A 100% French film (Suite armoricaine by Pascale Breton) and three French co-productions will be presented this year in Official Competition at the 68th Locarno Film Festival, which will take place in the small Swiss town from August 5 through 15.

France's presence is also notable n the Cineasti del Presente section, with three French debut features, including Dom Juan by iconoclastic actor Vincent Macaigne, which stars actors from the  Comédie-Française.

Bulle Ogier will be honored with a lifetime achievement prize, and Clotilde Courau is a member of the Concorso Cineasti del Presente jury, presided over by Brazilian Julio Bressane.

French films (or co-productions) at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival:

Concorso Internazionale

• Cosmos by Andrzej Zulawski (France/Portugal)
• No Home Movie by Chantal Akerman (France/Belgium)
• Suite Armoricaine by Pascale Breton
• Dark in the White Light by Vimukthi Jayasundara (Sri Lanka/France)

Concorso Cineasti del Presente

• Dead Slow Ahead by Mauro Herce (Spain/France)
• Dom Juan by Vincent Macaigne
• Keeper by Guillaume Senez
• The Great Game by Nicolas Pariser
• Olmo & the Seagull by Petra Costa & Léa Glob (Denmark/Brazil/Portugal/France)

Piazza Grande

• Amnesia by Barbet Schroeder
• Florida by Philippe Le Guay
• Summertime by Catherine Corsini
• La Vanité by Lionel Baier (Switzerland/France)
• Le Dernier Passage by Pascal Magontier

Pardi di Domani

• Millions of Tears by  Natalie Beder
• Fils du loup by Lola Quivoron
• La impresion de una guerra by Camilo Restrepo (France/Colombia)
• Lampedusa by Philip Cartelli & Mariangela Ciccarello (Italy/France/USA)
• D'ombres et d'ailes by Eleonora Marinoni & Elice Meng (Switzerland/France)

Signs of Life

• Deux Rémi, deux by Pierre Léon (France/Switzerland)

Fuori Concorso

• Checks & Balances by Malek Bensmaïl (Algeria/France)
• Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits by Claire Simon (France/Switzerland)
• L'Architecte de Saint-Gaudens by Julie Desprairies & Serge Bozon (short film)