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French Film Festival 2026 brings ten films to KL, Penang, Johor Bahru and Kuching from 19 November

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The French Film Festival returns for its 24th edition on Thursday 19 November with ten films in four cities: Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru and Kuching. It runs until Sunday 6 December, Malay Mail reported on 3 November, with GSC International Screens as its official cinema partner.

Ten films, new and old

The programme ranges from this year's French productions to classics. Malay Mail lists Les Misérables (2026), The Phantom of the Opera (2026), the two-part De Gaulle: Resistance and De Gaulle: Liberty (both 2026), The Electric Kiss (2026), Just an Illusion (2026), The Chorus (2004), Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At! (1966), Marsupilami (2026) and Arco (2025).

The paper describes the selection as ranging from major contemporary productions and historical dramas to animation, romance, comedy and celebrated classics. For a reader choosing, the two De Gaulle films are a pair, meant to be seen in order, and two of the ten are from 2004 and 1966, a chance to see older French films on a cinema screen.

Who is behind it, and a director in town

The festival is organised by the Alliances Françaises in Malaysia with the support of the French Embassy. Malay Mail reports that Alexandre Castagnetti, director of the new Phantom of the Opera, will attend the opening on Wednesday 18 November and meet Malaysian filmmakers and film students, and that an exhibition on André Malraux, the former French culture minister who championed French cinema, opens at the Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur in mid-November. The organisers also want to explore collaboration between French and Malaysian film in production, talent development and animation.

Thomas Feldstein, executive director of the Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur, told Bernama, in remarks Malay Mail carried, that cinema can "open the eyes and minds of people" whatever their background, and that the festival is meant to offer Malaysian audiences a window on French cinema. Michel Gonçalves, director of the Alliance Française de Penang, said: "French cinema has a strong ability to connect people." The human stories behind the films, he added, are what his team focuses on.

Before you book

Malay Mail's report does not give the cinemas in each city, the ticket prices or the session times, and none of the ten films is in the chains' listings yet. This site's coming soon list and the showtimes page will carry each film as soon as GSC publishes its sessions, with the cinema and city on each.

Sources

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