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French Film Festival 2021

Onsite screening

In the Name of the Land (Au nom de la terre)

Dir.: Édouard Bergeon
| 103 minutes

Pierre returns to his family's farm in France. Though he loves his wife and children, the growing debts and daily hardships throw Pierre into a turmoil of despair and hope. A family saga that enjoys an excellent cast and shines a humane light on our changing world. 

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Perfumes (Les parfums)

Dir.: Grégory Magne
| 101 minutes

Anne is a gifted perfumer, every scent she creates is considered divine and magical. Anne is also a diva, egoistic, and moody. But that will not deter her new driver, Guillume. Perhaps that is why he hasn't been fired yet. 

Onsite screening

Appearance (Les apparences)

Dir.: Marc Fitoussi
| 110 minutes

Henri and Eve are the perfect couple – he manages the Vienna opera orchestra; she works for the French embassy. But when Eve learns of her husband's deceit, she is swept into a whirlwind of emotions and feelings of revenge. She will make him pay, whatever the price may be. 

Villa Caprice

Dir.: Bernard Stora
| 103 minutes

Luc Germon is a successful famous lawyer. When he takes on Gilles Fontaine, one of the notorious criminals in France, as a client, Luc knows he has reached a peak in his career. A special relationship develops between the two, but it is never clear which one of them has the upper hand. 

Onsite screening
Following the screening, Q&A (in Eng.) with Vincent Lemire, an Historian, director of the CRFJ (Centre de recherche français de Jérusalem) and a participant in the film.

Looking for Gilles Caron

Dir.: Mariana Otero
| 93 minutes

Gilles Caron was only 30 and in the midst of a meteoric career in photojournalism when, in 1970, he disappeared in Cambodia. Director Mariana Otero delves into his 100 thousand works to formulate the story of this mysterious photographer, who documented the Six-Day and the Vietnam War among others. 

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Night Shift (Police)

Dir.: Anne Fontaine
| 99 minutes

Three Parisian police officers are assigned to transfer a prisoner – a foreign immigrant – to the airport for deportation. But when they realize that his life is in danger, they have to face a difficult choice. 

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Belle de jour

Dir.: Luis Bunuel
| 102 minutes

A respectable married woman spends her afternoons working in a high class brothel and likes it ... A witty, elegant and subversive film, aimed at the hypocritical bourgeoisie. 

Onsite screening

Spread Your Wings

Dir.: Nicolas Vanier
| 102 minutes

Thomas is sent to spend the summer holiday with his father, a bird researcher trying to save an extinct strain of geese by teaching them to migrate across the ocean with the help of a tiny plane. Together the two embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

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Eden

Dir.: Mia Hansen-Løve
| 131 minutes

In 1990s Paris, a young man forms an electronic music ensemble and is sucked deep into the euphoria offered by fame, which turns out to be shorter than expected. 

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My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes)

Dir.: Caroline Vignal
| 97 minutes

Antoinette is looking forward to her get-away with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. But when he announces of his plans to join his family on a trekking holiday in the Cévennes National Park, Antoinette decides to follow their track with a protective donkey. 

Onsite screening
Following the screening, conversation with director Keren Ben Rafael 

The End of Love

Dir.: Keren Ben Rafael
| 90 minutes

Yuval and Julie are in love, living in Paris and raising their newborn son. When Yuval has to return to Israel they share every piece of their lives through video chats. The constant sharing becomes an obsession and starts taking its toll on their relationship.

Onsite screening

French Tech (Les deux Alfred)

Dir.: Bruno Podalydès
| 92 minutes

Alexandre receives a job opportunity he simply cannot walk away from. The only problem is their No Kids policy. Now, Alexandre has to find a way to balance both work and family without losing any of them. A kind-hearted and light comedy. 

Onsite screening

Members Event

Following the screening, conversation with producer Yael Fogiel (in Heb.). Event is only open for members

En thérapie

Dir.: Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Laetitia Gonzalez
| 130 minutes

Philippe Dayan is a well-renowned psychotherapist. His patients suffer from post-trauma: a police officer and surgeon that worked a terrorist attack; a teen with a borderline personality, and a young woman in crisis. For Dayan this is also an opportunity to seek help himself. 5 Eps.

The Speech (Le discours)

Dir.: Laurent Tirard
| 87 minutes

Adrian has always found communicating a little difficult, but tonight is the night, tonight he will finally overcome his issues. But life always throws a curve ball, and Adrian is about to find this out. 

Onsite screening

Members Event

Event is only open for members

No Man's Land -Two Episodes

Dir.: Oded Ruskin
| 90 minutes

A war drama on the backdrop of the Syrian civil war. While a French family mourns the death of their daughter in a terrorist attack, her brother is convinced he saw her in a news report. He embarks on a dangerous mission to find her and bring her back home.