On July 14, France’s national Bastille Day holiday, UniFrance will launch its International French Cinema Fest, an event spread over 24 hours and more than thirty countries aimed at celebrating French cinema in all its forms
These screenings will take place in the following countries (among others): Argentina, the Baltic States, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Greece, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the UK, and the USA.
All the premiere screenings at the International French Cinema Fest:
GERMANY
Berlin: Only the Animals (OVALmedia) – July 14 – venue: Kino Babylon
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires: An Officer and a Spy (CDI Films) – July 14 & 17 – venue: Atlas Patio Bullrich
Love Affair(s) (Zeta Films) – July 14 & 16 – venue: Atlas Patio Bullrich
My Stupid Dog (Impacto Cine) – July 15 – venue: Atlas Patio Bullrich
Serial Bad Weddings 2 (CDI Films) – July 15 & 17– venue: Atlas Patio Bullrich
Three Days And a Life (Mont Blanc Cinema) – July 16 – venue: Atlas Patio Bullrich
AUSTRIA
Vienna: Appearances (Filmladen) – July 14 – venue: Votiv Kino
BELGIUM
Brussels: Louloute (Cinéma Galerie Distribution) – July 15 – venue: Cinema Galeries
BRAZIL
Rio de Janeiro: Sibyl (Imovision) – July 13 – venue: Reserva Cultural Niterói
São Paulo: A Good Doctor (Pandora Filmes) – July 13 – venue: Petra Belas Artes
Sibyl (Imovision) – July 13 – venue: Reserva Cultural
CANADA
Montreal: Fly Me Away (A-Z Films) – July 14 – venue: Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin
COLOMBIA
Bogota: Just Retired (Babilla Cine) – July 15 – venue: Cinema Paraíso
SOUTH KOREA
Seoul: Two of Us (Green Narae Media) – July 14 – venue: CGV Myeongdong
COSTA RICA
San José: Perfumes (Romaly) – July 14 – venue: Cine Magaly
DENMARK
Copenhagen: De Gaulle (Another World Entertainment) – July 14 – venue: Gentofte Kino
Summer of 85 (Camera Film) – July 14 – venue: Grand Teatret
ECUADOR
Quito: Gagarine (Tropico Cine) – July 14 – venue: Cine Ochoymedio
SPAIN
Barcelona: À l’abordage! (Flamingo Films) – July 14 – venue: Cinemes Girona
Family Swap (DeAPlaneta) – July 15 – venue: Institut Français
Madrid: Appearances (Adso Films) – July 13 – venue: Institut Français
ESTONIA
Tallinn: Delete History (A-One Films Baltic) – July 13 – venue: Kino Artis
Simple Passion (BestFilm) – July 14 – venue: Kino Artis
UNITED STATES
Chicago: Mama Weed (Music Box Films) – July 13 – venue: Music Box Theater
Los Angeles: Final Set (Film Movement) – July 14 – venue: Laemmle Monica Film Center, Laemmle Playhouse 7, Laemmle Town Center 5
Mandibles (Magnolia Pictures) – 20 juillet – venue: TBC
New York: Casanova, Last Love (Cohen Media Group) – July 13 – venue: Quad Cinema
Mandibles (Magnolia Pictures) – July 14 – venue: Fort Greene Park Brooklyn
My Donkey, My Lover & I – July 14 – location: Central Park, as part of SummerStage – This premiere is organised by the Consulate General of France in New York, the FIAF and the Committee of French Speaking Societies (CAFUSA)
GREECE
Athens: Love Affair(s) (Cinobo) – July 14 – venue: Cine Alexandra
ISRAEL
Tel Aviv: La Belle Epoque (Nachshon Films) – July 13 – venue: Tel Aviv Cinematheque
ITALY
Bologna: OSS 117, Lost in Rio (I Wonder Pictures) – July 14 – venue: Pop Up Cinema Medica Palace
Milan: The Girl with a Bracelet (Satine Film) – July 14 – venue: Cinema AriAnteo, Triennale Milano
Oh les filles ! (Wanted Cinema) – July 15 – venue: Cinema AriAnteo, Triennale Milano
Rome: Gagarine (Officine UBU) – July 14 – venue: TimVision Floating Theater
LATVIA
Riga: DNA (A-One Films Baltic) – July 15 – venue: Splendid Palace
Perfumes (BestFilm) – July 14 – venue: Splendid Palace
LEBANON
Beirut: A Friendly Tale (Selim Ramia & Co.) – July 14 – venue: Grand ABC Achrafieh
LITHUANIA
Vilnius: Perfumes (BestFilm) – July 14 – venue: Kino Pasaka
Only the Animals (A-One Films Baltic) – July 14 – venue: Kino Pasaka
MEXICO
Mexico City: Joan of Arc (Interior 13 Cine) – July 14 – venue: Cineteca Nacional de México
Night of the Kings (Alameda Films) – July 14 – venue: Cinemex Insurgentes
Little Girl (Piano) – July 15 – venue: Le Cinéma IFAL
NEW ZEALAND
Wellington: Miss (Limelight Distribution) – July 14 – venue: Light House Cinema Petone
POLAND
Warsaw: The Speech (Gutek Film) – July 14 – venue: Kino Muranów
PORTUGAL
Lisbon: Home Front (Midas Filmes) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Ideal
Night of the Kings (Alambique) – July 13 – venue: UCI El Corte Inglés
CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague: Mandibles (Film Europe) – July 14 – venue: Edison Filmhub
UNITED KINGDOM
Cardiff: The Witches of the Orient (Modern Films) – July 14 – venue: Chapter Arts Centre
Dundee: The Witches of the Orient (Modern Films) – July 14 – venue: Dundee Contemporary Arts
Inverness: The Witches of the Orient (Modern Films) – July 14 – venue: Eden Court
Leeds: The Witches of the Orient (Modern Films) – July 14 – venue: Hyde Park Picture House
London: Bye Bye Morons (Curzon Artificial Eye) – July 14 – venue: Curzon Mayfair
The Witches of the Orient (Modern Films) – July 14 – venue: Curzon Bloomsbury
Northampton: The Witches of the Orient (Modern Films) – July 14 – venue: Northampton Filmhouse
RUSSIA
Yekaterinburg: Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Park
Krasnoyarsk: Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Park
Moscow: My Donkey, My Lover & I (Capella Film) – July 13 – venue: Pioner Cinema
Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 15 – venue: Moskino Muzeon
Novosibirsk: Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Park
Perm: Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Park
Saint Petersburg: Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Park
Tyumen: Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Park
Voronezh: Van Gogh in Love (Russian Report) – July 14 – venue: Cinema Park
SLOVAKIA
Prešov: Mandibles (Film Europe) – July 15 – venue: Letné Kino Pocity
SWEDEN
Stockholm: Gagarine (Folkets Bio) – July 14 – venue: Zita Folkets Bio, Folkets Bio i Lund
A Mermaid in Paris (Njutafilms) – July 14 – venue: Bio Capitol
SWITZERLAND
Fribourg: Labor Day (Praesens Film) – July 13 & 14 – venue: Arena Cinemas Fribourg
Geneva: Labor Day (Praesens Film) – July 13 & 14 – venues: Pathé Balexert, Open-Air Cinéma Allianz
Lausanne: Labor Day (Praesens Film) – July 13 & 14 – venue: Pathé Flon
TURKEY
Ankara: Gagarine (Filmarti) – July 14 – venue: CerModern
Spring Blossom (Mars Production) – July 14 – venue: Büyülü Fener
Izmir: Spring Blossom (Mars Production) – July 14 – venue: Karaca