Over 50 portraits of WOMEN in the world

As for each edition, a theme is chosen for the programming. In 2015, the theme is WOMEN. Building a programming around a thematic offers the possibility for the audience to be “guided” into the richness of the large worldwide cinema heritage. The audience will be invited to a “journey” within the selection of films around WOMEN : from a country to another, from early times of the cinema to more recent classics, from a vision to another… Through this selection, the festival aims at opening a window on the world of the past to better understand the world of today. 54 different visions of the women, as of 1906… : loved, hated, despised, criticized, admired, heroic, defeated, mean or brave…

WOMEN is a complex and rich thematic. It covers films directed by men about women, but also films directed by women, presenting their own vision of the world. The thematic gives the opportunity to discover the way women were presented in films and consequently their position in the society through the ages. The thematic will of course embrace women playing a character who will become iconic forever.

Films : Official Selection 2015

The Adventures of Prince Achmed / Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed,1926 by Lotte Reiniger (Germany)

All About Eve, 1950 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (USA)

Black Narcissus, 1947, by Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell (UK)

The Blue Angel / Der Blaue Engel, 1930, by Josef von Sternberg (Germany)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961, by Blake Edwards (USA)

Buba, 1930, by Nutsa Gogoberidze (Georgia)

Cléo from 5 to 7 / Cléo de 5 à 7, 1962, by Agnès Varda (France)

The Clouds of Sils Maria / Sils Maria, 2014, by Olivier Assayas (France)

Come Drink With Me / Da zui xia, 1966, by King Hu (Hong Kong)

The Consequences of Feminism / Les résultats du féminisme, 1906, by Alice Guy (France)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000, by Ang Lee (Hong Kong)

Forever Yours, 1955, by Tawee Na Bangchang (Thailand)

Gilda, 1946, by Charles Vidor (USA)

A Girl of the Bush, 1921, by Franklyn Barrett (Australia)

Girls in Uniform / Mädchen in Uniform, 1931, by Leontine Sagan (Germany)

The Goddess / Shen nu, 1934, by Wu Yonggang (China)

Hiroshima Mon Amour, 1959, by Alain Resnais (France)

The Housemaid / Hanyo, 1960, by Kim Ki-young (Korea)

Imitation of Life, 1959, by Douglas Sirk (USA)

Insiang, 1976, by Lino Brocka (Philippines)

La Dolce Vita (1960) by Federico Fellini (Italy

The Lady from Shanghai, 1947, by Orson Welles (USA)

Life Of Oharu / Saikaku ichidai onna, 1952, by Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan)

Life, Once Upon A Time / Ta Ka Ka Ta Bawa, 1978, by U Maung Tin Oo (Myanmar)

Line of Credit / Kreditis Limiti, 2014, by Salome Alexi (Georgia)

Lola Montes, 1955, by Max Ophüls (France)

Lonely Wife / Charulata, 1964, by Satyajit Ray (India)

Madame Freedom / Jayu buin, 1956, by Han Hyeong-mo (Korea)

A Man Vanishes / Ningen Jōhatsu, 1967, by Shōhei Imamura (Japan)

Metropolis, 1927, by Fritz Lang (Germany)

Mississippi Mermaid / La sirène du Mississipi, 1969, by François Truffaut (France)

Moon Over Malaya, 1957, by Chun Kim (Malaysia-Singapore)

Mr Sun Stone / Nay Kyauk Khe, 1983, by Daw Thin Thin Yu (Myanmar)

Mr Sweet Smiley / Pho Pyone Cho, 1955, by U Mya Maung (Myanmar)

My Neighbor Totoro / Tonari no Totoro, 1988, by Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

Not Wanted, 1949, by Ida Lupino (USA)

Passerine Bird / Con Chim Vành Khuyên, 1962, by Nguyen Van Thong & Tran Vu (Vietnam)

The Passion of Joan of Arc / La passion de Jeanne d’Arc, 1928, by Carl Theodor Dreyer (France)

Poem for babies / Ta Kyawt Hna Kyawt Tae Ko ThI, 1971, by U Win Oo (Myanmar)

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match / Hibotan bakuto hanafuda shôbu, 1969, by Tai Katô (Japan)

Red Peony Gambler Oryu’s Visit / Hibotan bakuto: oryû sanjô, 1970, by Tai Katô (Japan)

The Smiling Madame Beudet / La souriante Madame Beudet, 1922, by Germaine Dulac (France)

Some Interviews On Personal Matters / Ramdenime interviu pirad sakitkhebze, 1977, by Lana Gogoberidze (Georgia)

Stage Sisters / Wǔtái Jiěmè, 1969, by Xie Jin (China)

Story of a Love Affair / Cronaca di un amore, 1950, by Michelangelo Antonioni (Italy)

Sunset Boulevard, 1950, by Billy Wilder (USA)

A Taste Of Honey, 1961, by Tony Richardson (UK)

They Called Her…Cleopatra Wong, 1978, by Bobby A. Suarez (Singapore)

Wanda, 1970, by Barbara Loden (USA)

A Woman is a Woman / Une femme est une femme, 1961, by Jean-Luc Godard (France)

The Women, 1939, by George Cukor (USA)

The Young Girls of Rochefort / Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, 1967, by Jacques Demy (France)

The Young Ones / Cǎiyún fēi, 1973, by Li Hsing (Taiwan)

Zazie in the Metro / Zazie dans le métro, 1960, by Louis Malle (France)