The Namur International French-Language Film Festival (FIFF) will offer nearly 120 films during its upcoming edition, throughout its three main competitive sections. Among them are many French films that have delighted international festivals these past few months. Thus, the Festival will open with great fanfare with a screening of The Innocent [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], the new film from Louis Garrel, presented last May in the Cannes Premiere section. The film is among ten titles in the Official Competition. By its side are four other French films: Forever Young [+lee también:
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entrevista: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
ficha de la película] by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, selected in Competition in Cannes; Angry Annie [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Blandine Lenoir, starring the unmissable Laure Calamy, and discovered this summer on the Piazza Grande in Locarno; Laure Calamy is also in The Origin of Evil [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Sébastien Marnier (auteur of the very striking School's Out [+lee también:
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entrevista: Sébastien Marnier
ficha de la película]), unveiled in Venice; and finally The Gravity [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], the second feature film from Cédric Ido, which was also shown in Toronto. In addition to these five French films, we’ll also find the Switzerland-Belgium co-production Last Dance [+lee también:
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entrevista: Delphine Lehericey
ficha de la película] by Delphine Lehericey (projected on the Piazza Grande in Locarno); the Romanian film (co-produced with Bulgaria) Men of Deeds [+lee también:
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entrevista: Paul Negoescu
ficha de la película] by Paul Negoescu, which premiered in Sarajevo; the Rwandan film Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza, selected at the Berlinale; and finally, two more films first unveiled in Cannes: Return to Seoul [+lee también:
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entrevista: Davy Chou
ficha de la película] from French-Cambodian filmmaker Davy Chou, and Under the Fig Trees [+lee también:
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entrevista: Erige Sehiri
ficha de la película] from Tunisian director Erige Sehiri.

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Since last year, the Festival also includes a competition dedicated to feature debuts, which will bring together ten films. There, too, French productions are well represented, with six selections. We therefore find three films first shown this summer in Angoulême, including two feature debuts from actors-turned-directors: Amore Mio [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Guillaume Gouix, Slumlord [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Steve Achiepo, and Le Sixième Enfant [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Leopold Legrand, which won four awards there. Also programmed are The Worst Ones [+lee también:
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entrevista: Romane Gueret y Lise Akoka
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entrevista: Florent Gouëlou
ficha de la película] by Florent Gouelou, which open the International Film Critics’ Week in Venice; and Little Ones [+lee también:
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entrevista: Julie Lerat-Gersant
ficha de la película] by Julie Lerat-Gersant, unveiled in Locarno. Also in the feature debut competition are two documentaries: Le Film de mon père from Swiss filmmaker Jules Guarneri, which premiered at Visions du Réel, and We, Students! [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], from the Central African filmmaker of Congolese descent Rafiki Fariala, and which premiered in Berlin. This section will also welcome the Tunisian film Ashkal [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Youssef Chebbi, shown in Directors’ Fortnight, and finally the Belgian film Dalva [+lee también:
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entrevista: Emmanuelle Nicot
entrevista: Emmanuelle Nicot, Julie Es…
ficha de la película] by Emmanuelle Nicot, which won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award,  the Fipresci prize and the Rail d’or at the last Critics’ Week in Cannes. 

The Festival also features a Short Film Competition which will gather 25 films, a large programme for young audiences, as well as many events for professionals.