FILMS about migration, identity, family and growing up will feature at the 32nd Malaga French Film Festival, alongside documentaries, animation, a photography exhibition and live music.
The festival runs from October 16 to 23.
This year’s theme is Revolution du regard (The Revolution of the Gaze), exploring personal and social experiences from different points of view.
The official programme includes 13 films, with 10 competing for awards.
Seven are the directors’ first feature films, giving new voices in cinema a place in the programme.
The films come from France, Quebec, Cameroon, Belgium, Switzerland and Central Africa.
They explore family relationships, inequality, war and the move from adolescence to adulthood.
One of the films in the programme is Mémoire de fille, directed by Judith Godreche.
It is based on the book of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux.
The film follows a young woman in the summer of 1958 as she begins to understand her body and identity.
The animation film Le Corset, directed by Louis Clichy, tells the story of 11-year-old Christophe.
Because of a physical condition, he has to wear a metal corset and can no longer work on his family’s farm as he did before.
The change introduces him to swimming and music, and helps him make new friends.
The film attracted attention at the 2026 Cannes and Annecy animation festivals.
It is the first animated film to compete in the Malaga festival’s official section.
The festival will also screen Persepolis, the animated film by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud.
It tells the story of an Iranian girl growing up during and after the Iranian Revolution, and explores migration and exile.
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This year’s poster also reflects the festival’s theme.
Santa Rita studio has created a modern version of Eugène Delacroix’s famous painting Liberty Leading the People.
It shows a young woman carrying a large flag, with an eye made from two hands.
The image represents empathy and the need to see the world from other people’s perspectives.
The programme also includes The Voice of Gaza, a photography exhibition featuring more than 50 images by Palestinian photographer Fatima Hassouna.
Other special events include live music alongside a screening of Rene Clair’s 1924 silent film Paris qui dort.
Most screenings will take place at the Albeniz Cinema and cultural centres in Malaga.
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