KICK-OFF OF THE 32nd EDITION OF CINEMANIA FROM NOVEMBER 4 TO 15PARADIS BY J\u00e9r\u00e9my COMTE OPENING \u2022 THE DAYS OF THE FRANCOPHONE SERIES \u2022 MASTER CLASS BY JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET \u2022 A FIRST WEEK RICH IN MEETINGSThe kick-off of the 32nd edition of the film festival CINEMANIA will be given this Wednesday, November 4, at the Monument National, with the Quebec premiere of the film PARADIS by J\u00e9r\u00e9my Comte. From November 4 to 15, the festival will celebrate the best of French-speaking 7th art, by presenting works from here and elsewhere and welcoming an impressive number of local and international talents during screenings and events in order to encourage meetings between the public and the artists as well as key players in the industry. This year, the program brings together 158 works from 30 countries. Furthermore, new to this 32nd edition, As a prelude to the opening, the 1st edition of the Francophone Series Days will take off this evening, Monday, November 2, with the presentation of the ALICE series at the Crave Gala, a Quebec-France-Belgium co-production, at the Outremont Theater, in the presence of co-director Guillaume Lonergan and French actress B\u00e9r\u00e9nice B\u00e9jo, who plays the title character, Alice Guy. This first edition of the Francophone Series Days will bring together a total of 16 French-speaking series, presented in 12 sessions spread throughout the entire festival. For 14 days, audiovisual creation (fiction, documentaries, series) will be celebrated in style at the Cineplex Odeon Quartier latin, at the Cin\u00e9ma du Mus\u00e9e, at the Cin\u00e9ma du Parc, at the Monument-National, at the Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, at the Cin\u00e9ma Beaubien, at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Outremont, at the Cin\u00e9ma Moderne, at the NFB and at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts.<\/p>\n
A Quebec film opening: PARADIS by J\u00e9r\u00e9my Comte It is the film PARADIS, first feature film by J\u00e9r\u00e9my Comte (Fauve), which will open the 32nd edition of CINEMANIA this Wednesday, November 4 at the Monument-National, in the presence of director J\u00e9r\u00e9my Comte and actors Daniel Atsu Hukporti, Joey Boivin-Desmeules and Evelyne de la Cheneli\u00e8re, as well as many other guests. In Ghana, Kojo is torn between the freedom of the streets and the traditional values dear to his father. When the latter disappears, the devastated teenager approaches the gangs of Accra in the hope of filling the void that haunts him. In Quebec, young Tony has always lived alone with his mother. When he discovers that she is having a long-distance relationship with a cargo ship captain, a new hypothesis as to the identity of her father excites him. Presented as a world premiere at the Berlinale last February, PARADIS was selected in the Films Du Qu\u00e9bec competition of the festival. The opening night is presented in association with the Sofitel Montr\u00e9al Le Carr\u00e9 Dor\u00e9.<\/p>\n
The Francophone Series Days: an unprecedented first editionCINEMANIA is opening a new chapter in its history with the creation of the Francophone Series Days, a unique event entirely devoted to French-speaking serial creation, which will be held from November 2 to 15. Sixteen series will be offered to festival-goers in twelve screenings: nine Quebec series, one series from the Canadian Francophonie, and six international productions. On the program for this first edition is notably ALICE, mentioned previously, which retraces the extraordinary journey of Alice Guy, pioneer of cinema and first female fiction director. Beyond the screenings, this new part of CIN\u00c9MANIA offers meetings with the creative teams at the center of these French-speaking series Days. Several personalities from the television industry will take part in conversations around the creation and circulation of French-speaking series internationally, including Antoine Pilon and Simon Boulerice, Sophie Dupuis, Guy A. Lepage and Sylvie L\u00e9onard, as well as Martin Matte and Kody, and many others. The initiative is made possible thanks to the support of the Canadian Media Fund (CMF), main partner of the Francophone Series Days.<\/p>