The FFFH will once again open in the charming bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, which sits on the boundary of French-speaking and German-speaking cultures, and, following a tradition begun two years ago, will also be held in the Swiss capital of Bern for three days.

As always, the five-day event will be dedicated to French-language films from France and Switzerland, showcasing this year around sixty features and short films including numerous major premieres of films that have not yet been released in France (such as Notre Dame, I'll Go Where You Go, The Dazzled, and The Prince's Voyage). Twenty-two "Podium" discussions between artistic crew members and the public will be organized with a focus on the films presented in the Official Selection.

In addition, the festival is divided into four other sections. One of these is the Discovery section, which includes a selection of short films in competition and several French or French-language productions that have never been screened in Switzerland.

With a program put together in partnership with Swiss distributors and UniFrance, the festival continues to give international exposure to French cinema and its artists. Among the actors and directors in attendance this year are Cécile de France, Arnaud Desplechin, Cédric Kahn, Éric Caravaca, Fabienne Berthaud, Cécile Denjean, Jalil Lespert, Géraldine Nakache, Vincent Macaigne, Mélanie Auffret, Alice Pol, Sarah Suco, Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec, Lyna Khoudri, Kacey Mottet Klein, and François-Christophe Marzal.

This year's festival trailer (see below) features Camille Chamoux, Estéban and Paul Minthe in a characteristically inventive presentation of the event. For your own pleasure, you may also like to watch Patrick Bruel appearing solo in the 2015 festival trailer and Ariane Ascaride in the 2016 trailer.

Further details about the festival can be found here.

All French films at the FFFH 2019

Official Selection

Films with Podium events

• Happy Birthday by Cédric Kahn
• I'll Go Where You Go by Géraldine Nakache
• Farewell to the Night by André Téchiné
• Papicha by Mounia Meddour
• The Fool by Jalil Lespert
• The Swallows of Kabul by Zabou Breitman, Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec
• The Dazzled by Sarah Suco
• Oh Mercy! by Arnaud Desplechin
• Roxane by Mélanie Auffret
• A Bigger World by Fabienne Berthaud
• Le Cercle des petits philosophes by Cécile Denjean

Other films

• The Prince's Voyage by Jean-François Laguionie and Xavier Picard
• Battle of the Classes by Michel Leclerc
• Venice Calling by Ivan Calbérac
• Sweetheart by Lisa Azuelos
• Of Love and Lies by Julien Rappeneau
• The Girl with a Bracelet by Stéphane Demoustier
• No Filter by Éric Lavaine
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma
• Someone, Somewhere by Cédric Klapisch
• Invisibles by Louis-Julien Petit
• By the Grace of God by François Ozon
• Spread Your Wings by Nicolas Vanier
• Just Retired by Fabrice Bracq
• Forward by Gilles de Maistre
• Young Ahmed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
• Notre Dame by Valérie Donzelli
• Gloria Mundi by Robert Guédiguian
• The Bears' Famous Invasion by Lorenzo Mattotti
• Camille by Boris Lojkine
• School Life by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir
• I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere by Arnaud Viard

Horizon Section

• Adoration by Fabrice du Welz
• Camille by Boris Lojkine
• Forward by Gilles de Maistre
• Escape from Raqqa by Emmanuel Hamon
• Fahim, the Little Chess Prince by Pierre François Martin-Laval
• The County by Grímur Hákonarson

Discovery Section, Feature Films

• Escape from Raqqa by Emmanuel Hamon
• Paper Flags by Nathan Ambrosioni
• Losing It by Audrey Diwan
• Three Days And a Life by Nicolas Boukhrief

Discovery Section, Short Films

• Brazil by Mathilde Élu
• Family by Catherine Cosme
• The Name of the Son by Louis Delva
• Max by Florence Hugues
• On the Other Side by Zulma Rouge
• Roberto the Canary by Nathalie Saugeon
• Online by Léopold Kraus

Nocturne Section

• How to be a French Lover by Olivier Baroux
• A Very Bad Friend by Varante Soudjian
• Made in China by Julien Abraham
• All About Yves by Benoît Forgeard
• Sibyl by Justine Triet