Unifrance 10 Talents to Watch: Raphaël Quenard, Suzy Bemba, Souheila Yacoub Among Voices Shaping French Cinema
variety.comBen Croll French film promotional organization Unifrance put talent in the spotlight at this year’s Rendez-Vous in Paris, where the 10 actors and filmmakers selected as 2024’s Talents to Watch were fêted with flutes of champagne at France’s Ministry of Culture before being introduced to the international press at a dedicated event.
For more than a decade, the 10 to Watch program has pinpointed the creative talents breathing modernity and vitality into contemporary French cinema.
Think of a Gallic artist that’s made international waves over the past decade, and chances are they made this list. Here are the voices taking the industry forward in the years to come. Sofia Alaoui Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui will build on the rugged eeriness of her 2023 Sundance jury prize winner “Animalia” with “Tarfaya” – a slow-burn thriller that mines Morocco’s sweeping landscapes for ambient unease.
The upcoming film will follow Meryam, a 40-something nurse working at a secluded hospital beset by a mysterious new plague linked to a destabilizing environment. “This world is full of poetry and melancholy,” says Alaoui. “It’s an intimate look at one person struggling while part of a much bigger tale – a tale where the future of the world is at stake.” “I’m not interested in straight realism,” the filmmaker continues.
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