La French Touch, partner of the 63rd Critics’ Week
La Critique Week at his best ! For the third year in a row, the French Touch has joined forces with this parallel section of the Cannes Festival, whose programming focuses on the first and second films of emerging filmmakers. Screenings, business meetings between professionals from the cultural and creative industries, presentation of the French Touch Prize from the jury, conferences on the cinema industry... a promising week for the orange rooster which continues, through this event, its mission of discovering young talents in film creation and the networking of entrepreneurs in the sector, to build the cinema of tomorrow.
Poster for the 63rd Critics’ Week
What is Critics' Week?
This flagship event in the cinematic landscape, inherent to the Cannes Film Festival, was created in 1962 by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, with the aim of honoring first and second feature films and revealing young creative talents. It is thanks to Critics' Week that directors such as Jacques Audiard, Alejandro González Iñarritu, Ken Loach, François Ozon, Wong Kar Wai or more recently César Augusto Acevedo, Julia Ducournau, David R. Mitchell, Santiago Miter , Jeff Nichols or Rebecca Zlotowski have been revealed.
It all began in 1961, during the 14th Cannes International Film Festival and the screening of The Connection by Shirley Clarke (United States), adapted from a play by Jack Gekber. A film made which breaks the codes of cinematographic production and causes a sensation, so much so that during the following edition a section was created specially by the French Critics' Association to amplify the phenomenon. The critic and filmmaker Nelly Kaplan invented the name Critics' Week, which will stick.
Since then, the objective of Critics' Week has remained the same: to defend and represent young cinematographic creation. This event also plays a key role in supporting short film directors through the Next Step program, and in educating younger generations in film criticism.
By joining forces with this event, the French Touch reaffirms its support for the young talents who will make the cinema of tomorrow.
What films are being presented at Critics’ Week 2024?
Discover official selection of feature films this 63rd edition, presented from May 15 to 23, one of which will win the French Touch prize from the jury, after It's raining in the house by Paloma Sermon-Daï and Aftersun by Charlotte Wells, who have won awards over the past two years. This prize aims to reward the audacity and creativity of a unique cinematic gesture, but also excellence and innovation.
The testimony of Ava Cahen, general delegate of Critics’ Week
The testimony of Eliane Umuhire, actress and member of the French Touch Prize jury
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