Honorary President
Claude Miller

Directors/Founders
Dr. Peter Kirkpatrick
Dr. Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick

Associate Director
Richard W. Haselwood

Assistant Director
Jennifer Gore

Festival Coordinator
Jessica R. Abernathy

Festival Assistants
Sabrina Bengeloune
John Forsythe
Marie-Caroline Fourmont
Cécile Mouly
Angélique Tresse

Editing and Graphic Design
VCU Creative Services

Graduate Course Liaison
Edward Howard

Festival Photographer
Pierre Courtois
Leslie Courtois

Camerawork
VCUarts Cinema students
Benjamin Artley
Sara Ben-Abdallah
Michael Bolosan
Michael Bryant
Sean Collins-Smith
Cheryl Crown-Boone
Alexandra Dahl
Ian Edwards
Steven Farris
Harry Floyd
Juan Garcia
Blair Haggett
Cory Holm
Elena Kaffenberger
Nathan King
Michael Leonberger
Jessica Martin
Vania Michelini
Sophia Minnerly
Nathaniel Mollick
Nikita Moyer
Andrea Murphy
John Reaves
Michael “Spike” Scarberry
John Charles Schneider
Zachary Snowden
Jonathan Sykes
Jolleen Tran
Steven Vagias
Claire Wilson

Videographer
Scott Mills

VCU Interns
Jessica Ferey
Kevin Wagenseil

UR Interns
Caitlin Colbert
Christopher Cotten
Joshua Doherty
Allison Kant
Amanda Lebow
Jasmine Major
Hilary Miller
Elijah Oliveros-Rosen
Edgars Safronovs
Carlos Siekavizza-Robles

Special thanks to VCU:
Eugene P. Trani, VCU President
Sue Ann Messmer, Chief of Staff, Office of the President, and Vice President
Stephen D. Gottfredson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Richard Toscan, Vice Provost of International Affairs and Dean of the School of the Arts
Robert Holsworth, Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences
J. Daniel Hartman, Associate Director of the Office of International Education
Robert McKenna Brown, Director of the School of World Studies
Robert Tregenza, Program Director, VCUarts Cinema
Bob Godwin-Jones, School of World Studies
Pamela D. Lepley, Director, Communications and Public Relations
Michael Porter, PR Specialist, Communications and Public Relations
Cynthia Schmidt, Director, University Marketing

Other special thanks
Governor Tim Kaine
Governor Mark Warner
Governor Douglas Wilder

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Richard Boidin, Director for External Audiovisual Services

Centre National de la Cinématographie
Véronique Cayla

Embassy of France to the United States
His Excellency, Pierre Vimont, French Ambassador
His Excellency, Jean-David Levitte, former French Ambassador
Kareen Rispal, Ambassador’s Cultural Adviser
François Rivasseau, French Ministre Conseiller
Denis Pietton, former French Ministre Conseiller
Jean-Pierre Allex-Lyoudi, French Consul General
Sandrine Butteau, Audiovisual Attaché
Roland Celette, Cultural Attaché

UniFrance
Margaret Menegoz
Daniel Toscan du Plantier†
Marc Piton
John Kochman
Antoine Khalife
Yann Raymond
Christine Gendre
Séraphina Panaud-Coxe
Ainhoa Jauregui
Mathieu Macheret

L’ARP
Jean-Paul Salomé
Pierre Jolivet
Jeanne Labrune
Michel Gomez

SACD
Pascal Rogard
Valérie-Anne Expert
Christine Coutaya
Anne Houeïx de la Brousse

Agence du Court Métrage
Karim Allag

La Fémis
Claude Miller, President
Marc Nicholas, General Director
Pierre-William Glenn, Image
Jean-Jacques Bouhon, Image
Pascale Borenstein
Mathieu Brassier
Damien Lagogué
Pierre-Louis Garnon

CST
Pierre-William Glenn, President
Moira Tulloch

TV5
Vincent Trinquesse
Aziza Ziani

French and American Distributors
Carole Brin
Stéphanie Bro
Martin Caraux
Claire Chevauchez
Chloe Cremont
Eva Diedereix
Adeline Falampin
Marie Herault-Delanoë
Isabelle Hervouet
Saya Huddleston
Nicolas Kron
Catherine Montouchet
Catherine Piot
Paul Richer
Karine Userovici

The Byrd Theatre
Todd Schall-Vess

The Byrd Theatre Foundation
Tony Pelling

The Virginia Film Office
Rita D. McClenny
Mary Nelson

The Community Idea Stations
John Felton
Lynne McCarthy-Jones
Mason Mills
Dan Stackhouse
David Vinson

Former Assistants
Ophélie Adeline
Natacha Bécard
Nancy Miramont
Pierrick Beaugendre
Laetitia Beuscher
Anaëlle Bourguignon
Elodie Bouscarat
Karine Pardé
Alexandre Planet
Eoin Landers
Christiane Martin
Jennifer Gore
Anne Lestienne
Aurélia Prévieu
Violaine Miclet
Joachim Alimi-lchola
Antoine Blanc
Marielle Jubert
Cécile Lenoir
Marjorie Reymond
Benjamin Garçon
Marie Herault-Delanoë
Isabel Moya-Serrano
Sébastien Aubert
Maïlys Bernadet
Julien Foullon
David Guiraud
Mathieu Havoudjian
Jean-Baptiste Prevost
Cécile Zandvliet

Participation includes:
VCU Office of International Education
VCU School of World Studies
VCU Division of University Relations
VCU College of Humanities and Sciences
VCUarts Cinema
Carytown Merchants Association
France Amérique
France Today
Les Cahiers du Cinéma
Positif
Dish Network (TV5/EuroNews)
Jacqueline Francis
Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market
Jozef Bindas, Jean-Jacques Bakery
European Market
RVA
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Brick
France Magazine
French-American Exchange
River City Cellars
Virginia Production Alliance
Virginia Film Office
One North Belmont
Accueil Français de Richmond
Images Salon
La Difference
Can Can
Virginia Book Company
Crossroads
Cookies by Design
Mike Hood
Wade Carmichael
Nancy Christiansen
Joe Cusumano†
Julia Battaglini

† deceased