La French Touch is a partner of the 61st Critics' Week which will take place from May 18 to 26, 2022.

7 feature films and 10 short films, selected from thousands of films viewed, are in competition for the 61st edition of Critics' Week. To decide between them, a jury chaired by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, to whom we owe The Challat of Tunis ou The man who sold his skin, nominated for the Oscar for best foreign film in 2021. She will be surrounded by Franco-Greek actress Ariane Labed, director of the Busan Festival, Huh Moon-yung, Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson and Belgian cinematographer Benoît Debie . Together, they will have the heavy task of awarding four prestigious prizes: the Grand Prix, the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for short films, the Louis Roederer Foundation Prize for Revelation as well as the Jury's French Touch Prize.

Opening this 2022 edition, American actor Jesse Eisenberg will present his first film as a director, When You Finish Saving the World, with Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard.

Our selection

Longs métrages

• Aftersun, Charlotte Wells
• Living soul, Cristèle Alves Meira
• Dalva, Emmanuelle Nicot
• The pack, Andrés Ramirez Pulido
• Our ceremonies, Simon Rieth
• Tasavor (Imagine), Ali Behrad
• Metsurin tarina (The Woodcutter Story), Mikko Myllylaht

Short films

• canker, Lin Tu
• Las criaturas que se derriten bajo el sol (Creatures that melt in the sun), Diego Cespedes
• Cuerdas (Chords), Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
• Dang Wo Wang Xiang Ni De Shi Hou (Will You Look At Me), Shuli Huang
• Ice Merchants, Joao Gonzalez, Joao Gonzalez
• It's Nice In Here, Robert-Jonathan Koeyers
• Nisam je stigao voljeti (I Didn't Make It To Love Her) Anna Fernandez DePaco
• Στον Θρόνο του Ξέρξη (On the throne of Xerxes), Evi Kalogiropoulou
• Manta Ray, Anton Bialas
• Swan in the center, Iris Chassaigne