AF French Film Festival 2022

Freely inspired by incredible true events, Jérôme Salle’s gripping espionage thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly finds himself in conflict with one of the modern era’s most powerful forces: Russia’s FSB.

Cinema icons Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon share the big screen for the first time in the scorching romantic drama from Claire Denis, a blazing story about a passionate, complicated woman caught between two very different men.

The marvellous Laure Calamy (Antoinette in the Cévennes) stars in Eric Gravel’s gripping and award-winning drama, as a single woman pushed to her limits when the delicate balance between her home and work life is upended.

An all-star cast dazzles in the spectacular and exhilarating film by Xavier Giannoli (The Singer, Marguerite), an adaptation of Balzac’s classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be bought and sold.

This exquisite crime drama from Patrice Leconte stars Gérard Depardieu as Georges Simenon's iconic Police Inspector, tasked in '50s Paris with identifying what happened to a young woman whose body is discovered in a town square.

Based on a multi Molière Award-winning play, Fred Cavayé's gripping historical drama centres on a dangerous pact between a Jewish jeweller (the great Daniel Auteuil) and his assistant (Gilles Lellouche) in Occupied Paris in 1941.

Fanny Ardant, Melvil Poupaud and Cécile de France beguile in Carine Tardieu's eagerly anticipated follow-up to Just To Be Sure, a modern and nuanced romantic drama about a woman who embarks on an affair with a much-younger man.

Vincent Lindon delivers a powerhouse turn in acclaimed writer/director Stéphane Brizé's stunning drama, as a driven white-collar manager torn between duty to his job, his family and his principles.

This lavish new adventure comedy from Julien Rappeneau (Rosalie Blum) is a new take on the beloved children’s character created by Rene Goscinny (Astérix) and Jean-Jacques Sempé.

A delicious ensemble cast led by François Damiens and Vanessa Paradis star in an hilariously droll romantic comedy from Samuel Benchetrit about ordinary people finding unexpected love and fulfillment through the arts.

Acclaimed at Cannes, writer/director Leyla Bouzid’s enchanting and seductive romance depicts a university student torn between his desire for a classmate and his deeply-held ideals of cultural and social propriety.