Festivals - Reims Polar Festival 2021 : New blood selection

By Mulder, 30 april 2021

Reims Polar gives you an online appointment from May 26 to 30, 2021.

The Crime Film Festival is getting a makeover while continuing the tradition of previous years, celebrating crime films, thrillers and thrillers. You will find the Competition, the unavoidable Sang Neuf selection and the Out of Competition category.

The jury will be on hand and all films in Competition are eligible for the OCS-supported Audience Award. From Wednesday, May 26, at noon, until Sunday, May 30, at noon, vote for your favorite film on the official Festival website: www.festivalfilmpolicier.com

Assandira (Italy)
A film written and directed by Salvatore Mereu
Produced by Elisabetta Saddu & Salvatore Mereu
Starring Gavino Ledda, Anna König, Marco Zucca, Corrado Giannetti, Samuele Mei, Pierluigi Riccio, Alessandro Pala
Director of photography: Sandro Chessa
Editor: Paola Freddi
Release date: September 9, 2020 (Italy)
Running time: 128 minutes
Synopsis: Assandira, an isolated sheepfold in the heart of Sardinia, has just been consumed by fire. A torrential rain has extinguished the embers, but cannot quench the inextinguishable inner fire that eats away at Costantino, the former owner of the estate. The latter saw his son perish in the fire and feels consumed by guilt. While the carabinieri try to understand what could have happened in this apparently peaceful place, Costantino remembers the events that caused the tragedy.

The third war (France)
A film directed by Giovanni Aloï
Produced by Thierry Lounas
Screenplay by Dominique Baumard & Giovanni Aloï
With Anthony Bajon, Karim Leklou & Leïla Bekhti, Arthur Verret, Jonas Dinal, Raphaël Quenard, Esdras Registe, Igor Kovalsky, Maxime Cailliau, Jules Dousset
Music by Frédéric Alvarez & Bruno Bellissimo
Director of photography : Martin Rit
Editing : Rémi Langlade
Production : Capricci Films, Bien ou Bien productions
Distribution : Capricci Films (France)
Release date : September 2021
Running time : 90 minutes
Synopsis : Leo has just finished school and for his first assignment, he is sent on a Sentinel mission. Here he is, pacing the streets of the capital, with nothing to do but keep an eye out for a possible threat...

Rounds (Bulgaria, Serbia & France)
A film by Stephan Komandarev
Produced by Stephan Komandarev & Katya Trichkova
Screenplay by Simeon Ventsislavov & Stephan Komandarev
With Ivan Barnev, Assen Blatechki, Stoyan Doychev, Vasil Vasilev-Zueka, Gerasim Georgiev, Irini Jambonas, Stefan Denolyubov, Pavel Popandov
Director of photography : Vesselin Hristov
Editor: Nina Altaparmakova
Release date: November 8, 2019 (Bulgaria)
Running time: 106 minutes
Synopsis: A night in Sofia, seemingly like any other. Two police officers find the body of Lazar, a drug addict well known to their department, near a railroad track. And so it begins on the night of November 9, 2019, 30 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the change of regime in Bulgaria. Three teams of police officers patrol the streets of the capital, doing their job in a way they think is right, while facing the challenges of the country's contemporary reality.

Shorta (Denmark)
A film written and directed by Anders Ølholm & Frederik Louis Hviid
Produced by Morten Kaufmann & Signe Leick Jensen
Starring Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Issa Khattab, Abdelmalik Dhaflaoui, Özlem Saglanmak
Music by Martin Dirkov
Director of photography : Jacob MØller
Editing: Anders Albjerg Kristiansen
Production: Toolbox film
Distribution: Alba Films (France)
Release date: June 23, 2021 (France)
Running time: 108 minutes
Synopsis: Talib, a 19-year-old black teenager, dies of injuries sustained in police custody. His death provokes an uprising in a Copenhagen suburb when two policemen, Jens and Mike, who have nothing in common, are on patrol there. Caught in the chase, they have to find a way to escape the riots. A relentless confrontation ensues.

Ulbolsyn (Kazakhstan)
A film written and directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Produced by Serik Abishev, Olga Khlasheva & Guillaume de Seille
Starring Assel Sadvakassova, Dinara Sagi, Yerbolat Alkozha, Berik Aitzhanov, Daniyar Alshinov, Sanjar Madi
Music by Alua Orentai
Director of photography : Azamat Dulatov
Editor : Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Distribution: Arizona Productions (France)
Release date: November 21, 2020 (Estonia)
Running time: 71 minutes
Synopsis: Ulbolsyn, strong-willed and determined, lives in the city while her younger sister Azhar finishes her studies in the village of Karatas. Ulbolsyn has big plans for her beloved sister's future; she has saved enough money for Azhar to enter a prestigious foreign university, which would allow her to pursue a career while becoming free and independent. But when Ulbolsyn comes to pick up Azhar in Karatas, she discovers that the girl has been kidnapped by the local healer who wants to make her his young wife. But Ulbolsyn has no intention of leaving things as they are and enters into a battle with the patriarchal world of Karatas...

Vaurien (France)
A film written and directed by Peter Dourountzis
Produced by Guillaume Dreyfus & Sébastien Haguenauer
With Pierre Deladonchamps, Ophélie Bau, Sébastien Houbani, Candide Sanchez
Music by Constantin Douroutzis
Director of photography : Jean-Marc Fabre
Editing : Valentin Durning
Production : 10 :15 productions
Distribution : Rezo Films (France)
Release date : June 9, 2021 (France)
Running time: 96 minutes
Synopsis : Djé arrives in Paris without a penny, with only his charm as a weapon. He seizes every opportunity? to work, love, sleep. And to kill.

Pass and tickets :
Festival Pass: 40 €: The Pass guarantees a seat on all the films in the selection.
Single-session ticket: 5 €: The single ticket guarantees a seat on the chosen film.

All films have a limited number of seats, just like in a movie theater. When all the seats for a film have been sold, the film will be indicated as SOLD OUT and the act of purchasing will no longer be possible. All films can be viewed during the five days of the festival, from Wednesday, May 26 at noon until Sunday, May 30 at midnight, without any set schedule, except for a few designated screenings. Once started, you will have 24 hours to finish watching your film. All screenings require registration on the platform and will be subject to availability.

(Source : press release)