1975 Deauville American Film Festival

1975 Deauville American Film Festival 1975 Deauville American Film Festival poster.jpg Festival poster Deauville American Film Festival Group 12 feature films Deauville, France International 1975 09 03–1975 09 07 http://www.festival-deauville.com The 1st Deauville American Film Festival took place at Deauville, France from September 3 to 7, 1975. It was created by French writer Lionel Chouchan and French journalist and television producer André Halimi, which they described as "(to) show films that only a few privileged - amazed or astonished – people had discovered, in New York or Los Angeles, to French audiences, without exclusion, barriers or bias". It occurs every year since its creation at the end of the summer.http://www.festival-deauville.com/DEV/index.php?pid=49 HISTORY August 25, 2015 September 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011941/http://www.festival-deauville.com/DEV/index.php?pid=49 dead They received funding from French entrepreneur and businessman Lucien Barrière's group and mayor of Deauville at that time, Michel d'Ornano.http://www.eve-basse-normandie.fr/en/eve/the-deauville-american-film-festival-599.html The Deauville American Film Festival August 25, 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065252/http://www.eve-basse-normandie.fr/en/eve/the-deauville-american-film-festival-599.html dead The festival was non-competitive in nature and remained so until 1995. It screened 12 feature filmshttp://www.festival-deauville.com/DEV/index.php?pid=54&e=1 1975 August 25, 2015 September 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011945/http://www.festival-deauville.com/DEV/index.php?pid=54&e=1 dead at three different sites, International Centre (1,500 seats), the Casino (700 vehicles) and the Cinéma Morny (two rooms of 271 and 99 seats).http://www.deauville.org/imgup2007/deauville2010/ddpgb2010.pdf Deauville: pleasures for every season August 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213148/http://www.deauville.org/imgup2007/deauville2010/ddpgb2010.pdf 2015-09-23 dead Initially the festival was attended by locals but with passing years its popularity increased and attracted international attention.http://www.ferries.co.uk/ferry-news/ferries-to-france/the-deauville-american-film-festival/801436866 The Deauville American Film Festival August 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101320/http://www.ferries.co.uk/ferry-news/ferries-to-france/the-deauville-american-film-festival/801436866 2016-03-04 dead The festival also highlighted the best of American cinematography.http://frenchculture.org/film-tv-and-new-media/news/spotlight-deauville-american-film-festival Spotlight on the Deauville American Film Festival August 25, 2015 Programme Feature films A Boy and His Dog by L.Q. Jones Caged Heat by Jonathan Demme Emil and the Piglet by Olle Hellbom Janis by Howard Alk Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Hall Bartlett The Great Waldo Pepper by George Roy Hill The Reincarnation of Peter Proud by J. Lee Thompson Lifespan by Sandy Whitelaw Love and Death by Woody Allen Nashville by Robert Altman Open Season by Peter Collinson Supervixens by Russ Meyer References External links Official site Deau Category:1975 film festivals 1975