AFFF26 Cycle of Time

AFFF26 Cycle of Time

AFFF26 Cycle of Time

C’était mieux demain


Get ready for a sharp, funny, and delightfully subversive leap through time with CYCLE OF TIME, the new social comedy from director Vinciane Millereau, starring Elsa Zylberstein and Didier Bourdon.

In a quiet 1950s French town, Hélène (Elsa Zylberstein, At the End of the Day, AF FFF25), Michel (Didier Bourdon, The Scammers, AF FFF25) and their two children live simple happy days. Michel works at the bank while Hélène dedicates herself entirely to the home and family… until a sudden twist catapults them straight into 2025, in a time-jump worthy of Back to the Future.

Suddenly, everything familiar has vanished: technology, social codes, and the pace of life itself. The world they knew has been replaced by something faster, louder, and far less predictable. But as they encounter new ways of thinking, loving, and living, the question becomes not just how they will adapt – but whether they even want to.

With humour, charm, and an eye for social detail, CYCLE OF TIME invites viewers to rediscover the present through the eyes of two people from another time. This inventive time-travel tale asks: when the future arrives without warning, what do we hold onto and what do we let go?


Closing Film – FFA Festival 2025.

Official selection Cinemania 2025

Rating: CTC
Runtime: 103 mins

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas
Thu, Mar 19:
20:15

Mon, Mar 23:
17:45

Thu, Mar 26:
20:20

Fri, Mar 27:
20:30

Sat, Mar 28:
15:30

Wed, Apr 1:
15:40

Sat, Apr 4:
13:45

Tue, Apr 7:
13:00

Thu, Apr 9:
18:30

Sat, Apr 11:
15:40

Sun, Apr 12:
11:00

Wed, Apr 22:
17:00

Prospect Cinemas
Wed, Mar 25:
20:00

Mon, Mar 30:
13:00

Mon, Apr 6:
20:20

Sat, Apr 11:
18:00

Wed, Apr 15:
18:00

Festival Highlights

CTC During Kabul’s fall in 2021, a commander and a young translator race against time to evacuate hundreds from the French Embassy.
M A widowed man and woman meet by chance in Deauville and slowly fall in love as they navigate their shared grief.
CTC After twenty years in a convent, Sister Lucie sets off on a wild road trip to save her teenage sweetheart.
CTC Psychiatrist Lilian Steiner refuses to believe her patient’s death was suicide and launches her own investigation.
MA15 In the 1980s, a mother and her 13-year-old daughter are thrown into fear and stigma after the girl’s mysterious tattoo suggests possible infection.
M An elderly woman hides her plan for assisted suicide by taking her family on a trip where long-buried truths come to light.
M An internal affairs investigator digs into a protest injury case and soon finds herself up against a police system determined to protect its own.
CTC Four former classmates reunite after a stange tragedy, forcing them to confront their past, their illusions, and the people they’ve become.
M Four distant cousins explore an inherited house and uncover the story of a 19th-century woman, triggering their own journey into family roots and legacy.
CTC During Paris Fashion Week, three very different women form an unexpected bond as they each face major turning points in their lives.