Also known as the French Cinepanorama, this popular festival will open its 46th edition on November 22, offering audiences a selection of 35 recent French feature films.
This year, four directors and one actor will make the trip to Hong Kong for the event: Cédric Klapisch and Ana Girardot to represent Back to Burgundy, Étienne Comar for Django, Michel Hazanavicius for Redoubtable, and Claire Denis for Bright Sunshine In.
This long festival (running from November 22 through December 10 this year) is held in several theaters across the city. The AMC Pacific Place will host the opening ceremony, which features a screening of Back to Burgundy held in the presence of the film's director and lead actor, following the duo's trip to South Korea, where they took part in the French Cinema Tour, and Singapore, where Back to Burgundy was presented at the Singapore French Film Festival.
In addition to the lineup of recent films, the program includes a retrospective of Jean-Pierre Melville, a mini-panorama of works from the French New Wave, and a selection of short films.
Michel Hazanavicius and Cédric Klapisch will each give a master class at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
For further information, visit the festival's official website.
Main Selection
- Back to Burgundy by Cédric Klapisch
- Django by Étienne Comar
- Redoubtable by Michel Hazanavicius
- Bright Sunshine In by Claire Denis
- See You Up There by Albert Dupontel
- Reinventing Marvin by Anne Fontaine
- BPM (Beats Per Minute) by Robin Campillo
- The Paris Opéra by Jean-Stéphane Bron
- Gauguin by Édouard Deluc
- Rodin by Jacques Doillon
- The Midwife by Martin Provost
- Lola Pater by Nadir Moknèche
- Angel by Harry Cleven
- Great Minds by Jonathan Comnène
- Step by Step by Grand Corps Malade, Mehdi Idir
- Mrs. Hyde by Serge Bozon
- A Kid by Philippe Lioret
- Big Bad Fox & Other Tales by Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert
- A Bag of Marbles by Christian Duguay
- Ava by Léa Mysius
- Let the Corpses Tan by Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
- March of the Penguins 2 - The Call by Luc Jacquet
- Lumière! by Thierry Frémaux
- The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian
- Ismael's Ghosts by Arnaud Desplechin
- The Price of Success by Teddy Lussi-Modeste
- Ladies by Anne-Gaëlle Daval
- 4 Days in France by Jérôme Reybaud
- Nobody's Perfect! by Florence Quentin
- Barbara by Mathieu Amalric
- Endangered Species by Gilles Bourdos
- Paris Prestige by Hamé & Ékoué
- Orphan by Arnaud Des Pallières
- Zombillenium by Arthur De Pins & Alexis Ducord
Short Film Program
- Garden Party by Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro
- Household Pets by Jean Lecointre
- Negative Space by Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
- Chasse royale by Romane Gueret, Lise Akoka
- The Winkles by Alice Vial
- Delectable You by Axel Courtière
Retrospectives
- Léon Morin, Priest by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard
- Elevator To The Gallows by Louis Malle
- Bob le flambeur by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Doulos: The Finger Man by Jean-Pierre Melville
- The 400 Blows by François Truffaut
- Le Silence de la mer by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Army of Shadow by Jean-Pierre Melville
- The Red Circle / Le Cercle rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Two or Three Things I Know about Her by Jean-Luc Godard
