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Red carpet, photocalls, interviews, theatrical presentations, film trade fairs, conferences and unforgettable moments: relive the 5 days of the festival with intensity!

To mark the festival, our partner Paris Match shared a video of the festival on Instagram and TikTok. Today, it boasts over 70 million views, an absolute record and exceptional visibility for Liège, the Walloon Region and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

Discover the winners of the 2025 edition, rich in emotions, encounters, surprises and unforgettable moments between the public, professionals, the press and all comedy fans.

The festival was born in 2016 thanks to the members of the Cinélabel association. The aim was to celebrate cinema in the heart of Liège (a city of 200,000 inhabitants), known for its exceptional cultural heritage, effervescence, gastronomy and festive side.

Every year, festival personalities come to inaugurate their slabs in their honor. This event is open free of charge to all festival-goers, local residents, shopkeepers and visitors to Liège.

As part of the 10ᵉ edition of the Liège International Comedy Film Festival, Patrick Timsit and Théa De Boeck will be on hand to accompany the world premiere screening of their new film, À la poursuite du Père Noël.

Since its creation, FIFCL has established itself as a key event on the Belgian and European film scene, showcasing an often underestimated genre: comedy. For this anniversary edition, the FIFCL offers an ambitious program, rich in novelties, discoveries and highlights.

The 10th edition of the Liège International Comedy Film Festival will be held from Wednesday, November 5 to Sunday, November 9, 2025. Registration for the Official Selection is now open.

Alex Vizorek will host the closing ceremony at the Forum de Liège on Sunday November 9. A true celebration of comedy and cinema in all its diversity!

Once again this year, the Liège International Comedy Film Festival reinforced its position as Europe’s leading festival dedicated to international comedy, thanks to the quality of the films in competition and the renown of its guests, as well as an exceptional attendance record.

Valérie Bonneton was doubly honored to close the 9th edition of the FIFCL: honored at the Awards Ceremony at the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, followed by the world premiere at the Cinéma Palace of her latest film Les Boules de Noël, directed by Alexandra Leclère.

A real treat of a film, both funny and sensitive, this poetic comedy delighted the audience at the Sauvenière cinema preview!

French actress Aure Atika and director Jennifer Devoldère came to Liège to present “Le Panache” at the opening ceremony of the Liège International Comedy Film Festival, held at the Forum.

On Wednesday November 6, Lambert Wilson was presented with an honorary Taureau d’or by Isabelle Mergault to celebrate his brilliant and eclectic career.

However, the bright and bubbly Sarah Stern will be taking a break from the competition from November 10 to 11, when she takes over the presidency of the shorts jury. The shorts competition will be broadcast at 1pm on Sunday, November 10!

At a ceremony full of surprises, Carole Bouquet will receive a Taureau d’Or for her prestigious career, and a slab bearing her name on the Walk of Fame in the Rue Pont d’Avroy, in the heart of the city.

Belgian director Émilie Sornasse is the winner of the CineComedies Lab 2023 writing residency with her project “Le Temps des conquêtes”, to be produced by Roue Libre Production and supported by Wallimage to the tune of €50,000.

The truth is, the FIFCL team is delighted to welcome the audacious, the joyful, the generous Gad Elmaleh next November for an exceptional meeting with the public!

Since 2009, everyone knows that Alex Vizorek is a work of art. The FIFCL team will be particularly delighted to exhibit it on November 6 at the Forum, during the opening ceremony of the 9th edition.

The FIFCL team is delighted and proud to welcome her to the Short Film Selection Committee, alongside Bénédicte Philippon and Pierre Ligot.

Screenwriter, director, actress and singer Victoria Bedos will sponsor this year’s event, taking over from Jean-François Halin, Agnès Jaoui, Michel Leclerc, Benoît Mariage and Lucien Jean-Baptiste.

Yolande Moreau directs her third feature film after “Quand la mer monte…” (2004) and “Henri” (2013). In “La Fiancée du poète”, which was in official selection at FIFCL 2023, she plays Mireille, a marginal, disillusioned woman.

Actor, screenwriter and director Guillaume Lambert is a multi-talented artist. With two feature films to his credit, the Canadian actor met Liège audiences at the FIFCL with a special screening of his latest comedy-drama “Niagara”.

Over the course of five days, this 8th edition saw a host of film personalities, some actors/actresses, others directors or producers.

Dany Boon will be on hand for the Closing Ceremony of the 8th Liège International Comedy Film Festival!

Valérie Lemercier and Finnegan Oldfield are volunteers at an LGBT-friendly association in Bryan Marciano’s new film.

A young solo dad, a whimsical and cumbersome grandfather and a determined childhood friend – this is a lovely trio led by Christophe Barratier, director of Les Choristes, in this tender and very contemporary film about the family.

Life is made up of encounters, and the FIFCL is particularly pleased to announce this one: on Friday November 3, the talented, generous and iconic Marie-Anne Chazel will join us for an exceptional Rencontre with the public and accredited guests.

We’ll be prodigiously, immensely, indescribably proud to honor this luminous, audacious actress at the 8th FIFCL, where she’ll be at the top of the bill.

The Liège International Comedy Film Festival explores bold, popular and unifying cinema through a unique competition: it is the only festival in Europe to program international comedies.

This writing residency, open to French, Belgian and French-speaking European scriptwriters, aims to contribute to the emergence of new talent and the development of the art of comedy in cinema.

A glamorous, warm and joyful evening in the magnificent Selys ballroom! Intelligent and enjoyable, too, thanks to Maître Philippe Reynaert, who was delighted with the event and delighted the audience with the quality of his preparation.

We’ll be welcoming André Dussollier on Saturday November 5 in the prestigious Hôtel Sélys ballroom, in collaboration with B19 Liège-Bocholtz, for a meeting open to all, and under the Festival Big Top for a not-to-be-missed TV show.

The official poster for the 7th Liège International Comedy Film Festival features Benoît Poelvoorde, to mark the 30th anniversary of “C’est arrivé près de chez vous”.

FIFCL goes international with TV5 Monde! With a presence on every continent in general, and at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival in particular, the French-language TV channel is joining the ranks of our privileged partners.

François Berléand, Honorary President of the Liège International Comedy Film Festival. A way for us to include him in our Ch’tite famille.

Here are the winners of the 6th edition of the Liège International Comedy Film Festival.

Actor Guillaume de Tonquédec to receive honorary award at closing ceremony

Discover the poster for the 6th edition of the Liège International Comedy Film Festival

For this sixth edition, François Berléand will be our guest of honor… And what an honor!

Cheeky, laugh-out-loud funny and a little mocking, don’t you think? We do. That’s why we’re delighted to announce Vincent Desagnat’s participation in this sixth edition as President of the Feature Film Jury. A delight of humor and self-mockery.

Kev Adams will be at the Forum de Liège on Friday November 5 to receive his award and inaugurate his slab on rue Pont d’Avroy.