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London BFI programme includes 43 films from FRANCE. This is part of a worldwide selection of 197 feature films and 112 shorts from more than 67 countries. The BFI 54th London Film Festival runs from October 13 -October 28.

French FEATURES:

BENDA BELILI!: Dir, Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye               

BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (BOUDU SAUVÉ DES EAUX): Dir, Jean Renoir

COPACABANA: Dir, Marc Fitoussi             

HANDS UP (LES MAINS EN L'AIR): Dir, Romain Goupil     

HAPPY FEW: Dir, Antony Cord

IN YOUR HANDS (CONTRE TOI): Dir, Lola Doillon

LITTLE WHITE LIES (LES PETITS MOUCHOIRS): Dir, Guillaume Canet           

LIVING ON LOVE ALONE (D'AMOUR ET D'EAU FRAÎCHE): Dir, Isabelle Czajka

LOVE LIKE POISON (UN POISON VIOLENT): Dir, Katell Quillévéré               

MAMMUTH: Dir, Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern

MEMORY LANE: Dir, Mikhaël Hers           

OF GODS AND MEN (DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX): Dir, Xavier Beauvois

SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE (LA BELLE ENDORMIE): Dir, Catherine Breillat      

SPECIAL TREATMENT (SANS QUEUE NI TÊTE)       : Dir, Jeanne Labrune    

YOUNG GIRLS IN BLACK (DES FILLES EN NOIR): Dir, Jean-Paul Civeyrac   

ADRIENN PÁL (PÁL ADRIENN): Dir, Ágnes Kocsis (Co-production with Hungary, Netherlands and Austria)

AURORA: Dir, Cristi Puiu (Co-production with Romania, Switzerland and Germany)          

CARANCHO Pablo Trapero: Dir, (Co-production with Argentina, Chile and South Korea)

CARLOS: Dir, Olivier Assayas (Co-production with Germany)

COLD WATER OF THE SEA (AGUA FRÍA DE MAR): Dir, Paz Fábrega (Co-production with Costa Rica)

DEEP IN THE WOODS (AU FOND DES BOIS): Dir, Benoît Jacquot (Co-production with Germany)

DON'T BE AFRAID, BI! (BI, DUNG SO!): Dir, Phan Dang Di (Co-production with Germany and Vietnam)

EVEN THE RAIN (TAMBIÉN LA LLUVIA): Dir, Icíar Bollaín (Co-production with Spain and Mexico)

FILM SOCIALISME: Dir, Jean-Luc Godard (Co-production with Switzerland)

ILLEGAL (ILLÉGAL): Dir, Olivier Masset-Depasse (Co-production with Belgium and Luxembourg)

INFILTRATION (HITGANVUT YECHIDIM): Dir, Dover Kosashvili (Co-production wit Israel)

IT'S YOUR FAULT (POR TU CUPLA): Dir, Anahí Berneri (Co-production with Argentina)

KABOOM: Dir, Gregg Araki (Co-production with USA)

LIGHT THIEF, THE (SVET-AKE):Dir, Akran Arym Kubatn (Co-production with Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands and Germany)

MIRAL: Dir, Julian Schnabel (Co-production with Italy, Israel and India)

NEDS: Dir, Peter Mullan (Co-production with UK and Italy)

NEW AFRICAN CINEMA:

SAINT LOUIS BLUES: Dir, Dyana Gaye (Co-production with Senegal)

OUTSIDE THE LAW (HORS LA LOI): Dir, Rachid Bouchareb (Co-production with Algeria and Belgium)

PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER, THE (LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER): Dir, Bertrand Tavernier (Co-production with Germany)

PUZZLE (ROMPECABEZAS): Dir, Natalia Smirnoff (Co-production with Argentina)

SCREAMING MAN, A (UN HOMME QUI CRIE): Dir, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Co-production with Belgium and Chad)

UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT): Dir, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Co-production with Thailand, UK, Germany and Spain)

WOMB: Dir, Benedek Fliegauf (Co-production with Hungary and Germany)

French SHORTS:

BRUNE RENAULT: Dir, Neil Beloufa          

KROAK - FISHING TRIP (KROAK - PARTIE DE PECHE): Dir, Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco

KROAK - RETURN TO BEAR (KROAK - RETOUR AUX OURS): Dir, Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco

MOLLY IN SPRINGTIME (LE PRINTEMPS DE MÉLIE): Dir, Pierre-Luc Granjon          

UN AMOUR: Dir, Sophie Tavert

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ALL THESE TITLES AND THE FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAMME, PLEASE GO TO: www.bfi.org.uk/lff