Throughout August, the international French-language network TV5MONDE offers a rich lineup of entertaining films, series, specials, and variety programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discover our roundup of the must-see programs this month below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2026<\/strong>\u2014 August 1 to 9 at 2:30pm ET\/11:30am PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 5th edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, from August 1 to August 9, 2026, will take place in Switzerland and France. This year’s Grand D\u00e9part takes place in Lausanne, traversing the Alps, the Massif Central, and the Jura mountains before ending in Nice. TV5MONDE will air the final 2 hours of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n F\u00eate Nationale Suisse du 1er Ao\u00fbt – Made in Switzerland<\/strong>\u2014 August 1 at 2:15am ET\/11:15pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n What innovations have shaped Switzerland’s reputation? Absinthe, precision watchmaking, the web, humanitarian work, chocolate… A tribute to “made in Switzerland” through reports and encounters. From Lucerne, on the occasion of the national holiday, a portrait of an ingenious Switzerland, rich in expertise, traditions, and cultural specificities…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hosts: Corina Schmed, Sven Epiney, S\u00e9bastien Pasche, Carla Norghauer (Switzerland, 2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Football – Ligue 1 McDonald’s<\/strong>\u2014 August 22 & 29 at 2:30pm ET\/11:30am PT French football championship. On August 22, Day 1 pits Toulouse FC against Olympique Lyonnais at the Stadium in Toulouse. On August 29, Day 2 sees Olympique Lyonnais take on Havre AC at the Groupama Stadium in D\u00e9cines-Charpieu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Host: \u00c9ric Rabesandratana (France, 2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Colombine<\/strong>\u2014 August 2 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Colombine, 13 years old, is in conflict with her mother. On the run, she travels through time in search of her absent father. She is parachuted one year earlier to the F\u00eate des Vignerons. Alone in the world of adults, Colombine tries to find traces of her father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard (Switzerland, 2022) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos vies formidables<\/strong>\u2014 August 4 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Thirty-two-year-old Margot has just arrived in a rehab centre where she meets J\u00e9r\u00e9my, Salom\u00e9, C\u00e9sar, Sonia… They have nothing in common except an urgency to rebuild their lives and recreate the connection with others destroyed by addiction! Because there’s always a greater chance of recovering with others, than alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Fabienne Godet (France, 2017) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avant que les flammes ne s’\u00e9teignent<\/strong>\u2014 August 9 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT In Strasbourg, Karim dies after being taken into police custody. His sister Malika embarks on a legal battle to uncover the truth. Her fight against an institution seeking to protect law enforcement upsets the balance of her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Mehdi Fikri (France, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Si demain<\/strong>\u2014 August 11 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Esther, in the midst of emotional turmoil, receives a mysterious diary written by a stranger whose break-up echoes her own. Signs reveal that she lives in Toulouse. She decides to find her and sets off on a journey that will shed light on the meaning of her own existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Fabienne Godet (France, 2020) <\/p>\n\n\n\n La volante<\/strong>\u2014 August 16 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT While he is taking his wife to hospital to give birth, Thomas hits and kills a young man on the road. The young man’s mother Marie-France, is devastated. Nine years later, without revealing her identity, she becomes Thomas’ secretary and gets more and more involved in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri (France\/Belgium\/Luxembourg, 2014) <\/p>\n\n\n\n La menace<\/strong>\u2014 August 18 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT With his mistress, Dominique, Henry runs a transport company which she owns. In love with the beautiful Julie, Henry is about to leave her. Furious, Dominique violently confronts her rival then commits suicide. The police conclude that it’s murder. Julie, accused by everyone, is arrested…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Alain Corneau (France\/Quebec, 1977) <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c0 bicyclette !<\/strong>\u2014 August 23 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT After the suicide of his son, Mathias sets out to cycle from La Rochelle to Istanbul, just as his boy had done a few years earlier. He takes along his friend Philippe and his dog. A cathartic journey, steeped in humour and emotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Mathias Mlekuz (France, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tout ce qu’il me reste de la r\u00e9volution<\/strong>\u2014 August 25 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Ang\u00e8le, a young, qualified town planner, campaigns as much as she can against capitalist society, between happenings and expression groups. Born into a family of militants, she confronts their disengagement: a nostalgic father, an ultra-liberal sister and a mother who has retired to the countryside. Meeting Sa\u00efd shakes up her deeply held beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Judith Davis (France, 2018) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le choix du pianiste<\/strong>\u2014 August 30 at 8:30pm ET\/5:30pm PT Fran\u00e7ois Touraine has become a virtuoso pianist thanks to his teacher Rachel, with whom he has fallen in love. As the Second World War breaks out, he must make a choice: Rachel is Jewish. In an attempt to save her, he goes to perform in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Jacques Otmezguine (France, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Coyotes<\/strong>\u2014 Sundays, beginning August 2 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT In the middle of an acid trip, Kevin, a rebel scout and member of the Coyotes, discovers a mysterious cave containing diamonds and… a mermaid. Desperate to see her again, he persuades his best friend to accompany him. On the spot, they make a macabre discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 1<\/span>: Arriving in Warnaffe with his scout troop for their summer camp, Kevin goes in search of a quiet spot and meets Marie, an inhabitant of the neighbouring village. After spending the night taking drugs, the young boy finds a cave in which he makes an unusual discovery…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Kevin wants to use the diamonds to escape his abusive father, but one of his friends gets hold of them during a game. Moyersoen is convinced that Marie and Toni have stolen the precious stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Gary Seghers, Jacques Molitor (Belgium, 2021) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Projet innocence<\/strong>\u2014 Fridays, beginning August 7 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT Stella Launi\u00e8re, a student, is an intern with Projet Innocence, an organization that helps those believed to have been wrongly convicted. She is given Anderson Jean-Louis’ case, a notorious criminal accused of a murder he has always denied. To defend him, she’ll need to get her hands dirty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 1<\/span>: Anderson Jean-Louis, gang leader, has spent thirteen years in prison for the murder of Vickie Tremblay but has always claimed his innocence. Having exhausted all other possibilities for appeal, he has called on the help of Projet Innocence. But who is he really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Stella tests Anderson’s alibi and discovers certain facts that she knew nothing about. Armand Coupal, renowned criminal lawyer, uses his influence to obtain privileged information about the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Simone Leduc (Quebec, 2021) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Burning Man, enflammer le d\u00e9sert<\/strong>\u2014 August 6 & 13 at 11:30pm ET\/8:30pm PT Ep. 1<\/span>: If a veritable ephemeral city comes to life in the heart of the Nevada Desert, it’s thanks to one of Burning Man’s fundamental principles: community effort. During the week that precedes the opening of Black Rock City, there’s enormous pressure on the builders with 80,000 people expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Black Rock City is far more than an ephemeral city, it’s an open-air art gallery. After the construction phase, the builders hand over to the artists. On the program, a vast art exhibition: monumental interactive sculptures, mutant vehicles, music from the soul… The anonymous Burners arrive to lend a hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Pascal Brouard, Sarah Fortin (Quebec, 2024) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Laissez-nous raconter<\/strong>\u2014 Mondays, beginning August 17 at 6:30pm ET\/3:30pm PT Eleven First Nations from Quebec and Labrador recount their history and celebrate the wealth of their culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 1<\/span>: Eleven First Nations, eleven territories, fifty-five communities. If you want to get to know the First Nations, you first have to understand their close, personal connection with their territory: an immense shared territory that forms the beating heart of their identities, beliefs and traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ep. 2<\/span>: Abenakis, Anishinaabe, Atikamekw, Eeyou, Innu, Inuit, Kanien’keh\u00e0:ka, Mi’kmaq, Naskapi, Wyandot and Wolastoqiyik. Eleven First Nations recount the beauty of their languages, their cultures and their know-how, passed down since time immemorial through oral tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Kim O’Bomsawin (Quebec, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Les enchant\u00e9s<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning August 5 Discovering both the joy of learning and her father’s intellectual disability, young Luce finds herself torn by a conflict of loyalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Stanislas Carr\u00e9 de Malberg (France, 2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Toussaint Louverture<\/strong>\u2014 Streaming beginning August 5 The historical drama “Toussaint Louverture” is dedicated to the fate of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, as a result of which Haiti became the first independent state in Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director: Philippe Niang (France, 2012) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Adrien Barazzone, Marianne Brun, S\u00e9verine Cornamusaz
Genre: Dramedy, fantasy
Awards: Selected at the Zurich Film Festival (Switzerland, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of director Fabienne Godet
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Cast: Julie Moulier, Zo\u00e9 H\u00e9ran, Bruno Lochet, Fran\u00e7oise Pinkwasser
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Cast: Cam\u00e9lia Jordana, Sofiane Zermani, Sonia Faidi, Larry, Sofian Khammes
Genre: Drama
Awards: Special mention from the jury at the Rome International Film Festival (Italy, 2023), selected at the Toronto International Film Festival (Canada, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In celebration of director Fabienne Godet
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Cast: Julie Moulier, Lucie Debay, Arnaud Valois, Angelina Woreth
Genre: Drama
Awards: Selected at the Stuttgart International French Language Film Festival (Germany, 2021), Unifrance Rendez-vous in Paris (France, 2021) and Rendez-vous with French Cinema in New York (United States, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Nathalie Baye, Malik Zidi, Johan Leysen, Sabrina Seyvecou
Genre: Thriller
Awards: Selected (Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es Film Festival 2015), in official competition (Angoul\u00eame 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Yves Montand, Carole Laure, Marie Dubois, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Balmer
Genre: Thriller
Awards: 1978 C\u00e9sar award for best supporting actress (Marie Dubois)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Mathias Mlekuz, Philippe Rebbot
Genre: Dramedy
Awards: Best Director Award, Audience Award and Best Film Music Award (Pascal Lengagne) at the Angoul\u00eame Francophone Film Festival (France, 2024); Audience Award and Best Actor Award (Philippe Rebbot) – Fiction Competition section at the Festival 2 Cin\u00e9ma 2 Valenciennes (France, 2024); nominated for the C\u00e9sar Award for Best Documentary Film (France, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Judith Davis, Malik Zidi, Claire Dumas
Genre: Comedy
Awards: Jury Valois (Jury Prize) at the Angoul\u00eame Francophone Film Festival (France, 2018); Audience Award at the Vevey International Funny Film Festival (Switzerland, 2019); selected for the French Film Festival in Japan (2019) and the Richmond French Film Festival (United States, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Oscar Lesage, Pia Lagrange, Zo\u00e9 Adjani-Vallat, Philippe Torreton
Genre: Historical drama
Awards: Selected at the Angoul\u00eame Francophone Film Festival (France, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\nSeries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Louka Minnella, Dara Tombroff, Kassim Meesters, Sarah Ber, Anas El Marcouchi
Genre: Drama, Thriller<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Emi Chicoine, Guy Nadon, Fayolle Jean Jr., Beno\u00eet Bri\u00e8re, Audrey Roger
Genre: Thriller, crime<\/p>\n\n\n\nDocumentaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Genre: Documentary, 4-part series<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cast: Gr\u00e9gory Montel, Lula Cotton-Frapier, Fran\u00e7ois Chattot
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Cast: Jimmy Jean-Louis, A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga, Yann Ebong\u00e9
Genre: Historical miniseries, drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n