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French Film Festival

4 November – 9 December 2026

The French Film Festival UK celebrates its 34th edition between November 4 and December 9. It will open with historical drama The Money Maker and screen at more than 40 venues across the UK

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  • La Bola Negra
    Review preview for La Bola Negra

    La Bola Negra was an unfinished work in a life cut short but the film named (variously) for it is extension and tribute and triumph.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Drama exploring the inter-connected lives of three gay men.
  • A Man Of His Time
    Review preview for A Man Of His Time

    There exists no safe ground when you are part of a regime that uses fear and threats as casual tools.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3 out of 5
    Historical drama set against a backdrop of Vichy France as a man strives to help France's renewal.
  • Crescendo
    Review preview for Crescendo

    Crescendo has a buoyant sense of fun

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    Satire sees the cast of an opera rocked by an accusation of sexual assault.
  • All Of A Sudden
    Review preview for All Of A Sudden

    Hamaguchi’s most pointed provocation is not that the nursing home becomes excessive in its care, but that ordinary neglect has trained us to see basic tenderness as excess.

    Edin Custo · 3.5 out of 5
    The director of a nursing home in Paris has an encounter with a terminally ill Japanese playwright that transforms her life.
  • Blaise
    Review preview for Blaise

    Planchon shows plenty of skill as he layers on the absurdity until several of the plotlines begin to coalesce.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The Sauvage family just wants to be loved. Carole is trying to improve her poor reputation among her employees, while Jacques is trying to do the same with his friends. As for their son Blaise, politely, he's about to embark on a revolutionary, violent, and completely impromptu crusade for a girl.
  • Case 137
    Review preview for Case 137

    It’s Drucker’s mesmerising performance that papers over the cracks.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she finds no evidence of illegitimate police violence, the case takes a personal turn when she discovers the victim is from her hometown.
  • Leave No Traces
    Review preview for Leave No Traces

    If Matuszyński’s film tends towards soap opera in places and could definitely do with a trim here and there, its long running time does allow the grind of what happens to play out in ways that emphasise the sheer slog of it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk - a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek - the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state.
  • The Hand Of God
    Review preview for The Hand Of God

    A continually shifting style, with moments of brilliance and other scenes which feel structurally derivative, threatens to overwhelm the story.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of a young man’s heartbreak, liberation and passion for football in Naples, Italy, in the Eighties.

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