The 25th annual Alliance Française French Film Festival returns to Luna Palace Cinemas 18 March – 6 April with a mouth-watering selection of Gallic fare, including a tantalizing lineup of features and documentaries and a smattering of special events.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING: The Finishers (De toutes no forces)
Tuesday 18 March @ Cinema Paradiso, 6.30pm
Tickets $55 general / $50 Alliance Française de Perth members and Luna Palace Privilege Card Holders
Screening courtesy of Madman Entertainment, directed by Nils Tavernier and starring Jacques Gamblin and
Alexandra Lamy, The Finishers follows the journey of an embittered, former Ironman champion, and his disabled
son who join forces to compete in a triathlon. The screening will commence at 7pm, followed by an Opening
Night Party at The Bakery Artrage complex, with entertainment by LEZAMIS and catering provided by Jean Pierre
Sancho Bakery, Cake Box, Marie-Antoinette and Kronenbourg 1664.
SPECIAL EVENT SCREENING: Tour De Force (La grande boucle)
Sunday 23 March @ Windsor Cinema, 3.30pm
Tickets $33 general / $24 Alliance Française de Perth members and Luna Palace Privilege Card Holders
Enjoy the spectacular French scenery around the Tour de France route in this crowd-pleasing comedy. Tickets
include pre-screening “welcome to the finish line” drinks and delicacies for 30 minutes, with the film commencing
at 4pm.
SPECIAL EVENT SCREENING: It Boy (20 ans d’ d’écart)
Friday 28 March @ Cinema Paradiso, 6pm
Tickets $33 general / $24 Alliance Française de Perth members and Luna Palace Privilege Card Holders
Be pampered by the lash & brow experts and experience a threading and makeup session with experienced
beauty therapists before the film. In addition to a free pampering session, guests will also enjoy sparkling wine, and
patisseries prior to the film which will commence at 6.45pm.
SPECIAL EVENT SCREENING: La Fémis – Paris Film School
Monday 31 March, 6.30pm @ Cinema Paradiso
Tickets $33 general / $24 Alliance Française de Perth members and Luna Palace Privilege Card Holders
Discover the film talents of tomorrow in collaboration with Paris-based national French film school La Fémis.
CLOSING NIGHT: A FRENCH CLASSIC CHOSEN BY YOU!
Sunday 6 April @ Cinema Paradiso, 6.30pm
Tickets $33 general / $27 Alliance Française de Perth members and Luna Palace Privilege Card Holders
Celebrate classic cinema and enjoy one of the fabulous films of enduring icon of French cinema, director
Jacques Tati. Guests will be served drinks and patisseries and treated with live entertainment prior to the screening
of a film voted by you at 7pm.
To vote, head to www.affrenchfilmfestival.org.
The 2014 ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FRENCH FILM comes to Perth 18 March – 6 April.
Download full pdf program
Check the Official Festival website
Book at the Luna Palace website
