Our Discovery selection brings you recent hits and new voices in Francophone cinema with an emphasis this year on Belgian films. Directors Wilfried Méance and Olivier Ducray will present their film Two of a Kind at the Festival gala premiere at Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen. We are also showing Belgian director Emmanuelle Nicot’s poignant debut dealing with abuse, Love According to Dalva, a Cannes Critics’ Week winner in 2022.
Hereford - The Courtyard
Edgar Street, Hereford, United Kingdom
Arriving from quiet Normandy to watch the swimming competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a thirty-year-old woman struggles through the chaos of an electrified capital city while unexpectedly reconnecting with her estranged half-sister.
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
An opportunistic intellectual climbs the bureaucratic ladder of the Vichy regime, gradually descending into moral decay as he participates in fascist policies.
Glasgow - Film Theatre
12 Rose Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
An opportunistic intellectual climbs the bureaucratic ladder of the Vichy regime, gradually descending into moral decay as he participates in fascist policies.
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