MyFrenchFilmFestival.com - from January 17 to February 17, 2013.
Online film festival, 20 films in competition, 12 languages, worldwide.

MyFrenchFilmFestival.com is an innovative concept the goal of which is to let you discover French cinema and share your love of French films with Internet users all over the world. For its third edition, the festival returns with new foreign languages, new partner platforms and an avant-première for its launch in London.
 

When?

From 17 January to 17 February 2013, film buffs all over the world will be able to access all the films proposed by the 3rd edition of the on-line French cinema festival.

As an avant-première this year, you can watch the shorts free-of-charge on 21 December within the framework of The Shortest Day, the short-film celebration organised by the CNC, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture (selected within the framework of the 2012 call for innovative cultural digital-service projects).

The principle

Ten features and ten shorts are in competition. You are invited to score all the films and leave your comments on the website. The films receiving the top scores will be awarded and shown aboard all Air France flights. Don't hesitate to make your voice heard!

The selection also includes, out of competition, a heritage film and a Canadian French-speaking short and feature.

How?

The festival is available in 12 languages. The website and films (via pay video-on-demand) are accessible in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. The Chinese version can be accessed on our partner platforms Youku and Tudou.

As soon as the new edition of the Festival opens on the website of MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, you can watch free-of-charge exclusive interviews with the directors and actors.

The prize-winners

Seven prizes will be awarded at the end of the festival (four for the features, three for the shorts): the Jury Prize, Audience Award, Numericable Social Networks Prize, and International Press Prize. The winning films will be shown aboard all fights of Air France.

The rates

Worldwide:
- Rental of a feature film: 1.99€
- Rental of a short: 0.99€
- Feature Pack: 11.99€ for one access to the features
- Shorts Pack: 5.99€ for one access to the shorts
- Full Access Pack: 15.99€ (access to the entire available programming of the festival)

In France:
- Rental of a feature film: 3.99€
- Rental of a short: 0.99€
- Feature Pack: 15.99€ for one access to the features
- Shorts Pack: 5.99€ for one access to the shorts
- Full Access Pack: 19.99€ (access to the entire available programming of the festival)

For this third edition, all of the festival's films will be available free-of-charge in China, Poland, Russia and Turkey, and as well as in Latin America, thanks to the contribution of private partners allowing payment of rights-holders.

Play and Win

• A trip for two to Paris during 2013 for foreign residents, no matter their country of origin, or a trip to London for French residents during the French cinema festival by playing our application on the Facebook page of MyFrenchFilmFestival.com (in partnership with Air France).
  
• A trip for two to New York in March 2013 by betting on the film elected by Internet Users on the Facebook page of Air France.
  
• As well as many free viewings and other surprises by playing on these two Facebook pages.

Where to see the festival ?

On MyFrenchFilmFestival, of course, as well as on the websites of our partners:

ITUNES : Australia, Austria, Brunei, Cambodia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pan Europe (eastern Europe, with the exception of Poland and Russia) Spain, Philippines, Portugal, Scandinavia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam
Web – pay-VOD

Well known to Internet users across the world, iTunes proposes one of the largest on-line catalogues of music, films and series. For the 2013 edition, MyFrenchFilmFestival.com has teamed up with iTunes to make available to its users the festival's selection of features, in 7 languages.

DAILYMOTION : Worldwide
Web – pay-VOD

Dailymotion is one of the leading video-sharing websites with 110 million unique visitors (among which 12.1 million in France) on its network, with 1.8 billion videos seen every month. It's the 29th most visited website in the world.

CURZON ON DEMAND : United Kingdom
Web and IPTV – pay-VOD

Across the Channel, MyFrenchFilmFestival will be available on the VOD platform, Curzon on Demand, via Curzon's website and the Curzon on Demand application available on Samsung Smart TVs. The Curzon cinemas can be found in seven cities across the United Kingdom and specialise in the very best of independent and world cinema.

DIGITURK : Turkey
Web – free-of-charge then Pay-TV

The leading Turkish multichannel television, Digiturk, joins the partners of MyFrenchFilmFestival for this third edition by financing its free-of-charge broadcast in Turkey. Digiturk, which groups together all of the Turkish television and radio channels, as well as several foreign channels, such as Eurosport and BBC Prime, thus promises a brilliant opportunity for the festival to reach this territory, so fond of French cinema.

EUROCINEMA : United States
Cable / satellite – pay-VOD

An on-demand television channel in the United States, Eurocinema proposes European and foreign films, notably through the Comcast network. All films are in their original version, subtitled in English. Eurocinema is present in 30 million homes in the United States and Canada.

FILMIN : Spain
Web – pay-VOD

With the support of the largest independent cinema companies in Spain, Filmin is a VOD platform which proposes international, independent and classic films. The platform has hosted the festival ever since its first edition.

FLIMMIT : Austria
Web – pay-VOD

MyFrenchFilmFestival will be also available on Filmmit, the leading VOD platform in Austria, which offers, in addition to its VOD services, an important database of more than 50,000 films, as well as DVDs, Blu-Rays, soundtracks and books.

GOODMOVIES : Germany
Web – pay-VOD

In Germany, the festival will be relayed by GoodMovies, an independent platform which proposes, with the support of the MEDIA European programme, an electric catalogue, comprising both documentaries and films for children, as well as international auteur cinema.

ILLICO : Quebec
Web and IPTV - pay-VOD

In Québec, Videotron will give access to the Festival’s selection through its illico on Demand platform. With a single click, Videotron customers can access more than 30,000 video on demand titles per year and the largest selection of French-language movies and television programs in Canada. Videotron’s constantly renewed selection of content and products delivers the best entertainment experience on the market.

LE KINO : Switzerland
Web – pay-VOD

A Swiss VOD platform, LeKino joins iTunes for the distribution of the festival in Switzerland this year. This platform proposes in English, French and German a varied selection of independent Swiss and international films.

NOW.RU : Russia
Web – pay-VOD

Thanks to Now.ru, MyFrenchFilmFestival will be also free-of-charge in Russia. Leading video-on-demand portal there, Now.ru proposes films, shows, series and cartoons, accessible via computer or mobile telephone.

NUMERICABLE : France
IPTV – pay-VOD

Numericable, the leading cable television operator in France, joins MyFrenchFilmFestival for this third edition by broadcasting the selection via IPTV and sponsoring the Social Networks Award.

ORANGE : Poland
IPTV – free-of-charge

For the first time, the films of the festival will be subtitled in Polish. They can also be watched free-of-charge on Orange Polska, thanks to the company's support. The channel offers a wide range of on-demand programmes.

UNIVERSCINE : France
Web – pay-VOD

UniversCiné is an initiative of French independent producers and distributors, created in 2001, in order to offer a website devoted to independent cinema via video-on-demand. One can discover or rediscover on it several hundred emblematic films of contemporary independent cinema.

UNIVERSCINE : Belgium
Web – pay-VOD

The Belgian antenna of UniversCiné, UniversCiné Belgium, will also be one of our partners for this third edition. Belgian audiences will thus be able to find MyFrenchFilmFestival in the independent platform's catalogue.

VOLTA : Ireland
Web – pay-VOD

Volta is an initiative of Element Pictures, the leading production and distribution company in Ireland. The VOD platform was recently named "Best eCommerce/Services Website" at the 2012 Irish Realex Payments Web Awards.

VUDU : United States
Web and IPTV – pay-VOD

Vudu is one of the leading video-streaming services in the United States, and offers a wide range of films of television programmes (more than 15,000 titles in all).

YOUKU TUDOU : China
Web – free-of-charge

Youku is the Chinese leader of video over the Internet, with 30 million visitors per day. The platform features VOD access to films of all nationalities. During the last edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, 1.1 million films were seen in China, and once again this year the leading Chinese platform accompanies us to offer the festival free-of-charge to Chinese Internet users.

CANAL+YOMVI : Spain
Web and IPTV – pay-VOD

Canal+Yomvi is the on-demand service of the group in Spain, and will broadcast the festival to the public there. The service offers films, TV series and sports via PC, iPad, Xbox, connected television and IPBox.

Who are we?

60 years of experience in the service of French cinema abroad:
Since 1949, Unifrance federates more than 800 French cinema professionals to promote their films to foreign audiences and media.

Unifrance's action is fivefold:

• Organisation of French film festivals in strategic countries (Brazil, China, India, Japan, United States, Russia…)
• Active support of French cinema at international festivals
• Presence at the major film markets
• Organisation of French director masterclasses at foreign film schools and universities
• Support of commercial releases and promotion of the films

Unifrance participates in the expansion of French culture and contributes to its commercial development.

Unifrance in just a few figures:

• 800 members (producers, exporters, artists...)
• 20 French film festivals, either organised or supported
• 100 international feature film festivals, supported
• 140 feature films, aided
• 400 trips for actors and directors
• 880 theatrical releases organised abroad
• 2500 organised interviews
• more than 200,000 visits/month to the website www.unifrance.org

With a 75% cinema rating on the Internet, 8.2 million unique visitors per month, 229 million pages viewed per month, and 1.6 million downloaded iPhone applications. AlloCiné is THE must reference for all lovers of the 7th art and motion-picture professionals. In total, more than 28 million Internet users visit each month one of the group's websites.
Its strong presence worldwide and unique know-how in broadcasting videos over the Web has thus motivated it to accompany Unifrance in the organisation of a French film festival of international scope, based on a now vital means of consumption: VOD.

Enjoy the festival!

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