Entrevues Belfort Film Festival

The Entrevues Belfort Film Festival is an annual international film festival, founded in 1986 by Janine Bazin and held in Belfort, France. Through its First Films International Competition (from 1st to 3rd film), the festival is dedicated to support emerging filmmakers. Alongside of the International Competition, the festival focuses on rediscovering filmmakers from the cinematic heritage with retrospectives, tributes and encounters.[1] It also offers a Post-production Grant for first international features films.[2]
Since 1986, the festival has been successively directed by Janine Bazin (1986-2000), Bernard Benoliel (2001-2004), Catherine Bizern (2005-2012) and Lili Hinstin (since 2013).[3] Many first films of now renowned young directors were selected by EntreVues Belfort, such as:

Since 1986, retrospectives have been dedicated to international directors such as: Michelangelo Antonioni, David Cronenberg, Michael Cimino, Jerzy Skolimowski, Barbet Schroeder, Paul Schrader, Miloš Forman, Marco Bellocchio, Paul Verhoeven, Abel Ferrara, Jean-Claude Brisseau, Jean-Pierre Mocky, John Carpenter,[5] Jacques Doillon,[6] Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Otar Iosseliani or Bong Joon-ho.[7]

In 2015, the festival has celebrated its 30th edition.[8]

  1. ^ "Entrevues Belfort - Official website".
  2. ^ "[Films en cours] presentation". www.festival-entrevues.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  3. ^ "Lili Hinstin, directrice de Belfort, Cahiers du cinéma, n°691, July–August 2013, p.81
  4. ^ Jacques Mandelbaum, "Teguia fait tomber la foudre sur Belfort", Le Monde, 6 December 2013
  5. ^ Julien Gester, "On reflet le match avec Carpenter", Liberation, 27 November 2013
  6. ^ Caroline Châtelet, "Doillon cinéaste obstiné", Novo, December–January 2014
  7. ^ "EastAsia » Retour sur les courts-métrages de Bong Joon-ho (Festival EntreVues Belfort)". Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  8. ^ "Cinema and the Class Struggle on Notebook". MUBI. Retrieved 2016-01-18.