US & FRENCH CONNECTION

US & FRENCH CONNECTION is a year-round program created by French In Motion and the Gotham (formally, IFP), two organizations based in New York that bring together film professionals and talent. As French In Motion’s key program, it is designed to help creatives with international projects in development or production find partners on both sides of the Atlantic. It fosters the development of award-winning international co-productions, including an Oscar-nominated film (Best International Picture category at the 2021 Academy Awards).

The selection is made upon a call for applications once or twice a year. Please follow us on Facebook/Instagram or send us an email in the contact section of the website if you want to be kept informed about the opening of the applications.

Please find information about past alumni and projects here.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOTHAM

Founded in 1979 as the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), The Gotham is the largest and longest-running not-for-profit of its kind. The Gotham continues to champion the future of storytelling by connecting artists across various media disciplines with essential resources at all stages of their career and projects’ development. The Gotham fosters a vibrant and sustainable independent creative community, represents a growing network of storytellers around the world, and plays a key role in developing 350 fiction and nonfiction works each year. During its more than 40-year history, The Gotham has supported over 10,000 projects and offered resources to more than 30,000 filmmakers, including Barry Jenkins, Dee Rees, Laura Poitras, Richard Linklater, and Ava Duvernay.

Gotham Week is the only international co-production market in the US. It gathers producers, filmmakers, distributors, agents, and sales agents (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Sony, A24, FilmNation, etc). The exclusive forum connects the filmmakers who are selected for their projects to industry reps and buyers. 100 projects will be selected out of 1000 domestic and international submissions of movies, TV series and documentaries.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

CNC

The Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée is a government body placed under the authority of the French Culture Ministry and is headed by Dominique Boutonnat. The CNC is an incorporated organization with legal and financial autonomy. It is responsible for ensuring the unified conception and implementation of state policy in the film sector and other industries relating to the moving image. The CNC is a government body placed under the authority of the French Culture Ministry.

VILLA ALBERTINE, THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY

Villa Albertine is a new kind of cultural institution whose mission is to create a community for arts and ideas, between France and the United States. With a team of 80 people deployed in ten major cities (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.), Villa Albertine offers 60 custom exploratory residencies annually; a series of events; a magazine; and programs and resources for professionals in the cultural sphere. Villa Albertine is an institution of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, with support from the French Ministry of Culture.

UNIFRANCE

Founded in 1949, Unifrance is the organization responsible for promoting French cinema and TV content worldwide. Located in Paris, Unifrance employs around 50 staff members, as well as representatives based in the U.S., in China, and soon in Japan. The organization currently brings together more than 1,000 French cinema and TV content professionals (producers, talents, agents, sales companies, etc.) working together to promote French films and TV programmes among foreign audiences, industry executives, and media.