Welcome to the 27th edition of the French Film Festival, the UK’s only festival embracing French and Francophone cinema in all its diversity. We are delighted to be screening some of the most exciting new films from across the Channel, including Cannes award-winners On a Magical Night and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, as well as Bruno Dumont’s heavy metal musical about the life of Joan of Arc and Zabou Breitman and Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec’s beautifully animated tale of life in Afghanistan under Taliban control, The Swallows of Kabul. Much-loved Swiss classic The Salamander returns to the big screen, whilst documentaries Delphine and Carole and Gaultier - Freak & Chic explore central figures who have been instrumental in shaping French culture.
Films in this Season
Image for Alice and the Mayor + Q&A (N/C 15+)
1 November
Alice and the Mayor + Q&A (N/C 15+)
A lively, funny and touching exploration of the way we live
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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3 November
Oh Mercy (N/C 15+)
Delving into the lives of the marginalised
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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5 November
The Wolf's Call (N/C 15+)
As Russia heads towards conflict with Europe, a French submarine finds itself in a crisis.
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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11 November
The Swallows of Kabul + Q&A (N/C 15+)
The Swallows of Kabul portrays life under Taliban control
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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10 November
The Salamander (N/C 18+)
An intelligent, tongue-in-cheek portrait of the young
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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5 November
The Mystery of Henri Pick (N/C 12+)
Wry, witty and thoroughly enjoyable
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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2 November
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (N/C 18+)
A vivid portrait of a stolen romance
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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4 November
On a Magical Night (N/C 15+)
Christophe Honoré serves up a French farce
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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9 November
La Belle epoque + Q&A (15)
Actor and screenwriter Nicolas Bedos’s second feature
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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7 November
Delphine and Carole (N/C 15+)
Calliso McNulty’s documentary chronicles how the two women fought for women’s rights
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
Image for Joan of Arc (N/C 15+)
3 November
Joan of Arc (N/C 15+)
The classic French heroine's tale
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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3 November
Jeannette: the Childhood of Joan of Arc (N/C 15+)
The story of France’s patron saint is told through the joyful noise of a heavy-metal musical
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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2 November
Invisibles (N/C 15+)
Les Invisibles is a marvellous genre-bending confection
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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1 November
I Lost My Body (N/C 15+)
Jérémy Clapin’s beautifully realised curio
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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6 November
Gaultier - Freak & Chic (N/C 15+)
Gaultier’s most outrageous project yet
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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8 November
Farewell to the Night (N/C 15+)
A story of tough love
- Part of a Season French Film Festival
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4 November
Young Ahmed (N/C 15+)
Portrait of a radicalised Muslim teen
- Part of a Season French Film Festival