The cinema, he loves it and he celebrates it. In this month of October 2021, it is in the south of France that Nicolas Bedos has chosen to make a canvas. And for good reason ! The third edition of the Cinéroman Festival takes place in the city of Nice, from Wednesday 20 to Sunday 24, after a rough white year … and he is the president of the jury of the event, please! A curious coincidence, the director had just returned from a stay on the French Riviera since he shot his next film there, Masquerade.
“I’m happy to be in this city we love so much, this kind of Los Angeles with Neapolitan sauce, explains the 42-year-old filmmaker in the columns of the newspaper Var Morning. Which, like all good films, cultivates paradoxes. “If he was selected as president, Nicolas Bedos does not consider himself superior to his sisters and his colleagues. He considers that each and everyone is equal … and for good reason, many talents circulate in their ranks.
Danièle Thompson, Emmanuelle Devos, Agnès Jaoui, Lou de La age and Benjamin Lavernhe, Michel Boujenah, Samuel Le Bihan and Tchéky Karyo will actually help Nicolas Bedos to choose the five future winners of the Cineroman Festival, who will receive as a reward a sculpture of Sacha Sosno. Suffice to say that everyone rushed to the Pathé Gare du Sud cinema in Nice on October 20, 2021, to attend the opening ceremony. The actor and director of The good times was accompanied by his charming companion, Pauline Desmonts, just as he was in June during the festival preview.
“We are very happy to offer an even richer program, with one more day and a number of previews that have more than doubled compared to the first edition., rejoices Natahlie Benoin, organizer of the Festival. Our desire is to fully integrate the public into the event. “Were also present: Danièle Thompson, Masha Sosno or even Suzanne Jouannet and Yvan Attal. And for good reason. The companion – husband? – of Charlotte Gainsbourg was showing his film that evening. Human things for the first time. It was also he who, in 2019, opened the ball with his feature film My stupid dog. Nice omen …