From Jean-Luc Godard to François Truffaut, Arnaud Desplechin, and François Ozon, the family home has always been a favorite setting in French cinema. Leading to laughter or tears, a simple occurrence can unite a family or shatter this microcosm into smithereens…

The following films are presented in the We Are Family program: 

• Marguerite et Julien by Valérie Donzelli, starring Jérémie Elkaïm and Anaïs Demoustier

"Superb and devastating" @SolCastillo (Argentina)

• Ogres by Léa Fehner, starring Adèle Haenel, Lola Dueñas, and Marc Barbé

"The beauty and the agony of desire.
The joys and the exhaustion of parenthood.
The sense of achievement and the effort it takes to be part of a group.
Theater and its comic wit played out on the stage of everyday life.
Bravo to Ogres, Léa Fehner, and MyFrenchFilmFestival!" @AnahiCosta (Canada)

• Prejudice by Antoine Cuypers, starring Nathalie Baye, Arno, Ariane Labed, and Thomas Blanchard (in Competition, presented in partnership with Wallonie-Bruxelles Images (WBI))

"This is violence that holds you in its grip! A film that makes us question our views on what is 'abnormal' and the difficulties we have in judging members of our own family…" @NathalieChilte

• In Deep Waters by Sarah Van Den Boom

"Stunning film!" @FernandaPacobahyba (Brazil)

A Town Called Panic: Back to School by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier (in Competition, presented in partnership with Wallonie-Bruxelles Images (WBI))

"A great film, a beautiful story, and excellent animation!" @AlineJander (Brazil)