Spend a spring weekend in the glorious Malvern Hills and enjoy six films by the best French women directors…
From the first lady of the Nouvelle Vague, Agnès Varda, to today’s Palme d’Or and Oscar winners.
France has a dynamic and exciting tradition of female directors working across the art-house and the popular. Their films offer a great range of period, theme and genre, reflected in our choices for our weekend Film Festival. Indeed, there are more female directors working in France than in any other country’s film industry in the world. As a rough rule of thumb one third of French films are directed by a woman, compared to around only 10-15 percent of Hollywood films. In 2008 all five films nominated for the Best First Film César were directed or co-directed by a woman. We hope you will enjoy our selection of great films that just happen to be directed, and in many cases also written, by women.
Saturday 1th April 2026 |
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| 10.30am | Introduction by Professor Fiona Handyside | ||
| 11.30am | Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)
Cleo from 5 to 7 |
Agnès Varda | 1hr 45mins |
| 3pm | Parlez Moi de la Pluie (2008)
Let’s Talk About The Rain |
Agnès Jaoui | 1h 50mins |
| 7pm | Gazon Maudit (1995)
French Twist |
Josiane Balasko | 1h 44mins |
| Sunday 12th April 2026 | |||
| Time | Title | Directed By | Run time |
| 11am | Antoinette dans le Cévennes (2022)
My Donkey, My Lover & I |
Carole Vignal | 1h 36mins |
| 3pm | Diabolo Menthe (1977)
Peppermint Soda |
Diane Kurys | 1h 37mins |
| 7pm | L’Avenir (2014)
Things To Come |
Mia Hansen-Løve | 1h 53mins |
A downloadable .pdf version of the Malvern French Film Festival is available here.
Films are shown in Studio One at The Malvern Theatres and all films have English subtitles.