Based in Paris, Champs-Élysées Film Festival is a major international film festival where the best of French and American cinema is featured every year. Dedicated to the discovery of new talents, the festival aims to act as a bridge between French and American filmmaking and as a platform for young creation as well as independent cinema and music. Founded in 2012 by producer, distributor and movie theatre owner Sophie Dulac, the festival gathers thousands of spectators and industry professionals on the Champs-Élysées each year to celebrate the heart of of contemporary film creation and to showcase bold, ambitious and unique movies. The 12th edition of the festival will take place from June 20 to 27, 2023.
"A program of ten short films – selected amongst more than 350 submissions – that map our country and era in a certain way, by delicately questioning genres and territories.
Unforgettable images, bursts of laughter, new tones of voice that we will continue to cherish for their unveiled fragilities, the subtlety of things left unsaid, the power of their desires and the ardor of their anger. Ten works that all together allow their protagonists to become one,
to find each other (again), to claim their place and to sometimes exist even beyond the frame.
A succession of gazes that allow us to see the other differently and that offer them the possibility to see themselves differently, with strength and love." - Justine Lévêque
“This 12th edition of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival looks very promising! Now entering its second decade, the festival has once again for ambition to hold true to its promises with a choice program and high-profile guests.” - Sophie Dulac