The French Film Festival returns with its 21st edition to present the best of contemporary French film and to honor the excellence of Philippine cinema. This year’s edition presents a line-up of 17 French films, released between 2014 and 2016, to be publicly screened in Manila from June 8 to 14, 2016 at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas and the Bonifacio High Street Cinemas. Tickets to watch the featured films are at P100 each.
To formally open the French Film Festival in Manila, the red carpet will be rolled out on June 8 in honour of the cast and crew of Ma’Rosa, a film by director Brillante Mendoza which was selected in the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Competition. Filipina actress Jaclyn Jose was recently given the Best Performance by an Actress Award for her role in the film. Completing the French experience is a Peugeot Red Carpet Ride courtesy of Peugeot Philippines, who will provide a fleet to transport opening night guests to Central Square, where a special screening of French director Maïwenn’s film, Mon Roi, will end the evening. On Independence Day, June 12th, the festival again puts the spotlight on Filipino films, screening two local films that have been featured at international film festivals in France: Lawrence Fajardo’s Imbisibol and Carl Joseph Papa’s animated film, Manang Biring.
FEATURED FILMS:
1. Belles familles (Families, 2015) by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2. Bird people (2014) by Pascale Ferran
3. La vie très privée de Monsieur Sim (The Very Private Life of Mr. Sim, 2015) by Michel Leclerc
4. Five (2016) by Igor Gotesman
5. Grand Central (2013) by Rebecca Zlotowski
6. La Belle saison (Summertime, 2015) by Catherine Corsini
7. La Ritournelle (Paris Follies, 2014) by Marc Fitoussi
8. Le Fantôme de Canterville (The Canterville Ghost, 2016) by Yann Samuel
9. Les Nouvelles aventures d’Aladin (The New Adventures of Aladin, 2015) by Arthur Benzaquen
10. Les Souvenirs (Memories, 2015) by Jean-Paul Rouve
11. Mon roi (My King, 2015) by Maïwenn
12. Party Girl (2014) by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
13. Toute première fois (I Kissed a Girl, 2015) by Noémie Saglio, Maxime Govare
14. Un Homme Idéal (A Perfect Man, 2015) by Yann Gozlan
15. Un + Une (2015) by Claude Lelouch
16. Human (2015) by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
17. Encore heureux (Hopefully, 2016) by Benoït Graffin
18. Imbisibol (Invisible, 2015) by Lawrence Fajardo
19. Manang Biring (2015) by Carl Joseph Papa
(schedule subject to change without prior notice)
The 21st French Film Festival in Manila runs from June 8 to 14 at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas and the Bonifacio High Street Cinemas. Tickets for both cinemas are priced at P100 each may be purchased at the cinema lobby or online through www.sureseats.com. The Cinematheque Centre Manila of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) will also screen a selection of French films throughout the week. The festival will travel to Ayala Center Cebu and Abreeza Mall in Davao at the end of the month. For more information, visit www.frenchfilmfest.com and www.facebook.com/FrenchEmbassyManila.
