French Spring in cinema is here
View(s):By Susitha Fernando
Celebrating the French Spring Festival 2023, French Film Festival, one of the much awaited events by cinema lovers, will be held from July 6 to 9 at Tharangani Theatre of National Film Corporation (NFC) at Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7.
Organised every year by the French Embassy in Sri Lanka together with the Alliance Française network in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, with the support of sponsors and official partners, the entrance for the festival will be free of charge.
The queen of Sri Lankan cinema Mrs Malani Fonseka will be the guest of honor while Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Jean-François Pactet, will be the chief guest.
From comedy and thriller, to documentary and animated movies, a total of six movies will be shown at the festival which would suit for all audiences. The festival will be open to public from July 7 and the screenings will be held at 3PM and 6PM. All the movies are subtitled in English and the film festival will be inaugurated on July 6 at 6.30 PM with filmmaker Cédric Klapish’s new movie ‘En Corps’ or Rise, released in March 2022. ‘En Corps’ is a heart-warming and inspiring story that tells us about resilience and healing. Screening at 6 pm on July 7, ‘Rock’n Roll’ by Guillaume Canet is a hilarious, parodic comedy with Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet about the daily lives of two French cinema stars.
‘Kirikou et la sorcière’ or ‘Kirikou and the Sorceress’ by Michel Ocelot will be screened at 3 pm on July 8. One of the most famous French animated movies, about the tale of tiny Kirikou born in an African village on which Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse. ‘Rouge’ ( Red soil) by Farid Bentoumi, an ecological thriller based on real events, where we discover the story of the red mud scandal at the Gardanne chemical plant will be screened at 6 pm on July 8.
On July 9, at 3 pm a documentary ‘16 levers de soleil’ (16 sunrises) directed by Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff will be screened. 2021 comedy film ‘Délicieux’ (Delicious) screening at 6 pm on July 9 will be the final film of the festival.
More information on the film festival could be obtained by logging on to https://lk.ambafrance.org/-Anglais- and https://alliancefrancaise.lk/
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