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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
- 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
Latest update : 05 September 2019 à 17:25 CEST
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Linked films (51)
A Bigger World
(2019)
A Very Bad Friend
(2019)
Adoration
(2019)
All About Yves
(2019)
Battle of the Classes
(2018)
Brazil
(2018)
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
(2018)
Three Days And a Life
(2019)
Venice Calling
(2018)
Young Ahmed
(2018)
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Estéban
Grand Corps Malade
Julien Abraham
Nathan Ambrosioni
Mélanie Auffret
Lisa Azuelos
Olivier Baroux
Fabienne Berthaud
Nicolas Boukhrief
Fabrice Bracq
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
Zulma Rouge
Nathalie Saugeon
Céline Sciamma
Varante Soudjian
Sarah Suco
André Téchiné
Justine Triet
Nicolas Vanier
Arnaud Viard
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