From Parisian streets to provincial towns, these films from the 54th Hong Kong French Film Festival offer a vivid journey across France’s many moods and landscapes
Each November, Hong Kong gains a touch of Parisian light. From November 19 to December 11, 2025, the 54th Hong Kong French Film Festival invites audiences to travel through France without ever leaving their seats—a passage through its cities, countryside and the stories that shaped them.
This year’s edition carries special weight, as it has been 130 years since the Louis and August Lumière screened a film for the first time ever. For the film festival, there are more than 50 films and 120 screenings that trace the contours of a nation that has long turned cinema into a mirror of its soul. The journey covers Paris, where every street seems charged with longing and rebellion, elegance and ache. From the ateliers of haute couture to the smoky cafés and cramped apartments that birthed revolutions, these films reveal the many lives of the capital.
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Then, like a train pulling out of Gare de Lyon, the programme also drifts beyond the city—into misty villages, sun-baked fields and the quiet interiors of provincial France, where history lingers and stories unfold in silence and grace. Here are some of the films that promise to take you there—each one a different stop on this cinematic journey through France.