The 19th edition of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films' celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, hits screens at The Film Society, the IFC Center, and BAMcinematek in New York City March 6 - 16. This year marks the third collaboration with Emerging Pictures. A selection of six films films will screen in venues across the country contemporaneously with their showings at Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City via Emerging’s network of digital theaters. Q&A’s from the Film Society venues will be broadcast live to many of those locations.

More information on the festival and a full schedule of screenings is here. The following films will also have a theatrical release in 2014.

Key to venues
• Walter Reade Theater (WRT)
165 W 65th Street, north side between Broadway & Amsterdam, New York
Open Seating
• IFC Center (IFC)
323 Sixth Ave. W 65th Street, between W3rd Street and W 4th Street, New York
Open Seating
• Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
144 W 65th Street, south side between Broadway & Amsterdam, New York
Open Seating
  • Francesca Beale Theater (FBT)
• BAMcinematek (BAM)
30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Brooklyn
Open Seating
• French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF)
22 E 60th Street, between Park Av.e and Madison Ave., New York
Open Seating

Movies listed by first screening date and time.

On My Way
On My Way - A delightful dramedy and road movie with Catherine Deneuve at her best.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Premiere - Mar. 6, 7:30 pm ET (Paris Theater, Invitation Only); Mar. 7, 6:45 pm ET (BAM); Mar. 8, 7:00 pm ET (IFC).


Love Is the Perfect Crime
Love Is the Perfect Crime - A mesmerizing psychological thriller set in the majestic Swiss Alps.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Premiere - Mar. 7, 1:00 pm ET (WTR, Invitation Only); Mar. 9, 9:30 pm ET (IFC); Mar. 10, 9:15 pm ET (WTR).


If You Don't, I Will
If You Don't, I Will -A creative examination of the important role of solitude in a troubled marriage. (March 7, 12, and 15)
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 7, 3:45 pm ET (WTR); Mar. 12, 10:00 pm ET (IFC); Mar. 15, 5:00 pm ET (WTR).


His Wife
His Wife - A complex spiritual and psychological drama set in France and India where two married couples struggle with mysteries they cannot comprehend or control.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 7, 10:15 pm ET (IFC); Mar. 12, 1:00 pm ET (FBT); Mar. 12, 6:30 pm ET (WTR).


School of Babel
School of Babel - An enlightening documentary about classes in France offered to immigrant children before they enter regular schools.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 8, 12:45 pm ET (IFC); Mar. 16, 1:30 pm ET (WTR).


Love Battles
Love Battles - An out-of-the-box French film about a couple who have never heard of kiss and make up and try other more violent strategies to reach across the abyss that separates them.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 9, 7:30 pm ET (BAM); Mar. 10, 6:30 pm ET (WTR); Mar. 11, 8:00 pm ET (IFC).


The Gilded Cage
The Gilded Cage - A Portuguese working-class couple who give all they've got to their employers must rearrange their priorities when they come into a large inheritance.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 9, 9:30 pm ET (WTR); Mar. 11, 6:00 pm ET (IFC); Mar. 15, 7:15 pm ET (WTR).


Les Apaches
Les Apaches - A sad drama set in Corsica about class warfare, youth, and greed.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 11, 6:30 pm ET (WTR); Mar. 12, 8:00 pm ET (IFC).



Under the Rainbow
Under the Rainbow - A delightful French dramedy about young love, middle-age, and the continuing quest for an intimate and lasting relationship.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 11, 10:15 pm ET (IFC); Mar. 12, 9:00 pm ET (WTR); Mar. 14, 3:45 pm ET (WTR).


Tonnerre
Tonnerre - A spunky and sad story of the toll of obsessive love on a musician.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 12, 4:00 pm ET (WTR); Mar. 13, 7:00 pm ET (IFC);Mar. 14, 6:30 pm ET (WTR).


The French Minister
The French Minister - A witty, face-paced and audacious comedy about French diplomacy, politics, and the peculiarities of power.
Read the Review.
Screenings: Mar. 16, 3:40 pm ET (WTR); Mar. 16, 9:00 pm ET (WTR).