Every year at the end of August, the town of Angoulême, in south-western France, becomes the capital of French-language cinema during the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.
Screenings, premieres, encounters: over the years, the event has established itself as one of the major highlights of the new film season. Maison Canard-Duchêne is proud to have accompanied this key event for the fourth consecutive year.
A look back at this rich week.
The Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
Founded in 2008 by Dominique Besnehard and Marie-France Brière, the FFA has been celebrating popular and subtle French-language cinema for 18 years.
Now unmissable, the festival honours the films of today and of yesterday, as well as the talents of tomorrow, before an enthusiastic and passionate audience.
Many great films have taken their first steps in Angoulême: Intouchables, La guerre est déclarée, Hippocrate, Boîte noire, Aline and Vingt Dieux, confirming the popularity of the Festival and of its local audience.
Highlights and Award Winners of the 2026 Edition
The 2026 edition, paying tribute to Cambodian cinema and to Nathalie Baye, took place from 24 to 29 August in several emblematic venues of the town, such as the Théâtre d'Angoulême, the Espace Carat, the Espace Franquin and the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée.
Franck Dubosc, President of the 2026 edition, was joined by a jury including Marie-Christine Barrault, Charlotte Lipinska, Jean-Paul Salomé and Julien de Saint Jean. This 19th edition was notably marked by:
- The premiere of Ni vue, ni connue by Marc Fitoussi, with Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Kiberlain.
- The Valois d'Or awarded to Voilà c'est fini by Gustave Kervern.
- La Frappe, by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, winning the Best Director award.
- The Valois for Best Actor awarded to Diego Murgia.
- Les Filles d'Abraham, honoured with the Audience Award and a special mention for its three lead actresses, Melissa Guers, Ava Baya and Gabrielle Cohen.
- And the screening of the eagerly awaited Dix pour cent, Émilie Noblet's film, as the closing film.
Champagne Canard-Duchêne, Official Supplier of the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
For four years, Maison Canard-Duchêne has accompanied this emblematic event as Official Champagne Supplier, thereby supporting the French-language seventh art, which brings generations together around beautiful emotions and celebrates the talents of today and tomorrow. Guests were thus able to taste the Léonie Iconic cuvée during the various highlights of this cinematic week.
To keep an unforgettable memory of this 2026 edition, the members of the jury signed a unique jeroboam of Léonie Iconic, to be discovered at the Domaine de Ludes.
Look back at the 2025 Edition of the FFA
Champagne and Cinema: A Story of Elegance
By renewing its presence at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, and also present alongside the Académie des César for three years, Maison Canard-Duchêne is part of a broader approach and reaffirms its wish to bring generations together around beautiful emotions and to support culture. A sincere commitment to promoting the French art of living.
Look back at the César Awards 2026
Unique Collaborations
This attachment to culture and creation finds a particular echo in the collaboration between Maison Canard-Duchêne and the artist duo Pangea, formed by Laëtitia Rouget and Colombine Jubert. Together, they imagined Equilibrium, a patched and embroidered textile arch, visible in the cellars of the Domaine de Ludes, which celebrates the unbreakable bond between Man and Nature, a sensitive echo of the history of the Maison.
A work to discover, accompanied by two limited editions imagined to extend this union between artistic poetry and the Champagne art of living.
