THE COMPETITION (LE CONCOURS) Screens at Webster University This Weekend

Claire Simon’s THE COMPETITION (LE CONCOURS) screens at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood) Friday May 10th, Saturday May 11th, and Sunday May12th. The screenings begin at 7:30 each evening. Facebook invite can be found HERE. 

With esteemed alumni including Alain Resnais, Louis Malle and Claire Denis, La Fémis is France’s most revered film school. Claire Simon’s documentary follows the admissions process wherein thousands of applicants are whittled down by a board to fill 40 available spots at the school. Largely on the side of the selection committee, The Competition offers an inside look at how future cinematic masters are identified at their earliest stages.

With LE CONCOURS the director will delve into the daily life of the Parisian cinema school, la Fémis, where a specific Republican ideal of excellence is practiced and entry into which can be summed up as follows: “everyone’s equal, but only the best get in…” Through the admission process, the hard work all year and the graduation exams, LE CONCOURS will establish a portrait of our relationship to excellence in the Art world and of one of the most prestigious art school in France. A place of culture where generations intermingle.

In French with English subtitles.

Admission is:

$7 for the general public
$6 for seniors, Webster alumni and students from other schools
$5 for Webster University staff and faculty

Free for Webster students with proper I.D.