Angers European First Film Festival
The Angers European First Film Festival (French: Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers) is an annual film festival held in the city of Angers, France every January since 1989, dedicated to European cinema.
== History ==
The first edition of this festival took place in 1989 at the initiative of its current delegate general Claude-Eric Poiroux, founder of the art house cinema Les 400 coups in Angers, and of a group of moviegoers.
Since 2011, the festival collaborates with the Beijing First Film Festival.
In 2013, it attracted nearly 70,000 festival-goers. By 2014, over 2200 films were submitted annually, more than 300 were selected for different sections. In 2016, admissions were estimated to be more than 76,000 and more than 150,000 euros in prizes awarded to films selected by juries or spectators.
== Jury Presidents ==
Over the years, seminal figures in the world of cinematography have chaired the jury:1989 : Theo Angelopoulos
1990 : Henri Alekan
1991 : Vojtěch Jasný
1992 : André Téchiné
1993 : Jane Birkin
1994 : Andrzej Żuławski
1995 : Bertrand Tavernier
1996 : Freddy Buache
1997 : Agnieszka Holland
1998 : Claude Chabrol
1999 : Lucian Pintilie
2000 : Agnès Varda
2001 : Pavel Lungin
2002 : Nathalie Baye
2003 : Jeanne Moreau
2004 : Benoît Jacquot
2005 : Jacqueline Bisset and Claude Miller
2006 : Radu Mihaileanu
2007 : Abderrahmane Sissako
2008 : Sandrine Bonnaire
2009 : Claire Denis and Raoul Servais
2010 : Lucas Belvaux and Matthias Luthardt
2011 : Robert Guédiguian and Tonie Marshall
2012 : Christophe Honoré and Mathieu Demy
2013 : Noémie Lvovsky and Fabienne Godet
2014 : Catherine Corsini
2015 : Laurent Cantet and Jiri Barta
2017 : Lambert Wilson
2018 : Catherine Deneuve
2019 : Cédric Kahn and Michael Dudok de Wit
2020 : Juliette Binoche and Claude Barras
2021 : Pierre Salvadori
2022 : Melvil Poupaud
2023
2024 : Robin Campillo

== External links ==
Official website
Premiers Angers at the Internet Movie Database
Premies Angers at FestAgent