If Wishing Made It So 

If I were a young, inspired filmmaker today, if I had just finished my first or second feature film after moths - maybe even years - of struggles to bring it to life, if I were searching for the best way to make it exist, the perfect place to reveal this burst of rage or pleasure, this utopia, this madness that a first or second feature almost always represents, then I would dream of presenting it at La Semaine de la Critique. I would dream of being chosen, cared for, supported, and protected, just like the young filmmakers whose films are selected there year after year. Films that are all different, all surprising, films from every corner of the world, and which, screening after screening, over the course of a short week, tell the story of a vibrant yet vigilant youth, providing an exhilarating perspective on contemporary cinema. 

Anne Villacèque
Vice-President for Cinema | SACD
© Pierre Milon