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Sep 08, 2011
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44 french films at the London Film Festival

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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