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ADVANCE TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

Be among the first to see the best in contemporary French filmmaking at the 36th annual Alliance Française French Film Festival, touring Australian capital cities 4 Mar-23 Apr. Palace Films is proud to be premiering 11 new titles among the selection. 

SEE IT FIRST THIS VALENTINE'S DAY

Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil star in Gilles Lellouche’s vibrant, genre-spanning romantic epic
"Terrific and refreshingly unpredictable. Lellouche has created something special here." - Damon Wise, DEADLINE

HURRY, LAST DAYS!

The stunning, decades-spanning new romantic drama from Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty).
"Ravishing. What a world Paolo Sorrentino creates." - Steve Pond, THE WRAP

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NOW ON SALE - 2025 AF FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL

Australia’s largest national film festival - and the biggest celebration of French cinema outside of France - the Alliance Française French Film Festival returns for its 36th edition in March 2025! Among the line-up is Opening Night Gala MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR staring Tahar Rahim as the iconic singer-songwriter, Centrepiece selection THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO which stormed the French box office with nearly 10 million tickets sold, the Australian Premieres of Gilles Lellouche's hit romantic epic BEATING HEARTS and Emmanuel Courcol's feel-great audience favourite MY BROTHER'S BAND, and many more!

THIS VALENTINE'S DAY

Be the first to get a taste of the 2025 Alliance Française French Film Festival with an exclusive Valentine’s Day Preview of Gilles Lellouche's incredible, thrillingly romantic box office sensation BEATING HEARTS screening ahead of the Festival's official opening this March! The events are being held 6.15 for 6.30pm Fri 14 Feb (Syd, Melb, Canb, Bris, Byr, Per and Adl). Guests will receive a French 75 cocktail on arrival, an express copy of the official Festival programme booklet and see previews of major Festival highlights before the feature. Advance tickets now on sale!

CENTREPIECE - 2025 AF FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL

Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s thrilling new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ epic adventure, the first French cinematic treatment of the iconic tale of romance and redemption in over fifty years. A true cultural phenomenon in France (where it stormed the box office with close to 10 million tickets sold), THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO delivers luxurious, spectacular big-screen entertainment, at once timeless and electrifyingly new. Widely expected to sweep the 2025 Cesar Awards where it has received 14 nominations including Best Film, Director & Actor.

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