Sofia Coppola, guest of honor at the Biarritz Gazeria Film Festival – Nouvelles Vagues

Sofia Coppola arrives in Biarritz, but not only for a holiday. The director of Somewhere, Marie-Antoinete And Priscilla It is the guest of honor of the third Nouvelles Vagues Festival in Biarritz, which celebrates the new talents of the film industry of the Atlantic coast from 24 to 29 June.

It is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the film The garden of the suicide virginsa real explosion of aesthetic sensitivity in 2000, which Jérôme Pulis, president of the festival, and Sandrine Brauer, general delegate, have decided to invite the director to the event. “For obvious reasons, we have thought very much about Sofia Coppola since the first edition of the Festival: she is close to young people, every film of her speaks of them: both her work and herself resounding deeply with the values ​​defended by Nouvelles Vagues, the only film festival dedicated to youth stories, with a jury of young people under thirty -five years”, explains Jérôme Pulis. The jury of last year included Léa. MySius, Zoey Deutch, Vincent Lacoste, Manu Rios, Margaret Zhang and Arash Khaksari.

For Sandrine Brauer, «We often talk about missing images in the cinema. Sofia Coppola, since its first film, has opened a new space and new doors to these stories that are so close to us. The cinema he has invented since then, the name he chose for herself, all this was so evident. When we contacted her, she shared with us a very precise vision of what she wanted to do, and this is what makes it so precious for us, “says the manufacturer.

Sofia Coppola will be present at the Biarritz Nouvelles Vagues Festival on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her first film, Virgin Suicides.

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Gatzia and architecture art déco

On June 25 Sofia Coppola will be at the Cinema Le Royal, an Art Déco architecture treasure, to attend the screening of Virgin Suicidesthe singular story of five teenage sisters in the suburban detroit of the seventies. After the projection, a “gazeria” will be organized – literally: a meeting with young people – with the public and in particular with the cinema students who, in the last three editions, have become the habitués of the Nouvelles Vague festival.

The troupe of the film The count of Montecristo On the stage of the 2024 edition of the Nouvelles Vagues festival in Biarritz, organized with the support of Chanel.

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“Biarritz is a suitable place,” say Jérôme Pulis and Sandrine Brauer, remembering that the Basque city once rolled up with Cannes in the idea of ​​creating a great film festival in France. In 1949 he hosted the surprising Festival du Film Maudit, under the aegis of André Bazin and Jean Cocteau. Gabrielle Chanel, for example, opened his first fashion house here in 1915, in the Villa Lalallade. Among his first customers was the queen of Spain himself, who came here as a neighbor when he was on vacation in his nearby San Sebastian residence. Chanel is Grand Partner of the Festival since its first edition in 2023. Jérôme Pulis explains this loyalty: “Chanel has been at our side since the birth of the festival, because the maison shares our values ​​of creativity and authenticity and is eager to support young designers. His longtime presence in Biarritz is an added value for the Festival, as well as his commitment in cinema “.