1997-2011: 15 COL COAs

COL COA is the leading festival dedicated to French films in the United States. Created by the FCFA in 1997, it attracts almost 15,000 viewers to Hollywood each year.

French short films and feature films are screened for one week in what is no less than a showcase promoting the French film industry on the other side of the Atlantic.
COL COA brings the two countries together to discover and discuss each other's talents.
 

Photos: reel sessions, Melanie Leigh, Antony Rolland, Getty Images

• 346 films screened since 1997 (the 400th will be shown in 2011)
   
• 89,700 participants since COL COA was created, including 14,957 in 2010 compared to 2,400 participants in 1999!
   
• the 100,000th festival-goer is expected in 2011
   
• peak of 2,360 viewers in one day
   
• at the last COL COA, 74% of the audience came from the film industry
   
• at the last COL COA, 77% of the audience was American
   
• compared to 1997, the number of films has been multiplied by 8.5 - the number of screenings and debates has been multiplied by 7.5 – the number of participants has been multiplied by 6
  

Consult the list of films selected since 1997, and the names of the scriptwriters, producers, actors and producers who have attended the various editions of the festival in Los Angeles.