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Audrey Diwan, Florian Zeller and Patrick Wachsberger Join France’s Revamped Oscar Committee
France's CNC has unveiled its revamped Oscar committee which is presided over by Charles Tesson, former head of Cannes' Critics Week.
Along with Tesson, the committee includes “Emmanuelle” director Audrey Diwan who won Venice’s Golden Lion with “Happening” in 2021; critically acclaimed French playwright, director and producer Florian Zeller (“The Father”); former Lionsgate boss Patrick Wachsberger; international sales veterans Carole Baraton from Charades, and Gregoire Melin from Kinology; powerful French distributor Michèle Halberstadt from ARP Selection; producers Rosalie Varda (“Faces Places”) from Ciné-Tamaris, Nadim Cheikhroua (“Olfa’s Daughters”) and David Thion (“Anatomy of a Fall”) at Les Films Pelléas; and actor Clemence Poesy. Appointed by France’s culture minister, Rachida Dati, the committee is facing the difficult task of picking the French film that is best suited to give the country its first Oscar win for best international feature in over three decades. The committee will get together tomorrow, Sept.11, to select the three-to-five movies that will be part of the short list; and will have a second meeting next Wednesday, Sept. 18, to audition the producers, international sales agents and U.S. distributors of the shortlisted films.
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