RAMALLAH, January 13, 2011 (WAFA) - For the first time, an entirely dematerialized French film festival is going to enable everyone, whatever his country, to have access to the selected films and vote for their favorites.
The goal of MyFrenchFilmFestival.com is “to reveal young French creation and share with internet users all over the world our love of French cinema,” according to press release by the organization.
Between 14 and 29 January 2011, all film lovers will have access to 10 feature films and 10 recent short films in competition. Internet users have been invited to vote and leave their comments on the website.
The selection equally includes a heritage film out of competition, French Cancan by Jean Renoir.
The festival, organized by Unifrance in partnership with AlloCiné, is accessible in 10 languages: the website and films (available for a fee by video-on-demand) are offered in Arabic, English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Six prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival (three for feature films, three for shorts): the Internet Users Prize, Foreign Bloggers Prize and International Press Prize.
The award winning feature films will be shown aboard all Air France planes as of April 1 for a duration of six to nine months.
As of today, internet users can view free of charge on myfrenchfilmfestival.com the films' trailers, the lists of their casts, crews and technical specifications, as well as exclusive interviews with the directors and actors of the selected films. Several well-known foreign filmmakers (Wim Wenders, the Dardenne brothers…) have equally agreed to demonstrate their love for French cinema with fresh new interviews.
Internet users can henceforth play 'French Film Epidemic' to become the top ambassador of French cinema abroad via the Facebook page of My French Film Festival.com (free screenings and a trip to Paris are to be won), and can equally bet on the winning film selected by the public via the Facebook page of Air France (free screenings and a trip to New York are among the prizes).
Three posters, treating the French with humor and a trailer echoing this theme (available on the website myfrenchfilmfestival.com) will contribute to promoting this innovative event in a wide range of languages.
