The My French Film Festival, running from January 16th to February 16th, is the world's first online French film festival. It showcases new talent from independent French cinema and the cultural diversity of France. The festival includes 9 feature films and 10 shorts from a variety of genres. Michel Gondry heads the judging panel and the public can also vote for their favorite films. The festival provides Irish cinephiles an opportunity to explore French cinema through the online platform Volta and celebrate French culture during the middle of winter. France has had a long history of pioneering cinema, from the Lumiere brothers' first films in the late 1800s to the innovations of the French New Wave movement in the 1950s. Independent French