Festival Polar de Cognac
festival polar de cognac lit thriller festival cognac annual french art festival take place cognac france since festival celebrates crime thriller fiction five form novel comic book film theatre television award prize several category feature lecture debate exhibition screening theatre performance book signing polar translated thriller english inaugural festival took place founded bernard bec took place marchapril within framework former festival du film policier de cognac included novel first standalone festival moved quieter time year october taking place la salamandre congress centre funding private partner succeeding year various governmental body well commercial corporation provided funding comic included film television included theatre added offering french director jeanpierre mocky perpetual guest festival given polar lifetime achievement award french actor richard bohringer special guest festival th edition nearest equivalent festival united state bouchercon th edition festival took place october event french tv series rendezvous avec le crime french adaptation british writer julia chapman date malice prize best tv series festival polar de cognac take place october october prize awarded best tv series best francophone telemovie best short film best feature film jeanpierre mocky prize prix du roman noir de bibliothèques et de médiathèques de grand cognac best noir fiction grand cognac library best international novel best francophone novel best comic one shot ou dyptique official website