OPENING NIGHT GALA SCREENING

Writer-director Cédric Klapisch follows 26-year-old Elise (Marion Barbeau), a ballet dancer who suffers career-threatening injuries on-stage. During recovery, she gets a job at an artists’ residency in Brittany where she finds herself, by chance, catering for a contemporary dance company. Klapisch is familiar with the world of dance, having previously made documentaries, and during lockdown editing a collective film, Dire Merci, shorts shot on smartphones by dancers from the Opéra de Paris. Rise is another heart-warming and generous comedy drama by Klapisch – a tender portrayal of mid-twenties youth with mutual journeys of support and recovery.

The screening on Wednesday 16th will be followed by a wine reception. Tickets: €15

Notes by Marie-Pierre Richard.