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French Film Festival

7 November – 7 December 2014

Hiroshima Mon Amour will show in tribute to Alain Resnais
Hiroshima Mon Amour will show in tribute to Alain Resnais

The French Film Festival notches up its 22nd edition in 2014, expanding to new cities, including Newcastle's Tyneside Cinema and running from November 7 to December 7.

Among the highlights of this year's festival are a tribute to Alain Resnais, with his first and last features - Hiroshima Mon Amour and Life Of Riley - both showing. The Barbican in London will host a CineConcert event of Studies On Paris and there will also be a commemoration of the First World War Centenary, with films showing including Wooden Crosses and Life And Nothing But. A selection of short films will also screen.

In addition to Newcastle, the Festival's key venues are: Glasgow Film Theatre, Edinburgh Filmhouse, London CinéLumière, Warwick Arts Centre, Dundee DCA, Inverness Eden Court, Kirkcaldy Adam Smith, Aberdeen Belmont and York City Screen Picturehouse.

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  • French Riviera
    Review preview for French Riviera

    Production designer Olivier Radot and costume designer Pascaline Chavanne revel in the colors and textures of Seventies casino ambiance.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    Nice, 1976, Following the failure of her marriage, Agnès Le Roux returns from Africa to her mother Renée, owner of the Casino Le Palais de la Méditerranée and falls in love with Renée's confidant, Maurice Agnelet.
  • Love At First Fight
    Review preview for Love At First Fight

    Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Between his friends and the family business, Arnaud’s summer looks set to be a peaceful one. Peaceful until he runs into Madeleine, as beautiful as she is brusque.
  • Timbuktu
    Review preview for Timbuktu

    The way Sissako exposes the double standard makes the Jihadists' behavior no less threatening, on the contrary.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    After a herdsman accidentally kills someone, he finds himself a victim of Sharia law fundamentalists.
  • Life Of Riley
    Review preview for Life Of Riley

    If the characters are focused on how and if, for us the question why lingers in the air.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A group of close friends discover that one of them only has a few months to live.
  • Ariane's Thread
    Review preview for Ariane's Thread

    What might have been a comic cliche with a cast of oddballs is so much more humane

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman alone on her birthday heads for adventure in Marseille.
  • Belle And Sebastian
    Review preview for Belle And Sebastian

    Succeeds in transposing its overt sentimentality into an exciting narrative

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The adventures of a boy, his grand-dad and a runaway dog in the French Alps during the German occupation
  • Wolfy, The Incredible Secret
    Review preview for Wolfy, The Incredible Secret

    Unique in humour, unique in form

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A young wolf and his best friend, a rabbit, go in search of his heritage in a country of carnivorous hunters
  • Going Away
    Review preview for Going Away

    Nicole Garcia has a loose-limbed almost casual approach to directing, her easy way with actors drawing you in to this emotionally complex tale of loneliness and connection.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A loner teacher finds his life changed by an encounter with a single mum.
  • In The Courtyard
    Review preview for In The Courtyard

    Where is the plot? What is the hook?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Life, cracked ceilings, friendship and despondency in a Parisian apartment block
  • 9 Month Stretch
    Review preview for 9 Month Stretch

    You can do nothing but sit in a haze of expectation, waiting for the fun to ferment, which it does

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The lady judge is guilty of sexual discrepancy but what has the most hated criminal in France got to do with it?

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