Choose Your Program!
Vote for one movie in each category (1,2,3 and 4) below:
Category 1
“Code inconnu” / “Code Unknown”
Made in: Austria/France, 2000
Director: Michael Haneke
Austrian Film director who makes movies in French. One of the masters of contemporary European cinema.
“Fatima”
Made in: France/Canada, 2016
Director: Philippe Faucon
French-Canadian drama film about a woman from Morocco fighting to live in France and to understand her two daughters, born in France.
Category 2
“La Fée” / “The Fairy”
Made in: Belgium/France, 2012
Director: Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel & Bruno Romy
Offbeat and quirky movie from Belgium, in the spirit of these earlier directors: French Jacques Tati, Americans Buster Keaton and Tim Burton.
“Playtime”
Made in: France/Italy, 1967
Director: Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati is to the sound what Charlie Chaplin is to mime.
Category 3
“Paris-Willouby” / “Meet the Guilbys”
Made in: France, 2016
Director: Arthur Delaire & Quentin Reynaud
A family story, not from a Hollywood perspective.
“Jusqu’à la garde” / “Custody”
Made in: France, 2018
Director: Xavier Legrand
A family story built on intense suspense. You will be on the edge of your seat!
Category 4
For this last category, two film directors who think about cinema through a story and shots that are as much a reference to their art as they are moving paintings. Two classics:build your cultural capital!
“Mauvais Sang”
Made in: Swiss/France, 1986
Director: Leos Carax
“Jules & Jim”
Made in: France, 1962
Director: François Truffaut