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11/12/2024

MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR will open the French Film Festival in Australia! THE MARCHING BAND will also be featured in the 2025 selection. Check out the first highlights here:

The Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF), Australia’s largest national film festival and the biggest celebration of French cinema outside of France, has today announced its 2025 return. Set to showcase more than 5,500 screenings of the crème de la crème of contemporary French film a...

11/12/2024

We're delighted that 2 of our titles are featured in the BFI Top 50 films of 2024!

BLACK DOG, directed by Guan Hu, starring Eddie Peng.

ABOUT DRY GRASSES, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, starring Merve Dizdar.

10/12/2024

2 Million admissions for MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR! 🍿

26/11/2024

Check out below two great reviews of CARNIVAL IS OVER by Fernando Coimbra, recently at the 28th Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn!

https://dmovies.org/2024/11/15/carnival-is-over-os-enforcados/

https://screenanarchy.com/amp/2024/09/toronto-2024-review-carnival-is-over-neo-noir-thriller-packed-with-humor-danger-and-twists.html

Brazilian blend of psychosexual thriller, gangster caper, horror and Neo-noir reveals a little-known facet of Rio de Janeiro - from the Best of Festivals section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

12/11/2024

Check out the great review of CARNIVAL IS OVER by Fernando Coimbra in Screen Daily - the film is currently at the 28th Black Nights Film Festival in PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

A couple attempt to escape Brazil's criminal underworld in Fernando Coimbra's darkly comic drama

08/11/2024

We're proud to announce that THE MARCHING BAND won the Audience Award at the 2024 American French Film Festival! Congratulations to Emmanuel Courcol and his team🥁

A film by Emmanuel Courcol, starring Benjamin Lavernhe & Pierre Lottin.

Produced by Agat Films. In French theaters on 27th November thanks to Diaphana.

05/11/2024

We are happy to inform you that MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR has passed its first million admissions at the French box office!

29/10/2024

Congratulations to GUAN HU, nominee in the Best Director category at the Gothams for Black Dog!

25/10/2024

Congratulations to Benjamin Voisin, who has won the BEST MALE PERFORMANCE for his stunning portrayal in THE QUIET SON, by Delphine & Muriel Coulin at this year's 60th Chicago International Film Festival!

25/10/2024

Great reviews in the British press of THE CRIME IS MINE by the great François Ozon. The movie is currently in UK cinemas!

https://lwlies.com/reviews/the-crime-is-mine/

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/the-crime-is-mine-review-isabelle-huppert-j8mgbtxz

https://www.ft.com/content/75e1145c-0388-4784-a00f-4f0c1cf9d78e

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/19/the-is-mine-review-francois-ozon-isabelle-huppert-sublime-frothy-french-farce

François Ozon's first foray into crime comedy boasts bags of charm and a biting feminist edge.

17/10/2024

When Fall Is Coming has reached 400,000 admission in France!

Merci aux 400 000 premiers spectateurs 🍄‍🟫 La cueillette a été bonne ? 🍄
QUAND VIENT L’AUTOMNE, le nouveau film de François Ozon est à découvrir au cinéma ! 🍂

14/10/2024

Record Breaking!

THE DEVIL'S BATH was awarded three prizes at SITGES Festival, a first in the festival's history. The three awards included Best Feature Film in the official competition!

Congratulations to the filmmakers and to the Spanish distributor Caramel Films.

THE DEVIL'S BATH was directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala.
Starring Anja Plaschg (Soap&Skin), David Scheid and Maria Hofstätter.

04/10/2024

STRANGER EYES will open the Singapour International Film Festival!

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi receives an honorary award at the Singapore Film Festival, while 'Stranger Eyes' opens the event's 35th edition.

02/10/2024

No less than 6 nominations for STRANGER EYES at the Golden Horse Film Festival! Including for Best Director and Best Narrative Feature. Congrats to everyone involved!

By Yeo Siew Hua, starring Lee Kang-Sheng, Wu Chien-Ho.

Produced by Akanga Film Asia, Volos Films, Films de Force Majeure, Cinema Inutile. Domestic distributors: Anticipate Pictures (Singapore), Epicentre Films (France).

01/10/2024

A retiree with a complicated past finds her relationship with her disapproving daughter and darling grandson derailed by an accident involving poison mushrooms.

30/09/2024

No less than 3 prizes were awarded to Playtime titles Donostia Zinemaldia - Festival de San Sebastián

François Ozon and co-writer Philippe Piazzo won the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay for the film WHEN FALL IS COMING, directed by François Ozon.

Acting in WHEN FALL IS COMING, Pierre Lottin was awarded the Silver Shell for best supporting performance!

Pierre Lottin also starred in THE MARCHING BAND, directed by Emmanuel Courcol, which won the Audience Award at San Sebastian.

Thanks to all the teams involved in this great success!

WHEN FALL IS COMING was produced by FOZ and will be in French cinemas on 2nd October 2024 thanks to Diaphana Distribution

THE MARCHING BAND was produced by Agat Films and will be in French theaters on 27th November - also thanks to Diaphana distribution.

27/09/2024

François Ozon is on restrained but subtly mischievous form in 'When Fall is Coming,' an outwardly cozy tale of an unraveling rural retirement.