French Film Festival UK
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| Location | London, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Kirkcaldy, Newcastle, York, Cambridge |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Hosted by | Richard Mowe, Ilona Morison |
| Festival date | 4 November – 3 December 2015 |
| Language | Original versions with English subtitles |
| Website | frenchfilmfestival.uk |
The French Film Festival UK (also named FFF UK) is an association founded in 1992. The association was first based in Edinburgh and Glasgow, before spreading to other parts of the United Kingdom. The Festival takes place generally between November and the beginning of December, with a programme of French or French-language movies (films, shorts, documentary, animations, etc.).
The festival began during Britain's presidency of the EC and was one of the artistic events initiated when Edinburgh hosted the Euro-summit in 1992. It was created on the initiative of two film journalists Richard Mowe and Allan Hunter who ran the festival in tandem for a number of years. Hunter now has relinquished the reins to concentrate on other activities, including the Glasgow Film Festival and the Italian Film Festival UK, both of which he is a co-director. Mowe is now director of the French Film Festival UK, co-director of the Italian Film Festival UK and director of the distribution company CinéFile as well as continuing his journalistic activities. Ilona Morison now has joined the FFF UK team as deputy director.
It was the year of Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Indochine, Madame Bovary and then newcomer Arnaud Desplechin's La Vie des morts. The Air France photographic archive was on show.
Jean Reno's mega-hit time-travelling comedy Les Visiteurs hit these shores to great success although the Festival would have to wait a few years for Reno himself to appear. Instead actor Christine Bujeau appeared in his place. Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau came and conquered with Cyrano de Bergerac and other films in his canon; there was Bertrand Blier's Un, deux, trois soleil; Coline Serreau's La Crise (including a special screening and dinner in the Royal Museum of Scotland for sponsors Paribas) and a special focus on Claude Chabrol. The festival introduced Cédric Klapisch to the British public with Riens du tout. A link was forged with the Brest European Short Film Festival ensuring a selection of new French short films. Jeanne Moreau and Claude Sautet sent messages of support.
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