Generation Ateliers
With filmmakers in attendance
In partnership with the Fonds Jeanne Moreau
Founded by Jeanne Moreau and the Premiers Plans Festival in 2005, the Ateliers d’Angers are aimed at young filmmakers who have already made one or more short films and are preparing to make their first feature-length fiction film.
During the workshops, young filmmakers have an opportunity to develop their projects and prepare their next shoots with the active contribution of filmmakers, scriptwriters, composers, technicians, producers and casting directors who have read their scripts and that they meet with throughout the week.
Over the past 20 years, 150 young filmmakers have benefited from this initiative, and many have been selected for major festivals, winning awards, Cameras d’or and Jury Prizes at Cannes, Venice, Berlin and, of course, Angers.
They include Olli Mäki by Juho Kuosmanen (2016), Girl by Lukas Dhont (2018), Petit paysan (Bloody Milk) by Hubert Charuel (2017), Ni le ciel ni la terre (The Wakhan Front) by Clément Cogitore (2015), Party Girl by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis (2014), Salvo by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza (2013), Belle épine (Dear Prudence) by Rebecca Zlotowski (2010), Gagarine by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh (2020), En attendant les hirondelles (Until the Birds Return) by Karim Moussaoui (2017), Été 93 (Summer 1993) by Carla Simón (2017), Keeper by Guillaume Senez (2015), Alma Viva by Cristèle Alves Meira (2016), Dalva (Love According to Dalva) by Emmanuelle Nicot (2019), 20 000 espèces d'abeilles (20,000 Species of Bees) by Urresola Estibaliz (2020) not forgetting Les Fantômes (Ghost Trail) (2024) by Jonathan Millet which has had almost 200,000 entries since its release in France!
Made by filmmakers now aged between 35 and 45, these films represent the very best in young European cinema, and the Premiers Plans Festival is proud to be playing an active part in bringing them to audiences and film fans around the world.
This 20th anniversary is an opportunity to look back at some of these titles with guest filmmakers, who will talk about their careers and the memories of their first film developed in Angers!
