Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2025

Thursday 6th March 2025 - Wednesday 9th April 2025

The Alliance Française French Film Festival returns for its 36th edition of its diverse and unique programme of moving French cinema from a range of film makers genres and styles.

The world's largest showcase of French cinema outside of France and the biggest cultural paid event in Australia will return with a line-up of films set to surprise provoke and enchant.

Program & Tickets

broadsheet.com.au says

This year's program of 42 films will feature classic French masterpieces new Australian premieres off the Cannes Film Festival and other big hitters. Travel back to the Renaissance and war-torn France head underwater in a submarine or find comfort in the warm embrace of a lover.

On the line-up watch celebrated director Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film Army of Shadows a gripping account of the French Resistance following Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) - the head of a Resistance cell who is betrayed by a comrade captured and sent to a Nazi camp.

Winner of three awards at Cannes and Best Actor at the recent European Film Awards Boris Lojkine's energetic drama Souleymane's Story trails a young courier as he runs across Paris preparing for a life-changing residency interview.

Other highlights include Corsican first-time director Julien Colonna's thriller The Kingdom. Set in 1995 Corsica the film follows the story of 15-year-old Lesia (Ghjuvanna Benedetti) the daughter of a violent mafia member who is kidnapped and forced to do the unthinkable to survive. Plus award-winning director Audrey Diwan's elegant and sensual remake of the cult classic Emmanuelle. The festival with round out with Lucas Bernard's romantic comedy In the Sub for Love following the budding love of a submarine officer.

Review by Isabella Vagnoni: broadsheet.com.au

❊ Official Tickets ❊

Book Online Here

❊ When ❊

Canberra

❊ Web Links ❊

→ Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2025

→ www.affrenchfilmfestival.org

❊ Also See.. ❊

➼ Palace Electric Cinema | Canberra

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