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Now in its 17th year, this annual festival celebrates the best of contemporary cinema from over the Channel, as well as celebrating older film legends.

This year's festival will run from November 8 to December 20 and will this year feature tributes to Jacques Tati and Jean Eustache. There will also be a number of events, which will be announced nearer the time.

French Film Festival Latest Reviews

Bellamy
A detective enjoying a quiet holiday in southern France finds himself caught up in an intriguing mystery.

Father Of My Children
A French producer struggles to balance completing his roster of films with the demands of his young family.

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes
A skint young man takes a job dressing as santa to raise cash to by a duffle coat.

Another Man
Psychological drama about a young, inexperienced film reviewer who falls for the charms of a well-established female colleague.

A French Gigolo
A fiftysomething woman who hires a gigolo finds their relationship becomes unexpectedly complex.

Public Benches
Ensemble film that sees a regular day at the office shattered when the staff notice a banner on the building opposite reading: Man Alone.

Robinson's Place
Two penniless young men try to pick up young women and after one agrees to go with them to a dancehall things turn sour.

I Always Wanted To Be A Gangster
Existential comedy told in four vignettes linked by a roadside cafe.

The Girl From Monaco
A lawyer in a high-profile trial falls for a local weathergirl... much to the concern of the bodyguard who has been hired to protect him.

Welcome
A Kurdish boy from Iraq trying to reach the UK strikes up an unusual friendship with a middle-aged Frenchman.

French Film Festival Festival Features

Vive le France
As the French Film Festival kicks off across the UK, we take a look at the line-up


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