About 15 French artists are expected to attend the 26th French Film Week in Germany, which will take place from November 19 to 25 in the German capital as well as in nearly 30 cities across the country.
The program includes premiere screenings, a Francophone selection, a program for young audiences, and a cycle of debut features.
The French Film Week in Germany is an initiative of the Institut Français in Germany and Unifrance, in collaboration with Yorck-Kinogruppe and Cinéfête. It is supported by numerous partners: OFAJ, Club des mécènes | Institut Français in Germany, BNP Paribas, DS Automobiles, L’Oréal Group, Dorint Kurfürstendamm Berlin, ARTE, Air France, Vision Kino, Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation, Québec Antenne Berlin, Bouvet Ladubay, Champagne Pommery, Sacem / Copie privée, and Wall.
From November 19 to 25, the 2026 edition will invite German audiences to discover the best of French cinema through a selection of films, most of which will be released in German theaters in the coming months.
The program will be screened simultaneously in numerous German cities—28 in total—across 36 partner theaters. Berlin, of course, but also Aachen, Augsburg, Bremen, Cologne, Dessau, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Erlangen, Essen, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Fürth, Halle, Hamburg, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Mettmann, Monheim am Rhein, Munich, Ratingen, Rostock, Saarbrücken, St. Ingbert, Ulm, Weimar, and Würzburg.
The 30 films in this year's line-up—a selection of titles that, for the most part, have screened at major international festivals—reflect the diversity and vitality of French-language film production, as well as the wide range of its genres and themes.
The Electric Kiss will open this year’s festival in Berlin, with director Pierre Salvadori and composer Camille Bazbaz, whose attendance is made possible thanks to the support of SACEM / Copie privée. The film will be released in Germany on January 7, 2027, distributed by Telepool - Vuelta Germany.
The event will close with a screening of Just an Illusion, in the presence of'Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache. The film will be released in Germany on December 17, 2026, distributed by Weltkino Filmverleih.
This year, 15 films from the program were included in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, attesting to the quality of this edition and the vitality of French and Francophone cinema.
The titles thus create a dialogue between collective history and individual destinies: from the great figures of the Resistance, with the films De Gaulle: Résistance and Moulin, to the contemporary resonances of A Man of His Time—these films invite us to revisit our collective memory and examine our present.
Other works shed light on life stories that have helped shape French society, such as that of Gisèle Halimi in Women on Trial. The program also gives pride of place to major works of French cultural heritage, including Les Misérables, adapted from Victor Hugo’s eponymous novel, and explores the role of artists and the power of creativity, from At Work to La Comédie-Française and We are the orchestra.
The delegation
Expected in the capital (subject to change): Pierre Salvadori, Camille Bazbaz, Emmanuel Marre, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bérenger Thouin, Philippe Béziat, Pauline Loquès, Tommy Baron, Louis Clichy, Simon Abkarian, Antonin Baudry, Léa Mysius, Lars Eidinger, Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache. It's also worth noting that Pauline Clément will travel to Munich.
Special screenings and workshops
- Léa Mysius and Falk Richter will participate in a discussion on film adaptation on November 24.
- Four “Education au cinéma” workshops will be organized around Corset, a film that will be screened a total of 27 times in 16 cities.
->> The French Film Week in Germany's official website
The selection
Premieres
- The Electric Kiss by Pierre Salvadori (opening film)
- Parallel Tales by Asghar Farhadi
- We are the orchestra by Philippe Béziat
- De Gaulle: Résistance by Antonin Baudry
- At Work by Valérie Donzelli
- La Comédie-Française by Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau
- Golden Age by Bérenger Thouin
- A Man of His Time by Emmanuel Marre
- Women on Trial by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller
- Flesh and Fuel by Pierre Le Gall
- Moulin by László Nemes
- Les Misérables by Fred Cavayé
- Just an Illusion by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano (closing film)
Francophone
- The Baronnesses by Nabil Ben Yadir and Mokhtaria Badaoui
- Diya by Achille Ronaimou
- Congo Boy by Rafiki Fariala
Young audiences
- La Vie de château - Mon enfance à Versailles by Nathaniel H'Limi and Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
- Dandelion's Odyssey by Momoko Seto
- Iron Boy by Louis Clichy
Films awaiting release
- Another Day by Jeanne Herry
- The Great Arch by Stéphane Demoustier
- The Divine Sarah Bernhardt by Guillaume Nicloux
- Shana by Lila Pinell
- The Birthday Party by Léa Mysius
- Orange-Flavoured Wedding by Christophe Honoré
- Nino by Pauline Loquès
- Hearts on Fire by Aurélien Peyre
