Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

We sincerely thank the High Commission of Canada in New Zealand for their generous support!

The Festival will open with French Canadian film BERGERS (SHEPHERDS) on Friday 20 March at 6 pm at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North.

Mathyas, an aspiring writer, trades his life in Montreal as a young advertising executive for that of a shepherd in the South of France. But the road to his desired pastoral tranquillity is filled with hard work. A visit from Elise, a civil servant who boldly quit her job, gives Mathyas' quest a new direction. Together, they embark on a transhumance. Facing the challenges of the mountains, with a herd to take care of, they will forge a new life for themselves.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c41ODZ6Fbg

Welcome drinks reception from 6 pm. The movie starts at 7 pm. Screening in French with English subtitles.

Tickets for the opening night can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.
Tickets include a complimentary glass of wine, canapés and petit fours, and live music entertainment.

General admission $35, AF members $25.

This film is rated M due to offensive language, nudity, sexual content & content that may disturb.

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

The drama UN AMOUR IMPOSSIBLE (AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Saturday 21 March at 1.30 pm
Tuesday 24 March at 7 pm
Friday 27 March at 1.30 pm

At the end of the 1950s, Rachel, a young office clerk living in a provincial town, meets Philippe, a well-educated man from a wealthy family. They share an intense but short-lived romance from which a daughter is born. Over the next 50 years, their lives will be shaped by the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, overshadowed by the impossible love of a woman for a man who rejects her, and of a daughter for an absent and abusive father.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaqI5MwSPeo

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.

General admission $15, AF members $10.

Screening in French with English subtitles.

This film is rated R16 due to sex scenes & sexual abuse theme.

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

The comedy and adventure film ASTERIX AND OBELIX AU SERVICE DE SA MAJESTE (ASTERIX AND OBELIX IN BRITAIN) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Saturday 21 March at 4 pm
Sunday 29 March at 4 pm

Asterix and Obelix travel to Britain to help Anticlimax, Asterix's Breton cousin, defeat Julius Caesar and the invading Romans.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLr8aU-sTb8

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.

General admission $15, AF members $10.

Screening in French with English subtitles.

This film is rated PG.

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

The comedy UN P'TIT TRUC EN PLUS (A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North:
Saturday 21 March at 6 pm
Sunday 22 March at 4 pm
Monday 23 March at 4 pm and 8 pm
Wednesday 25 March at 4 pm
Thursday 26 March at 6 pm
Saturday 28 March at 4 pm and 8 pm
Sunday 29 March at 2 pm

To escape from the police, a son and his father on the run are forced to find refuge in a summer camp for young adults with disabilities, posing as a resident and his specialized educator. The beginning of trouble and a wonderful human experience that will change them forever. The number one hit comedy at the French box office in 2024.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xXtpZvtXyo

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.

General admission $15, AF members $10.

Screening in French with English subtitles.

This film is rated M due to offensive language & nudity

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

The film JEUNES MERES (YOUNG MOTHERS) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Saturday 21 March at 8 pm
Tuesday 24 March at 2 pm
Friday 27 March at 4 pm
Saturday 28 March at 6 pm

Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers. Five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCRlbrtCWzA

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.

General admission $15, AF members $10.

Screening in French with English subtitles.

This film is rated M due to Domestic abuse themes & drug references.

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

The French historical action film LE COMTE DE MONTE CRISTO (THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Sunday 22 March at 1 pm
Tuesday 24 March at 4 pm
Wednesday 25 March at 6 pm

After escaping from an island prison where he spent 14 years for being wrongly accused of state treason, Edmond Dantès returns as the count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on the men who betrayed him. An adaptation of the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46b_Wfkt2k 

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.

General admission $15, AF members $10.

Screening in French with English subtitles.

This film is rated M due to violence.

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

The period drama ILLUSIONS PERDUES (LOST ILLUSIONS) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Sunday 22 March at 6 pm
Monday 23 March at 1.30 pm
Wednesday 25 March at 1.30 pm
Thursday 26 March at 8 pm

Lucien is a young unknown poet in 19th-century France. He has great expectations and wants to forge a destiny. He leaves the family printing business in his native province to try his luck in Paris, on the arm of his protector. Soon left to his own devices in the fabulous city, the young man will discover the backstage of a world dedicated to the law of profit and pretense. A human comedy where everything is bought and sold, literature as well as the press, politics as well as feelings, reputations as well as souls. He will love, he will suffer, and survive his illusions. An adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's famous novel "Les illusions perdues".
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc68AURE-O0

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.

General admission $15, AF members $10.

Screening in French with English subtitles.

This film is rated M due to nudity and sex scenes.

Alliance Française Palmerston North is proud to present the 2026 Edition of the Francophone Film Festival in celebration of French Language and Francophonie Month in New Zealand.

The film CHIEN DE LA CASSE (JUNKYARD DOG) will be screened at The Globe Theatre, 312 Main St, Palmerston North on:
Monday 23 March at 6 pm
Thursday 26 March at 2 pm
Friday 27 March at 8 pm

Childhood pals Dog and Mirales live in a little village in the south of France and spend their days just hanging out. To kill time, Mirales has got into the habit of teasing Dog mercilessly. But this summer is different: Dog meets Elsa and romance blossoms. While jealousy eats away at Mirales, the distance that opens up between the two friends will allow each to grow and define himself.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCv83D3CQOY

Tickets can be purchased from the Globe Theatre box office or online at What’s On - Globe Theatre.

General admission $15, AF members $10.

Screening in French with English subtitles.

This film is rated R13 due to violence, offensive language, drug use and sex scenes.