Alliance Française French Film Festival
Cinephiles and romantics rejoice! Australia’s most glamorous film event is returning to Palace Cinemas for its 25th season with a tantalising line-up of 46 features and documentaries that make a French ‘affaire’ essential!
Presented by the Alliance Française in association with the Embassy of France in Australia and the generous support of Gold Sponsor Citroën, the Alliance Française French Film Festival will screen across seven cities throughout March and April, launching in Sydney on 4 April. And to mark our ‘silver’ anniversary we are thrilled that celebrated French/Australian entertainer, Julia Zemiro will be joining us as the Festival’s inaugural Patron.
A slate of French-themed special events, international guests and Première screenings will dominate Palace Cinemas for a glorious two-month period and will include a tribute to François Truffaut, the master of French New Wave Cinema and a Closing Night that will honour the comic genius of Jacques Tati.
The Finishers, a poignant drama with characters inspired by a true story, will take centre stage on Opening Night in each city. Screening courtesy of Madman Entertainment, directed by Nils Tavernier and starring Jacques Gamblin and Alexandra Lamy, The Finishers follows the journey of an embittered, former Ironman champion, and his disabled son who join forces to compete in a triathlon. The films thereafter will feature the bewitching talents of a ‘who’s who’ of French and European silver-screen luminaries including Fanny Ardant, Léa Seydoux, Emmanuelle Devos, Romain Duris, Bérénice Béjo, Gabriel Byrne, Mads Mikkelsen, Bruno Ganz, Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Tchéky Karyo, Sandrine Kiberlain, François Cluzet, Jean Dujardin, Cécile de France, Tim Roth, Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Thierry Lhermitte, Niels Arestrup, Julie Gayet, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Nathalie Baye, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Michael Nyqvist, André Dussollier, Isabelle Nanty, Marilou Berry, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Louise Bourgoin and many, many more!
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Enjoyed the film very much but not the collecting of the tickets beforehand having to go twice to the Cinema first to pick up tickets, with the voucher and then to go and see the film. I did not want to take a chance that the tickets would not be available the night that I showed up. But the film was great.
great movies, definietely recommend!
Excellent films this year.
I saw Renoir and Haut Cuisine. Both were fantastic
Always a delight to see films frOm around the world. We hope you continue the film tickets
It's hards to go wrong with a French film!