An absorbingly sensuous period drama from an exciting new French director Alice Winocour which examines the unusual relationship between a pioneering 19th-century neurologist and his "star" teenage patient with superb acting by Vincent Lindon (Anything For Her) and break-out performance of mono-monikered singer-turned-actress Soko in the demanding title-role.

A doctor's daughter helps an animallike youth to adjust to life in civilization.

A novelistic first directorial feature about family, catharsis, and identity by actor Louis-Do de Lencquesaing.

Human trafficking gets an altogether different spin in Little Lion, a realistic drama set in the world of competitive French soccer leagues.

A tale of inconsolable grief sensitively told from a different angle, carried beautifully by a downright haunted William Hurt and directed by actress Sandrine Bonnaire who makes the transition to fiction after her 2007 well-known documentary Her Name Is Sabine.

It’s often said that the last mile is the hardest mile, but it’s the first few yards that prove the sticking point for two twentysomething dreamers in Francois Pirot’s non-road movie.

An amusing coastal caper from director Marc Fitoussi (Copacabana) with Sandrine Kiberlain, who starred in his 2007 debut, La Vie d’Artiste.

An irreverent and inventive feature debut from Antonin Peretjatko, The Rendezvous of Deja vu (La Fille du 14 Juillet) is a freeform throwback to the fast and funny New Wave films of Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rozier.

Between documentary and autobiographical ficition, this is a terrific comedy about roots, beliefs and the movies directed by French filmmaker of Egyptian origin Namir Abdel Messeeh.

Welcome to Argentina is the first feature film by French director Edouard Deluc. This road movie is all about discovery and setting things into perspective and the opportunity to explore the Argentinean landscape, filmed through the eyes of a director whose images succeed in conveying his love of the country.

A troubled and intriguing teenage girl kills the man she's robbing, and then befriends his widow in this interestingly developed film that reflects on the downsides of intimacy.

Catherine Deneuve shines in this French classic that celebrates its 50th aniversary this year. A heartwrenching tale about love, war, and loss.

Alex is posing. An old lady is sculpting. It would be a normal situation if the lady wasn’t blind and only had her hands to see. Wrinkled hands that she lays on the naked body of her young model who is going to experience an unusual posing session.

In Seventh Heaven follows the everyday life of a young gay suburban (Sofiane) who does not manage to accept his sexuality. Through his contradictions, he embodies the confusion of today's idle young people who have lost their bearings and live withdrawn into themselves.

The Grand Prize winner at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, this impactful short film centers on a family struggling to suppress their past. A boy waits under a bridge. His sister waits at a bus stop. Their hurried mother picks them up. A thrilling journey ensues.

With this first animated film, Amélie Harraut illustrates very original facets and stages of life of Kiki, muse, model, painter, press cartoonist, writer, and cabaret singer who quickly became the Queen of the early 20th century avant-garde social scene in Paris.

Also you might want to read the award-winning graphic novel Kiki de Montparnasse by Catel Muller and José-Louis Bocquet.

An interpreter for the French police is troubled by the testimony of a young, Romanian prostitute who has been raped.

12-year-old Sacha is a promising figure skater with a demanding trainer father who is distracted by his adoration for Rebecca and his yearning to skate with her.

Leon and Bruno are friends waiting in a Turkish bathhouse for a girl Leon met online. As time passes, the two experience strange encounters and revelations as they, and the audience, anticipate the arrival of this unknown woman.

In this film about anticipation, adaptation, and family love, a six-year-old girl barely recognizes her brother after he returns from the war in Chechnya.

Lakdar is a youth worker at a detention center where Sabrina is been held. As Lakdar accompanies Sabrina to court for judgment, he believes redemption is possible. Sabrina does not.

A lively, anthropomorphic film about an afternoon at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV.

This theater-like portrayal of Clara's ups and downs within her family circle centers on the development of an empowering, yet unlikely friendship between Clara and her aunt's widowed dog.

My FrenchFilmFestival offers 17 different educational kits to go with the films in competition. Two types of educational kits are available: 10 teaching files are designed with an emphasis on French-language learning, while also encouraging a curiousity about French films and filmmaking and 7 film analysis files for an depth look with two film critics and educational specialists selected by UniFrance films: Charlotte Ganson and Donald James.