja, and Léa Mysius plus actress Rebecca Marder.
Here are the fourteen comp titles.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Aitch Alberto Blood For Dust – Rod Blackhurst Cold Copy – Roxine Helberg Fremont – Babak Jalali
I.S.S. – Gabriela Cowperthwaite The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed – Joanna Arnow LaRoy – Shane Atkinson Manodrome – John Trengove
Past Lives – Celine Song Runner – Marian Mathias Summer Solstice – Noah Schamus The Graduate – Hannah Peterson The Sweet East – Sean Price Williams Wayward – Jacquelyn Frohlich
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).
