MyFrenchFilmFestival.com is an innovative concept aiming to throw the spotlight on new generation French filmmakers, allowing web users across the globe to share their enthusiasm for French cinema. Now in its eighth year, the festival returns in 2019 with new films to offer, new partner platforms, and festival launches held in movie theaters in a number of countries.
The 2019 selection is divided into six innovative thematic sections that reflect the great diversity of French cinema:
Family Business
Whether it's on a road trip, for a mockumentary, or a wedding at the zoo, family get-togethers are often a time when people get to air their dirty laundry...
What the F...rench!?
They may be judges or detectives, or insomniacs in search…
MyFrenchFilmFestival.com is an innovative concept aiming to throw the spotlight on new generation French filmmakers, allowing web users across the globe to share their enthusiasm for French cinema. Now in its eighth year, the festival returns in 2019 with new films to offer, new partner platforms, and festival launches held in movie theaters in a number of countries.
The 2019 selection is divided into six innovative thematic sections that reflect the great diversity of French cinema:
Family Business
Whether it's on a road trip, for a mockumentary, or a wedding at the zoo, family get-togethers are often a time when people get to air their dirty laundry...
What the F...rench!?
They may be judges or detectives, or insomniacs in search of relief—our heroes and heroines find themselves in the middle of the most absurd situations.
Women at War
Mothers, daughters, pioneers, Resistance fighters… portraits of women fighting a war against the world around them.
In your Face
Who said French-language cinema couldn't be provocative and over-the-top?
Love “à la française”
What would French cinema be without love stories? Whether they're from yesterday, today, or tomorrow, they all share that je-ne-sais-quoi that makes them unique and ... so French!
New Horizons
In this section, MyFrenchFilmFestival wishes to emphasize the ability of new generation French artistic creation to constantly reinvent itself ... These new kinds of images and storytelling will move and unsettle you.
- MFFF
January 18 - February 18 2019
The festival offers a selection of new-generation french language feature films and shorts from France, Switzerland, Canada & Belgium. Available for free in selected territories at My French Films Festival
Jury:
Jaco Van Dormael (president)
Houda Benyamina
Coralie Fargeat
Mikhaël Hers
Kim Nguyen
Awards announced on February 19
Directors' Jury Prize: Diane a les épaules by Fabien Gorgeart
International Press Prizes:
-Feature Film: Demain et tous les autres jours by Noémie Lvovsky
-Short Film: Chien bleu by Fanny Liatard
Jérémy Trouilh
Lacoste Audience Prize:
-Feature Film: Demain et tous les autres jours by Noémie Lvovsky
-Short Film: La Collection by Emmanuel Blanchard
Official Selection:
1-10 feature films in competition
11-20 short films in competition
21-22 films out of competition
23-28 short films out of competition
