Alice de Lencquesaing

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new play. But there is a problem: Coquelin wants to premiere it at Christmas and Edmond has not written a single word.

Dir. Alexis Michalik · With Thomas Solivérès, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

Dir. François Ozon · With Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.

Dir. Roschdy Zem · With Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme

Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.

Dir. Stephan Streker · With Lina El Arabi, Sébastien Houbani, Babak Karimi

A Japanophile young Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student, in this charming and tender tale of young love and cultural discovery.

Dir. Stefan Liberski · With Pauline Étienne, Taichi Inoue, Julie Le Breton

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.

Dir. Céline Sciamma · With Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adèle Haenel

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

Dir. Olivier Assayas · With Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jérémie Renier

Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an endearing old codger he takes a liking to. Just when things look settled, another unexpected “bomb” hits Erwan in the form of Anna, an elusive nymph.

Dir. Carine Tardieu · With François Damiens, Cécile de France, Alice de Lencquesaing

Emilie is a bright young workaholic manager in Human Resources, working for a huge French agro-food company. But, one day, one of the employees commits suicide at the company in front of her. While an investigation is underway, stuck between her traumatized colleagues and under pressure of a powerful hierarchy, she will have to get by on her own.

Dir. Nicolas Silhol · With Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane De Groodt

One of the members of a gang of thieves commits a serious mistake that force them to work for a ruthless gang of drug dealers, endangering the future of the team, their lives and those of their families.

Dir. Julien Leclercq · With Sami Bouajila, Guillaume Gouix, Youssef Hajdi

Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "the killer of the Oise" is actually a shy young policeman who will investigate his own murder, only to lose control of the situation.

Dir. Cédric Anger · With Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Jean-Yves Berteloot

Gabriell is a single mother, her 17-year-old daughter Claire is pregnant, however the child's father Simon has no desire to be involved with his future baby. When Gabrielle takes matters into her own hands and asks Simon's father Ange for help, an unexpected relationship begins.

Dir. Anne Giafferi · With Isabelle Carré, Patrick Bruel, Laurent Stocker

Catherine and Yann, happily married for many years, should have spent the year travelling abroad. But since he sold his business, Yann has been too busy with his bonsai trees and keeps postponing the big trip. Things go from bad to worse when their 27-year-old broke daughter and her boyfriend lose their apartment and come knocking on the door to stay. With Yann’s mid-life crisis spinning out of control, their couch surfing daughter and partner getting increasingly invasive and their stay becoming indefinite, Catherine will try everything to kick them out of the parental home and get her life back on track!

Dir. Michèle Laroque · With Michèle Laroque, Stéphane De Groodt, Alice de Lencquesaing