City of Lights, City of Angels
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Founded in 1995, City of Lights, City of Angels is an annual film festival
held in the United States which showcases the diversity of French cinema and promotes its talents among film professionals. The Festival is also open to the general public. All films shown during the festival have been released in France during the prior year. They are presented for the first time in Hollywood, and most are U.S. or West Coast premieres.
Throughout the 7-day film festival, an eclectic series of feature films and shorts, as well as documentary
and genre specific films, are presented. Screenings are generally followed by audience Q & A with filmmakers or actors. Numerous professional meetings and panel discussions are scheduled throughout the week.
COL COA is funded by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a collaborative effort between the Writers Guild of America, West
, the Directors Guild of America
, the Motion Picture Association of America
, and France’s Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique
. The Festival is also made possible with the support of L’ARP
(France’s Association of Authors, Directors and Producers), in collaboration with the Film & TV Department of the French Embassy and Unifrance
.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
held in the United States which showcases the diversity of French cinema and promotes its talents among film professionals. The Festival is also open to the general public. All films shown during the festival have been released in France during the prior year. They are presented for the first time in Hollywood, and most are U.S. or West Coast premieres.
Throughout the 7-day film festival, an eclectic series of feature films and shorts, as well as documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
and genre specific films, are presented. Screenings are generally followed by audience Q & A with filmmakers or actors. Numerous professional meetings and panel discussions are scheduled throughout the week.
COL COA is funded by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a collaborative effort between the Writers Guild of America, West
Writers Guild of America, west
Writers Guild of America, West is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. The Guild was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, which include the Screen Writers Guild...
, the Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
, the Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. , originally the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America , was founded in 1922 and is designed to advance the business interests of its members...
, and France’s Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique
Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique
Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique is a French professional association collecting payments of artists’ rights and distributing the rights to the original songwriters, composers and music publishers.-History:...
. The Festival is also made possible with the support of L’ARP
L’ARP
La Société civile des Auteurs Réalisateurs et Producteurs, acronym L'ARP is France's "Guild of Authors, Directors and Producers." It is a Copyright collective that ensures Collective rights management....
(France’s Association of Authors, Directors and Producers), in collaboration with the Film & TV Department of the French Embassy and Unifrance
Unifrance
Unifrance is an organisation for promoting French films outside France. It is managed by the Centre National de la Cinématographie. It has several hundred members who include film makers, directors, screenwriters and agents....
.