‘De Gaulle’ Wins Top Prize at American French Film Festival as 30th Anniversary Edition Draws 18,000 Attendees

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The first part, “ De Gaulle : Resistance” was released over the weekend in theaters across the country and on transactional VOD, while the second part “De Gaulle: Liberty” will come out in early December. Written by Baudry and Bérénice Vila, the two-part saga charts the French general’s rise during World War II and his epic battle to build a French Resistance movement after France surrendered to Nazi Germany in 1940.

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where it ranks as this year’s highest grossing French film of 2026. The 30th anniversary edition, which was spearheaded by its longtime programmer Francois Truffart and deputy director Anouchka Van Riel, drew more than 18,000 attendees, with numerous screenings selling out, including the opening and closing night presentations.

The milestone lineup showcased 31 fiction features, 11 series, four documentaries and 14 shorts. Nearly half of the lineup previously played at Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno and Toronto, while 19 titles screened at the L.A.-based festival before their release in France.

Marine Atlan’s coming-of-age drama “La Gradiva” earned the Critics Award for best film, presented in association with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Written by Atlan and Anne Brouillet, the film marks the directorial debut of Atlan, who is also an acclaimed cinematographer.

It world premiered at Cannes’ Critics Week where it won the top honor and garnered stellar reviews; and it went on to win the d’Ornano-Valenti Prize at the Deauville Film Festival. distribution will be handled by 1-2 Special.

“La Gradiva” follows a group of high school students on a class trip to Naples who are overtaken by surges of desire, anger and despair while exploring the ancient city’s ruins from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. It stars Antonia Buresi alongside newcomers Colas Quignard, Suzanne Gerin and Mitia Capellier-Audat.

Meanwhile, Mélisa Godet’s debut feature “A Place for Her” picked up the First Feature Award. The ensemble drama, which stars Karin Viard and Laetitia Dosch, revolv

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