The world premiere of Zabou Breitman's Someone I Loved (Je L'Aimais) starring Daniel Auteuil and Marie-Josee Croze will open the 13th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels (COL-COA) film festival to run from April 20-26.

Backed by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, the festival will present 50 films, including 30 features and 20 shorts. The roster includes Caroline Bottaro's debut feature Queen To Play starring Sandrine Bonnaire and Kevin Kline, that plays on the same day as its world premiere at Tribeca in New York.

The COL-COA competition will close on April 26, with the North American Premiere of Philippe Lioret's Welcome that premiered in Panorama in Berlin last month.

Among the line-up are Cesar winners Seraphine from Martin Provost, Mesrine: A Film In Two Parts from Jean-Francois Richet, and Remi Bezancon's The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life.

Michel Hazanavicius' OSS 117, Lost In Rio gets it international premiere and there are slots for Costa-Gavras' Eden Is West, Andre Techine's The Girl On The Train, Anne Fontaine's The Girl From Monaco and Claire Simon's God's Offices.

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