The crème de la crème of French and French-language cinema will be presented from November 2 through December 15, in 40 theaters across the United Kingdom during the 30th edition of the 2022 French Film Festival UK, which has become a film community institution since its inception in 1992. An online edition of the event will also be held from December 3 through 12, in partnership with Curzon at Home. Happy anniversary!
This 2022 edition of the event, which is supported notably by the Institut Français, the Alliance Française, Screen Scotland, and Unifrance, and, as always, helmed by artistic director Richard Mowe, will open on November 2 at the Ciné Lumière in London, with the UK premiere of Full Time held in the presence of director Éric Gravel.
The following special guests will also take part in the festival: Patrice Leconte for Maigret, Blandine Lenoir for Angry Annie, Charlotte Gainsbourg for Jane by Charlotte, and Wilfried Méance and Bertrand Usclat for Jumeaux mais pas trop.
Over 60 feature films will be showcased at this year's event, including 28 UK premieres, with the festival also inaugurating a new section dedicated to work by women: Femmes First.
The online edition of the festival, accessible on the Curzon at Home platform, will offer a selection of films from December 3 to 12: Both Sides of the Blade by Claire Denis, Between Two Worlds by Emmanuel Carrère, Casablanca Beats by Nabil Ayouch, Everything Went Fine by Mia Hansen-Løve and Paris, 13th District by Jacques Audiard.
In addition, the program includes a series of school screenings and short film screenings, while the 30 Extras section offers audiences an overview of the past five editions of the French Film Festival UK.
--> For all further information, visit the festival's official website.
The complete lineup at the 30th French Film Festival UK
Panorama
- The Green Perfume by Nicolas Pariser
- Mali Twist by Robert Guédiguian
- The Love Letter by Jérôme Bonnell
- Forever Young by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
- Country Cabaret by Jean-Pierre Améris
- Simone: The Journey of the Century by Olivier Dahan
- Rise by Cédric Klapisch
- Peter Von Kant by François Ozon
- Don Juan by Serge Bozon
- Maigret by Patrice Leconte
- Continental Drift (to the South) by Lionel Baier
- The Heart of a Man by Jean Becker
- Champagne! by Nicolas Vanier
- Goliath by Frédéric Tellier
- Brother and Sister by Arnaud Desplechin
- Black Box by Yann Gozlan
- Lost Illusions by Xavier Giannoli
- Our Brothers by Rachid Bouchareb
- The Kitchen Brigade by Louis-Julien Petit
- The Little Gang by Pierre Salvadori
- Farewell Mr Haffmann by Fred Cavayé
- Nobody's Hero by Alain Guiraudie
- The Passengers of the Night by Mikhaël Hers
- Incredible But True by Quentin Dupieux
- Les Choses humaines by Yvan Attal
- Kompromat by Jérôme Salle
- Tori and Lokita by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Femmes First
- Angry Annie by Blandine Lenoir
- Forever Young by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
- The Blue Caftan by Maryam Touzani
- Feminist Riposte by Marie Perennès & Simon Depardon
- Rodeo by Lola Quivoron
- Jane by Charlotte by Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Feminist Riposte by Marie Perennès, Simon Depardon
- More than Ever by Emily Atef
- 13 short films by Alice Guy
Discovery
- Jumeaux mais pas trop by Olivier Ducray, Wilfried Méance
- Close by Lukas Dhont
- Hard Shell, Soft Shell by Emma Benestan
- Full Time by Éric Gravel
- Love According to Dalva by Emmanuelle Nicot
- For a Fistful of Fries by Jean Libon & Yves Hinant
Animation
Tribute
Classics
- Dear Louise by Philippe De Broca
- Paris Frills by Jacques Becker
- Children of Paradise by Marcel Carné
- A Room in Town by Jacques Demy
- Madame Bovary by Claude Chabrol
- Fan-Fan the Tulip / The Fearless Little Soldier by Christian-Jaque
Special Screening + Streaming
