This year, the French Film Festival in Israel celebrates its 20th anniversary, 20 years during which it has become one of the most popular festivals in the country. An event that brings together every year thousands of enthusiastic spectators to discover and enjoy the richness and diversity of French cinema.
17 films will be presented to Israeli audiences during the 20th edition, each addressing issues that affect our time: gender, education, class struggle, and, of course, love.

Stay With Us, inspired by Gad Elmaleh's own story, will open the festival in his presence. The actor-director will also participate in two presentations in Israel on March 12 and 13, before the national release on March 23.

The Festival will showcase the avant-garde of French cinema with five first or second films s (Time to Get Away !, Sons of Ramses, Softie, Houria, and Full Time), and will close with Louis Garrel's The Innocent, a film that is already scheduled for release in Israel next July.

The selection

Opening Film

• Stay With Us by Gad Elmaleh

Official Selection

• Driving Madeleine by Christian Carion
• Forever Young by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
• Other People's Children by Rebecca Zlotowski
• Sons of Ramses by Clément Cogitore
• Softie by Samuel Theis
• Houria by Mounia Meddour
• Diary of a Fleeting Affair by Emmanuel Mouret
• Les Femmes du square by Julien Rambaldi
• Kompromat by Jérôme Salle
• Lie With Me by Olivier Peyon
• Full Time by Éric Gravel

Documentary

• Rookies by Thierry Demaizière , Alban Teurlai

First Films

• The Sixth Child by Léopold Legrand
• Time to Get Away ! by Lisa Diaz

Classic

• 田舎の日曜日 by Bertrand Tavernier

Closing Film

• The Innocent by Louis Garrel