From November 28 through December 4 and for the 18th year, the Institut Français and UniFrance invite the German capital to celebrate French films with a German French Film Week full of events and guests.
This year, 18 French films will be presented to Berlin audiences at premiere screenings, in seven different screening venues. The festival works hand in hand with distributors to ensure the event's promotion. It is is once again an opportunity to showcase the richness and diversity of French cinema, which is particularly appreciated across the Rhine.
A dozen French and French-speaking directors and actors will be present to accompany their films and meet moviegoers.
The delegation
- Gilles Lellouche and Félix Moati for Sink or Swim
- Adèle Haenel for The Trouble with You
- Doria Tillier for Mr & Mrs Adelman
- Marc Dugain for The Royal Exchange
- Julie Bertuccelli for Claire Darling
- Cécilia Rouaud for Photo de famille
- Kiddy Smile & Thea Carla Schøtt for Climax
- Vanessa Filho for Angel Face
- Marine Francen for The Sower
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun for A Season in France
Sink or Swim by Gilles Lellouche opened the festival this year and the director and a member of the cast, Félix Moati, were present on November 28 at the Kino International. A week later, two films will be presented at the closing night at the Cinéma Paris: Photo de famille, in the presence of the film's director Cécilia Rouaud, followed by The Trouble with You by Pierre Salvadori, in the presence of Adèle Haenel.
The selection
- M by Sara Forestier
- Number One by Tonie Marshall
- Luna by Elsa Diringer
- Little Tickles by Andrea Bescond, Eric Metayer
- Angel Face by Vanessa Filho
- Climax by Gaspar Noé
- At War by Stéphane Brizé
- The Trouble with You by Pierre Salvadori
- The Apparition by Xavier Giannoli
- The Royal Exchange by Marc Dugain
- Claire Darling by Julie Bertuccelli
- Promise at Dawn by Eric Barbier
- The House by the Sea by Robert Guédiguian
- Sink or Swim by Gilles Lellouche
- The Sower by Marine Francen
- Mr & Mrs Adelman by Nicolas Bedos
- Photo de famille by Cécilia Rouaud
- A Season in France by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
As part of the program of the Institut Français, and for the first time, a selection of children's films (features and shorts) will be proposed. A selection of documentaries and a series (Deutsch-les-Landes) completes the program, which can be downloaded below.
