The 35th edition of the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), one of the most important European events of French-speaking cinema, will take place from October 2 through 9, in the presence of a fine French artistic delegation that will meet the Belgian public in general and the people of Namur in particular.
Sanitary measures are reinforced but a festival in the flesh, despite a tighter selection than usual, for this 35th edition with films from 9 different countries, including of course a prominent place accorded to French films.
Laurent Lafitte, Noée Abita, Vincent Macaigne, Anthony Bajon, Karim Leklou, Raphaël Jacoulot, Albert Dupontel, Hélène Vincent, Ophélie Bau, Charlène Favier, Aurel, Emmanuel Courcol, Giovanni Aloi, and Nora Martirosyan (non-exhaustive list) will be attend the event to present their films.
The jury for the feature film competition will be composed of Samuel Benchetrit (jury president), Anne Delseth, Guillaume Senez, Daphné Patakia, and Yoann Zimmer, and will present the Bayards during the closing night ceremony. At the end of the 2019 edition, Oh Mercy! by Arnaud Desplechin received the top award. The short film jury will be chaired by Belgian filmmaker Fien Troch.
The full program can be found here.
All the French films presented at the 35th FIFF de Namur
Competition
- Bye Bye Morons by Albert Dupontel
- Josep by Aurel (also presented in Campus 18+)
- Night of the Kings by Philippe Lacôte
- The Third War by Giovanni Aloi
- Should the Wind Drop by Nora Martirosyan
- Slalom by Charlène Favier (also presented in Campus 15+)
- Rascal by Peter Dourountzis
- Heidi en Chine, de François Yang (minority coproduction)
Closing Night Gala
Special Screenings
Belgian French-language cinema focus
- Jumbo by Zoé Wittock (also presented in Campus 15+)
Les Pépites
- Dear Mother by Laurent Lafitte
- La Francisca by Rodrigo Litorriaga
- Little Vampire by Joann Sfar (also presented Campus 6+)
- Miss by Ruben Alves
- Calamity by Rémi Chayé
- Dreamchild by Raphaël Jacoulot
Campus 15+
- Douce France by Geoffrey Couanon
- Golda Maria by Patrick Sobelman and Hugo Sobelman
- I Am not Afraid of the Night Anymore by Sarah Guillemet and Leïla Porcher
Feature films: Place au doc Belge !
Short films: International Competition
- À la retraite by Yann Ducreux and Laureline Maurer
- Freed by Josza Anjembe
- Decent People by Maxime Roy
- I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face by Sameh Alaa
- The Departure by Saïd Hamich
- Les Tissus blancs by Moly Kane
- Maalbeek by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
- And Yet We Are Not Super Heroes by Lia Bertels
- So What if the Goats Die by Sofia Alaoui
Short films: FIFF Campus
- À la retraite by Yann Ducreux and Laureline Maurer
- Amerigo and the New World by Laurent Crouzeix and Luis Briceno
- Northern Lights by Caroline Attia
- Deux oiseaux by Antoine Robert
- Intermission by Anthony Lemaitre
- Fairyocious by Fabien Ara
- The Year of the Robot by Yves Gellie
- My Life in Versailles by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H'limi
- The Departure by Saïd Hamich
- Les Tissus blancs by Moly Kane
- Lupin by Hélène Ducrocq
- Maraude and Murphy by Hélène Ducrocq
- And Yet We Are Not Super Heroes by Lia Bertels
- Cut the Chit Chat by Léa Forest
- Precious by Paul Mas
- Earthworms by Hélène Ducrocq
