Paris Int'l Film Festival Reveals Partners, Jury, Films

Paris Int’l Film Festival Reveals Partners, Jury, Films

04 Jan, 2021

With great joy and excitement, we are proud to announce that Dig IN Magazine will serve as the Official U.S. Press Partner, along with other stellar media such as Film and TV Now, Shoot The Breeze, The Good Bad Mad Podcast, Franglais27 Tales and RIME Entertainment, for the upcoming Paris International Film Festival, taking place February 4 -14, 2021. Read the press release from Film and TV Now for more information regarding Paris IFF press partners. Our team at Dig IN is honored to be a part of another key film industry event in France as we have attended and provided press coverage on the red carpet and beyond for the Cannes Film Festival in the South of France on an annual basis since 2016. Paris holds a special place in our hearts and we are thrilled to partner with Paris IFF and Founder, Executive Director Jenna Suru, who is also an accomplished filmmaker and actress (Read our recent interview with Suru for her latest award-winning film, “The Golden Age” (‘L’age d’Or’)), for this monumental 2021 edition.

Here’s what Suru had to say about partnering with Dig IN Magazine:

We’re thrilled to have Dig In Mag as our media partner here at the Paris International Film Festival, as they’re fantastic championers of the filmmakers and diversity-inclusive content. Dig In Mag hosts brilliant red carpet interviews from top festivals and events in California and around the world, including the Cannes Film Festival here in France. We’re thrilled for them to spread the voices of our filmmakers in Paris, share their powerful messages and fierce stories coming from 5 continents.

View the Official Paris International Film Festival trailer:

With a strong focus on diversity in the filmmaking community, the upcoming 2021 edition of the Paris International Film Festival will present diversity-inclusive films of all genres, with 44 films and TV pilots, of which 27 are directed by female-identifying filmmakers (60%) and 15 are first-time directors’ (34%).

On Paris IFF’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and championing for change, YouTube exclaimed:

Diversity and inclusion is important in media and in the film industry. Thank you for your initiatives in bringing light to this topic.

Distinguished Paris IFF Jury Members include:

Jeff Arch (“Sleepless in Seattle”)
Carrie Bernans (Actress “Black Panther,” Producer)
Jeff Rivera (Actor “Terrarium”)

Script Jury:

Cheryl Neve (Actress, Screenwriter and Director)
Melissa Hurry (Co-Founder of RIME Entertainment Limited and Co-Presenter of RIME Entertainment Showcase)

The Official Selection and Premieres of Paris IFF films, which are divided across four distinct categories are as follows:

Bring Change

“Invisible Love” – WORLD PREMIERE
“Green Flake” – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
“Kiss The Ground” – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE,
“Tyrants of Tomorrow Telethon” – FRENCH PREMIERE
“Why Not Choose Love? A Mary Pickford Manifesto” – WORLD PREMIERE

Documentaries For Change

“Pioneers in Skirts” – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
“Surviving The Silence” – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
“The Prison Within” – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
“She Should Run” – PARISIAN PREMIERE
“The Race To Save The World” – WORLD PREMIERE

Epic Stories

“Bad Candy” – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
“Cream” – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
“Sum Of Us” – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
“Soundtrack to Sixteen” – FRENCH PREMIERE
“The Big Kitty” – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Take Care (Mental Health)

“Being Mortal” – WORLD PREMIERE
“The In-Between” – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
“Marcus” – FRENCH PREMIERE
“When All That’s Left Is Love” – WORLD PREMIERE
“Where Hope Grows” – INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Please join us for Paris International Film Festival, February 4 -14, 2021!
To purchase passes and tickets visit: https://www.parisintlfest.com

 

About the author

Cindy Maram

Cindy Maram is a Dancer, Public Speaker and our Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the entertainment, fashion and arts publication, Dig IN Magazine. She is an accredited film critic for Cannes Film Festival in the South of France, Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, SFFilm Festival and CAAMFest, as well as a runway fashion photographer and editor for London Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. She also serves as a professional sports photographer and writer. She is a prolific art critic providing media coverage for Art Basel Miami Beach and surrounding Miami Art Week fairs. As a creator, Cindy is a writer, vlogger, podcaster, social media strategist and manager possessing a Bachelor's Degree from UC Davis and Master's Degree completing graduate work in Mass Communications + Popular Culture Studies with an emphasis in Film/Marketing/Writing from Cal State Fullerton. Further, she is producer of independent feature length and short films, and is committed to supporting the visibility of underrepresented groups in the media and film industry.

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