After opening its doors on November 16, the Dublin French Film Festival, organized by the Irish Film Institute, will be held until Thursday, November 27. An impressive selection of 25 French films will be showcased at the event, with ten actors and directors present to introduce their films and meet with Irish audiences.
This event is the largest celebration of French cinema held in Ireland and offers twelve days of screenings at the Irish Film Institute located in the heart of Dublin. Twenty-three films will be screened for the first time in Ireland, including In Bed with Victoria by Justine Triet, which will open the event on November 16. The festival will close on November 27 with a screening of 21 Nights with Pattie by the Larrieu brothers.
A large number of meetings will be organized with French artists, with Q&A sessions held following the film screenings. The screening of A Man and a Woman will be presented by Douglas Smith, senior lecturer at the UCD School of Languages and Literature.
2016 Lineup:
- 21 Nights with Pattie by Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
- Casque d'or by Jacques Becker
- Corniche Kennedy by Dominique Cabrera
- Cézanne and I by Danièle Thompson
- Into the Forest by Gilles Marchand
- Tomorrow by Mélanie Laurent, Cyril Dion
- News from Planet Mars by Dominik Moll
- Frantz by François Ozon
- Harry, He is Here to Help by Dominik Moll
- Miss Impossible by Émilie Deleuze
- It's Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan
- The Unknown Girl by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- The Death of Louis XIV by Albert Serra
- The Son of Joseph by Eugène Green
- Journey to Greenland by Sébastien Betbeder
- Agnus Dei / The Innocents by Anne Fontaine
- Slack Bay by Bruno Dumont
- Marie and the Misfits by Sébastien Betbeder
- Mercenary by Sacha Wolff
- Being Seventeen by André Téchiné
- Saint Amour by Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine
- Tour de France by Rachid Djaïdani
- A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch
- In Bed with Victoria by Justine Triet
- The Stopover by Muriel Coulin, Delphine Coulin
- A Journey Through French Cinema by Bertrand Tavernier
Artistic Delegation:
- Gilles Marchand (director) for Into the Forest
- Gustave Kervern (director) for Saint Amour
- Dominik Moll (director) for News from Planet Mars
- Sébastien Betbeder (director) for Journey to Greenland and Marie and the Misfits
- Lola Créton (actor) for Corniche Kennedy
- Corentin Fila (actor) for Being Seventeen
- Muriel Coulin and Delphine Coulin (directors) for The Stopover
- Benoît Delépine (director) for Saint Amour
- Dominique Cabrera (director) for Corniche Kennedy
All the details about screening times and meetings with the actors and directors can be found on the IFI website.
