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Free French Cinema starting from January 16

From Januray 16 to February 16, Internet users all over the world will have the opportunity to enjoy MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, the innovative festival created by UniFrance films that received more than 4 million visitors in 2014.

In Mexico, all films will be available to view free of charge on the festival’s website. MyFrenchFilmFestival.com will also allow viewers to vote online for their favorite film. The film that gains the most votes will be awarded the Lacoste Audience Award.

French filmmaker Michel Gondry (Special Guest at FICM’s ninth edition) will head up the filmmaker jury, alongside Joachim Lafosse (Belgium), Nadav Lapid (Israel) and Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritius) to award the Chopard Filmmakers’ Award. Another group, made up of six top journalists from some of the most important film publications around the world, will award the International Press Prize.

{{Plein Soleil}} (1960) by René Clément

MyFrenchFilmFestival.com’s program is comprised of 10 features (all first and second films that were distributed in France in 2013 and 2014) and 10 short films subtitled into 13 languages (Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish). The selection includes two films with Belgian origins in competition and two French/Canadian co-productions out of competition. In addition, the festival will show the classic film Plein Soleil / Purple Noon (1960), directed by René Clément and starring the emblematic French actor Alain Delon.

To see the full program, click here.

Don’t miss your chance to enjoy the richness of contemporary French cinema! Visit MyFrenchFilmFestival.com.

To prepare for the opening of the festival, FICM presents an interview (subtitled into English) in which Michel Gondry explains to us why he loves to watch new directors’ first films:

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