The 2020 Deauville American Film Festival was the 46th edition of the

Deauville American Film Festival The Deauville American Film Festival (french: Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville, link=no) is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, which has taken place since 1975 in Deauville, France. It was established by Lionel Cho ...

, held at

Deauville Deauville () is a commune in the Calvados department, Normandy, northwestern France. Major attractions include its harbour, race course, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino, and sumptuous hotels. The first Deauville Asian Film Fes ...

, France from September 4 to 13, 2020. The festival was held in spite of the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

. French singer and actress

Vanessa Paradis Vanessa Chantal Paradis (; born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model, and actress. Paradis became a child star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's high ...

was appointed as the president of the jury. The festival paid tribute to

Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...

. The Grand Special Prize was awarded to '' The Nest'' directed by

Sean Durkin Timothy Sean Durkin (born December 9, 1981) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for ''Martha Marcy May Marlene''. His short film, ''Mary Last Seen'', on ...

. ''The Nest'' film was also awarded with the International Critics' prize and the Revelation Prize.

Juries

Main Competition

: singer and actress (President of Jury) *

Yann Gonzalez M83 are a French electronic music group formed in Antibes in 1999 and currently based in Los Angeles. Initially a duo of multi-instrumentalists Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, Fromageau parted ways shortly after touring for their second ...

: director *

Zita Hanrot Zita Hanrot (born 7 December 1989) is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2016 for her role in the film ''Fatima''. Life and career Zita Hanrot was born in 1989, to a Jamaican mother and a French father. She ...

: actress *

Delphine Horvilleur Delphine Horvilleur (born 8 November 1974) is France's third female rabbi, and (as of 2012) editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine ''Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a''. She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-lea ...

: journalist *

Vincent Lacoste Vincent Lacoste (born 3 July 1993) is a French actor. He began his acting career at the age of fifteen, playing the lead role of Hervé in the film ''The French Kissers''. The role won him the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor and a nomin ...

: actor *

Mounia Meddour Mounia Meddour (born 15 May 1978) is a Franco-Algerian film director. Biography Meddour's father is the Algerian director Azzedine Meddour and her mother comes from Russia. She studied in a journalism school, then trained in cinema and audiovi ...

: actress *

Bruno Podalydès Bruno Podalydès (born 11 March 1961) is a French writer, film director, producer and actor. His brother Denis Podalydès Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more ...

: actor, director *

Oxmo Puccino Abdoulaye Diarra (; born 3 August 1974), better known by his stage name Oxmo Puccino (, ), is a French-Malian rapper. Career A longtime hip hop fan, at age 21 Diarra began his collaboration with the fledgling rap collective Time Bomb, honing ...

: hip hop musician

Revelation jury

Rebecca Zlotowski Rebecca Zlotowski (born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. Education A former student at prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure, Rebecca Zlotowski received her teaching qualification in French modern literature in 2003. ...

: French film director and screenwriter (President of Jury) *

Luàna Bajrami Luàna Bajrami-Rahmani (; born 14 March 2001) is a French-Kosovar actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (2019) and '' School's Out'' (2018). She made her directorial debut with ''The Hill Where Lionesse ...

: actress, director *

Mya Bollaers Mya Bollaers () is a Belgian actress. Career She rose to prominence with her title role in the 2019 film ''Lola'' (''Lola vers la mer''), in which she played a 18-year-old transgender girl grieving the death of her mother. Her portrayal receiv ...

: actress *

Arnaud Rebotini Arnaud Rebotini is a French musician. He is a member of the band Black Strobe, which released their debut album ''Burn Your Own Church'' in 2007. He has previously been a member of the death metal band Post Mortum, which later became Swamp. ...

: composer, musician *

Antoine Reinartz Antoine Reinartz (; born 1985) is a French actor. Theater Selected filmography References External links * 1985 births Living people French male film actors {{France-actor-stub ...

: actor

Programme

Competition

*'' The Assistant'' by

Kitty Green Kitty Green is an Australian film director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. The majority of her projects have been documentaries, while only one has been a narrative driven story. Green produced, directed, wrote, and edited the 2019 film '' ...

*''

First Cow ''First Cow'' is a 2019 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt, from a screenplay by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond based on Raymond's 2004 novel ''The Half-Life''. It stars John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shephe ...

'' by

Kelly Reichardt Kelly Reichardt (; born March 3, 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working-class characters in small, rural communities. Reich ...

*'' Giants Being Lonely'' by Grear Patterson *'' Holler'' by Nicole Riegel *''

Kajillionaire ''Kajillionaire'' is a 2020 American crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Miranda July (her third feature following ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' and '' The Future''). The film stars Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger and Richard Je ...

'' by

Miranda July Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, singer, actress and author. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital presentations and live performance art. She w ...

*''

Last Words Last words are the final utterances before death. The meaning is sometimes expanded to somewhat earlier utterances. Last words of famous or infamous people are sometimes recorded (although not always accurately) which became a historical and liter ...

'' by

Jonathan Nossiter Jonathan Nossiter (born 1961) is an American filmmaker. Early life and education Nossiter was born to a Jewish family Lorelei The Lorelei ( ; ), spelled Loreley in German, is a , steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Th ...

'' by Sabrina Doyle *''

Love is Love is Love "Love Is Love Is Love" (stylized as "LovE Is LovE Is LovE") is a song recorded by American singer LeAnn Rimes, and the fourth release from her sixteenth studio album, ''Remnants''. She co-produced it with Darrell Brown, Mark Batson and Niko Bola ...

'' by

Eleanor Coppola Eleanor Jessie Coppola (''née'' Neil; born May 4, 1936) is an American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer. She is married to director Francis Ford Coppola. She is most known for her 1991 documentary film '' Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmake ...

*'' Minari'' by

Lee Isaac Chung Lee Isaac Chung (born October 19, 1978) is an American film director and screenwriter. His debut feature ''Munyurangabo'' (2007) was an Official Selection at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda ...

*''

Shiva Baby ''Shiva Baby'' is a 2020 comedy film written and directed by Emma Seligman. The film stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a directionless young bisexual Jewish woman who attends a with her parents, Joel (Fred Melamed) and Debbie (Polly Draper). Oth ...

'' by

Emma Seligman Emma Seligman (born May 3, 1995) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for their feature directorial debut '' Shiva Baby'' (2020). Career As a teenager, Emma Seligman contributed film reviews to ''The Huffington Post''. They st ...

*'' Sophie Jones'' by Jessie Barr *''

Sound of Metal ''Sound of Metal'' is a 2019 American drama film directed and co-written by Darius Marder. It stars Riz Ahmed as a metal drummer who loses his hearing, and also features Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric. ''Sound of M ...

'' by

Darius Marder Darius Marder is an American film director, screenwriter, and editor from Massachusetts. He is known for directing and co-writing ''Sound of Metal'', for which he was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenpl ...

*'' Uncle Frank'' by Alan Ball *'' The Violent Heart'' by Kerem Sanga * '' The Nest'' by

Les Premières (Premieres)

* ''How I Became a Super Hero'' by Douglas Attal * ''

Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to form a judgement. The subject is complex; several different definitions exist, which generally include the rational, skeptical, and unbiased analysis ...

'' by

John Leguizamo John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez (; ; born July 22, 196013:04) is an American actor, comedian, and film producer. He has appeared in over 100 films, produced over 20 films and documentaries, made over 30 television appearances, and has produced ...

* ''

Wendy Wendy is a given name now generally given to girls in English-speaking countries. In Britain, Wendy appeared as a masculine name in a parish record in 1615. It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century. Its popularity ...

'' by

Benh Zeitlin Benjamin Harold Zeitlin (; born October 14, 1982) is an American filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the 2012 film '' Beasts of the Southern Wild'', for which he received two Academy Award nominations. Early life Zeitlin was born in ...

* '' Bad Education'' by

Cory Finley Cory Finley is an American screenwriter, playwright, and director. Finley wrote and directed the black comedy film ''Thoroughbreds,'' which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2017. He also directed the true crime dramedy film '' Bad Educ ...

* ''

Don't Tell a Soul ''Don't Tell a Soul'' is the sixth studio album by the American rock band The Replacements, released on February 1, 1989 by Sire Records. Recording and release ''Don't Tell a Soul'' was the first Replacements album featuring Bob "Slim" Dunla ...

'' by

Alex McAulay Alex McAulay (born January 20, 1977) is an American film director and novelist. McAulay is best known for writing and directing the thriller films ''Don't Tell a Soul'' and ''A House on the Bayou''. Career McAulay is a former indie rock musician ...

* '' Resistance'' by

Jonathan Jakubowicz Jonathan Jakubowicz is a Venezuelan filmmaker and writer, winner of the German Film Peace Prize 2020 for his film "Resistance". His film '' Secuestro Express'' was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the British Independent Film AwardsVá ...

* '' Sons of Philadelphia'' by Jérémie Guez * ''

The Professor and the Madman ''The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words'' is a non-fiction history book by British writer Simon Winchester, first published in England in 1998. It was retitled ''The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murde ...

'' by

Farhad Safinia Farhad Safinia ( fa, فرهاد صفی‌نیا Farhād Safīnīyā; born 1975) is an Iranian-American screenwriter, film/TV producer and director, best known for '' Apocalypto'', ''Boss'', and ''The Professor and the Madman''. He was credite ...

* '' Wander'' by

April Mullen April Mullen () is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. Career In 2012, Mullen became the first woman to direct a live action, fully stereoscopic 3D feature film, ''Dead Before Dawn'' (2012)''.'' In 2015, she directed the neo-noir grindhouse fe ...

Les Docs De L'Oncle Sam (Uncle Sam's Doc)

* ''Billie'' by

James Erskine James Erskine may refer to: *James Erskine, 6th Earl of Buchan (died 1640) *James Erskine, 7th Earl of Buchan (died 1664), Earl of Buchan *Sir James Erskine, 2nd Baronet (c. 1670–1693), of the Erskine baronets *James Erskine (Aberdeen MP) (born 1 ...

* ''

Kubrick by Kubrick ''Kubrick by Kubrick'' is a 2020 documentary film directed by Gregory Monro about the film director Stanley Kubrick. Synopsis Using archival footage (ranging from past interviews with people who worked with him to the director's own home mo ...

'' by

Gregory Monro Gregory may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gregory (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Gregory (surname), a surname Places Australia *Gregory, Queensland, a town in the Shire of ...

* '' Leap of Faith : William Friedkin on The exorcist'' by

Alexandre O. Philippe Alexandre O. Philippe is a Swiss film director whose films include the documentaries '' Doc of the Dead'', '' The People vs. George Lucas'', and ''78/52''. Philippe is Creative Director and co-owner of Denver-based Cinema Vertige and his most re ...

* '' Deauville et le rêve américain'' by Daphné Baiwir * '' Kirk Douglas, l'indompté'' by Hubert Attal * '' Pierre & Lescure'' de Maxime Switek and Philippe Lézin * '' The Last Hillbilly'' by Diane-Sara Bouzgarrou and Thomas Jenkoe * '' Weed & Wine'' by Rebecca Richman Cohen

Tribute to
Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...

* '' The Final Countdown'' by Don Taylor * ''

Seven Days in May ''Seven Days in May'' is a 1964 American political thriller film about a military-political cabal's planned takeover of the United States government in reaction to the president's negotiation of a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. The f ...

'' by

John Frankenheimer John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (1 ...

* ''

Lonely Are the Brave ''Lonely Are the Brave'' is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel ''The Brave Cowboy'' directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter ...

'' by David Miller * ''

Spartacus Spartacus ( el, Σπάρτακος '; la, Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising ...

'' by

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...

* '' The Vikings'' by

Richard Fleischer Richard O. Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director whose career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. Though he ...

* ''

Paths of Glory ''Paths of Glory'' is a 1957 American anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of ...

'' by

* '' Lust for Life'' by

Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. He directed the classic movie musicals ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' (1944), ''An American in Paris'' (1951), ''Th ...

and Georges Cukor * ''

The Bad and the Beautiful ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' is a 1952 American melodrama that tells the story of a film producer who alienates everyone around him. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by George Bradshaw (writer), George Bradshaw and Charles Sch ...

'' by

* '' The Big Sky'' by

Howard Hawks Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." A v ...

* '' Ace in the Hole'' by

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Holl ...

* ''

Champion A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, an ...

'' by Mark Robson * ''

Out of the Past ''Out of the Past'' (billed in the United Kingdom as ''Build My Gallows High'') is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring (using the pseu ...

'' by

Jacques Tourneur Jacques Tourneur (; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir ''Out of the Past'' and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including ''Cat People (1942 film), Cat ...

Awards

*Grand Prix (Grand Special Prize): '' The Nest'' by

*Prix du Jury (Jury Special Prize): (tied) ''

'' by

and ''

Lorelei The Lorelei ( ; ), spelled Loreley in German, is a , steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Th ...

'' by Sabrina Doyle *Prix du Public (Audience Award): '' Uncle Frank'' by Alan Ball *Prix de la Critique Internationale (International Critics' prize): '' The Nest'' by

*Prix Michel d'Ornano (Michel d'Ornano Award for debut French film): ''

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'' by Charlène Favier *Prix de la Révélation (Revelation Prize): '' The Nest'' by

References

External links

Official site
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Juries

Main Competition

Revelation jury

Programme

Competition

Les Premières (Premieres)

Les Docs De L'Oncle Sam (Uncle Sam's Doc)

Tribute to Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...

Awards

References

External links

Tribute to
Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Do ...