Writer and director Stéphane Brizé (1966, Rennes, France) moved to Paris to study drama and work as a television technician. His first feature, Le Bleu des villes, won the Michel Ornano prize at the Deauville American Film Festival 1999. Mademoiselle Chambon won the César award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2010. The Measure of a Man, part of his acclaimed socio-political trilogy about the world of work, won Best Actor for Vincent Lindon at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. His latest film Out of Season premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2023.

We are delighted to welcome Stéphane at the festival and take part in a post-screening Q&A with his latest feature, Out of Season, and for a Masterclass/In Conversation event with film critic and journalist, Paul Whitington.

Notes by Marie-Pierre Richard.

Screening as part of IFI French Film Festival 2024.