SPOT OF DISCREET FLAG WAVING for @FrFilmFestUK whose organisers claim a spiritual and operational home at @ifecosse . The Festival is produced in Scotland every November and December and shared around the nations. No prizes for guessing the face of this year's Festival running from 6 November to 14 December: Charlotte Gainsbourg who stars as a campaigning lawyer in Women on Trial. The programme publication was launched earlier in the week at an event in the @ifecosse LaBarantine provided the croissants, comme d'hab! @ifecosse @ifru_london @francediplo_EN @Filmhouse @afglasgow @MinistereCC @France24_fr

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With the @Festival_Cannes in full swing, you can catch last year’s Palme d’Or winner A Simple Accident at @ifecosse on Friday when I’ll be introducing it and the work of Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi. The director is the epitome of resistance having survived a year-long prison sentence, and a two-year travel ban among other restrictions. A Simple Accident which was made in secret on his release from incarceration, was chosen to represent France at the Oscars. It was also short listed for the Lux Audience Award which was won by the Spanish film Deaf. Other contenders comprised Love Me Tender by French director Anna Cazenave Cambet; Christy by Irish director Brendan Canty and Sentimental Value by Norway’s Joachim Trier (and showing at IFE in September). The winner was chosen by filmgoers across Europe, as well as the Members of the European Parliament. Its choice for the Oscars is said to reflect France's values and the country as a welcoming place for filmmakers from all over the world, allowing their unique and universal voices to be heard in favour of tolerance, peace, and freedom. The screening on Friday at 18.00 is free of charge but advance booking advised. @ifru_london @EUdelegationUK @cgfEdimbourg @FrFilmFestUK @EyeForFilm