(Paris) First and second feature films from Taiwan, Argentina, Belgium and Egypt will be presented during the 63e Critics’ Week, one of the parallel selections at the Cannes Film Festival, the organizers announced on Monday.
In total, eleven feature films are selected, seven of which participate in the competition under the eye of a jury chaired by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, recognized as one of the figures of the revival of Spanish cinema.
At 42, the filmmaker has stood out in recent years for his black cinema, from What do we say about Perdone? has El Reino, which earned him the Goya (the Spanish equivalent of the César) for best director in 2019.
Among the discoveries in competition are a first Taiwanese film (“Locust” by director KEFF) on Taiwan in 2019, in the midst of a popular revolt, “alongside a disenchanted youth tempted by the choice of weapons and gangs”, or a first Argentine film (Simon of the Mountain by director Federico Luis Tachella), drama about disability.
Only one French filmmaker is in competition (Antoine Chevrollier for his first feature film, “La Pampa”, a drama with Sayyid El Alami and Damien Bonnard). The others are projected out of competition.
Founded in 1962, Critics’ Week is one of the main parallel selections at the Cannes Film Festival, in the south of France, dedicated to the discovery of new talents and programming first or second films.
A number of established filmmakers could be discovered there, from Ken Loach (revealed in 1970 to La Semaine with “ Kes » and holder of two Palmes d’Or for The wind picks up And Me, Daniel Blake in 2006 and 2016) to Julia Ducournau (Palme d’Or with Titanium in 2021, after presenting his previous film, Severeweekly).
The 63e edition of Critics’ Week will be held from May 15 to 23. The 77e Cannes Festival will last from May 14 to 25.