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Angers European First Film Festival

Angers European First Film Festival

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The Angers European First Film Festival (French: Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers) is an annual film festival held in the city of Angers, France every January since 1989, dedicated to European cinema.[1]

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History

The first edition of this festival took place in 1989 at the initiative of its current delegate general Claude-Eric Poiroux, founder of the art house cinema Les 400 coups in Angers, and of a group of moviegoers.[2][3]

Since 2011, the festival collaborates with the Beijing First Film Festival.[4]

In 2013, it attracted nearly 70,000 festival-goers.[5][6] By 2014, over 2200 films were submitted annually, more than 300 were selected for different sections.[7] In 2016, admissions were estimated to be more than 76,000 and more than 150,000 euros in prizes awarded to films selected by juries or spectators.[8][9]

Jury Presidents

Over the years, seminal figures in the world of cinematography have chaired the jury:[10]

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    Premiers Plans, premiers pas en Chine, 2011-11-02, retrieved 2021-06-17
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    70,000 visitors to the 25th Angers First Film Festival, 2013-01-29, retrieved 17 June 2021
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    Lemercier, Fabien (2014-01-16). "Claude-Eric Poiroux • Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
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    Angers Le festival Premiers Plans bat des records, 2016-01-31
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    Le 22 janvier Festival Premiers plans, 2016
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    Press release for the 27th festival in 2015 (PDF), 2014-09-15.
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    Présentation du festival Premiers plans (PDF), 2013-10-11
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    Marie-Noëlle Tranchant (2013-01-25), Premiers plans d'Angers : 25 ans de découvertes
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    Premiers plans. Comment le festival de cinéma d’Angers va s'organiser en plein Covid-19, 2020-12-17
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    Lemercier, Fabien (2022-01-21). "It's home from home for young European talent at the Premiers Plans". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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    Lemercier, Fabien (2024-01-19). "New European talents showcased at Premiers Plans". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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