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The American French Film Festival unveiled the full-line up of its upcoming edition at a press conference at the Résidence de France in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, as the event returns after a one-year hiatus due to the Hollywood strikes.
The 28th edition, running October 29 to November 3 in the Director’s Guild of America Theatre Complex, will showcase 60 films and series, with 14 shorts, 14 Series and TV movies, and 32 feature films and documentaries, many of which are International, North American and U.S. premiere presentations.
As previously announced the event will be book-ended by Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez as the opening film and The Count of Monte Cristo, which will close the event.
The American French Film Festival was created and is produced by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a collaboration between the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) and the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW).
The Theatrical Feature Film Selection:
A Nice Jewish Boy (North American Premiere)
Directed by Noé Debré
U.S. distributor: Film Movement
Auction (Los Angeles Premiere)
Written and directed by Pascal Bonitzer
U.S. distributor: Menemsha Film
A Nice Jewish Boy(North American Premiere)
Directed by Noé Debré
U.S. distributor: Film Movement
Auction (Los Angeles Premiere)
Written and directed by Pascal Bonitze
U.S. distributor: Menemsha Films
Being Maria (North American Premiere)
Directed by Jessica Palud
Boléro(US Premiere)
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Death of a Corrupt Man (Special Screening – Tribute to Alain Delon)
Directed by George Lautner
Dog on Trial (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Laetitia Dosch.
U.S. distributor: Quiver
Emilia Pérez
Written and directed by Jacques Audiard
U.S. distributor: Netflix
Holy Cow
Written and directed by Louise Courvoisier.
U.S. distributor: Zeitgeist Films
In The Sub For Love(North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Lucas Bernard
Jim’s Story(North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu
Maybe More(US Premiere)
Directed by Oliver Ducray and Wilfried Méance
Rabia (International Premiere)
Written and directed by Mareike Engelhardt
Saint-Exupéry (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Pablo Agüero
Somewhere in Love(International Premiere)
Written and directed by Morgan Simon
Souleymane’s Story (U.S. Premiere)
Written and directed by Boris Lojkin
Survive (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Frédéric Jardin
U.S. distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
The Balconettes (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Noémie Merlant
U.S. distributor: The Forge Entertainment)
The Count of Monte-Cristo / (West Coast Premiere)
Written and directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière
U.S. distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
The Empire (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Bruno Dumont.
U.S. distributor: Kino Lorber
The Kingdom
Written and directed by Julien Colonna.
U.S. distributor: Metrograph
The Marching Band (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Emmanuel Courcol
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius
The Second Act(West Coast Premiere)
Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux
The Ties That Bind Us (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Carine Tardieu
Three Friends (North American Premiere)
Written and directed by Emmanuel Mouret
Through The Night (West Coast Premiere)
Written and directed by Delphine Girard.
Wild Diamond (Los Angeles Premiere)
Written and directed by Agathe Riedinger
U.S. distributor: Strand Releasing