Photo : Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom Thread by Paul Thomas Anderson (2017) © ChristopheL

A Day with a Chameleon Actor

After devoting a day to Brad Pitt in 2022 and to Nicole Kidman in 2023, we’ll be honoring an actor from the British Isles at the 52nd edition of FEMA (Friday June 28 through Sunday July 7).

His magnetic charisma, his perfectionism and his spellbinding charm have profoundly marked his roles and established him as one of the greatest actors of his time.

An unparalleled shape-changer and immersive actor, he becomes the characters he plays so fully, with such dramatic impact, that he is the only actor to have won three Oscars. He fascinates audiences as much as he does the filmmakers who have worked with him on multiple films, like Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father), Martin Scorsese (The Age of Innocence, Gangs of New York) and of course Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread).

On Saturday July 6, come spend a day with… Daniel Day-Lewis!

With 5 films introduced by Adrien Dénouette, critic at Carbone and TroisCouleurs.

Ice cream at midnight courtesy of Ernest le Glacier!

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Competitions for young film-lovers

— Young critics’ competition

Continuing its numerous actions directed at high school and university students, the Festival La Rochelle Cinéma opens its 7th young critics’ competition, in partnership with Hôtel Saint-Nicolas de La Rochelle, Blink Blank, Capricci Éditions, LaCinetek, le Syndicat français de la Critique de cinéma, La Septième Obsession et Transfuge.

Are you under 30? Do you appreciate Marcel Pagnol’s films? Are you a fan of actor Daniel Day-Lewis? 

Send us, before Wednesday, April 24, 2024, a critique, which may be written (300 to 600 words), audio (under 2 minutes), or video (under 2 minutes) on one of the films selected by FEMA in one of these 2 hommages.

— List of films here (under construction)

Many prizes to be won!

— Find full information and upload your critique on FEMA's website

— Europe-Québec critique competition

In partnership with the OFQJ (Office Franco-Québecois pour la Jeunesse) and the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal

Are you under 30? Enter a critique competition for young film lovers on Quebec's films presented during the 52nd edition of FEMA to win an invitation to the 53rd Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal, October 9–20, 2024.