French Film Festival on Tour

Season

Please note : this season finished in Dec 2019

We’re delighted to welcome the French Film Festival UK for a selection of screenings featuring previews of some of the finest new French cinema from some of the country’s most exciting filmmaking talent both in front of and behind the camera.

Join us for Cédric Kahn’s drama Happy Birthday starring Catherine Deneuve; ﬁlm noir, Oh Mercy! from Arnaud Desplechin; Belgium’s Dardenne brothers’ exploration of a troubled teen in Young Ahmed; and one of the hits from this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Celine Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Previous screenings in this season

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

15 French Film Festival

Please note: This was screened in Dec 2019

Film

Winner of Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at Cannes (where it received rave reviews and was widely considered the best film of the festival), Céline Sciamma’s striking fourth feature is an exquisite tale of female desire, hidden love, art, and the gaze.

Young Ahmed

15 French Film Festival

Please note: This was screened in Dec 2019

Film

The Dardenne Brothers won this year's Best Director award at Cannes for this brave portrait of a radicalised Muslim teen.

Oh Mercy

15 French Film Festival

Please note: This was screened in Dec 2019

Film

Arnaud Desplechin's (Ismael's Ghosts) latest is a murder mystery based on a real-life crime in Roubaix, a city in Northern France where he was born.

Happy Birthday

15 French Film Festival

Please note: This was screened in Dec 2019

Film

Family relations unravel to wonderfully excruciating comic and dramatic effect in this all-star ensemble piece from versatile French writer-director and here, co-star, Cédric Kahn.

Previous screenings in this season

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Young Ahmed

Oh Mercy

Happy Birthday

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