French Film Festival, GFT
8 – 15 November, 2018
GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
Bienvenue and welcome to the 26th edition of the French Film Festival UK, bringing you the creme de la creme of Francophone cinema. The festival is curated by Richard Mowe and Ilona Morison in collaboration with founding partner venue Glasgow Film Theatre. Among this year’s tantalising array are the latest features by such famed directors as Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Robert Guédiguian as well as newer talents Albert Dupontel, Pierre Schoeller, Philippe Le Guay, and Gilles Lellouche. Supported by Screen Scotland, Creative Scotland, BFI, Total, TV5, Air France, Eclair, Wallonie Bruxelles, Alliance francaise de Glasgow, Glasgow City Council and Institut francais. Vive le cinema!
Mobile Film Festival shorts
For 2018 French Film Festival UK has teamed up with the Paris-based Mobile Film Festival to present a selection of French-language contenders from this year’s crop. They all last one-minute, cover myriad subjects and themes – and were shot on mobile phones (or tablets). One title will screen before each Festival feature.
Jealous (12A)
8 November, 2018
An acerbic and dark comedy about a complex middle-class woman re-assessing her life
Little Tickles (N/C 18+)
9 November, 2018
Dancer Andrea Bescond co-directs this hopeful film based on her autobiographical play about childhood sexual abuse
Part of a SeasonFrench Film Festival
The Unvanquished (N/C 15+)
9 November, 2018
Inspired by true events, this is the restored original version.
Sink or Swim (N/C 12+)
9 November, 2018
Mathieu Amalric and Guillaume Canet lead Gilles Lellouche’s uplifting comedy
Naked Normandy (N/C 15+)
10 November, 2018
The eagerly-awaited ensemble comedy from Philippe Le Guay
Cyrano de Bergerac (U)
10 November
One of the most successful French films of all time
Treat Me Like Fire (N/C 15+)
10 November, 2018
Stacy Martin and Tahar Rahim star
See You Up There (N/C 15+)
10 November, 2018
Albert Dupontel stars in, writes and directs this epic drama adapted from the best-selling novel
The Lady in the Portrait (N/C 15+)
11 November, 2018
A lavish period piece
Our Struggles (N/C 15+)
11 November, 2018
Fatherhood is addressed in this fantastic drama
Sorry Angel (N/C 18+)
12 November
Sorry Angel examines gay male interactions and the consequences, as well as the pleasures, of sexual freedoms.
Return of the Hero (N/C 15+)
14 November, 2018
Charming comedy romp starring Jean Dujardin
- Part of a SeasonFrench Film Festival
When Margaux Meets Margaux (N/C 15+)
15 November, 2018
Margaux in two stages of life
- Part of a SeasonFrench Film Festival
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