Not sure what Paris weather will be like in the first 2 weeks of July yet if it's warm and sticky as in our New York area lately, plopping yourself down in the (hopefully) comfy seat of an air conditioned movie theater sounds like a plan.

That was reason number 3.

Reason number 2 is the price, only 5 Euros Per Screening.

Reason number 1 is the rich and varied program of the Paris Cinema Festival...

Let me mention just one part,  the international COMPETITION, the festival offers a competition of 8 feature-length films short-listed from over 1100 films coming from all over the world. Accompanied by their authors, the films are running for four prices.

Mexico, 35mm, Spanish with French subtitles, 1h13 / 2nd Film

LE BRAQUEUR (THE ROBBER - DER RÄUBER) by Benjamin Heisenberg

Austria, 35mm, German with French subtitles, 1h36 / 2nd film

CLEVELAND CONTRE WALL STREET (CLEVELAND VS WALL STREET) by Jean-Stéphane Bron

Switzerland - France, 35mm, vostf, 1h38 /

IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE (EU CAND VREAU SA FLUIER, FLUIER) by Florin Serban

Romania - Sweden, 35mm, vosta et vostf, 1h34 / 1st film

MUNDANE HISTORY (JAO NOK KRAJOK)  by Anocha Suwichakornpong

Thaïland, 35mm, vosta & vostf, 1h22 / 1er film

LA RIVIÈRE TUMEN (DOOMAN RIVER) by Zhang Lu

South Korea - France, 35mm, vostf, 1h29

SAWAKO DECIDES (KAWA NO SOKO KARA KONNICHI WA) by Yuya Ishii

Japan, 35mm, vosta, 1h52

SWEET LITTLE LIES (SUITO RITORU RAIZU) by Hitoshi Yazaki

Japan, 35mm, vosta & vostf, 1h57

As for Premieres, they add up to 40 Films, a number of them prize winners at Cannes 2010.

International feel is on at Paris Cinema Festival, July 3 to July 13, 2010.