Festival of the American cinema of Deauville

The Festival of the American cinema of Deauville is a cinema festival which was created in 1975 by Lionel Chouchan and André Halimi, with the financial aid of the group Lucien Barrière and the city then directed by Michel d' Ornano. Devoted to the American cinema, it is held each year with Deauville, in Normandy, of first Friday of September to Sunday of the following week. Underperforming at its origin, the festival is not it today any more: since 1995, it puts, indeed, in competition a selection of feature-length films and, moreover, since 1998, a selection of short films. In truth, the festival had been initiated with the competition since 1987, but in a nonofficial way, by creating the Very favorites LTC . Previously, it was used primarily as launching pad in France with the large American productions. Without to have given up this function, it develops from now on, through its rewards, the American independent cinema.

The Festival of Deauville accommodated the largest stars of the American cinema, in particular Robert De Niro (1987, 1988,1995), Clint Eastwood (1980, 1992,1995,2000), George Clooney (1998, 2007), Harrison Ford (1977, 1981,1982,1997,2000,2002,2003), Tom Cruise (1993), Sharon Stone (1991), Al Pacino (1999), Michael Douglas (1990, 1998), Julia Roberts (1990)… Its Homages , created in 1977, enabled him to receive with ostentation some Hollywood glories, like Liz Taylor (1985), Bette Davis (1987), Kirk Douglas (1978, 1999), Robert Mitchum (1989), Gregory Peck (1977), Burt Lancaster (1979)…

Prize list

Grand Prix of the jury

This price was called special Grand Prix Deauville of 1995 with 1997 and Grand Prix of the American independent cinema in 1998 and 1999.

Price of the jury

This price was called Prix of the special jury Deauville of 1995 with 1997 and Special price of the jury of the American independent cinema in 1998 and 1999.

Jurys

Very favorites LTC

Nonofficial competition reserved for the independent films, which took place of 1987 to 1994.

the Homages

" Hommages" created in 1977 to honor with the remarkable figures of the American cinema. The ceremony takes place most of the time in the presence of the interested parties, come especially from the United States.

Several Hommages was returned on a purely posthumous basis: Rita Hayworth (1987), George Gershwin (1998), James Dean (2001), Stanley Kubrick (2001), John Frankenheimer (2002), Marlon Brando (2004).

There was also several Hommages sets of themes: American Film Institute (1985), the 20 years of the Studio Action (1987), the 60 years of the Oscars (1988), Ucla Film and Television Files (1989), American Playhouse (1990), the 75 years of Universal (1990), Hollywood 44 (1994), New York with the cinema (1995), Broadway (2000), HBO Films (2003), the 25 years of the Sundance Institute (2006).

In 1992, Jessica Tandy divided her Hommage with Hume Cronyn. The brothers Winstein, the producers Bob Weinstein and Harvey Winstein, also divided theirs in 1998.

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