2020 - Festival du Cinéma Américain de Deauville

From September 4 to 13, 2020. In this exceptional year, marked by a health crisis beyond imagination, Deauville reinvents itself and aims to show solidarity with the hard-hit global film industry. The festival thereby welcomes the Cannes Film Festival, known for its international dimension. 10 films have thus been selected from among 56 Cannes titles from the Official Selection. Deauville also opens its doors to the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, to present a youth program of 3 films. To honour the hard-hit medical world in the United States as well as in France, the festival features American & French doctors, a selection of French and American films whose on-screen heroes are health care personnel. The bonds between the US and France become even thighter as Deauville welcomes several French film cast and crews and honours Barbet Schroeder with the 46^th Award for the ensemble of his American work. Vanessa Paradis heads the Jury and Rebecca Zlotowski the Revelation Jury, while Deauville pays tribute to the late Kirk Douglas, one of the giants of American cinema, through the voice of his son Michael who, though he couldn’t come to France, adressed the most heartfelt and inspirational filmed speech.