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Zar Amir, Viggo Mortensen, Noémie Merlant to Serve on 2025 MyFrenchFilmFestival Jury: Full Fest Lineup Unveiled


Twenty films will participate in this year's MyFrenchFilmFestival, the largest online French-language film festival in the world.

MFFF’s 2025 competition jury is comprised of French-Iranian actor-producer-director Zar Amir; Danish-American actor-director Viggo Mortensen; French actress-director Noémie Merlant; Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh; and Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev. The films in this year’s lineup have earned recognition at prestigious international festivals and tackle a broad spectrum of issues, such as shifting family dynamics, the fight against sexist and sexual violence, social inequality, and the quest for personal identity. Whether addressing complex social issues or simply offering a cinematic escape into a world of magic and wonder, the festival serves as a reminder of cinema’s power to shape perspective.

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