Australia’s largest national film festival - and the biggest celebration of French cinema outside of France - the 36th edition of the Alliance Française French Film Festival is now screening nationally! Among the line-up is Opening Night Gala MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR starring Tahar Rahim as the iconic singer-songwriter, Centrepiece selection THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO which stormed the French box office with nearly 10 million tickets sold, the Australian Premieres of Gilles Lellouche's hit romantic epic BEATING HEARTS and Emmanuel Courcol's feel-great audience favourite MY BROTHER'S BAND, and many more!

Just as Marion Cotillard was to La Vie en Rose, Golden Globe-nominated actor Tahar Rahim is to MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR, transforming into the iconic singer-songwriter for this lavishly entertaining rise-to-stardom biography of the man who beat all odds to not only become one of France’s best-loved entertainers, but personified French culture to the English-speaking world. Led by its star’s astonishing performance and stunning vocal prowess, Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade’s emotional and lavishly-mounted film is a true tour de force as intimate as it is spectacular. 

Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s thrilling new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic adventure, the first French cinematic treatment of the iconic tale of romance and redemption in over fifty years. A true cultural phenomenon in France (where it stormed the box office with close to 10 million tickets sold), THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO delivers luxurious, spectacular big-screen entertainment, at once timeless and electrifyingly new. Widely expected to sweep the 2025 Cesar Awards where it has received 14 nominations including Best Film, Director & Actor.