[7] Participating movie theaters are located alongside the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, including the Balzac, Gaumont Champs-Elysées, the Lincoln, the Publicis Cinéma and UGC George V.[8][9] The first edition of the Festival was held from June 6 to June 12, with actors Lambert Wilson and Michael Madsen presiding.
Donald Sutherland participated in a conversation following a screening of Alan J. Pakula's Klute, in which he co-starred alongside Jane Fonda.
Along with the US in Progress program, a new event targeted at industry professionals was held alongside the Festival: titled Paris Coproduction Village it brought together 12 international feature film projects in development looking for French and European partners, as well as 6 projects from the Cannes Film Festival Cinefondation Residence.
[17][8] The eight competition titles included two documentaries that previously competed at 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Matthew Heineman’s Cartel Land and Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker’s Welcome to Leith.
Guillaume Nicloux’s Valley of Love, starring Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu, was the opening night film.
"[18][19] The Road Within, the directorial debut of screenwriter and actress Gren Wells, starring Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel and Zoë Kravitz, won the Audience Award at the festival.
Presided by American director Randal Kleiser and French writer Pierre Lemaitre, the jury included Lolita Chammah, Lola Créton, Vincent Dedienne, Jérémie Elkaïm, Camélia Jordana, Gustave Kervern and Karidja Touré.
[23] Lauren Wolkstein and Christopher Radcliff's The Strange Ones, which had its international premiere at the festival, won the Grand Jury Prize for Best American Independent Feature Film.
James Franco's Pretenders, in which he acts alongside Jack Kilmer, Jane Levy, Shameik Moore, Denis Quaid, and Brian Cox, premiered at the festival in 2019.
The jurors included Cedric Kahn, Aïssa Maïga, Julia Faure, Lily Gladstone, Sophie Calle, Yann Gonzalez and Daniels, among others.
[30] For its 12th edition, held from 20 to 27 June 2023, the festival invited American independent filmmakers Ira Sachs and Eliza Hittman as special guests.