Catch these French animated films

It’s a week dedicated to French animated movies - to discover and enjoy the excellence and creativity of French animation. A French animated film festival will be held November 2 – 9 at Alliance Française of Colombo as part of the celebrations of the 75anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and France.

All the screenings (a total of 8 animated movies and 16 short animated-movies) come with English subtitles.

A. The screenings will be held at Alliance Française of Colombo at 6 p.m. on the weekdays and a special programme will be proposed for the weekend (November4 & 5). Dedicated screenings will be organized for schools. Free and open to all (fist come first served basis).

Detailed festival programme:  

More information on the movies:

• 3 flagship animated movies

• Le petit Nicolas / Little Nicholas, happy as can be by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre (2022): the story of René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé as they create the influential Le Petit Nicolas series of illustrated children's books, followed by millions of readers.

• Le Pharaon, le sauvage et la princesse/ The black pharaoh, the savage and the princess by Michel Ocelot (2022): the latest animated movie of the talented creator of Kirikou (1998), a trio of colorful, sophisticated animated tales from Sudan, Medieval France and 18th century Turkey.
• Interdit aux chiens et aux italiens/ No dogs or Italian allowed by Alain Ughetto (2021): Combining poetry and realism, small and big history, in an original and personal animation style, Alain Ughetto signs a very endearing work of testimony on Italian migration.
• Animated movies without words for the very young children and non-English-speaking audience: a selection of 11 silent short-animated movie for 2 screenings of 45 minutes each, dedicated to very young audience (from age 3 to 6) or non-English-speaking audience.
• Animated movie for all audience, cinema-lovers and cinephiles: a selection of 5 short-animated movies for 1 screening of 1h17.

For the detailed programme, please log into our social media pages and website or write to: frenchevents.srilanka@gmail.com