* 1961 – David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress ( b. 1944 )

On 22 April 2011, French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand officially inscribed bullfighting on a list enumerating the country's cultural heritage, a decision which Bardot is currently publicly contesting.

* The 2011 Bastille Day Military Parade, video broadcast by the French Minstry of Defence

This criterion was invoked in the 2007 and 2011 editions with the decision to drop the entries for French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Reunion.

In 2011, the FRCI, with assistance from French forces and the UN's mission ONUCI, defeated the army of the former government of Côte d ' Ivoire.

French forces and the Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d ' Ivoire are a significant military factor in the country as of late 2011 ( see International Forces below ).

The 43rd Marine Infantry Battalion of the French Army's Troupes de Marine (: fr: 43e bataillon d ' infanterie de marine ) was based in Port Bouet adjacent to the Abidjan Airport from 1979 and had more than 500 troops assigned until 2011, when it appears to have been disbanded.

From summer 2011, Operation Licorne, the French force, previously over 5, 000 strong, is roughly 700, and consists of Licorne headquarters, Battalion Licorne ( BATLIC ), seemingly made up of elements of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment and the Régiment d ' infanterie-chars de marine, and a helicopter detachment.

Couscous was elected as the third favorite dish of French people in 2011 in a study by TNS Sofres for magazine Vie Pratique Gourmand and the first in East of France.

* Catherine Cathiard, " Plea for an underestimated corporate form: the Societas Europaea ( SE )", OPTION FINANCE, 17 janvier 2011 ( available in French ).

2011 ( available in French ).

* " Les structures européennes: Principales caractéristiques et Intérêts pour les entreprises " ( the european corporate entities: main characteristics and interests for enterprises ) by Catherine Cathiard and Arnaud Lecourt, DROIT DES SOCIÉTÉS-REVUE MENSUELLE LEXISNEXIS JURISCLASSEUR-AOÛT-SEPTEMBRE 2011 ( French )

French cinema continued its upward trend of earning awards at the Cannes Festival, including the prestigious Grand Prix for Of Gods and Men ( 2010 ) and the Jury Prize for Poliss ( 2011 ); the Best Director Award for Mathieu Amalric ( On Tour, 2010 ); the Best Actress Award for Juliette Binoche ( Certified Copy, 2010 ); and the Best Actor Award for Jean Dujardin ( The Artist, 2011 ).

In 2011, a French court fined Électricité de France ( EDF ) € 1. 5m and jailed two senior employees for spying on Greenpeace, including hacking into Greenpeace's computer systems.

" The Middle Ages between Nationalism and Colonialism ," French Historical Studies ( Winter 2011 ) 34 # 1 pp 37 – 46

A French opera on his life, by Philippe Manoury, was staged in Strasbourg in September 2011.

* 1924 – Roland Petit, French choreographer ( d. 2011 )

Her autobiography Thank Heaven, was published in 2010 in the UK and US, and in 2011 in a French version.

* The Monk ( 2011 film ), a French film

* 1931 – Annie Girardot, French actress ( d. 2011 )

* 1910 – Paulette Dubost, French actress ( d. 2011 )

* January 13 – Roland Petit, French choreographer / dancer ( d. 2011 )

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer / creator Kim Henkel cited " A Modest Proposal " as an influence in scripting his 2011 horror film " Boneboys ," directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks.

* Abduction ( 2011 film ), an action-thriller film starring Taylor Lautner

* Blitz, the villain in the 2011 film of the same name

* Blitz ( film ), a 2011 film

For twenty years Unusual Films emphasized children's films and video production before, in 2011, it released Milltown Pride, a feature-length film set in 1920s Upstate South Carolina.

* Bloody Mary 3D, a 2011 horror film in 3D

In November 2011, Charles took time off from Coronation Street to film a new series of Red Dwarf, returning to filming on ' Corrie ' in April 2012.

* in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor, Tom Hiddleston practiced the art of Capoeira for his role as Loki.

* Cleopatra ( 2011 film ), a South Indian Malayalam film

On 23 October 2011, Variety reported that Elwes will make his directorial debut with an independent film, Elvis & Nixon.

In 2011, Elwes performed the English voice over for Indian film, Delhi Safari.

* Darwin ( film ), a 2011 documentary film

* 1907 – Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer ( b. 1923 )

In 2011, Parton voiced the character Dolly Gnome in the animated film Gnomeo and Juliet.

Dolores Agnes Fuller ( born Dolores Eble ; March 10, 1923 – May 9, 2011 ) was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Edward D. Wood, Jr. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and had a minor role in Bride of the Monster.

Work on a script for a further film has started although it was announced on July 13, 2011 that Raimi and Campbell would now shift focus to a remake of the original film.

With 206. 5 million tickets sold in 2010 and 215. 6 million in 2011, France is the third biggest film market in the world both in terms of admissions ( after the United States and India ) and revenues ( after the United States and Japan ).

2011 saw the release of Michel Hazanavicius ' The Artist, a silent film shot in black and white that reflected on the end of Hollywood's silent era.

In 2011, the film Intouchables became the most watched film in France ( including the foreign films ).