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French-Language Cinema at SIFF 2025

Two words to sum up the collection of French-language films screening at this year’s Festival: très magnifique.

Auction Auction When a long-lost painting turns up in a cottage in Eastern France, it sets in motion a story of intrigue, deceit, and surprise.

The Balconettes The Balconettes A trio of roommates—a camgirl, a writer, and an actress—rage against toxic masculinity in the middle of a terrible heat wave.

Billy Billy Lawrence Côté-Collins inspects the life of former friend Billy Poulin, now in prison, through his own stockpile of video footage.

Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau An astonishing portrait of polymath Jean Cocteau told in his own words using his journals, letters, and artistic works.

The Kingdom The Kingdom When an underground war breaks out between nationalist groups and crime families, a Corsican mobster and his daughter go on the run.

Luz Luz A dual narrative about finding familial intimacy in a virtual reality world.

Meeting with Pol Pot Meeting with Pol Pot Three French journalists in 1978 Cambodia learn the terrible truth about the Khmer Rouge regime.

The Safe House The Safe House A nine-year-old boy and his quirky family experience the turbulence of 1968 Paris from the relative safety of their home.

Shepherds Shepherds A Quebeçois marketing executive gives it all up and moves to the French Alps to become a sheep herder.

Souleymane’s Story Souleymane’s Story A Guinean immigrant has applied for asylum in France and must figure out the right story to tell.

U Are the Universe U Are the Universe A space trucker thinks he’s the last living person in the universe…until a call from a distant space station beckons him.

The Wailing The Wailing Three women separated in time and space are unknowingly connected by a disturbing wailing sound that nobody can explain.

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