"A historic edition" for the La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival

• The La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival opens its doors this Tuesday until September 18.

• Sandrine Bonnaire will be the president of the jury.

• An edition that promises to be historic with "two new partners", the streaming platforms Amazon Prime Video and Netflix

A La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival that promises to be of unprecedented richness.

"An edition that I would describe as historic", promises Stéphane Strano at the head of the Charente event, during a press conference at the Hôtel de la Monnaie in La Rochelle at the end of August.

The president of the festival thus inaugurates this Tuesday an edition of an unprecedented scale which justifies the extension of a fifth day of screenings, decided two years ago, with a selection of 41 works, including 25 unpublished French creations in official competition.

Audrey Fleurot, Julie Gayet, Julie de Bona and a host of stars

For five days, the festival, open free of charge to fiction fans within the limits of available places, also welcomes many celebrities including Artus, Audrey Fleurot, Julie Gayet, Sylvie Testud, Julie de Bona, Alexandra Lamy, and many others. Again.

The traditional signings are also back this year with the stars of

and

A way for the festival to say goodbye to the cult soap opera of France 3, the broadcast of which will stop next November after eighteen years of good and loyal service.

2,500 professionals expected, a record

On the professional side, "the participation rate has literally exploded", rejoices Stéphane Strano.

Some 2,500 professionals are thus expected in the old port of La Rochelle.

In particular, they will attend the great artistic debate on the theme “New creative practices: what challenges, what constraints, what benefits for authors?

» and to the great political debate on the theme « Fiction: how to manage the crisis of growth?

".

Two "new partners", Netflix and Prime Video

The La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival also welcomes two "new partners", Amazon Prime Video and Netflix.

If Amazon Prime Video had already made a discreet foray into the 19th TV Fiction Festival in 2017 with the preview of its first French production,

, for Netflix, this is a first.

Jeff Bezos' platform is now in competition with

which follows two Sunday hackers in a peaceful fishing port on the island of Oleron, who are going to be tracked down by two Albanian mobsters who are well put together after having fooled online by the two geeks.

A series expected on October 7 on the platform.

Amazon Prime Video is also offering festival-goers the preview of

, the series co-created and worn by Melha Bedia, which will be online on September 30.

Netflix will present

, its event series on the fire that ravaged the Parisian cathedral.

Sandrine Bonnaire, president of the jury

Sandrine Bonnaire succeeds Guillaume de Tonquédec in the role of president of the jury.

“Is it necessary to remind you who this immense artist is, is it necessary to tell you how honored we are to entrust her with the best of French, French-speaking and European creation this year?

», enthuses Stéphane Strano.

Its jury will award 15 prizes among 41 works including 25 French fictions, 10 European and 6 foreign French-speaking ones on Saturday September 18, during a closing ceremony presented by comedian Mathieu Madénian.

A job that promises to be difficult given the richness of the programming.

Chloé Jouannet will be the godmother of the jurjy Jeunes of this 2022 edition, which will award the Prix des Collégiens de la Charente-Maritime, rewarding a 26' Series of the French Competition.

A very promising selection of French fiction

On the French selection side, “this year, more than the previous ones, we are breaking away from stereotypes, there is a very great diversity”, welcomed Marc Tessier, former president of France Télévisions and president of the France selection committee.

"It has been said a lot that French fiction was plan-plan, not very imaginative, that it was 'sub-cinema', this is no longer the case at all", he added.

Among the television films, the actresses Hafsia Herzi and Sylvie Testud, both behind the camera, will be in competition respectively with

(Arte) and

(France Télévisions / RTBF / TV Monde).

On the series side, we find the very popular Audrey Fleurot in the distressing

(Arte), a psychological thriller in three episodes adapted from the eponymous novel by Laura Kasischke and the historical drama of TF1,

, Tomer Sisley in the futuristic

(France TV) and Julie de Bona in the psychological thriller

.

There is no doubt that TF1 will be talked about with

, which features high school students with disabilities, just like OCS, which presents

a love story in a retirement home.

Out of competition, note two historic event series: the Canal+ super-production

and

, played by Isabelle Adjani, to come on France Télévisions or the special premium

, expected soon on M6 .

Quebec, guest of honor at the festival

In the European competition, Scandinavian fiction is essential but “there are fewer and fewer police officers, we are more and more into social comedy, thrillers, etc.

says Carole Villevet, head of the European and French-speaking selection committee.

The selection welcomes this year five Scandinavian works including

and

the Ukrainian series

whose producers will be present in La Rochelle, the English firebrand

the Swiss

particular.

The La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival is once again honoring French-speaking creation with

and

, three productions from Quebec, guest of honor for this edition.

“It's a land of innovation, creativity and dynamism.

If Quebec is in the spotlight, it is to remind us that in this period of change, the additional strength of French-language creation is essential,” concludes Stéphane Strano.

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