This year’s festival will host three international premieres, 11 North American or US premieres and 16 West Coast premieres.

The 17th annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels (COL•COA) will open on April 15 with the North American premiere of It Happened in Saint Tropez [pictured].

The week-long festival will feature the annual competition section and overall will present 38 features including three international premieres, 11 North American or US premieres and 16 West Coast premieres.

For the first time the North American Premieres will close the festival on April 22 and will be revealed on opening night.

The line-up includes the North American premieres of Philippe Le Guay’s comedy Cycling With Moliere and Philippe Godeau’s 11.6 as well as the US premieres of Stéphane Brizé’s drama A Few Hours of Spring and Sébastien Lifshitz’s César best documentary winner The Invisibles

Strands include COL•COA.doc, After 10, COL•COA Classics and Film Noir.

For details of the full programme visit the festival’s official website.