Angers European First Film Festival

Angers European First Film Festival
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LocationAngers, France
Founded1989 (1989)
DirectorsClaude-Eric Poiroux
LanguageInternational
Websitehttps://www.premiersplans.org/festival/en/

The Angers European First Film Festival (French: Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers) is an annual film festival held in the city of Angers, France every January since 1989, dedicated to European cinema.[1]

History

The first edition of this festival took place in 1989 at the initiative of its current delegate general Claude-Eric Poiroux, founder of the art house cinema Les 400 coups in Angers, and of a group of moviegoers.[2][3]

Since 2011, the festival collaborates with the Beijing First Film Festival.[4]

In 2013, it attracted nearly 70,000 festival-goers.[5][6] By 2014, over 2200 films were submitted annually, more than 300 were selected for different sections.[7] In 2016, admissions were estimated to be more than 76,000 and more than 150,000 euros in prizes awarded to films selected by juries or spectators.[8][9]

Jury presidents

Over the years, seminal figures in the world of cinematography have chaired the jury:[10]

References

  1. ^ Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers, retrieved 17 June 2021
  2. ^ Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers, retrieved 17 June 2021
  3. ^ La passion du cinéma made in Angers, 27 January 2014, retrieved 17 June 2021
  4. ^ Premiers Plans, premiers pas en Chine, 2 November 2011, retrieved 17 June 2021
  5. ^ a b A propos du festival, retrieved 28 January 2014
  6. ^ 70,000 visitors to the 25th Angers First Film Festival, 29 January 2013, retrieved 17 June 2021
  7. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (16 January 2014). "Claude-Eric Poiroux • Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers". Cineuropa. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ Angers Le festival Premiers Plans bat des records, 31 January 2016
  9. ^ Le 22 janvier Festival Premiers plans, 2016
  10. ^ Press release for the 27th festival in 2015 (PDF), 15 September 2014.
  11. ^ Présentation du festival Premiers plans (PDF), 11 October 2013
  12. ^ Marie-Noëlle Tranchant (25 January 2013), Premiers plans d'Angers : 25 ans de découvertes
  13. ^ Premiers plans. Comment le festival de cinéma d’Angers va s'organiser en plein Covid-19, 17 December 2020
  14. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (21 January 2022). "It's home from home for young European talent at the Premiers Plans". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  15. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (19 January 2024). "New European talents showcased at Premiers Plans". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 January 2024.