Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2024

[Chris Knipp]

Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center present
29TH RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA

FILMLEAF GENERAL FILM FORUM THREAD

LINKS TO REVIEWS
ALL TO PLAY FOR /RIEN À PERDRE (Delphone Deloget 2023)
AMA GLORIA (Marie Amachoukeli)
ANIMAL KINGDOM, THE (Thomas Cailley)
AUCTION (Pascal Bonitzer)
BANEL & ADAMA (Ranata-Toulaye Sy)
BOOK OF SOLUTIONS, THE (Michel Gondry)
INDÉSIRABLES, LES (Ladj Ly)
JUST TWO OF US (Valérie Donzelli)
LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Mona Achache)
NO LOVE LOST/LA FILLE DE SON PÈRE (Erwan le Duc 2023)
ON THE ADAMANT (Nicolas Philipbert)
RED ISLAND (Robin Campillo)
SPIRIT OF ECSTASY (Hélena Klotz)
TONI/TONI EN FAMILLE (Nathan Ambrosiani 2023)

February 29- March 10, 2024

Opening Night—New York Premiere of Thomas Cailley's The Animal Kingdom
starring Romain Duris, with Cailley in person

Featuring films starring Marion Cotillard (in person), Melvil Poupaud, Virginie Efira, Noée Abita, Laetitia Casta, Anders Danielsen Lie, Léa Drucker, Romain Duris, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Vincent Lacoste, Françoise Lebrun, Pierre Niney, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, and Sofiane Zermani

Little Girl Blue (Charades Films); All to Play For (Curiosa Films); The Animal Kingdom (Magnolia Pictures); Les Indésirables (Goodfellas); First Case (Be for Films)

New York, NY (January 25, 2024) – Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the lineup for the 29th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. Taking place from February 29 through March 10, this popular annual festival showcases the verve, creativity, and depth of contemporary French cinema in a variety of genres.

The 2024 Opening Night selection is Thomas Cailley’s French box office hit The Animal Kingdom, the director’s long-awaited follow-up to Love at First Fight (a highlight of Rendez-Vous 2015) and most recently nominated for 12 César Awards, including Best Director and Best Film. Cailley, who most recently won Best Director at the 29th Lumière Awards, envisions a mysterious infection that selectively mutates the bodies of ordinary people into animal hybrids at unpredictable speeds in a darkly imaginative exploration of a human ecosystem undergoing inexplicable—but potentially liberating—transformation.