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Cinébanlieue opens with films, workshops and routes into filmmaking
The 21st edition runs from 6 to 13 November across Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris, combining nearly 100 films with competitions and professional encounters.
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Sarlat turns a film festival into a classroom and career forum
The 35th edition combines more than 40 films with workshops and a 5 November schools forum for 550 pupils and teachers from cinema courses.
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DEMAIN brings overseas documentary voices to central Paris
The free five-day festival opens on 4 November with films, talks, concerts, photography and podcasts drawn from France's overseas regions and three ocean areas.
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France’s Documentary Month opens 3,000 screenings beyond cinemas
The 27th Mois du Doc runs throughout November in libraries, schools, social centres and theatres, with public discussions built into the national programme.
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French cinema's November season reaches Dublin and Edinburgh
Two published festival programmes pair new releases with film heritage. Here is how their dates and formats differ.
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French filmmakers put a number on their 2027 budget warning
More than 170 filmmakers say proposed tax and funding changes could cost 80 films a year, a forecast that Parliament has not yet tested or enacted.
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Cinemed opens in Montpellier after an emergency venue change
The Mediterranean film festival begins with 239 titles and a new main base at Pathé Comédie after storm damage made part of Le Corum unusable.
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Metropolis begins its centenary in Lyon with a new live score
The Lumière Festival pairs the restored silent film with Don Davis and the Orchestre national de Lyon, linking a 1927 landmark to the year its story imagined.
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Lisula CineMusica makes the soundtrack part of the screen
The Corsican festival opens an eight-day programme of musical films, short-form competition, workshops and virtual reality in L'Île-Rousse.
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France's animation celebration turns 25 with a local-first programme
Three weeks of screenings, workshops and creator meetings use cinemas and cultural venues across France to make animation more visible beyond major releases.
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French cinema takes a wider route into Hollywood at its 30th festival
The American French Film Festival's new programme mixes premieres, animation, television and industry access as it marks three decades in Los Angeles.
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Lyon prepares nine days of cinema history for the Lumière Festival
The October 10 to 18 programme spreads restored films, live scores and major screenings across the metropolitan area.
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Space cinema meets real science at the Cinémathèque this weekend
The Paris retrospective pairs films with expert introductions and offers separate workshops for younger audiences through its opening weekend.
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Analogue cinema’s future is on the agenda in Seine-Saint-Denis
Meetings through 3 October bring the skills behind film production, projection and preservation into focus.
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Garance opens a shared doorway into France’s film archives
The new heritage catalogue connects films, objects and documents, but it is not a free streaming library or a licence to reuse them.
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Club Kid takes Deauville’s top prize and its audience award
Jordan Firstman’s film leaves the American film festival with a double win, while the official prize list offers French release dates to watch.
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Toulouse’s Cartoon Forum puts French animation projects in the spotlight
The 14–17 September industry gathering will present 66 projects, including 32 from France, with Canadian collaboration and sustainable production on the agenda.
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Call My Agent! returns as a film: what to know before pressing play
Dix pour cent’s reunion is now on Netflix. Here is the premise, the returning cast and the background to the series—without pretending this is a review.
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Deauville brings American cinema to the Normandy coast
The 52nd festival runs until 13 September, with 80 films across nine programme categories.
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Fraser, Hawke and Thatcher share Deauville’s spotlight
Tributes and awards connect different generations of American screen talent.