TV5MONDE Program Highlights – March 2026
Throughout March, the international French-language network TV5 Monde offers a rich lineup of entertaining films, series, and variety shows.
Discover our round-up of the must-see programs this month below.
TV5 Monde
Films
Agents un peu trop secrets— March 1 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
Because he was not promoted to director of the Cameroonian Heritage Agency, Joseph decides to set up his new boss. But nothing goes as planned and the country’s land title goes missing. He must then surround himself with a special team of secret agents to avoid disaster.
Director: Frank Thierry Léa Malle (Cameroon, 2025)
Cast: Rigobert Tamwa, Joys Sa’a, Delpiso Manga
Genre: Comedy
Olivia— March 3 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of International Women’s Day
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning March 3
(English ST)
1890. Near Fontainebleau. Olivia starts her new school year at a wealthy girls’ boarding school run by two teachers, Miss Cara and Miss Julie, who are much admired by the pupils. The ingénue Olivia soon falls under the spell of the erudite and charismatic Julie. An all-female film, elegant and sultry.
Director: Jacqueline Audry (France, 1950)
Cast: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Yvonne de Bray, Marie-Claire Olivia
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1953
Banel et Adama— March 8 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
(English ST)
In a remote village in northern Senegal. Banel and Adama love each other deeply, passionately, carried by their dreams. But can the absolute love that binds them truly withstand the weight of traditions? A bold and poetic contemporary tragedy.
Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy (France, Senegal, Mali, 2023)
Cast: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy
Genre: Drama
Awards: Bright Horizons Award at the Melbourne Film Festival (Australia, 2023); student jury prize and Pass Culture jury prize at the Biarritz Film Festival (France, 2023); selected at the Cannes Festival, first work, Caméra d’or, at the Angoulême Festival (France, 2023), at the Marrakech Film Festival (Morocco, 2023), at the FIFF (Belgium, 2023), at FESPACO (Burkina Faso, 2025), at the Göteborg Festival (Sweden, 2024)
Notre Dame de Moncton— March 15 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
Anna wants to rebuild ties with her son Jason, who she abandoned twenty years ago. But she runs off at the last minute and secretly takes refuge in an elderly couple’s house. Unusual events lead to her forming a bond with the couple’s wife…
Director: Denise Bouchard (New Brunswick/Canada, 2022)
Cast: Laurie Gagné, Louise Turcot, Thomas Lapointe, Frédérique Cyr
Genre: Drama
Awards: Bright Horizons Award at the Melbourne Film Festival (Australia, 2023); student jury prize and Pass Culture jury prize at the Biarritz Film Festival (France, 2023); selected at the Cannes Festival, first work, Caméra d’or, at the Angoulême Festival (France, 2023), at the Marrakech Film Festival (Morocco, 2023), at the FIFF (Belgium, 2023), at FESPACO (Burkina Faso, 2025), at the Göteborg Festival (Sweden, 2024)
Un soir… un train— March 17 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
Homage to Belgian director André Delvaux
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
Mathias, a linguistics professor at a Flemish university, is having an affair with Anne. When he must travel far from home to give a lecture, Anne, to his great surprise, joins him on the train. But when he wakes up, the young woman has disappeared…
Director: André Delvaux (France, 1967)
Cast: Yves Montand, Anouk Aimée, François Beukelaers
Genre: Drama
Last Dance— March 22 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
Aged 75 Germain, a contemplative homebody, finds himself widowed and having to cope with his children’s somewhat invasive concern about him. Determined to keep a promise made to his wife years earlier, he must take part in a contemporary dance creation, but without letting the family know.
Director: Delphine Lehericey (Switzerland, Belgium, 2022)
Cast: François Berléand, Kacey Mottet Klein, La Ribot
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: UBS Audience Prize (Locarno 2022)
Le grand blanc de Lambaréné— March 24 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
Between World War II and Gabon’s independence, the last twenty years of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Prize winner in 1952, seen through the eyes of Koumba, a young African villager.
Director: Bassek Ba Kobhio (Cameroon, Gabon, France, 1995)
Cast: André Wilms, Alex Descas, Marisa Berenson
Genre: Dramedy
Voyage en Chine— March 31 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
(English ST)
Liliane has recently lost her son, who had been living in China for years. When trying to repatriate his body, she faces an administrative brick wall. She then decides to fly to this faraway land. Submerged in Chinese culture, she embarks on a genuine voyage of discovery.
Director: Zoltan Mayer (France, 2014)
Cast: Yolande Moreau, Qu Jing Jing, Lin Dong Fu, Liu Ling Zi
Genre: Dramedy
Series
Trentenaires— Tuesdays, beginning March 17 at 12:30am ET/9:30pm PT
Season 2 premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
In Charleroi, we follow the adventures of a group of friends, bound by a shared trauma. Each faces the challenges of their generation, trying to keep their personal lives on an even keel.
Director: Sylvain Archambault (Belgium, 2023)
Cast: Marie Diaby, Amandine Hinnekens, Carole Matagne
Genre: Dramedy
Détectives… Ou presque— Sundays, beginning March 15 at 12:30am ET/9:30pm PT
Season 2 premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
In financial straits, former policeman Leo Brand sets up a detective school in Basel. To help them get the best out of the course, his amateur detectives learn on the job by solving real cases. Each has their own unique character… But none really correspond to the task in hand.
Director: Michael Steiner (Switzerland, 2022)
Cast: Roeland Wiesnekker, Meryl Marti, Dardan Sadik, Martin Rapold, Esther Gemsch
Genre: Crime and thriller
Documentaries
Elles— Thursdays, beginning March 5 at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT
In celebration of International Women’s Day
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
The socially conscious rapper Sarahmée travels around the world to discover groups of brave and determined women challenging the established order.
Part 1: In Paris, Sarahmée plays a football match with the members of Little Miss Soccer, seeking to make a name for themselves on the city’s football pitches. She participates in a race to combat street harassment and goes fly posting with the Merci Simone group.
Part 2: In Mexico, Sarahmée goes climbing with the Escaladoras Mexicanas group who introduce girls to the sport. She raps with the artists of I.M YONI, who campaign for women to excel in the music industry. She meets the Mujeres de la tierra, women farmers united against violence.
Director: Sabrina Hammoum (Quebec/Canada, 2022)
Genre: Documentary series
Ni juge, ni soumise— March 10 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
In celebration of Les Magritte du Cinéma
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
In Brussels, over a period of three years, Yves Hinant and Jean Libon, directors from the “Strip-tease” team, followed the instructing judge, Anne Gruwez, during her criminal investigations, hearings and visits to crime scenes.
Director: Yves Hinant, Jean Libon (Belgium, France, 2017)
Genre: Documentary
Awards: César award for best documentary film (France, 2019), Magritte award for best documentary (Belgium, 2019), best actress award (special mention) for Anne Gruwez at the San Sebastián International Film Festival (Spain, 2017)
Parler mal— March 18 at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
Could it be that two Acadian actors in the successful series ”À la valdrague” suffer from linguistic insecurity? Bianca Richard and Gabriel Robichaud, from New Brunswick, set themselves the challenge of deciphering this curse and examine the state of expression of the French-Canadian language and particularly Acadian.
Director: Étienne Boivin (New Brunswick/Canada, 2023)
Genre: Documentary
Le mot je t’aime n’existe pas— March 18 at 10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT
In celebration of Francophonie Month
In the shadow of the Republic and the tumult of different dialects, Nadesh, Chérif and Anamiga are amongst the countless interpreters working daily to recount stories of exile and precarity. Their voices weave an invisible thread between here and elsewhere, the world of the living and the darkness of migration.
Director: Raphaële Bénisty (France, 2023)
Genre: Documentary
Génération F— Sundays, beginning March 22 at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT; March 29 at 6:00pm ET/3:00pm PT
Season premiere
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+ beginning March 26
(English ST)
Fashion, gastronomy, sports, urban cultures, lifestyle… Richard Orlinski, one of the best-selling French artists in the world, explores the “French touch.” Between Dakar, London and Montreal, he meets the new generation of French-speaking creators and highlights an uninhibited, creative, bold Francophonie.
Director: Sarah Almosnino, Matthieu Valluet (France, 2025)
Host: Richard Orlinski
Genre: Documentary series, travel
Riverboom— March 29 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT
In celebration of Prix du cinéma Suisse
Also streaming on TV5MONDE+
(English ST)
Afghanistan, 2002. Three young reporters decide to leave Kabul and head to the interior of the country, where Westerners are much rarer. They set off by car and film their impromptu journey.
Director: Claude Baechtold (Switzerland, France, 2023)
Genre: Documentary
Awards: Mitrani Prize at the Fipadoc in Biarritz (France, 2024); Audience Prize at the festival Premiers Plans in Angers (France, 2024); Young European Jury Prize at the Brussels International Film Festival (Belgium, 2024); Best Film Editing Prize at the Swiss Film Award in Geneva (Switzerland, 2025)
TV5Monde+
Films
J’adore ce que vous faites— Streaming beginning March 4
(English ST)
As Gérard Lanvin prepares to shoot one of the most important films of his career, his path crosses that of Momo Zapareto… a meeting he rapidly comes to regret! Momo may be Gérard’s greatest fan, but for the film-director it’s a nightmare that’s only just beginning…
Director: Philippe Guillard (France, 2022)
Cast: Gérard Lanvin, Artus, Antoine Bertrand, Laura del Sol, Natasha Andrews, Caroline Bourg
Genre: Comedy
Series
Home— Streaming beginning March 4
Season 1 premiere
(English ST)
Forget everything you thought you knew about retirement homes and dive into a vibrant adventure brimming with humanity. When life continues to unfold with panache!
Director: Joachim Weissman (Belgium, 2024)
Cast: Nicolas Lacroix, Laetitia Mampaka, Zidani, Sacha Ferra, Nicole Valberg, Jean-Michel Vovk, Mathieu Debaty
Genre: Comedy
Documentaries
Bouches cousues— Streaming beginning March 4
In celebration of International Women’s Day
(English ST)
Dakota Simao and Nadia Ladeiras, two young dancers, are preparing a performance on domestic violence. Amanda Caprara follows them through rehearsals and personal reflections, exploring how the body carries the memory of past suffering.
Director: Amanda Caprara (Swiss, 2024)
Genre: Documentary
TV5Monde Cinéma
La dernière reine— available beginning March 6
(English ST)
The pirate Barbarossa liberates Algiers from Spanish tyranny and takes control of the kingdom. Against all odds, one woman will rise to challenge him: Queen Zaphira.
Director: Adila Bendimerad, Damien Ounouri (2022)
Cast: Adila Bendimerad, Dali Benssalah, Tahar Zaoui
Genre: Drama
Le Mohican— available beginning March 6
(English ST)
After severely injuring a mobster’s son, one of the last shepherds on the Corsican coast becomes the target of a relentless manhunt.
Director: Frédéric Farrucci (2024)
Cast: Alexis Manenti, Mara Taquin, Théo Frimigacci
Genre: Thriller
Kill Me Please— available beginning March 6
(English ST)
After receiving state funding, a doctor opens an assisted-suicide clinic.
Director: Olias Barco (2010)
Cast: Aurélien Recoing, Virgile Bramly, Daniel Cohen
Genre: Dark comedy
Borgo— available beginning March 13
(English ST)
After a young prison guard gets transferred to a prison in Corsica, an inmate offers her protection expecting a favor in return.
Director: Stéphane Demoustier (2023)
Cast: Hafsia Herzi, Moussa Mansaly, Florence Loiret-Caille
Genre: Crime
La fin du silence— available beginning March 13
(English ST)
The youngest son of a family living in a remote mountain house is thrown out.
Director: Roland Edzard (2011)
Cast: Franck Falise, Thierry Frémont, Maia Morgenstern
Genre: Thriller
Un homme en fuite— available beginning March 20
(English ST)
A local activist is wanted by the police after a robbery gone wrong.
Director: Baptiste Debraux (2024)
Cast: Bastien Bouillon, Léa Drucker, Pierre Lottin
Genre: Thriller
Elyas— available beginning March 20
(English ST)
A former Special Forces soldier becomes a bodyguard for a 13-year-old girl and her mother.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri (2024)
Cast: Roschdy Zem, Laëtitia Eïdo, Jeanne Michel
Genre: Thriller
Trois huit— available beginning March 20
(English ST)
A glass manufacturing factory worker decides to switch to the nightshift, meeting a charismatic and violent workmate.
Director: Philippe Le Guay (2001)
Cast: Gérald Laroche, Marc Barbé, Luce Mouchel
Genre: Thriller
Inexorable— available beginning March 27
(English ST)
The lives of a novelist and his family are forever changed after a silhouette begins lurking in their country mansion.
Director: Fabrice du Welz (2021)
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Mélanie Doutey, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
Genre: Thriller
Cavale— available beginning March 27
(English ST)
After fifteen years behind bars, the most highly armed member of a proletarian revolution finally escapes.
Director: Lucas Belvaux (2002)
Cast: Catherine Frot, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc
Genre: Thriller
**Please note: Programs may change due to last-minute scheduling**