Since the announcement of La Semaine de la Critique's 2020 support programme, many films, feature' and short films, have toured and carry on touring in many festivals. Here's a recap of the thriving (and non exhaustive) films' selections and awards.
Feature films
After Love by Aleem Khan
Awards:
• Gan Foundation Award for Distribution | La Semaine de la Critique 2020
In festivals :
• BFI | London
• Film Festival | Tokyo
• Festa del Cinema di Roma
• FICM | Morelia
De l'or pour les chiens by Anna Cazenave Cambet
In festivals :
• FFA | Angoulême
• Festival Indépendance(s) et Création | Auch
• BFI | Londres
• IFFMH | Mannheim-Heidelberg
• FICM | Morelia
La Nuée by Just Philippot
Awards:
• Sitges :
Jury Special Prize
Award for best actress for Suliane Brahim
• Silver Méliès at the Festival Européen du Film Fantastique | Strasbourg
In festivals :
• FFA | Angoulême
• Festival Indépendance(s) et Création | Auch
Sous le ciel d'Alice by Chloé Mazlo
In festivals :
• FFA | Angoulême
• Festival Indépendance(s) et Création | Auch
• Cinemed | Montpellier
La Terre des hommes by Naël Marandin
Awards:
• Grand Prize at the Saint-Jean-de-Luz Film Festival
In festivals :
• FFA | Angoulême
• Festival Indépendance(s) et Création | Auch
• FICM | Morelia
Short films
August 22, This Year by Graham Foy
In festivals :
• NYFF | New York
• VIFF | Vancouver
• Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | Montréal
• Black Canvas FCC | Mexico
• FICM | Morelia
Axşama doğru (Towards Evening) by Teymur Hajiyev
In festivals:
• Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | Montréal
• FICM | Morelia
Dustin by Naïla Guiguet
Awards:
• Grand Prize at the TIFF | Toronto
• Best fiction at Curtas Vila do Conde
In festivals :
• SSIFF | San Sebastian
• AFI Festival | Los Angeles
• Uppsala Short Film Festival
• Film Court de Brest
• Fifib | Bordeaux
Forastera by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
In festivals:
• Curtas Vila do Conde
• FICM | Morelia
Good Thanks, You? by Molly Manning Walker
In festivals:
• Short Fest | Palm Springs
• BFI | Londres
• Encounters | Bristol
• FICM | Morelia
とてつもなく大きな (Humongous!) by Aya Kawazoe
In festivals:
• NYFF | New York
• Black Canvas FCC | Mexico
• FICM | Morelia
Maalbeek by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Awards:
• Grand Prize at the FIFF | Namur
• Grand Prize at the Fifib | Bordeaux
• Special Mention at the AFI Festival | Los Angeles
In festivals :
• Uppsala Short Film Festival
• IDFA | Amsterdam
Marlon Brando by Vincent Tilanus
In festivals:
• TIFF | Toronto
• NFF | Utrecht
Menarca by Lillah Halla
In festivals:
• FBAL | Biarritz
• Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | Montréal
• FICM | Morelia
White Goldfish by Jan Roosens et Raf Roosens
In festivals:
• Festival du Nouveau Cinéma | Montréal
• GIFF | Guanajuato
• FICM | Morelia