212 feature films (110 world or international premieres)  16 medium length films (12 world or international premieres)  144 short films (94 world or international premieres)  60 films in the Canadian Student Film Festival   A Chinese film “Million Dollar Crocodile” for the opening                              ...

Parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, la Semaine de la Critique has steadfastly remained true to its tradition of discovering new talents. Ever since it was conceived by the French Union of Film Critics in 1962, the objective of la Semaine de la Critique has been to showcase first and second feature films by directors from all over the world. Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean Eustache, Otar Iosseliani, Ken Loach, Wong Kar Wai, Jacques Audiard, or even Arnaud Desplechin all started a...

  The European Spiritual Film Festival showcases films (feature films and short films : fictions, documentaries and animation films) and screenplays that explore spiritual traditions from around the world and their different practices. By spirituality, we mean all things that touch upon the life of our minds. The European Spiritual Film Festival encourages an emerging generation of filmmakers whose films...

FILM SELECTION 2011 FICTIONS Europolis by Cornel Gheorghita (102m, Romania) Soul Boy by Hawa Essuman Tom Tykwer - Supervising Director (60m, Germany/Kenya) SHORT FILMS Enfant de Yak by Christophe Boula (26m, France) 8 by Acim Vasic (10m, Switzerland, Serbia/Montenegro) Spiral by Taichi Kimura (12m, United Kingdom) Rita by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia (19m, Italy) Bird by Petr Stupin (30m, Russian Federation) ANIMATION Mei Ling by Francois Leroy, Stephanie Lansaque (...