23rd edition November 20th to 28th, 2026
23rd edition
20 to 28 November, 2026
Virginie Efira had her first leading role in David Moreau’s It Boy (2013) and found acclaim with her performance in Justine Triet’s In Bed with Victoria (2016), for which she won the Magritte Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress. She was then seen in Catherine Corsini’s An Impossible Love and Gilles Lellouche’s Sink or Swim (both 2018). After appearing in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle (2016), she collaborated with the director again in his Benedetta (2021). The year 2022 saw her star in two successful films: Alice Winocour’s Paris Memories, for which she won both the César and Magritte Awards for Best Actress, and Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children, for which she won the Lumières Award for Best Actress. Efira is slated to reunite with Zlotowski for Vie privée (upcoming), in which she will star opposite Jodie Foster.
VIE PRIVÉE (Rebecca Zlotowski, upcoming)
EVERYTHING IS FINE / TOUT VA BIEN (2023, TV)
JUST THE TWO OF US / L’AMOUR ET LES FORÊTS (Valérie Donzelli, 2023)
ALL TO PLAY FOR / RIEN À PERDRE (Delphine Deloget, 2023)
OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN / LES ENFANTS DES AUTRES (Rebecca Zlotowski, 2022) – Best Actress – LUMIÈRES DE LA PRESSE INTERNATIONALE
PARIS MEMORIES / REVOIR PARIS (Alice Winocour, 2022) – Best Actress – ACADÉMIE DES CÉSAR, MAGRITTE DU CINÉMA
DON JUAN (Serge Bozon, 2022)
WAITING FOR BOJANGLES / EN ATTENDANT BOJANGLES (Régis Roinsard, 2021)
MADELEINE COLLINS (Antoine Barraud, 2021)
BENEDETTA (Paul Verhoeven, 2021)
BYE BYE MORONS / ADIEU LES CONS (Albert Dupontel, 2020)
SIBYL (Justine Triet, 2019)
AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE / UN AMOUR IMPOSSIBLE (Catherine Corsini, 2018)
SINK OR SWIM / LE GRAND BAIN (Gilles Lellouche, 2018)
IN BED WITH VICTORIA / VICTORIA (Justine Triet, 2016) – Best Actress– MAGRITTE DU CINÉMA
ELLE (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
UP FOR LOVE / UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR (Laurent Tirard, 2016)
THE SENSE OF WONDER / LE GOÛT DES MERVEILLES (Eric Besnard, 2015)
CAPRICE (Emmanuel Mouret, 2015)
IT BOY / 20 ANS D’ÉCART (David Moreau, 2013)
Virginie Efira had her first leading role in David Moreau’s It Boy (2013) and found acclaim with her performance in Justine Triet’s In Bed with Victoria (2016), for which she won the Magritte Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress. She was then seen in Catherine Corsini’s An Impossible Love and Gilles Lellouche’s Sink or Swim (both 2018). After appearing in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle (2016), she collaborated with the director again in his Benedetta (2021). The year 2022 saw her star in two successful films: Alice Winocour’s Paris Memories, for which she won both the César and Magritte Awards for Best Actress, and Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children, for which she won the Lumières Award for Best Actress. Efira is slated to reunite with Zlotowski for Vie privée (upcoming), in which she will star opposite Jodie Foster.