French Film Festival

Overview

Despite being many kilometers and continents away from the country of Croissants, berets and good wine, Brisbane has its fair share of Francophiles. Thankfully once again, from 16 March to 3 April, this group of accent loving people can leave their adopted homes of the faux Eiffel Tower in Milton and Brisbane’s Hermes boutique and head to Palace Cinemas to enjoy the annual French Film Festival presented by the Alliance Française.

A chic French themed party will mark the opening of the festival, where attendees will be treated to canapés, wine and the screening of Potiche. The movie, which contains a stellar cast including Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu and Fabrice Luchini, was last year chosen to appear at both the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival.

Other standout movie events from the festival include the 22 March screening of Angele and Tony, with a guest appearance from elegant French actress and Ambassador of French Cinema – Next Generation, Clotilde Hesme, as well as showings of crime thrillers Sphinx, White as Snow and documentary The Arrivals.

Finally, the French are known for their bourgeois lifestyle as much as they are for their cheese and baguettes, so what better way to end the festival than with a fashion and love themed evening and showing of YSL & P.Berge l’Amour Fou, the story of Yves Saint Laurent and his glamorous life?