
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025
Taking place from March 6-16, this popular annual festival showcases the verve, creativity, and depth of contemporary French cinema in a variety of genres.
Emmanuel Mouret
2024|
France|
117 minutes|
French with English subtitles
A guilt-stricken widow and her two best friends (India Hair, Camille Cottin, and Sara Forestier) negotiate unstable romantic affairs in Emmanuel Mouret’s latest meticulously observed study of the unpredictable path of love.
Ludovic Boukherma
2024|
France|
140 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Taking place against the backdrop of widespread de-industrialization in ’90s France, the Boukherma brothers’s adaptation of Nicolas Mathieu’s Prix Goncourt-winning novel dramatizes the long-lasting consequences for two boys following a fight at a party.
Camille Perton
2024|
France|
94 minutes|
French and English with English subtitles
Frustrated at his longtime manager’s failure to close a deal for a spot on his dream team, talented young footballer Brahim (Ilies Kadri) is drawn into the orbit of a shadowy power player (Édgar Ramírez) whose promises of career advancement may prove all too costly.
Jessica Palud
2024|
France|
103 minutes|
French and English with English subtitles
Anamaria Vartolomei (Happening) stars as Maria Schneider in writer-director Jessica Palud’s second feature, an unsparing reconstruction of the actress’s infamously traumatic experience on the set of Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris and beyond.
Gilles Bourdos
2024|
France|
77 minutes|
French with English subtitles
In this Gallic take on Steven Knight’s Locke (2013), the great Vincent Lindon is Joseph Cross, a construction foreman who, on the eve of a consequential job, must flee his worksite for obscure reasons and drive deep into the night, while struggling to keep his life from falling apart.
Thibaut de Longeville
2024|
France|
240 minutes|
French and English with English subtitles
This remarkable six-episode documentary miniseries brings viewers along for a deep-dive celebration tracing the legacy and enduring influence of DJ Mehdi, a generational talent who successfully bridged the worlds of hip-hop and electronic dance music in his too-brief 34 years.
Claire Burger
2024|
France / Germany|
101 minutes|
French and German with English subtitles
When shy, insecure French teen Fanny (Lilith Grasmug) meets her German pen pal Lena (Josefa Heinsius), their initially rocky rapport deepens into real friendship, until their shared interest in political activism takes a troubling turn on Lena’s subsequent visit to France.
Jonathan Millet
2024|
France / Belgium / Germany|
108 minutes|
French, Arabic, Turkish, and English with English subtitles
In Jonathan Millet’s deeply researched thriller, a migrant construction worker in Strasbourg (Adam Bessa), haunted by the memory of his imprisonment in a Syrian jail, searches tirelessly for the man who tortured him, determined to get his revenge—but at what cost?
Louise Courvoisier
2024|
France|
92 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Following the death of his farmer father, hard-partying 18-year-old Totone (Clément Faveau) sets his sights on an unlikely path to securing his family’s future: winning a 30,000 Euro prize for producing the best Comté cheese in the region.
Thierry de Peretti
2024|
France|
115 minutes|
French, English, and Corse with English subtitles
Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Jérôme Ferrari, Thierry de Peretti’s retelling follows an enigmatic photographer (Clara-Maria Laredo) from the 1980s to the present, as her love affair with a radical activist (Louis Starace) intersects with Corsica’s fight for independence.
Arnaud Larrieu
2024|
France|
101 minutes|
French with English subtitles
The bond between a young boy (Eol Personne) and his beloved adoptive father (Karim Leklou) is tested with the return of the boy’s biological parent in the Larrieu brothers’s impressive adaptation of Pierric Bailly’s novel.
Emmanuel Courcol
2024|
France|
103 minutes|
French with English subtitles
A pair of brothers (Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin), separated in their infancy, are reunited unexpectedly as adults and grow closer when one brother, a world-famous orchestra conductor, decides to help nurture the other’s nascent musical talent.
Rithy Panh
2024|
France / Cambodia / Taiwan / Qatar / Turkey|
112 minutes|
French and Cambodian with English subtitles
In 1978, three French journalists arrive in Cambodia to survey the country and interview its leader, Pol Pot—but after a picture-perfect arrival, cracks begin to emerge in the murderous regime’s facade of respectability.
Aude Léa Rapin
2024|
France|
118 minutes|
French, English, and Arabic with English subtitles
2039: after a group of environmental activists are arrested in the midst of an attempted bombing, they wake up on Planet B—the world’s first virtual prison—and begin to search for an escape, just as a journalist learns of the facility’s existence and sets about infiltrating it.
Delphine Coulin
2024|
France / Belgium|
118 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Pierre (Vincent Lindon), a widower who has dedicated his life to his two children, is shaken to discover that his older son Fus (Benjamin Voisin) has begun hanging out with violent right-wing nationalists.
Quentin Dupieux
2024|
France|
80 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel are among the actors attempting to make their way through the production of a movie none of them seems to like very much in the latest quirkily imaginative meta-movie from Quentin Dupieux.
Boris Lojkine
2024|
France|
94 minutes|
French, Fulah, and Malinka with English subtitles
Over two days, Guinean immigrant Souleymane (Abou Sangaré), a bicycle food delivery worker, struggles to stay afloat while preparing for a crucial immigration asylum interview in Boris Lojkine’s urgent third feature, winner of four César Awards.
Olivier Assayas
2024|
France|
105 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Two brothers and their romantic partners try to maintain their sanity amid the extended isolation of the 2020 pandemic lockdown while cohabiting in their provincial family house in this disarmingly personal work of autofiction from the great Olivier Assayas.
Sophie Fillières
2024|
France|
99 minutes|
French and English with English subtitles
In the final film from writer-director Sophie Fillières, which she finished shooting shortly before her death, Agnès Jaoui (The Taste of Others, Look at Me) stars as Barbie, a middle-aged writer whose mental health is unraveling, leading her on a journey of discovery, growth, and rebuilding.
Patricia Mazuy
2024|
France|
108 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Affluent Alma (Isabelle Huppert) meets working-class Mina (Hafsia Herzi) during visits to the prison facility where both of their husbands are serving time, and the two women quickly form a close connection—but can their bond survive the conflicting pressures of their circumstances?
François Ozon
2024|
France|
102 minutes|
French with English subtitles
Estranged from her hostile daughter (Ludivine Sagnier), a countryside-dwelling retiree (Hélène Vincent) looks forward to a visit from her grandson (Garlan Erlos)—but when things don’t go as planned during his stay, a long-simmering mother-daughter conflict erupts.
Agathe Riedinger
2024|
France|
103 minutes|
French and English with English subtitles
Small-town teen Liane (Malou Khebizi) harbors dreams of achieving fame as a reality TV contestant. When she scores an audition, her breakout seems imminent—but anticipation soon curdles into disillusionment, and Liane’s hopes start crashing as she spirals into self-doubt.
Koya Kamura
2024|
France / Korea|
106 minutes|
French, Korean, and English with English subtitles
Having never met her long-absent French father, Son-ha (Bella Kim) forms a tentative bond with artist Yan Kerrand (Roschdy Zem) when he arrives to stay in her Korean seaside town, but Son-ha can’t help but wonder about the truth behind his identity and his reason for visiting.
Free Talks
Join Judith Godrèche in a conversation about being a leading figure and force for change for the MeToo movement in the French film industry.
This panel unites trailblazing film producers from France and the U.S. to examine how they are redefining the craft and business of filmmaking as leaders in today’s dynamic landscape.
Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center present the lineup for the 30th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, running from March 6 to March 16. This celebrated festival offers a dynamic showcase of contemporary French filmmaking, featuring an array of 23 films by both emerging voices—some selected as part of Unifrance’s 10 to Watch 2025 Program, a yearly initiative honoring a new generation of directors and actors who contribute to the vitality of French creation—and seasoned directors that tackle relevant and enduring themes. This selection of North American, U.S., and New York premieres celebrates the energy, innovation, and range of French cinema.
“Unifrance is honored to be celebrating 30 years of French cinema with our partner, Film at Lincoln Center,” said Daniela Elstner, Executive Director of Unifrance. “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is one of our biggest highlights of the year and we are grateful to our partner for providing a home to French filmmakers in New York for the past three decades.”
Florence Almozini, Vice President of Programming at Film at Lincoln Center, said, “French cinema remains as inspiring as ever, with the strength, vitality, and depth of the films featured in the 30th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema serving as a testament to its enduring power. This robust selection spans from remarkable debuts by first-time filmmakers to unforgettable works by renowned directors, highlighting captivating performances from emerging talent, celebrated actors, and strong ensembles. Film at Lincoln Center is proud to mark 30 years of presenting new French films to New York audiences, in collaboration with our long-standing partners at Unifrance.”






























