Poiroux, Claude-Eric

General Director of the film associations « Premiers Plans » and “Europa Cinemas” (created in 1992 in order to facilitate the movement of European films in Europe). He also runs film theatres. He is a defender of art films and allowed the public to discover numerous authors, both as a distributor (Forum Distribution : Leos Carax, Boy meets Girl, Lars von Trier, The Element Of Crime) but also as a producer (Forum Production : Olivier Assayas, Désordre). He runs the Angers film festival Premiers Plans which has revealed authors such as Arnaud Desplechin or François Ozon.

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