While Pulis stressed that film remains the main subject matter, fashion is part of the picture. Jérôme Pulis, Sandrine Brauer and Lili Hinstin. The new festival, enthusiastically endorsed by Biarritz Mayor Maïder Arosteguy, will encompass indoor and outdoor screenings, concerts, photo exhibitions, seminars, opening and closing ceremonies - and a red carpet, too. Among the latter getting a premiere will be Sofia Coppola’s “Fairyland,” while the opening film is Tina Satter’s “Reality” starring Sydney Sweeney of “Euphoria” and “White Lotus” fame.
“This festival will be a meeting place for new talents, the faces of tomorrow, since all the young actors and actresses are in these films,” Pulis added.Įight films are to vie for the grand prize, while more than 20 will be screened out of competition. In that vein, he noted that all members of the main jury are under age 35, while a second jury is comprised of students from prominent film schools, also all under 35. “I find it very interesting and very important to empower the new generation and to listen to what the younger generation has to say. “This festival is an opportunity to give the young generation a festival of its own,” Pulis said. The official poster for the inaugural Biarritz International Film Festival.
