The events that celebrate the seventh art follow one another but are not alike. While La Mostra is in full swing near Venice, the Deauville American Film Festival opened its doors in France on Friday, September 2, 2022. The opportunity for the jury to present themselves to the public in evening dress . This year, the official delegation, chaired by Arnaud Desplechin, is made up of Sophie Letourneur, Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Yasmina Khadra, Pierre Deladonchamps, Marine Vacth and Jean-Paul Civeyrac. It is therefore to them that they will have to turn to find out the winners, on September 10, during the closing ceremony.
This year, 13 films are in competition, 8 of which are first productions. To attend the opening ceremony, many celebrities met the members of the jury for this 2022 session. Were present Lucy Boynton, Elodie Bouchez, Vincent Lindon, Laurent Gerra, Audrey Pulvar, Eddy de Pretto, Nicolas Pariser, Andréa Bescond , Agathe Rousselle, Cut Killer, Sofiane Zermani, Adèle Van Reeth, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, the mayor of Deauville, Philippe Augier, Alexandre Tharaud, Dallas Young, Mylen Bradford, Kailey Mann, Ali Richey, Mylen Bradford or even Dallas Young.