Alain Monne makes his directorial début with a touching drama starring real life couple Sophie Marceau and Christophe Lambert.
How one of France’s great directors nearly made a visionary masterpiece: a revealing documentary about a legendary catastrophe of French cinema.
Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element, Leon) ultra cool and stylish 80’s classic starring Christopher Lambert.
Plus Q&A with actor Christopher Lambert.
The Yes Men are back, but no one saw them coming. After their first film, you would think they had blown their cover, but to the contrary, they have only stepped up their game.
Sylvie Testud brings her character to vivid life in Hausner’s nuanced story of redemption.
A magnificent new film from the ‘Grandmother of the New Wave’ Agnès Varda.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amélie) balances style and substance with this visually stunning parable of love lost in the aftermath of World War I.
Plus Q&A with screnwriter Guilaume Laurant.
Truffaut’s superb feature debut remains an influential landmark in the history of the cinema.
Superb drama from upcoming French talent Mia Hansen Løve: a family’s life is turned upside down when the father, a hustling film producer, faces crisis.
Godard’s archetypal New Wave film - all you need is a girl and a gun.
This warm character-driven comedy is a hilarious tale of honour and love in a remote Berber village.
An end of days battle between crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead.
The deeply personal dramatic universe of Eric Rohmer has had an effect on cinema unlike any other. A key member of the New Wave, Rohmer stood apart from his contemporaries, like François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, with his patented brand of gentle character studies set against vivid seasonal landscapes. His audacious and wildly influential series "Moral Tales" unleashed onto the film world a new voice, one that was at once sexy, philosophical, modern, daring, nonjudgmental, and liberating.
Few films capture life's bittersweet rush and tumble so completely, so profoundly as Jules et Jim.
With his first feature, Xavier Dolan has delivered the most talked-about directorial debuts of 2009.
Godard called it the story of the 'last romantic couple', but it was also his spectacular farewell to the style and spirit of the Nouvelle Vague.
The winner of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix and it’s a classic.
More information at www.corkfrenchfilmfestival.com
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