Crescendo
Dir. Agnes Jaoui
French writer/director Jaoui returns with an ensemble comedy drama that brings #MeToo into the world of opera, as accusations of sexual assault shake up a production of Mozart’s The Marriage Of Figaro. Jaoui stars opposite Daniel Auteuil, Eye Haïdara and Claire Chust in a feature from French production outfit Les Films du Kiosque.
Contact: Chloé Marquet, Studiocanal
Dr. Albertini’s Office
Dir. Emmanuel Mouret
Fresh off his crowdpleasing Three Friends, which premiered in Venice Competition in 2024, Mouret returns with this crime drama starring Laure Calamy as a pathologically jealous woman who starts psychotherapy during her relationship with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s character. Mouret reteams with Three Friends producer Moby Dick Films.
Contact: Pyramide International
Emma Doucet
Dir. Elise Girard
This Jane Austen-inspired modern romance from Sidonie In Japan director Girard stars Vicky Krieps as a single mother in her forties juggling work, parenting and a complicated emotional life who falls for the French prime minister, played by Alex Lutz. France’s 10:15! Productions produces alongside Germany’s Lupa Film.
Contact: Totem Films
Fonda
Dir. Justine Triet
This just-announced psychological thriller marks the return of Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning filmmaker Triet following the global festival and box-office success of 2023’s Anatomy Of A Fall. She reteams with that film’s producers, Marie-Ange Luciani of Les Films de Pierre and David Thion of Les Films Pelléas, for her full English-language debut. Mia Goth, Andrew Scott, Frank Dillane and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett star, with Allison Janney in talks. Plot details are under wraps, but the story explores how grief and obsession can test the limits of a sound mind. Financing and co-producing partner Studiocanal has rights in several major territories, but many are still up for grabs.
Contact: mk2 Films
A Girl’s Story
Dir. Judith Godreche
A Girl’s Story is the feature directing debut from Godreche, who is a key figure in France’s #MeToo movement. It is based on Annie Ernaux’s autobiographical novel Mémoire De Fille, about an author who revisits a pivotal summer in 1958 at a camp where she first experienced sexual violence. Carole Lambert at Windy Production and Marc Missonnier of Moana Films produce.
Contact: Paradise City Sales
Haven Of Hope
Dir. Seemab Gul
Set in modern-day Karachi, Pakistan, the film follows three inhabitants of a women’s shelter who dare to venture into the outside world for a day to confront their families and a society that has failed them. It is the latest from the director of Ghost School (Toronto 2025 and Berlinale Generation Kplus 2026), and is produced by French outfit Take Shelter (Banel & Adama, The Girl In The Snow).
Contact: Best Friend Forever
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
Dir. Clio Barnard
This feature from Bafta-nominated UK writer/director Barnard (The Arbor, The Selfish Giant) follows five childhood friends as they enter their thirties and realise the future they dreamed about is slipping away. It is adapted by screenwriter Enda Walsh (Die My Love, Hunger) from Keiran Goddard’s novel. Tracy O’Riordan of Moonspun Films produces, and the ensemble cast includes Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack and Lola Petticrew.
Contact: Charades
L’Incident
Dir. Victoria Musiedlak
Alba Rohrwacher and Tahar Rahim star as a close-knit couple whose relationship is tested when the husband’s father (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) makes an inappropriate gesture towards the wife during a holiday. This is Musiedlak’s follow-up to her debut First Case, which world premiered in Locarno in 2023. France’s Ligne 2 and Agat Films produce.
Contact: Be For Films
Malika
Dir. Mounia Meddour
Papicha and Houria director Meddour returns with this 1980s Paris-set biopic inspired by the true story of Malika Bellaribi, who overcomes childhood trauma to become a star in the elitist world of opera. Moroccan singer Lilya Adad makes her big-screen debut alongside a French cast that includes Elsa Zylberstein, Camille Razat and Lubna Azabal.
Contact: Studio TF1
A Man’s Skin
Dir. Léa Domenach
Domenach reteams with Catherine Deneuve after 2023’s The President’s Wife for this feature adapted from a bestselling graphic novel. Set in the 15th century, it follows Princess Blanche who is about to be married off against her will. Her godmother gives her a mysterious ‘skin’ that allows Blanche to become a man and get to know her fiancé incognito. It is produced by Karé Productions and Trésor Films. Claire Pommet, Stefan Crepon and Karin Viard co-star.
Contact: Playtime
Melody For A Bear
Dir. Gilles de Maistre
De Maistre, France’s resident king of animal/human adventure tales, returns with an English-language family feature starring Lucas Bravo. A rugged father meets his teenage daughter for the first time after her mother dies, with the two banding together to save a group of orphaned bear cubs from hunters. The film is set and shot in the Canadian wilderness and produced by France’s Moana Films and Pathé.
Contact: Pathé
The Meltdown
Dir. Manuela Martelli
Chilean actress-director Martelli’s third feature is set in early 1990s Chile and follows a nine-year-old girl who befriends a 15-year-old German skier while staying at her grandparents’ remote hotel near a ski resort, but her new friend disappears without a trace. Maya O’Rourke, Saskia Rosendahl and Maia Rae Domagala star in the Chile-US-Spain-Mexico co-production.
Contact: Losange Films
Molière, Cyrano & The Young King
Dir. Michel Leclerc
This adventure comedy brings together 17th-century playwright Moliere, poet-novelist Cyrano de Bergerac and French king Louis XIV for an IP-heavy film starring A Little Something Extra actor-director Artus alongside Julia Piaton, Doria Tillier and Franck Dubosc. It is billed as a blend of Cinema Paradiso and Shakespeare In Love, and the prolific Mandarin & Compagnie is producing with Elephant Story.
Contact: Ginger & Fed
One Minute To Midnight
Dir. Nicolas Pariser
Melvil Poupaud stars as a man taking stock of his life as he heads to Italy to deal with the inheritance of his late biological father and an impending separation from his partner. The cast includes Chiara Mastroianni, Anaïs Demoustier, Golshifteh Farahani and Léonie Simaga. Pariser’s previous film was 2022 Directors’ Fortnight premiere The Green Perfume.
Contact: Pyramide Films
Out Of This World
Dir. Albert Serra
After his last film Afternoons Of Solitude won San Sebastian’s Golden Shell in 2024, Serra returns with his first English-language feature about a US diplomat on a mission in Russia at the start of the war with Ukraine. The Spain-France-Portugal-Germany co-production stars Riley Keough and F Murray Abraham, and draws on more than 800 hours of footage captured by the director during the shoot in Latvia.
Contact: Losange Films
Species
Dir. Marion Le Corroller
This debut body horror, about a mysterious new virus spreading among young patients at a hospital, stars Karin Viard alongside rising French actors Mara Taquin, Kim Higelin, Sami Outalbali, Stefan Crepon and Sonia Faidi. The special make-up effects are from Pierre-Olivier Persin, who won an Oscar in 2025 for his work on Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance. The film is produced by Carole Lambert’s Windy City Productions and co-produced by Alain Attal’s Tresor Films and Anga Productions.
Contact: WTFilms
The Spiral
Dir. Paolo Strippoli
This high-concept thriller from Italy’s Strippoli stars Jasmine Trinca and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and centres on a mother who shows up at her daughter’s apartment in Rome to confess that their entire family history is built on a lie, a Faustian bargain responsible for a chain of terrible events. The film is produced by Italy’s Propaganda, in co-production with France’s Kazak Productions and Belgium’s Tarantula. Strippoli’s The Holy Boy premiered out of competition at Venice in 2025.
Contact: Romain Rancurel, Le Pacte
Strawberries
Dir. Laïla Marrakchi
Marrakchi’s third feature centres on a group of Moroccan strawberry pickers in Spain who seek justice against harsh conditions and abuse. The film won the 2025 Marrakech Atlas Workshops’ work-in-progress post-production prize. Producers are Juliette Schrameck’s French outfit Lumen (Sentimental Value) and Morocco’s Mont Fleuri Production with Spain’s Fasten Films and Belgium’s Mirage Films.
Contact: Lucky Number
Violette
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Amelie director Jeunet is back with his adaptation of Valérie Perrin’s bestseller Fresh Water For Flowers. Leïla Bekhti stars as a caretaker at a cemetery in a small town whose routine is disrupted by the arrival of a local police chief as secrets resurface from her past. The cast also includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Melvil Poupaud and Anouk Grinberg, and the film is produced by Mediawan-owned Palomar and 24 25 Films alongside Studiocanal.
Contact: Chloé Marquet, Studiocanal
When The Night Falls
Dir. Daniel Auteuil
Auteuil’s film is based on the true story of a civil servant and humanitarian priest who teamed up to save children from deportation during the Nazi occupation. Auteuil co-wrote it with Camille Lugan and co-stars with Antoine Reinartz and Grégory Gadebois. The film is shot and set in Lyon, and Les Films Velvet, Palatio Films and La Smala Productions produce.
Contact: Ramy Nahas, SND
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