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Thu, Feb 6 – Attend a free screening of A Real Job at The Bioscope. RSVP here.Thu, Feb 13 – Mars Express screens for free at The French Institute of South Africa. RSVP here.
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Three lucky movie-lovers will win 10GB of data to enjoy the 2025 edition of My French Film Festival. Simply fill in this form to enter. The competition closes on Wed, Feb 5. Ts&Cs apply.Our picks of My French Film Festival's 2025 line-up
This year's festival showcases a diverse array of French-language cinema: from comedies, thrillers, and documentaries to animated films and dramas, there's something for everyone. To help you decide which of the 20 featured films to watch, we've picked out a few highlights from each theme.A family affair
NO LOVE LOST
Directed by Erwan Le Duc, No Love Lost is a feature film that tells the story of a woman who abandons her husband and son. Determined not to let it get him down, he builds a life for himself and his daughter – but the past cannot be escaped.
Business as usual
THE APPRENTICES
Directed by Pierre Salvadori, the feature film The Apprentices follows Pierre and Antoine as they navigate life, work, and relationships to learn the value of love, friendship, and the closeness of others.
Kaleidoscopic identities
ALONG CAME LOVE
Set in 1947 on beach in Normandy, Katell Quillévéré's feature film Along Came Love tells the story of a dangerous love affair. When single mother and hotel waitress Madeleine meets François, a rich and cultured student, the attraction between them is instant. However, as their relationship deepens, it becomes clear that each harbours their own secrets.
NUBE
From the creative minds of Christian Arredondo Narváez and Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada comes Nube, an animated short film about two clouds, mother Noma and her daughter, Mixtli. When Noma, a puffy white cloud, watches an ancient storm cloud shedding its final drops and weeping itself death, she realises with dread that Mixtli, a young storm cloud, is about to do the same – only much too soon.
Look around, what do you see?
THE DREAMER
Anaïs Tellenne's The Dreamer tells the story of Raphaël, the one-eyed caretaker of an abandoned manor house. Approaching the age of 60, his days are filled with mole hunting, bagpipes, and rides with the postmistress. In the small house he shares with his mother at the entrance to the manor house, nothing ever changes. Then, one stormy night, artist Garance, the heiress of the house, returns; for Raphaël, nothing will ever be the same again.
MONTSOURIS PARK
Guil Sela's short film Montsouris Park is proof that hilarity can come in small packages. Set in Montsouris Park one autumn morning, the film follows Jacques and Nathan as they look for interesting people to film for their documentary. When they come across two odd birds, Pierre and Martin, they ask themselves: is something about to happen?
Silent no more
THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND FACES
Sonia Kronlund's documentary feature film The Man with a Thousand Faces follows the journey of Marianne as she discovers the truth about Alexandre, the man she loves and the father of her unborn child. Revealed to be a mythomaniac, conman, and impostor, Alexandre lives four other love stories with women from all over the world. Behind each of these love stories are false names, professions, and identities. What other secrets lie behind Alexandre's many different faces?
Working class heroes
MARS EXPRESS
It is the year 2200. Aline Ruby, a private detective, and her android partner, Carlos Rivera, are tasked with capturing a famous hacker on Earth and returning her to Mars. Next, the duo have to track down Jun Chow, a missing cybernetics student. Join Aline and Carlos as they venture into the depths of Mars in Jérémie Périn's animated science fiction feature film Mars Express.
SWEET TOOTH
Nothing brought us goosebumps quite like Joséphine Darcy Hopkins' short film Sweet Tooth. Eight-year-old Madeleine accompanies her mother, a beautician, to the homes of her clients. At one of these homes, she meets Eugenie, Constance, and Emerald, who invite her to the basement to join in their cruel board game.
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