Originally published January 12, 2018. Updated April 19, 2018.
French and Francophone films are set to be shown online as part of MyFrenchFilmFestival.
Available from 19 January to 19 February, the festival has been organised into six thematic sections with features and shorts offering a wide range of material. A mixture of new works playing alongside classic films such as Man Bites Dog and The Last Metro, the festival has built up a reputation for appealing to a fresh new audience.
There is a competitive element in the festival, with directors Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, Youth) and Julia Ducouranau (Raw) part of the filmmakers’s jury. There are also awards decided on by the press and the online viewing audience.
Here’s details of how the festival is shaping up.
WHAT THE F…RENCH!?
Absurd and at times crazy situations featuring endearing heroes
Struggle for life, Antonin Peretjatko, Long feature in competition
Rock’n Roll, Guillaume Canet, Long feature in competition
Willy THE 1st , Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma, Marielle Gautier & Hugo P. Thomas, Long feature in competition
Delectable you, Axel Courtiere, Short feature in competition
Lazare, Tristan Lhomme, Short feature in competition
The Screenwriter, François Paquay, Short feature in competition
HIT THE ROAD!
Motorways, filling stations, holiday clubs… and initiatory quests!
Ava, Léa Mysius, Long feature in competition
Before summer ends, Maryam Goormaghtigh, Long feature out of competition
Crash Test Aglaé, Eric Gravel, Long feature in competition
The summer movie, Emmanuel Marre, Short feature in competition
TEEN STORIES
The age of adolescence, when anything goes!
1:54, Yan England, Long feature out of competition
A wedding, Stephan Streker, Long feature in competition
Swagger, Olivier Babinet, Short feature in competition
Chasse Royale, Romane Gueret & Lise Akoka, Short feature in competition
Birth of a leader, Antoine de Bary, Short feature in competition
FRENCH AND FURIOUS
Disturbing situations filled with more or less unsavoury characters…
Man bites dog (It happened in your neighborghood), Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel & Benoît Poelvoorde, Long feature out of competition
Into the forest, Gilles Marchand, Long feature in competition
Paris Prestige, Hamé et Ekoué, Long feature in competition
The Stroke, Morgane Polanski, Short feature out of competition
Death,Dad & Son, Winshluss & Denis Walgenwitz, Short feature in competition
Please Love Me Forever, Holy Fatma, Short feature in competition
LOVE “À LA FRANCAISE”
Love stories that are très French: la vie en rose? Don’t count on it!
The last metro, François Truffaut, Long feature out of competition
In bed with Victoria, Justine Triet, Long feature in competition
A taste of Vietnam, Pier-Luc Latulippe, Short feature out of competition
No drowning, Mélanie Laleu, Short feature in competition
Long live the emperor, Aude Léa Rapin, Short feature in competition
A summer dress, François Ozon, Short feature out of competition
NEW HORIZONS
MyFrenchFilmFestival expands with a new French film section entitled NEW HORIZONS (films out of competition) which spotlights new screenwriting talents and amplified film experiences.
Phallaina, Marietta Ren, Fresque live out of competition
PLANET ∞, Momoko Seto, VR Film out of competition
WEI OR DIE, Simon Bouisson, Interactive film out of competition
MyFrenchFilmFestival is available across the world on multiple streaming platforms. For more information
visit the official site here.
