During a month, Unifrance films is launching the 5th edition of the on-line French film festival : MyFrenchFilmFestival.com. It aims to showcase the young generation of French filmmakers and enable internet users from all over the world to access all the films and share their love of French cinema. On this occasion, Alliance Française de Bombay will screen some movies from the platform.

AïssaAïssa by Clément Tréhin-Lalanne (8′)

Aïssa is Congolese. She is in an illegal immigrant in France. She says that she is under eighteen, but the authorities consider her as an adult. To determine if she can be deported, a doctor is going to examine her.

 

 

Le retourLe retour  by Yohann Kouam (20′)

It has been a year since his older brother has left and Willy, fifteen, is waiting impatiently for him to come home. He thinks he knows everything about Theo, but shortly after his return, he discovers a secret about him.

 

 

La virée à PanameLa virée a Paname  by Carine May, Hakim Zouhani (22′)

Mourad, twenty, attends drama classes, and goes out with his buddies and girlfriend. Today, he decides to leave his district to go to a writing workshop in Paris. But the initiative will turn out to be more complicated than planned.

 

 

ShadowShadow  by Lorenzo Recio (23′)

Taipei. Xiao Shou is a shy boy who works as itinerant exhibitor of shadows. One day, he meets the sublime Ann with whom he immediately falls in love. But a terrible accident is going to plunge the young man into a world of darkness before he is able to admit his love for her.

 

 

In partnership with Institut Français, Unifrance and My French Film Festival