This year's festival will present seven films from nine countries including Vietnam, Switzerland, France, Canada, Tunisia and Belgium-Wallonie-Bruxelles.
The films are 'Last dance', 'Sous les figues' (Under the Fig Trees), 'Les intranquilles' (The Restless), “Thach Thao” (Forget Me Not), 'Les 2 Alfred' (French Tech), '14 jours 12 nuits' (14 days 12 nights)and 'Babysitter'.
All films will be shown in French with Vietnamese subtitles and opened free to the public.
In Hanoi, the festival will take place at the Vietnam Film Institute, 523 Kim Ma, from March 18-24, while film lovers in Ho Chi Minh City can enjoy the films at DCine Ben Thanh, No. 6 Mac Dinh Chi, District 1, from March 18-21.
As part of cultural activities on the occasion of International Francophone Day, the festival is co-organised by the Wallonie-Bruxelles delegation in Vietnam, the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the Francophone International Organisation and some French-speaking countries.