The 79th Cannes Film Festival has just opened its doors and, among all the films presented on the Croisette, 22 are financed by Coficiné, Groupe BPCE’s specialist in financing the film and audiovisual industries.

Coficiné, the number 1 film and audiovisual credit and advisory company in France and Europe, finances around 150 films and a hundred series per year in almost all European countries, making it one of the leaders in its sector. This year, 22 of its films will be screened, including eight portraits of women.

The 22 films financed by Coficiné present at Cannes are:

Opening

  • The Electric Kiss, directed by Pierre Salvadori

Official Selection Competition

  • All of a Sudden, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
  • Fjord, directed by Cristian Mungiu
  • A Woman’s Life, directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
  • Nagi Notes, directed by Koji Fukada
  • The Birthday Party, directed by Léa Mysius

Special Screenings

  • Women on Trial, directed by Lauriane Escaffre & Yvo Muller
  • Che Guevara: The Last Companions, directed by Christophe Réveille

Out of Competition

  • Karma, directed by Guillaume Canet
  • Her Private Hell, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
  • Kokurojo (The Samurai and the Prisoner), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  • Forsaken, directed by Vincent Garenq
  • Roma Elastica, directed by Bertrand Mandico

Cannes Première

  • When the Night Falls, directed by Daniel Auteuil
  • Marie Madeleine, directed by Gessica Généus
  • Orange-flavoured wedding, directed by Christophe Honoré

Un Certain Regard

  • Iron Boy, directed by Louis Clichy
  • A Girl’s Story, directed by Judith Godrèche

Directors’ Fortnight

  • Viva Carmen, directed by Sébastien Laudenbach
  • Butterfly Jam, directed by Kantemir Balagov
  • Too Many Beasts, directed by Sarah Arnold

Critics’ Week

  • Tin Castle [Irish Travellers], directed by Alexander Murphy.