In honor of its 25th anniversary, New Orleans French Film Festival will returns to the historic Prytania Theatre between March 11-17. Part of the festival lineup will also be available to stream online.

The 2022 festival will pay homage to the legendary Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941-1996) and his Francophone magnum opus: Trois Couleurs (Three Colors Trilogy). The trilogy consists of Three Colours: Blue (1993), Three Colours: White (1994), and Three Colours: Red (1994), notionally color-schemed in the manner of the French flag, and—again, notionally—structured around the classic themes of the French Republic: liberté, égalité, and fraternité.

This series of three conceptually interlocking films—Kieslowski’s last work, before he died following heart surgery in 1996—was by far Kieslowski’s biggest international hit, featuring the luminous stars of each: Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, and Irène Jacob, a gorgeous young aristocracy of French cinema.

The festival will host nearly twenty more contemporary French-language films.  the complete lineup and schedule announcement on January 26. For more information about the French Film Festival, presented by the New Orleans Film Festival, visit here.

The New Orleans Film Society discovers, cultivates, and amplifies diverse voices of filmmakers who tell the stories of our time. Founded in 1989, NOFS produces the Oscar®-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival annually and invests year-round in building a vibrant film culture in the South to share transformative cinematic experiences with audiences, and connect dynamic filmmakers to career-advancing resources. Year-round programming includes free and low-cost screenings for members and the broader community of cinephiles in New Orleans, a 20-year running French Film Festival featuring contemporary and classic French cinema, and filmmaker professional development programs created to nurture diverse voices in filmmaking in the American South.