Festivals - Colcoa 2021: Discover the contents of the television and short film sections

By Mulder, 22 september 2021

Three weeks before the full program is announced, the French American Cultural Fund unveils the titles competing for the Coloca awards 2021 in the television and short film sections

"In 2015 Colcoa was the first festival in North America to program TV series and TV movies. As a result, COLCOA audiences discovered several mainstream series such as "Ten Percent," "The Bureau of Legends..." explains François Truffart, executive producer and artistic director of the festival. "These days, moviegoers are as attentive to series as they are to feature films, and among the industry professionals who attend COLCOA, a majority work for television. Hollywood is thus discovering another aspect of the French audiovisual industry with its original and universal French touch."

Seven series, four TV movies and one documentary, presented in association with TITRAFILMS and the studios Banijay Rights, Federation, Film & Picture, Gaumont Television, Netflix, Newen Connect, StudioCanal and Zelig Films, make up the COLCOA Television section.

Competing for the Best Series award:

Germinal
Series created and written by Julien Lilty, Loïc Barrère, Chérif Saïs, Samir Oubechou, Maud Garnier, Clémence Lebatteux, Mélusine Laura Raynaud, Cheikna Sankare. 
Directed by David Hourrègue 
With Louis Peres, Thierry Godard, Alix Poisson, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Natacha Lindinger and Sami Bouajila. Salto and France 2.
Sold by Banijay Sales. North American premiere.

H.I.P - season 1
Series created by Nicolas Jean, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot and Stéphane Carrié. 
Written by Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, Stéphane Carrié, Nicolas Jean, Julien Anscutter, Soiliho Bodin, Marion Carnel, Nicolas Clément, Charlene Gadan, Julie-Anna Grignon, Alexandra Julhiet and Laurent Vignon. 
Directed by Vincent Jamain and Laurent Tuel 
With Audrey Fleurot, Mehdi Nebbou, Bruno Sanchez, Marie Denarnaud and Bérangère McNeese. TF1. 
Sold by Newen Connect. North American premiere

In therapy - season 1
Series created by Yaël Fogiel, Laetitia Gonzalez, Hagai Levi, Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. 
Written by David Elkaïm, Vincent Poymiro, Pauline Guéna, Alexandre Manneville, Nacim Mehtar,
Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. 
Directed by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano, Mathieu Vadepied, Pierre Salvadori and Nicolas Pariser 
with Frédéric Pierrot, Elsa Lepoivre, Mélanie Thierry, Reda Kateb and Céleste Brunnquell. Arte. Sold by Federation Entertainment. North American premiere.

Nona et ses filles - season 1
Series written by Valérie Donzelli and Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat. 
Directed by Valérie Donzelli a
with Miou-Miou, Valérie Donzelli, Clotilde Hesme, Virginie Ledoyen, Barnaby Metschurat, Michel Vuillermoz and Rüdiger Vogler. Arte. 
Sold by Gaumont Télévision. International premiere.

On the verge - season 1
Series created by Julie Delpy. 
Written by Julie Delpy, Alexia Landeau and Emily Ryan Lerner. 
Directed by Julie Delpy, Mathieu Demy and David Petrarca 
with Julie Delpy, Elisabeth Shue, Sarah Jones, Alexia Landeau, Mathieu Demy, Troy Gariti and Timm Sharp. 
Canal+ and worldwide on Netflix.
Special COLCOA Awards presentation.

Paris police 1900 - season 1 
Series created by Fabien Nury. Written by Fabien Nury, Benjamin Adam, Alain Ayroles and Thibault Valetoux. 
Directed by Fabien Nury, Julien Despaux and Frédéric Balekdjian 
with Jérémie Laheurte, Evelyne Brochu, Thibaut Evrard, Marc Barbé and Eugenie Derouand. Canal+. 
Sold by StudioCanal. 
North American premiere.

The Opera - season 1
Series created by Cécile Ducrocq and Benjamin Adams. 
Written by Cécile Ducrocq, Benjamin Adams and Simon Jablonka. 
Directed by Stéphane Demoustier, Cécile Ducrocq, Inti Calfat, Dirk Verheye and Laïla Marrakchi. 
With Ariane Labed, Suzy Bemba, Raphaël Personnaz, Damien Chapelle, Loris Freeman, Audrey Gorlenko, Maud Jurez and Sarah Le Picard. 
OCS.  Sold by Newen Connect. 
North American premiere.

Competing for Best TV Movie:

Claire Andrieux
TV movie written by Olivier Jahan and Diastème. Directed by Olivier Jahan with Jeanne Rosa,
Thomas Vandenbergh, Emma de Caunes, Yannick Renier and Michel Vuillermoz. Arte. Sold by Newen
Connect. North American premiere.

The Inheritors
Television film written by Johanna Goldschmidt and Laure-Elisabeth Bourdaud. Directed by Nolwenn
Lemesle with Tracy Gotoas, Fanta Kebe, Lucie Fagedet and Déborah François. Arte. Sold by Film &
Picture. North American premiere.

Dog Days
Television film written by Edouard Deluc, Chloé Larouchi and Laura Piani. Directed by Edouard
Deluc with Philippe Rebot, Pablo Pauly, Elodie Bouchez, Laurence Calami, Jean-Luc Bideau, Brigitte Fossey and
Solène Rigot. Arte. Sold by Film & Picture. Special COLCOA Awards presentation.

What are we going to do with Jacques? 
Television film written by Pierre Chosson, Hedi Sassi and Marie Garel-Weiss. 
Directed by Marie Garel-Weiss 
with Vincent Deniard, Maud Wyler, Claude Perron, Pascal Reneric and Samir Guesmi. 
Arte. Sold by Film & Picture. ?

Also programmed in the Colcoa Television section and in competition for the Best Documentary Award: Moontand est à nous, documentary written and directed by Yves Jeuland. France 3. Special presentation Colcoa Awards.

Short film section: 19 short films are presented in association with Unifrance

- 400 MPH. Animation. Written and directed by Paul-Eugène Dannaud, Julia Chaix, Lorraine Desserre, Alice Lefort,
Natasha Pianeti and Quentin Tireloque. Produced by Rubika.
- A Bug. Written and directed by Guillaume Corty. Produced by Eric de Roquefeuil.
- Coffin. Animation. Written and directed by Cai Yuanqing, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon, Théo Tran Ngoc. Produced by Les Gobelins - L'Ecole de l'Image.
- Les mains sales. Written and directed by Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz. Produced by La FEMIS.
- Raise your dead. Written and directed by Hugo Rousselin. Produced by Les Valseurs
- Fre fall. Written by Guillaume Fournier and Emmanuel Tenenbaum. Directed by Emmanuel Tenenbaum. Produced by Bien ou Bien Productions.
- The Inspection. Written and directed by Caroline Brami and Frédéric Bas. Produced by GoGoGo Films, De Films en Aiguille.
- The last station. Written and directed by Pierre Ferrière. Produced by SCENE 64 Productions.
- Merlich Merlich. Directed by Hannil Ghilas. Produced by Cypher films & Ph'art et Balises.
- Mondo domino. Animation. Written and directed by Suki. Produced by Utopi.
- Proud of my son. Written and directed by Florian Delhormau.
- Pussy boo. Written and directed by Rémi Parisse. Produced by Elabelle Productions.
- Under the ice. Animation. Written and directed by Milan Baulard, Ismaïl Berrahma, Flore Dupont, Laurie Estampes, Quentin Nory and Hugo Potin. Produced by the École des Nouvelles Images (Out of competition).
- Spooning. Written and directed by Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix. Produced by Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix.
- In the river. Animation. Written and directed by Weijia Ma.. Produced by Les Valseurs.
- Commercial Effort. Written and directed by Sarah Arnold. Produced by Sensito films, 5 a 7 Films.
- Haut les coeurs. Written and directed by Adrian Moyse Dullin. Produced by Punchline Cinéma.
- The widow saverini. Written and directed by Loïc Gaillard. Produced by Les Films du Cygne.
- On n'est pas des animaux. Written and directed by Noé Debré. Produced by Moonshaker.

Colcoa, one of the oldest and most important film festivals in California, offers each year a high-profile and prestigious event to promote French films and series at the beginning of the Hollywood awards season.

Colcoa brings together the cream of the French film industry (directors, actors, writers, composers and producers) for red carpets, debates and screenings and to foster collaborations between French and American professionals. The festival welcomes more than 20,000 spectators each year, including professionals, journalists, the general public and students.

Colcoa French Film & Series Festival was created and is produced by the French American Cultural Fund, a unique collaboration between the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the Société des Auteurs, Composers and Music Publishers (SACEM) and the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), with the support of Unifrance, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ARP, TVF1, Air Tahiti Nui, Bank of the West/BNP Parisbas, TV5 Monde/Sling and Variety. The COLCOA Education program is presented with the support of ELMA.

For more information: www.colcoa.org

(Source: Press release)