Nearly 40 years of commitment to cinematic creation

Our mission at the GAN Foundation is to help turn screenplays into films, support  filmmakers throughout their process, see them grow and make bold, inspiring work. For almost four decades, we have been supporting and rewarding films - both live action and animation - and have, to date, accompanied over 250 directors.

The GAN Foundation Award - presented each year to one of the seven films in competition  at La Semaine de la Critique - is a testament to the Foundation’s commitment to champion filmmakers and help them reach their audience. 

Since 2014, the Foundation has proudly supported Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (THE TRIBE), Clément Cogitore (THE WAKHAN FRONT), Asaph Polonsky (ONE WEEK AND A DAY), Fellipe Barbosa (GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN), Rohena Gera (SIR), Lorcan Finnegan (VIVARIUM), Aleem Khan (AFTER LOVE), Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre (ZERO FUCKS GIVEN), as well as Mikko Myllylahti (THE WOODCUTTER STORY), Amjad Al Rasheed (INCHALLAH A BOY), Leonardo Van Dijl (JULIE KEEPS QUIET), and Shih-Ching Tsou (Left-Handed Girl). These directors’ radical, subversive, bold, witty, and delicate work, are an integral part of this "breath of fresh air" La Semaine holds so dear. 

Alongside Ava Cahen and her team, we are proud to present our thirteenth Distribution Award and, together, uphold this shared creative drive to reveal the filmmakers of tomorrow. 

Guillaume Pierron
Chairman | Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma