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New French films are being introduced at Cannes
 Keep them on your radar...
Many movies start their life in the Croisette at the Palais des Festivals. At Focus on French Cinema, here are the ones we keep a close eye on:
- Off Competition:
Grace de Monaco, by Olivier Dahan, was the Opening Movie, but got a cold reception, with a lot of skepticism and critics. It will be distributed, and maybe re-cut, by The Weinstein Company in the US.
 - Competition:
Jean Luc Godard will not come to Cannes, but his movie Adieu au langage is in the Official Selection. Festival Director Gilles Jacob estimated it would help highlight the movie rather than the cult director.
Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night) by Luc & JP Dardenne, with Marion Cotillard, was screened yesterday and seduced the press!
Mommy, by Xavier Dolan: we showed his triumphant first feature, How I Killed my Mother, in 2010.
Saint Laurent, by Bertrand Bonello with Gaspard Ulliel, appears to be an interesting take on the fashion icon.
Sils Maria, by Olivier Assayas with Juliette Binoche, could be fascinating.
The Search, by Michel Hazanavicius with Berenice Bejo (The Artist). This remake, relocated in Chechnya, already divides...
 - Un Certain Regard:
La chambre bleue (The Blue room) by Mathieu Amalric
(You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet, FFC 2013).
Bird People, by Pascale Ferran
(Lady Chatterley, FFC 2008)
 - La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors Fortnight):
Mange tes morts (Eat your bones) by Jean Charles Hue
P'tit Quinquin by Bruno Dumont
Alleluia by Fabrice du Weltz
Respire by Melanie Laurent
- Market:
Geronimo, by Tony Gatlif
These are names that we might find in our 2015 selection... And let's not forget the shorts Talents Cannes. After presenting last year's selection, we are certainly awaiting this year's edition!
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At Focus on French Cinema, we have a close link with Cannes through accredited photographer Stephane Kossmann 
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