French and Furious: a selection of films that are dynamite in the new-generation auteur cinema scene

• Ludovic Boukherma and Cannes - 2020
• David Dufresne - The Demons of Dorothy by Locarno - 2021
• Caroline Cherrier - Love Hurts by Clermont-Ferrand - 2021

Bold Youth: different perspectives on the unconditional energy of youth

• Guillaume Brac - Gallant Indies by Oldschool by SWISS FILMS
• Adrian Moyse Dullin - Nadia, Butterfly by Cannes - 2020, in partnership with Playlist by Madly in Life by Ann Sirot, in partnership with The Ugly Ducklings by The Lover by Honey Cigar by Giornate degli Autori (Venice) - 2020
• Delphine Lehericey - SWISS FILMS
• Léoluna Robert-Tourneur, in partnership with Moon by Telefilm Canada

Night Tales focuses on what we become between nightfall and dawn.

• Elie Wajeman - Dustin by Toronto - 2020
• Maximilian Badier-Rosenthal - Little Bear by Clermont-Ferrand - 2021

Through time or space, Voyage, Voyage offers us a chance to discover new horizons.

• Rémi Chayé - Skies of Lebanon by Cannes - 2020
• Giulio Callegari
• Sam Karmann - Astralium by Mido and the Instrumals by Eye for an Eye by Alan Guimont, Mathieu Lecroq, François Briantais
• Alexandre Manzanares, Philipp Merten and Michelle Couttolenc: A film and sound enthusiast since the age of 14, Michelle Couttolenc is a sound engineer. She studied sound engineering in France, specializing in sound mixing, with the goal of intensifying the spectator's emotional experience. Her career covers over 100 films, including Pan's Labyrinth, Güeros, Silent Light, and I'm No Longer Here. She has won the Best Sound Award in Mexico six times and in April 2021, she won the Oscar®️, BAFTA, CAS, and AMPS Awards for her work on Sound of Metal. When she is not in the mixing studio, Michelle likes to spend time with her family and to eat desserts.

• Locarno). In 2006, he directed Ça rend heureux (in competition at Nue propriété starring Venice). In 2007, he directed Directors' Fortnight). Joachim Lafosse's career has gathered speed with each new film, as shown by the national and international recognition he earned for Un Certain Regard and winner of the Best Actress Award for The White Knights starring Valérie Donzelli, Reda Kateb, selected at After Love (Bérénice Bejo and Virginie Efira and Keep Going, presented at The Restless, starring Damien Bonnard, was selected at Filippo Meneghetti: Born in Padua, Italy, Filippo Meneghetti started out working in the independent movie scene in New York. After studying film, then anthropology in Rome, he worked as first assistant director. He went on to direct the short films Undici (co-directed with Piero Tomaselli), L’intruso, and La Bête, which were selected and won awards at numerous international film festivals. In 2019, he directed his debut feature, TIFF, attracted praise at over eighty film festivals around the world and was sold in thirty countries. Two of Us won over twenty-five awards in France and abroad, including the César Award for Best Film and two Lumière Awards (Best Film and Best Actress). It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Foreign Film category and was selected by France as its Oscar candidate in 2021. Filippo has lived and worked in France since 2013.

• Locarno Film Festival. His second feature, Critics' Week at Cannes, where it won the Grand Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize. Un Certain Regard section at Cannes in 2017, and was a box office success in Argentina. In 2021, he shot his first non-Argentinian film, Daphné Patakia: Daphné Patakia is a Belgian-Greek actor. After growing up in Brussels, she studied acting at the Greek National Theater in Athens, graduating in 2013. She went on to perform in a number of Greek films, and was honored at the Shooting Stars event at the Tony Gatlif's film Cannes. In 2018, she was cast by Matt Dillon. One year later, she played in the series OVNI(s) alongside Benedetta by Virginie Efira.

International Press Jury 2022:

• Carlos Helí De Almeida, Brazil: film critic

• Jason Salomons, United Kingdom: Totally Wired, BBC News, "Seen Any Good Films Lately?"

• Alejandra Trelles, Uruguay: La Diaria

• Dzevdet Tuzlic, Bosnia-Herzegovina: BHT 1

• Fiona Williams, Australia: SBS Movies