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Directors’ Fortnight is planning to screen a programme of films from its selection at an event in Tokyo, Japan this December in partnership with VIPO.

Magdala stars the famous American choreographer Elsa Wolliaston. Cineuropa: How did the idea for Magdala come about? Damien Manivel: I’ve been working with Elsa Wolliaston for 12 years now. We made the short film La Dame au chien together, as well as Isadora’s Children. So Magdala came about from the desire I feel on an almost perpetual basis to film Elsa, to document our relationship, to paint a portrait of it, so to speak. I’ve wanted to work on a mythical, legendary charac...

Five promising young filmmakers taking part in Emergence (l-r) Directors Sarah Arnold, Léa Todorov Karim Bensalah, Martin Drouot and Stéphane Marchetti Selected by a jury that was chaired this year by Alice Winocour (supported by a number of others, including Anaïs Demoustier), five young filmmakers have been picked for the 23 rd session of the Emergence directing residency. This scheme, which is the only one of its kind in Europe, will offer them the chance to shoot two scenes from their ...