Must-See French Films at Angoulême Francophone Film Festival 2026! Discover the Lineup

This year, the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival will take place from Monday, August 24 to Saturday, August 29, 2026.

The festival will once again roll out its blue carpet for some of the most anticipated Francophone cinema releases of the year, with an already thrilling XXL program!

About thirty films will compete and premiere (the list will be finalized by the end of July), not to mention various tributes and heritage films. Following last year’s tribute to Denys Arcand, this edition will honor Nathalie Baye with a retrospective of her films.

Tribute to Nathalie Baye

“We felt compelled to pay tribute to Nathalie Baye, as she has always been a loyal supporter of the festival, and as everyone knows, she’s the actress of my life, said Dominique Besnehard at the press conference, visibly moved.

We wanted to showcase another facet of her talent in perhaps lesser-known films for which she received prestigious awards, such as the Volpi Cup at Venice or the Best Actress award at San Sebastián. These were significant films that she cherished, though perhaps forgotten by the general public.

We will thus present films like Un week-end sur deux by Nicole Garcia, Mensonge by François Margolin, Si je t’aime, prends garde à toi by Jeanne Labrune, Une liaison pornographique by Frédéric Fonteyne (for which she received the Best Actress award at Venice), Barnie et ses petites contrariétés by Bruno Chiche, Mon fils à moi by Martial Fougeron, La Californie by Jacques Fieschi, and Garçon chiffon by Nicolas Maury, one of her latest roles.

Jury Led by Franck Dubosc

The jury is chaired by Franck Dubosc, accompanied by Rose-Marie Perreault (actress), Jean-Paul Salomé (director and screenwriter), Marie-Christine Barrault (actress), Antoine Wauters (author), Charlotte Lipinska (film critic), Julien de Saint Jean (actor), Déborah Lukumuena, and Marine (Star Academy, singer). The jury of Francophone students will be chaired by Sara Mortensen (actress).

The opening film will be Ni vue, ni connue by Marc Fitoussi. Dix pour cent the movie by Emilie Noblet will close the festival, with the full cast attending the event in Angoulême for this special evening.

Below are the 10 films in the competition followed by the premieres. Several other selections, notably highlighting first feature films or documentaries and reruns, are also scheduled.

The Competition

• Ben’Imana by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
• Les filles d’Abraham by Hanaël El Yousfi
• Rédemptions by Luc Picard
• Si tu penses bien by Géraldine Nakache
• Ce qui nous mène à toi by Khalil Cherti
• Congo Boy by Rafiki Fariala
• Les princes by Antoine Giorgini
• Sanguine by Marion le Corroller
• La frappe by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
• Voilà c’est fini by Gustave Kervern

The Premieres

• Opening Film: Ni vue, ni connue by Marc Fitoussi
• Closing Film: Dix pour cent the movie by Emilie Noblet
• Changer l’eau des fleurs by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• L’affaire Marie-Claire by Lauriane Escaffre and Ivo Muller
• Camembert by Matthieu Rumani
• Le Corset by Louis Clichy
• Histoires de la nuit by Léa Mysius
• Coward by Lukas Dhont
• Les héros du Louvre by Elie Chouraqui
• Les jours d’après by Stéphanie Pillonca
• Justin Le Juste by Eric Barbier
• Le lièvre by Gonzague Legout
• Mon fils président by Mathias Mlekuz
• Quelques mots d’amour by Rudi Rosenberg
• 125 rue des malaises by Louis Bélanger
• En haut de la pile by Louis Julien Petit (followed by a discussion)

The Flamboyants

• La Vie d’une femme by Charline Bourgois Taquet (trailer above)
• Les fraises by Laïla Marrakchi
• L’arabe by Malek Bensmail

The First Meetings

• Adieu monde cruel by Félix de Givry
• Earl Gray by Ornella Pacchioni
• Vigilante by Olivier Pairoux (featuring Eddy de Pretto)

Favorites

Announced soon

New Perspectives

• Josèphe by Anaïs Aidoud
• La quadrature des autres by Maxime Potherat

A premiere of the adaptation of The Red and the Black, a TV film for France Télévisions by Gaël Morel, is also announced. Among the new features, a score by Benjamin Biolay for the opening and closing ceremonies has been composed.

This year, Cambodia, which hosted the press conference this morning at its embassy in the 7th district of Paris, will be the country of honor. The festival will also present several films under “Doc & Cinema” and “Family Jewels,” dedicated to some gems from the KMBO catalog this year.

The Angoulême Francophone Film Festival takes place from August 24 to August 29, 2026.