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05 September 2019 à 17:25

French cinema at the 15th Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie

The 2019 Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie will take place in Biel/Bienne from September 11 to 15 and in Bern from September 13 to 15. An opportunity for festivalgoers to meet with around twenty guests and discover over sixty films shown in Swiss premieres.

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

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

Author : Communications

Latest update : 05 September 2019 à 17:25 CEST

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04/09/2019

French cinema at the 15th Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie

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A Bigger World

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A Very Bad Friend

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Adoration

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All About Yves

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Battle of the Classes

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Brazil

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By the Grace of God

(2018)

Camille

(2019)

Escape from Raqqa

(2018)

Fahim, the Little Chess Prince

(2019)

Family

(2018)

Farewell to the Night

(2018)

Forward

(2019)

Gloria Mundi

(2019)

Happy Birthday

(2019)

How to be a French Lover

(2018)

I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere

(2019)

I'll Go Where You Go

(2019)

Invisibles

(2018)

Just Retired

(2018)

Le Cercle des petits philosophes

(2019)

Losing It

(2019)

Made in China

(2018)

Max

(2019)

No Filter

(2018)

Notre Dame

(2019)

Of Love and Lies

(2019)

Oh Mercy!

(2019)

On the Other Side

(2018)

Online

(2019)

Paper Flags

(2018)

Papicha

(2019)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

(2019)

Roberto the Canary

(2017)

Roxane

(2018)

School Life

(2019)

Sibyl

(2018)

Someone, Somewhere

(2019)

Spread Your Wings

(2018)

Sweetheart

(2018)

The Bears' Famous Invasion

(2016)

The County

(2019)

The Dazzled

(2019)

The Fool

(2019)

The Girl with a Bracelet

(2019)

The Name of the Son

(2018)

The Prince's Voyage

(2019)

The Swallows of Kabul

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Three Days And a Life

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Venice Calling

(2018)

Young Ahmed

(2018)

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Zabou Breitman

Ivan Calbérac

Éric Caravaca

Camille Chamoux

Catherine Cosme

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Luc Dardenne

Cécile De France

Louis Delva

Gilles de Maistre

Stéphane Demoustier

Cécile Denjean

Arnaud Desplechin

Audrey Diwan

Valérie Donzelli

Fabrice du Welz

Mathilde Élu

Benoît Forgeard

Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec

Robert Guédiguian

Grímur Hákonarson

Emmanuel Hamon

Florence Hugues

Mehdi Idir

Cédric Kahn

Lyna Khoudri

Cédric Klapisch

Léopold Kraus

Jean-François Laguionie

Éric Lavaine

Michel Leclerc

Jalil Lespert

Boris Lojkine

Vincent Macaigne

Pierre François Martin-Laval

François-Christophe Marzal

Lorenzo Mattotti

Mounia Meddour

Paul Minthe

Kacey Mottet Klein

Géraldine Nakache

François Ozon

Louis-Julien Petit

Xavier Picard

Alice Pol

Julien Rappeneau

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Nathalie Saugeon

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News in brief

French cinema at the 15th Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie

All French films at the FFFH 2019

Official Selection

Horizon Section

Discovery Section, Feature Films

Discovery Section, Short Films

Nocturne Section

Videos

04/09/2019

French cinema at the 15th Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie

Trailer

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