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TALENTS AT THE FESTIVAL<\/h3>\n

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More than 370 French writers, directors, composers, producers, directors of photography, music supervisors & editors have presented their film(s) at the festival. Among them are (2025 talents in bold):<\/h5>\n

Sou Abadi * Lise Akoka * Patrick Alessandrin *\u00a0Eric Altmayer\u00a0* Nicolas Altmayer * Marine Alaric * Jean-Philippe Amar * Alexandre Amiel * Shirel Amitay * Jean-Pierre Am\u00e9ris * Thomas Anargyros * Natasha Andrews * Yves Angelo * C\u00e9dric Anger<\/strong> *\u00a0Christine Angot\u00a0* Academy\u00a0Award Winner\u00ae Jean-Jacques Annaud * Sophie Ansel * Olivier Assayas * Alain Attal * David Atrakchi *\u00a0Academy\u00a0Award Winner\u00ae Jacques Audiard\u00a0* S\u00e9bastien Azzopardi * Toufik Ayadi *\u00a0Lisa Azuelos\u00a0* Josiane Balasko * Enya Baroux <\/strong>* Nicolas Bary<\/strong> * Eric Barbier * Delphine Baril * Modi Barry * Maurice Barthel\u00e9my * Hugo Becker<\/strong> * Laurent B\u00e9cue-Renard * Nicolas Bedos * Wassim B\u00e9ji<\/strong> * Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Beigbeder * Alexandru Belc * Academy Award nominee\u00ae<\/strong> V\u00e9ra Belmont * Lucas Belvaux * Nicolas Benamou * Samuel Benchetrit * Anne Berest<\/strong> * Bibo Bergeron * Alain Berliner * Jean-Michel Bernard * Ludovic Bernard * Richard Berry *\u00a0Priscilla Bertin\u00a0* Dominique Besnehard * R\u00e9mi Bezancon * Alain-Michel Blanc * Academy Award\u00ae winner Bertrand Blier * Romane Bohringer<\/strong> * Pascal Bonitzer * Anissa Bonnefont<\/strong> * Andr\u00e9 Bonzel * Dany Boon * Laurent Bouhnik * Amine Bouhafa * Alexandre Bougja<\/strong> * Michel Boujenah * Ludovic Boukherma * Zoran Boukherma * Nicolas Boukhrief * Jean Br\u00e9hat * Zabou Breitman *\u00a0Romain Br\u00e9mond\u00a0* Chantal Briet * St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9 *\u00a0 Claire Burger * Gael Cabouat * Jos\u00e9 Caltagirone *\u00a0Academy Award\u00ae winner \u2013 Camille \u2013\u00a0* Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Camilleri *\u00a0 Guillaume Canet * Laurent Cantet * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Philippe Carcassonne * Vincent Ma\u00ebl Cardona * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Christian Carion * \u00a0Stanislas Carr\u00e9 de Malberg\u00a0*\u00a0Anna Cazenave Cambet\u00a0 * Amaury Chabauty * Benjamin Charbit\u00a0* Patrice Ch\u00e9reau * H\u00e9lier Cisterne * Academy Award\u00ae nominee J\u00e9r\u00e9my Clapin *\u00a0Julien Colonna* Etienne Comar * Fabio Conversi * Alain Corneau * Clovis Cornillac * Academy Award\u00ae winner Costa-Gavras * Robin Couderc (ROB)<\/strong> * Antoine de Caunes *\u00a0 Olivier Dahan * Yves Darondeau * Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre\u00a0*\u00a0Alexandre de La Patelli\u00e8re\u00a0* Academy Award\u00ae winner Jean-Xavier de Lestrade * Gilles de Maistres * Charles de Meaux * Alix Delaporte *\u00a0Matthieu Delaporte\u00a0* Rapha\u00eblle Delauche<\/strong> * Maxime Delauney * B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Delmas * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Julie Delpy * Mathieu Demy * Ahmed Dendane<\/strong> * Claire Denis * Dante Desarthes * Academy Awards\u00ae winner Alexandre Desplat * Arnaud Desplechin * C\u00e9line Devaux * Cyril Dion * Elsa Diringer * Vanessa Djian * Val\u00e9rie Donzelli <\/strong>* Ma\u00efmouna Doucour\u00e9 * Academy Award nominee\u00ae<\/strong> Ziad Doueiri *\u00a0Academy Award\u00ae winner\u00a0Cl\u00e9ment\u00a0Ducol\u00a0*\u00a0Marielle Duigou\u00a0* Bruno Dumont * Albert Dupontel *\u00a0Pierre-Marie Dru\u00a0*\u00a0Annette Dutertre\u00a0* Pascal Elb\u00e9 *\u00a0\u00a0Mareike Engelhardt*\u00a0<\/strong>Charlotte Erlih * Nicolas Errera * Bertrand Faivre\u00a0<\/strong>* L\u00e9a Fehner * Jacques Fieschi * Marc Fiszman *\u00a0Marc Fitoussi\u00a0* Marine Flores-Ruimi *\u00a0Anne Fontaine\u00a0*<\/strong> Simon Francois * Claire Franzoni<\/strong> * Charlotte Gabris * Nicole Garcia* Fabrice Gar\u00e7on * Marie Garel-Weiss *\u00a0Pierre Garnier\u00a0* Romain Gavras * Olivier Gauriat * Marielle Gautier * Hugo G\u00e9lin * Xavier Gens * Gregoire Gensollen * Michael Gentile * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Charles Gilibert * Jean-Beno\u00eet Gillig * Thomas Gilou * H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Giraud * Alain Goldman\u00a0* Sylvain Goldberg * \u00a0Yann Gozlan <\/strong>* Elie Grappe * Remy Grumbach * Robert Gu\u00e9diguian * Boulem Guerdjou *\u00a0 Samir Guesmi * Eric Guirado * Sylvain Goldberg * Samuel Hadida * Philippe Ha\u00efm * Mich\u00e8le Halberstadt <\/strong>\u00a0* St\u00e9phanie Halfon *\u00a0<\/strong>Mohamed Hamidi * Academy Award\u00ae winner Michel <\/strong>Hazanavicius\u00a0*<\/strong> Jeanne Herry *\u00a0David Hertzog Dessites\u00a0* Eva Husson * C\u00e9dric Ido * Patrick Imbert *\u00a0Audrey Ismael*<\/strong> Salah Issaad * Taqiyeddine Issaad * Martin Jauvat<\/strong> * Baya Kasmi * Mathieu Kassovitz * C\u00e9dric Klapisch<\/strong> * Thierry Klifa<\/strong> * Diane Kurys * Christophe La Pinta * Philippe Lacheau *\u00a0Antoine Lafon*\u00a0Carole lambert * Mathieu Lamboley * Jean-Marie Larrieu\u00a0* M\u00e9lanie Laurent * Eric Lavaine * Philippe Le Guay * Nolwenn Lemesle * Anne Le Ny * Pierre-Ange Le Pogam * Vincent Leclerq * Xavier Legrand * Academy Award\u00ae winner Claude Lelouch * Sarah Lelouch * Bruno L<\/strong>\u00e9vy<\/strong> * Dan Levy * Lorraine Levy * Fanny Liatard * Alexandre Lier * Jean-Albert Li\u00e8vre * Philippe Lioret * Pauline Loqu\u00e8s<\/strong>\u00a0 * Marceline Loridan-Ivens * Alfred Lot * Alex Lutz<\/strong> * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Ladj Ly * Nawell Madani * Julien Madon * Ma\u00efwenn * Delphine Malauss\u00e9na<\/strong> * Tony Marshall * H\u00e9lo\u00efse Martin<\/strong> * Philippe Martin *\u00a0Marie Masmonteil\u00a0*\u00a0Lionel Massol\u00a0* <\/strong>Nicolas Maury * Wilfried M\u00e9ance * Mounia Meddour * Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar * Boris Mendza * H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Merlin<\/strong> * Eric Metayer * Alexis Michalik * Simon Micha\u00ebl * Anastasia Mikova * Claude Miller * Radu Mihaileanu * Gilles Mimouni * Cl\u00e9ment Miserez * Edouard Montoute * Emmanuel Mouret * Yvonnick Muller * Olivier Nakache * Elodie Namer * Eric Neveux<\/strong> * Jacques Nolot * Sylvain Ohrel * Kevin Ossona* Anna Novion * Raphael Perchet * Val\u00e9rie Perrin * Jean-Claude Petit * Pitof * Gilles Penso * Laurent Perez Del Mar * Jean-Claude Petit * Olivier Peyon * G\u00e9rard Pir\u00e8s * Maxime Pistorio * Alexandre Poncet * Mil\u00e9na Poylo *\u00a0Daniel Preljocaj\u00a0* C\u00e9dric Pr\u00e9vost *\u00a0 Katell Quill\u00e9v\u00e9r\u00e9 * Lola Quivoron * Nils Rahou * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Jean-Paul Rappeneau *\u00a0Dimitri Rassam\u00a0*\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rebotier\u00a0* Jean-Francois Richet *\u00a0Agathe Riedinger\u00a0* R\u00e9gis Roinsard * Brigitte Ro\u00fcan * Julie Rou\u00e9 * R\u00e9gis Roinsard * Romain Rousseau * Guillaume Roussel<\/strong> * Gilles Sacuto *\u00a0Ardavan Safaee\u00a0* Yannick Saillet * Jean-Paul Salom\u00e9 * Pierre Salvadori * Nicolas Sanfaute<\/strong> * Charlotte Sanson *\u00a0Vanessa Schneider\u00a0* Academy Award\u00ae winner Pierre Schoendoerffer * Ken Scott<\/strong> * Coline Serreau * Morgan Simon * Florent Emilio Siri * Eduardo Sosa Soria * Jerome Schwab * Thomas Szabo * Aaron Thomas* Hugo P. Thomas * Gilles Taurand * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Bertrand Tavernier * Ana\u00efs Tellenne * Pascal Tessaud *\u00a0Thierry Teston\u00a0* Chlo\u00e9 Th\u00e9venin <\/strong>* Doria Tillier * Laurent Tirard * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Dani\u00e8le Thompson * Eric Tol\u00e9dano * Anne-Dominique Toussaint * J\u00e9r\u00e9my Trouilh * Guillaume Tunzini * Sabrina Van Tassel * Pascal Vaguesly * Francis Veber * Jean Veber * Cathy Verney * Sandrine Veysset * Gr\u00e9goire Vigneron * Christian Vincent * Luc Walpoth<\/strong> * Myriam Weil<\/strong> * Nicolas Weil * Laurent Zeitoun * Roschdy Zem<\/strong> * Yann Zenou * Rebecca Zlotowski<\/strong> * Yohann Zveig * Erick Zonca.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_cta h2=”” h4=”Visit the RED CARPET GALLERY” color=”mulled-wine” css=”.vc_custom_1670443202523{background-color: rgba(0,78,239,0.14) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,78,239) !important;}”]A series of portraits made on the red carpet<\/a> at the festival by international photo agencies[\/vc_cta][vc_column_text margin_bottom=”0″ css=”.vc_custom_1768350892857{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Many other celebrities attended the festival including (2025 talents in bold):<\/h5>\n

George Aguilar * Daphne Albert * Sveva Alviti * Carole Amiel *\u00a0Jon Amiel<\/strong>\u00a0* Nora Arnezeder * David Arquette * Rosanna Arquette *\u00a0Julien Arruti * Jon Avnet\u00a0* Academy Award\u00ae winner Roger Avary * Anthony Azizi<\/strong> * Jamie Babitt * Matt Bastard *\u00a0Nathalie Baye * Edouard Baer * Anthony Bajon * Michael Barker<\/strong> * Mat Bastard * \u00a0Academy Awards\u00ae winner Sean Becker<\/strong> * Academy Award\u00ae nominee B\u00e9renice Bejo * Victoire B\u00e9l\u00e9zy * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Annette Bening * Dali Benssalah * Academy Award\u00ae winner Halle Berry * Jacqueline Bisset\u00a0*\u00a0Damien Bonnard* \u00c9lodie Bouchez<\/strong> * Academy Awards\u00ae nominee Rachid Bouchareb * Tarek Boudali * Didier Bourdon * JR Bourne * Anne Brochet * Aline Brosh McKenna *\u00a0Patrick Bruel<\/strong>\u00a0* Antonia Buresi * Isabelle Candelier * Gilbert Cates * Academy Award\u00ae winner George Chakiris * Jeremiah Chechik *\u00a0Sanda Codreanu<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>* Charles Cohen *\u00a0Charly Clovis\u00a0*<\/strong> Gloria Colston * Academy Award\u00ae winner Marion Cotillard * Clotilde Coureau * Wes Craven * Audrey Dana * Joe Dante * Jean-Pierre Darroussin *\u00a0<\/strong>Alice David * Lou de La\u00e2ge * Christophe Dechavanne* Academy Award\u00ae nominee Laura Dern * Zoey Deutch <\/strong>* Dida Diafat * Paul Dichter<\/strong> * Jeremy Doner * Bill Duke * Aubry Dullin<\/strong> * Quentin Dupieux * Romain Duris * Eric Elmosnino * Gad Elmaleh * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Deniz Gamze Erg\u00fcven * \u00a0Nadia Far\u00e8s * Carrie Fisher * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Robert Forster * Academy Awards\u00ae winner Jodie Foster<\/strong> * John Frankenheimer * Jennifer E. Gardner * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n* Doroth\u00e9e Gilbert * Ana Girardot * Lesli Linka Glatter * Dan Glickman * Judith Godr\u00e8che * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Samuel Goldwyn Jr * Selena Gomez * Tracy Gotoas * Carl Gotlieb * Alex Goude * Vanessa Guide * Academy Award\u00ae winner Taylor Hackford * Johnny Hallyday * Laeticia Hallyday * Zita Hanrot * Academy Award\u00ae winner Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck * Academy Award\u00ae winner Herbie Hancock * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Arthur Hiller * Chlo\u00e9 Hollings * Stephen Hopkins * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Isabelle Huppert * Jacky Ido * *\u00a0Academy Award nominee\u00ae Jim Jarmush<\/strong> * Jean-Michel Jarre * Jimmy Jean-Louis * Camelia Jordana *\u00a0Jeremy Kagan\u00a0* Lawrence Kasdan * Douglas Kennedy * Irvin Kerschner *\u00a0Malou Khebizi\u00a0*<\/strong> Aja Naomi King * Nastassja Kinski * Randal Kleiser * Vicky Krieps<\/strong> * Diane Kruger * Karyn Kusama<\/strong> * Vincent Lacoste * J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Laheurte * Alexandra Lamy * Alexia Landeau *\u00a0John Landis * Mich\u00e8le Laroque *\u00a0 Xavier Lema\u00eetre *\u00a0 Academy Award\u00ae winner Michel Legrand *\u00a0 Karim Leklou\u00a0* Avi Lerner * Jalil Lespert * Gong Li * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Richard Linklater<\/strong> * Richard Lorber\u00a0* Ibrahim Maalouf *\u00a0Leonard Maltin * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Michael Mann\u00a0* Guillaume Marbeck<\/strong> * \u00a0Margo Martindale\u00a0 * Olivier Martinez * Jeanne Mas * Holt McCallany * Nadia Melliti <\/strong>* Kad Merad * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Nancy Meyer *\u00a0Patrick Mille\u00a0*\u00a0Academy Award\u00ae winner Helen Mirren\u00a0* Gregory Montel * Academy Award nominee\u00ae Demi Moore * Jonathan Mostow<\/strong> * Kamal Moummad * Ornella Muti *\u00a0 Pierre Niney * Academy Award\u00ae nominee Josh Olson * Vanessa Paradis * Robert Pattinson * Pablo Pauly * Academy Awards\u00ae winner Alexander Payne * Vincent Perez *\u00a0 Nahuel Perez Biscayart * Ron Perlman * Daniel Petry Jr. * M. 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[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1652133642052{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] TALENTS AT THE FESTIVAL [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text margin_bottom=”0″ css=”.vc_custom_1768350880713{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] More than 370 French writers, directors, composers, producers, directors of photography, music supervisors & editors have presented their film(s) at the festival. Among them are (2025 talents in bold): Sou Abadi * Lise Akoka * Patrick Alessandrin *\u00a0Eric […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25794,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions\/25794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}