Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême
The unmissable event for French-language cinema every summer in Angoulême
2026
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FFA — edition 2026
The 19th edition of the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival takes place from Monday, August 24th to Saturday, August 29th, 2026. Franck Dubosc presides over the jury, Cambodia is the guest country, and actress Nathalie Baye is honored with a retrospective of eleven films. Ten Francophone feature films compete for the Valois awards, starting with the opening film "Ni vue, ni connue" by Marc Fitoussi and closing with "Dix pour cent, le film" by Émilie Noblet. A 10-entry pass is available for €25, and two outdoor screenings are free with reservation.
The 19th Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
From Monday, August 24th to Saturday, August 29th, 2026, Angoulême hosts the 19th edition of its Francophone Film Festival: six days of screenings spread across the CGR cinema, Espace Franquin, the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, the Éperon theater, Le Nil, the Théâtre d'Angoulême, and Espace Carat, along with outdoor screenings and city-wide events.
A competition of ten Francophone films
Ten Francophone feature films are in the running for the Valois awards, presented at the closing ceremony. The jury is chaired by actor, director, and screenwriter Franck Dubosc, joined by Marie-Christine Barrault, Marine Delplace, Julien de Saint Jean, Charlotte Lipinska, Déborah Lukumuena, Rose-Marie Perreault, Jean-Paul Salomé, and Antoine Wauters. Sara Mortensen chairs the Francophone student jury.
Cambodia, guest of honor
Cambodia is the featured country, with nine films including four by Rithy Panh: "Les Gens de la rizière", "Un barrage contre le Pacifique", "Un soir après la guerre", and "Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot". The selection also includes "Diamond Island" by Davy Chou, "White Building" by Kavich Neang, and "La Joie de vivre" by Norodom Sihanouk. A debate at the courthouse, "Cambodia: From Genocide to Democratic Construction," complements this focus on Friday, August 28th.
Tribute to Nathalie Baye
Following her passing on April 17th, 2026, the actress—a former festival jury president and a loyal friend of Angoulême—is celebrated with a retrospective of eleven feature films chosen by Dominique Besnehard, including "Un week-end sur deux" by Nicole Garcia, "Une liaison pornographique" by Frédéric Fonteyne, "La Californie" by Jacques Fieschi, and "Garçon chiffon" by Nicolas Maury. A photography exhibition featuring works by Carole Bellaïche, Tony Frank, and Luc Roux is open to the public at Espace Franquin until August 29th, and the square in front of the CGR cinema will be inaugurated as Place Nathalie-Baye on August 20th, 2026.
Meetings, masterclasses, and outdoor screenings
The festival offers numerous free or pass-accessible events: masterclasses at Espace Franquin (Iribe room), a conversation with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Cécile de France at the Cosmopolite bookstore, a roundtable on "The Cultural Exception: A French Invention?" at Le Nil, a presentation of "Lumière!" by Thierry Frémaux at the theater, and a family mega-screening at Espace Carat. Two outdoor screenings are free with reservation: "Catch Me If You Can" by Steven Spielberg on Tuesday, August 25th at Place Francis Louvel, and "Le Visiteur du futur" by François Descraques on Thursday, August 27th at Place de Bourgines, featuring a "cine-bike" setup where ten volunteers pedal in turns to power the projection.
Highlights FFA 2026
- 19th edition, from Monday, August 24th to Saturday, August 29th, 2026
- Opening on August 24th at 6:30 PM at the theater, with "Ni vue, ni connue" by Marc Fitoussi (Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Kiberlain, Diane Kruger)
- Closing on August 29th at 6:00 PM, Valois awards followed by "Dix pour cent, the film" by Émilie Noblet
- Jury chaired by Franck Dubosc: surprise film on August 26th at 4:00 PM and masterclass on August 28th at 4:30 PM
- Official competition: ten Francophone feature films and ten short films vying for the Valois
- Guest country: Cambodia, nine films including four by Rithy Panh
- Tribute to Nathalie Baye: eleven films, photo exhibition at Espace Franquin, and a square named after her in front of the CGR
- "Lumière!" presented by Thierry Frémaux on August 26th at 6:00 PM at the theater
- Conversation with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Cécile de France on August 27th at 11:00 AM
- Two free outdoor screenings with reservation, including a cine-bike event at Place de Bourgines on August 27th
- 10-entry pass for €25, transferable
Programme FFA 2026
Monday, August 24th, 2026 — Opening
- All day — First screenings of the official competition at Espace Franquin, the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, the Éperon, and Le Nil.
- 4:00 PM — "La Joie de vivre" by Norodom Sihanouk, part of the Cambodia tribute.
- 6:30 PM — Opening ceremony at the Théâtre d'Angoulême.
- 7:30 PM — Opening film: "Ni vue, ni connue" by Marc Fitoussi, at the theater (also at 8:00 PM, 8:15 PM, and 8:30 PM at the CGR, and 8:00 PM at the Éperon).
Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
- 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM — "Le Rouge et le Noir" by Gaël Morel, episodes 1 & 2, then 3 & 4.
- 11:00 AM — "Vaudeville" by Jean Marboeuf; "La Quadrature des autres" by Maxime Potherat.
- 2:00 PM — "Mon fils président" by Mathias Mlekuz.
- 3:00 PM — "Barnie et ses petites contrariétés" by Bruno Chiche.
- 4:30 PM — KMBO masterclass, Espace Franquin (Iribe room).
- 5:00 PM — "Demain je tombe amoureux" by Martin Provost.
- 8:00 PM — "En haut de la pile" by Louis-Julien Petit, followed by a Q&A.
- 9:30 PM — "Les Gens de la rizière" by Rithy Panh (Cambodia tribute).
- 10:00 PM — Outdoor screening at Place Francis Louvel: "Catch Me If You Can" by Steven Spielberg (French dub), in tribute to Nathalie Baye. Free with reservation.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
- 11:00 AM — "Les Héros du Louvre" by Élie Chouraqui; "Les Acteurs et les actrices font leur cinéma", session 1.
- 11:30 AM — "Bye Bye Mensonge" by François Margolin.
- 2:00 PM — "Justin le Juste" by Éric Barbier.
- 3:00 PM — Mega-screening at Espace Carat: "Ducobu et le fantôme de Saint-Potache" by Élie Semoun (reservation required, individual tickets available, free shuttle from Cathédrale stop at 2:00 PM and 2:15 PM); "Petite ville devient cité" by Orian Ziad.
- 4:00 PM — Surprise film presented by Franck Dubosc, at the Éperon.
- 5:00 PM — "L'Affaire Marie-Claire" by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller.
- 6:00 PM — "Lumière!", presented by Thierry Frémaux, at the Théâtre d'Angoulême.
- 8:00 PM — "Histoires de la nuit" by Léa Mysius.
- 10:00 PM — "Une liaison pornographique" by Frédéric Fonteyne (Nathalie Baye tribute).
Thursday, August 27th, 2026
- 11:00 AM — Conversation with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Cécile de France, at Cosmopolite bookstore; "125 rue des Malaises" by Louis Bélanger; "Josèphe" by Anaïs Aidoud.
- 11:30 AM — "Madame Sourdis" by Caroline Huppert.
- 2:00 PM — "Les Jours d'après" by Stéphanie Pillonca; "Un soir après la guerre" by Rithy Panh.
- 3:00 PM — Roundtable "The Cultural Exception: A French Invention?" at Le Nil (Atrium); "On m'a dit que Brigitte Bardot, l'insoumise" by Mireille Dumas.
- 5:00 PM — "Quelques mots d'amour" by Rudi Rosenberg; "Pétain" by Jean Marboeuf.
- 6:30 PM — "Un barrage contre le Pacifique" by Rithy Panh, followed by a Q&A.
- 8:00 PM — "Changer l'eau des fleurs" by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, followed by a Q&A.
- 9:30 PM — "Je voulais vous dire mon fils à moi" by Martial Fougeron.
- 10:00 PM — Outdoor cine-bike screening at Place de Bourgines: "Le Visiteur du futur" by François Descraques, with ten volunteers pedaling to power the projection. Free with reservation.
- During the day — Roundtable "Making a film, today".
Friday, August 28th, 2026
- 11:00 AM — "Le Corset" by Louis Clichy; "Dernier train pour Silverton" by Pierre-Marie and Charles Pautrot; "Les Acteurs et les actrices font leur cinéma", session 2.
- 12:00 PM — "Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot" by Rithy Panh (Cambodia tribute).
- 1:30 PM — "Le Divan" by Henry Chapier and "Esquisse d'une jeune femme sens dessus dessous" by Alain Boudet.
- 2:00 PM — "La Beauté du geste" by Xavier de Lauzanne; "Le Lièvre" by Gonzague Legout.
- 2:30 PM — Debate at the courthouse: "Cambodia: From Genocide to Democratic Construction".
- 4:30 PM — Masterclass with Franck Dubosc, Espace Franquin (Iribe room).
- 5:00 PM — "Les Braves (Coward)" by Lukas Dhont.
- 5:30 PM — "Le Chemin des Maures" by Marie-France Brière.
- 8:00 PM — "Camembert" by Matthieu Rumani and Nicolas Slomka.
- 10:00 PM — "Garçon chiffon" by Nicolas Maury (Nathalie Baye tribute).
Saturday, August 29th, 2026 — Closing
- 10:30 AM — Short film competition session.
- 11:00 AM — "Diamond Island" by Davy Chou (Cambodia tribute).
- 11:30 AM — "La Californie" by Jacques Fieschi (Nathalie Baye tribute).
- 1:00 PM — "Coup de sang" by Jean Marboeuf.
- 2:00 PM — "La Vie de ma mère" by Julien Carpentier; "Triple Peine" by Noémie Kocher.
- 3:00 PM — "L'Arabe" by Malek Bensmaïl.
- 6:00 PM — Closing ceremony and Valois awards at the Théâtre d'Angoulême, broadcast at the CGR.
- 7:30 PM — Closing film: "Dix pour cent, the film" by Émilie Noblet, at the theater (also at 8:00 PM at the Éperon and 8:00 PM, 8:15 PM, and 8:30 PM at the CGR).
The ten feature films in competition
- "Ben'imana" by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo (Rwanda)
- "Ce qui nous mène à toi" by Khalil Cherti (France)
- "Congo Boy" by Rafiki Fariala (Congo)
- "La Frappe" by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri (France)
- "Les Filles d'Abraham" by Hanaël El Yousfi (France)
- "Les Princes" by Antoine Giorgini (France)
- "Rédemptions" by Luc Picard (Quebec)
- "Sanguine" by Marion Le Corroller (France)
- "Si tu penses bien" by Géraldine Nakache (France)
- "Voilà, c'est fini" by Gustave Kervern (France)
Each competition screening is preceded by a short film: "Balconada", "Bisou sauvage", "Hôtel les pieds dans l'eau", "Le Casting", "Le Jardin Rossini", "Le Jour où j'ai lâché un caillou", "Les Vieux", "Matin brun", "Ouais", and "The Boy's Fish". These ten films are grouped into a dedicated session on Saturday, August 29th at 10:30 AM. Each competition feature film is screened multiple times from August 24th to 29th at Espace Franquin, the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, the Éperon, and Le Nil.
Prices FFA 2026
The pass is not nominative: it can be shared and allows booking multiple seats for the same screening.
You must purchase a pass and then book each screening online at filmfrancophone.fr (ticketing open since July 9th, 2026); the pass is also on sale at the Cosmopolite bookstore.
A booked seat can be cancelled online up to two hours before the screening.
Espace Carat mega-screening: individual tickets available, outside of the pass.
Outdoor screenings (Place Francis Louvel on August 25th, Place de Bourgines on August 27th): free, reservation required.
Practical information — FFA
Practical Information
Venues
Screenings and events are held at various locations across Angoulême: the CGR cinema, Espace Franquin (including the Iribe hall), the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image, the Éperon hall, Le Nil (and its Atrium), the Théâtre d'Angoulême, and Espace Carat. Additionally, there are open-air screenings at Place Francis Louvel and Place de Bourgines, as well as events at the Cosmopolite bookstore and the courthouse.
Getting There
By train: Angoulême station, a 2-hour and 15-minute TGV ride from Paris.
By car: A10 motorway, take the Angoulême exit.
For the mega-screening at Espace Carat, a free GrandAngoulême shuttle departs from the Cathédrale stop at 2:00 PM and 2:15 PM, with return trips at 5:30 PM and 5:45 PM.
Ticketing
The FFA pass costs €25 for 10 entries and provides access to all festival screenings. It is not tied to a specific person, meaning it can be shared and used to book multiple tickets for the same screening. The process is always the same: purchase a pass, then book each screening online at filmfrancophone.fr. Passes are also available for purchase at the Cosmopolite bookstore. Reserved tickets can be cancelled online up to two hours before the screening.
Open-air screenings are free but require a reservation. For the mega-screening at Espace Carat, individual tickets can be purchased without a pass.
Contact
- Official website: filmfrancophone.fr
- Email: [email protected] (ticketing support: [email protected])
- Postal address: SARL FFA, BP 80246, 16007 Angoulême Cedex
French-language cinema in the spotlight
The Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême (FFA) was created in 2008 by producers Marie-France Brière, Dominique Besnehard, and Patrick Mardikian. Dedicated to French-language cinema, the festival is held annually during the last week of August in Angoulême and has established itself as a major event for the cinematic fall season. From its very first edition, the FFA has showcased around thirty films, including many world premieres, attracting 20,000 spectators.
Preview screenings and competition
Each year, the FFA offers a selection of about ten films in competition and thirty films in preview across various categories. The Valois, awarded during the closing ceremony, recognize the best films, actors, and actresses in the selection. The festival also honors the cinema of a French-speaking country with a thematic focus that changes each year.
Meetings and masterclasses
Beyond the screenings, the FFA offers masterclasses with renowned directors and actors, professional meetings, debates, and moments of conviviality. The festival is distinguished by an atmosphere that is both prestigious and accessible, allowing the public to mingle with artists in the streets of Angoulême and in the screening rooms throughout the city.
Angoulême, land of cinema
The choice of Angoulême as the host city is no coincidence: Charente is a dynamic region for the film industry, with the Magelis hub dedicated to image and its proximity to filming studios. The FFA contributes to the cultural influence of the city and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, attracting an ever-growing audience of film lovers and professionals each year.
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