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Father Of My Children (Le père de mes enfants) (Country: Germany, France; Director: Mia Hansen-Løve; Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve; Cast: Chiara Caselli, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Alice de Lencquesaing, Michaël Abiteboul, Manelle Driss, Sandrine Dumas, Eric Elmosnino, Dominique Frot, Alice Gautier, Libertad Gills, Valerie Lang, Harald Leander, Igor Hansen Love, Antoine Mathieu, Patrick Mimoun)
A French producer struggles to balance completing his roster of films with the demands of his young family. Full Review Official Site

A Prophet (Un prophète) (Country: France, Italy; Director: Jacques Audiard; Writer: homas Bidegain and Jacques Audiard, based on an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit; Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Gilles Cohen, Antoine Basler, Leïla Bekhti, Pierre Leccia, Foued Nassah, Jean-Emmanuel Pagni, Frédéric Graziani, Slimane Dazi)
An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own. Full Review See: French Film Festival preview Official Site, View Trailer

Séraphine (Country: France, Belgium; Director: Martin Provost; Writer: Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost; Cast: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich, Nico Rogner, Adélaïde Leroux, Serge Larivière, Françoise Lebrun, Léna Breban, Francis Lacloche, Corentin Lobet)
Portrait of French 'outsider' artist Séraphine de Senlis. Full Review See: French Film Festival preview

Welcome (Country: France; Director: Philippe Lioret; Writer: Olivier Adam, Emmanuel Courcol, Philippe Lioret; Cast: Vincent Lindon, Derya Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Firat Ayverdi)
A Kurdish boy from Iraq trying to reach the UK strikes up an unusual friendship with a middle-aged Frenchman. Full Review See: French Film Festival preview

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