French Film Festival Begins in the Macedonian Town of Ohrid
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The festival will open with the film Life in Pink, dedicated to Edith Piaf. In the course of the week, the event will showcase a total of ten feature and two short films – selected by Yves Alion, editor-in-chief of the Avant Scene Cinema[ital] magazine.
According to national media, the film to close the festival will be Roman de Gare (Crossed Tracks) by one of the French cinema’s legends, Claude Lelouch, who is expected to attend the event along with the film’s two stars, Dominique Pinon and Fanny Ardant.
Beside film screenings, the festival’s programme includes meetings between renowned directors, producers, distributors and artists from France and the region.
The festival is organised by the Higher School for Audio-Visual Realization from Paris, the European Film Academy from Skopje, the Macedonian Ministry of Culture, and the French Embassy to Skopje.
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