The 55th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express is delighted to announce that this year's programme includes 44 films from France. This is part of a worldwide selection of 204 feature films and 110 shorts from more than 54 countries. The 55th BFI London Film Festival runs from October 12 - October 27.


France FEATURES:
17 GIRLS (17 FILLES): Dir. Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin A CAT IN PARIS (UNE VIE DE CHAT): Dir. Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
AMERICANO: Dir. Mathieu Demy
CRAZY HORSE: Dir. Frederick Wiseman
FREE RADICALS: A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM: Dir. Pip Chodorov GUILTY (PRÉSUMÉ COUPABLE): Dir. Vincent Garenq HORS SATAN: Dir. Bruno Dumont LAST SCREENING (DERNIÉRE SÉANCE): Dir. Laurent Achard LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS: Dir. Marcel Carné LOUISE WIMMER: Dir. Cyril Mennegun LOW LIFE: Dir. Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval NOBODY ELSE BUT YOU (POUPOUPIDOU): Dir. Gérald Hustache-Mathieu REBELLION (L'ORDRE ET LA MORALE): Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz TALES OF THE NIGHT (LES CONTESDE LA NUIT): Dir. Michel Ocelot THE ARTIST: Dir. Michel Hazanavicius THE ART OF LOVE (L'ART D'AIMER): Dir. Emmanuel Mouret THE BIRD (L'OISEAU): Dir. Yves Caumon THE SCREEN ILLUSION (L'ILLUSION COMIQUE): Dir. Mathieu Amalric THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO): Dir. Robert Guédiguian
360: Dir. Fernando Meirelles (Co-production with UK, Austria and Brazil) A DANGEROUS METHOD: Dir. David Cronenberg (Co-production with Ireland, UK, Germany and Canada) ALMAYER'S FOLLY (LA FOLIE ALMAYER): Dir. Chantal Akerman (Co-production with Belgium) BEAUTY (SKOONHEID): Dir. Oliver Hermanus (Co-production with South Africa)
CARNAGE: Dir. Roman Polanski (Co-production with Germany, Spain and Poland) CHICKEN WITH PLUMS (POULET AUX PRUNES): Dir. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (Co-production with Germany and Belgium) CORPO CELESTE: Dir. Alice Rohrwacher (Co-production with Italy and Switzerland) EARLY ONE MORNING (DE BON MATIN): Dir. Jean-Marc Moutout (Co-production with Belgium) LAST WINTER (L'HIVER DERNIER): Dir. John Shank (Co-production with Belgium) LI AND THE POET (IO SONO LI): Dir. Andrea Segre (Co-production with Italy) ON THE SLY (A PAS DE LOUP): Dir. Olivier Ringer (Co-production with Belgium)
PLAY: Dir. Ruben Östlund (Co-production with Sweden and Denmark) SLEEPING SICKNESS (SCHLAFKRANKHEIT): Dir. Ulrich Köhler (Co-production with Germany and Netherlands)
TERRAFERMA: Dir. Emanuele Crialese (Co-production with Italy) THE FAIRY (LE FÉE): Dir. Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy (Co-production with Belgium) THE GIANTS (LES GÉANTS): Dir. Bouli Lanners (Co-production with Belgium and Luxembourg) THE KID WITH A BIKE (LE GAMIN AU VÉLO): Dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Co-production with Belgium and Italy) THE MONK (LE MOINE): Dir. Dominik Moll (Co-production with Spain) THIS MUST BE THE PLACE: Dir. Paolo Sorrentino (Co-production with Italy, Ireland and USA) WE HAVE A POPE (HABEMUS PAPAM): Dir. Nanni Moretti (Co-production with Italy) WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (ET MAINTENANT, ON VA OÙ?): Dir. Nadine Labaki (Co-production with Lebanon, Italy and Egypt)

France SHORTS:
EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU (TOUT LE MONDE DIT JE T'AIME): Dir. Cécile Ducrocq SAN TITRE: Dir. Neil Beloufa TO DIE BY YOUR SIDE (MOURIR AUPRÈS DE TOI): Dir. Spike Jonze and Simon Cahn THE MONSTER OF NIX: Dir. Rosto (Co-production with Netherlands and Belgium)


For further information on this title and the full festival programme please go to: www.bfi.org.uk/lff

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