French Film Festival 2023 - French Spring Festival 2023

The French Film Festival organized on the occasion of French Spring Festival 2023 will be held from the 6th of July to the 9th of July 2023 at the National Film Corporation (Tharangani Theatre, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7). All movies will be subtitled in English and entrance will be free.

The Film Festival will be inaugurated on the 6th of July at 6PM with Cédric Klapish’s new movie En Corps / Rise, released in March 2022. The queen of Sri Lankan cinema Mrs Malani Fonseka will be the Guest of honor whilst HE Jean-François Pactet, Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives will be the Chief Guest.

An all audience programme that will suit everybody! A total of six movies will be shown: from comedy and thriller, to documentary and animated movies.

The event will be open to public from 6th to 9th of July and the screenings will be held at 3PM and 6PM.

About the movies :

One of the flagship movies is the talented director Cédric Klapish’s new movie En Corps / Rise, released in March 2022, a heart-warming and inspiring story that tells us about resilience and healing.

Rock’n Roll by Guillaume Canet: a hilarious, parodic comedy with Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet about the daily lives of two French cinema stars.

Kirikou et la sorcière / Kirikou and the Sorceress by Michel Ocelot: one of the most famous French animated movie, about the tale of tiny Kirikou born in an African village on which Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse. A screening dedicated to young audience and families.

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.

16 levers de soleil / 16 sunrises, by Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff: a documentary about the 6 months spent by the worldwide known French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station.

Délicieux / Delicious, by Eric Besnard: discover the unusual story of a chef who – on a hunt for revenge – ends up opening France’s first restaurant!

The admission is free.
All the movie are in French with English subtitles.

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French Spring Festival is organized every year by the French Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Maldives together with the Alliance Française network in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and the support of sponsors and official partners (for the detailed list, please click here or log into our social media pages).

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