FOR MY COUNTRY (France)
FOR MY COUNTRY is a selection from ‘Tales of Europe’, a curated touring program dedicated to supporting the circulation of prestigious European films and is supported by Europa International and Europa Cinemas, A young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his...
A FAMILY FOR 1640 DAYS (France)
Inspired by his own family history, Fabien Gorgeart‘s heartfelt, heartbreaking second feature focuses on an excruciating period of transition in one family’s life. Anna, her husband and their two young sons are told they must gradually, definitively, hand 6-year-old...
THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH / La Nuit du 12 (France/Belgium)
Just won six 2023 César Awards, including France’s ‘Best Picture’ & ‘Best Actors’ In nearly every police precinct, detectives are inevitably confronted with a case that, for one reason or another, goes unsolved. The more...
FAREWELL MR. HAFFMANN (France)
Occupied Paris, 1941: all members of the Jewish community are instructed to come forward and identify themselves to authorities. Dedicated jeweler Joseph Haffmann (Auteuil), fearing the worst, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers his employee François...
SKIES OF LEBANON / SOUS LE CIEL D’ALICE (France)
Starring the beloved Alba Rohrwacher and Wajdi Mouawad, the film combines live action with animation to create a vivid picture of Lebanon and is inspired by the family history of filmmaker Mazlo based on her grandmother’s stories of life during the Lebanese Civil War,...
ON THE EDGE / Entre la vie et la mort (Belgium/France)
Brussels. Leo, a Spanish metro driver, while conducting his train and arriving at a station, sees a young man in distress on the edge of the platform. He recognizes his son Hugo right before he falls onto the rails and then dies at the hospital. Leo, who had...
PEACEFUL / DE SON VIVANT (France/Belgium)
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and bring them to acceptance. They have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while...
DREAM GIRL: THE MAKING OF MARILYN MONROE – France/USA
. How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially pretty nor exceptionally talented, to become this incredibly striking platinum blonde superstar? How did she become the...
HAUTE COUTURE (France)
Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 year old woman, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to...
MADELEINE COLLINS – France (Southern CA Premiere)
Genre: Psychological Thriller Run Time: 102 minutes Country: France/Belgium/Switzerland Language: French with English subtitles Premiere: Southern California Director: Antoine Barraud Principal Cast: Virginie Efira, Quim Gutierrez, Bruno Salomone &...
FULL TIME / A plein temps (France) – (Southern CA Premiere)
Marie goes to great lengths to raise her two children in the countryside while keeping her job in a Parisian luxury hotel despite the daily commute to Paris. When she finally gets a job interview for a position she had long been hoping for, a national strike...
NIGHT DOCTOR / Médecin de nuit (France)
Mikaël is a doctor on night call. He looks after patients from underprivileged neighborhoods, as well as those whom no one else wants to see: drug addicts, homeless people, those living in challenging areas, His life is chaotic. Torn between his wife and his...
SECRET NAME / La place d’une autre (France)
Trailer: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film553075.html The Young French Cinema program, presented by Unifrance and Villa Albertine, once again shines the spotlight on new generation French filmmakers whose works offer a combination of visually innovative approaches...
BLACK BOX / Boite noire (France)
Matthieu is a young and talented black box analyst on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft. Yet, when the case is closed by authorities, Matthieu cannot help but sense there is something wrong with the evidence. As he listens...
THE DAZZLED / LES ÉBLOUIS (France)
Trailer: http://inter.pyramidefilms.com/pyramidefilms-international-catalogue/the-dazzled.html THE DAZZLED is a selection from ‘Tales of Europe’, a curated touring program dedicated to supporting the circulation of prestigious European films and is...
PAUL NEWMAN, BEHIND BLUE EYES! (France) + 2 shorts
His beauty, masculinity and intelligence, and of course the color of his eyes, have followed Paul Newman throughout his life. Annoyed by the incessant references to his apparent sex appeal, the actor did everything he could to change the perception of him as a...
CONVICTION (France | Belgium)
Une intime conviction is based on a real-life case. This French courtroom thriller brings together law professor Jacques Viguier (Laurent Lucas) a man accused of killing his wife and Nora, obsessed with proving his innocence. As a juror at Jacques Viguier’s trial,...
OH MERCY! (France)
Based upon a true murder case where during a somber Christmas season, a French-Algerian detective is investigating the fatal strangulation of a poor, elderly woman in her apartment with suspicion falling on her next-door neighbors. Starring Roschdy Zem and Léa...
MY DOG STUPID / Mon chien stupide (France & Belgium)
MY DOG STUPID is based on the short story of the same name written by novelist John Fante published in 1985 and translated into French in 1987.. The film is a bitter sweet comedy about a middle-age couple, whose already poor marital bliss is being challenged by the...
PETER FALK VS COLUMBO (France)
WEST COAST PREMIERE For many, he is above all the fluffy and at the same time ingenious investigator who transfers the powerful to their luxury villas in a crumpled trench coat. But Peter Falk not only embodied Inspector Columbo, but also worked as an actor with...
THE PERFECT NANNY / CHANSON DOUCE (France)
DFS members will receive an E-mail link on 6/6 to enable them to watch this film. Leila Slimani’s critically acclaimed, international bestseller “The Perfect Nanny” — aka “Chanson Douce” — is on the big screen. The story follows Myriam, a lawyer who decides to...
DEERSKIN / LE DAIM showing with THE VILLA / LES GRACIUSES
DEERSKIN (LE DAIM) – 77 min Georges, 44 years old, and his vintage, fringed, deerskin jacket have a plan. His obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime. French comedy film directed by Quentin Dupieux opened to...
SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE / DEUX MOI
SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE (DEUX MOI) – 110 min Two lonely neighbors would be perfect for each other if only they could overcome their individual hang-ups and stop substituting computer screens for real connections. She multiplies dates on social networks that lead nowhere...
IN SAFE HANDS / PUPILLE showing with UPSET BODY / CORPS CONTRARIE
IN SAFE HANDS (PUPILLE) – 110 min Jeanne Herry crafts a story stemming from a delicate two-and-a-half-month state of limbo for a newborn child, Théo, who becomes a ward of the state after his mother gives him up for adoption at birth. In Safe Hands choreographs...
LITTLE TICKLES / LES CHATOUILLES showing with LITTLE HANDS
LITTLE TICKLES (LES CHATOUILLES) – 103 min Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Why should she distrust a friend of her parents’ who offers to “tickle” her? Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and...
REMI, NOBODY’S BOY / REMI SANS FAMILLE
REMI, NOBODY’S BOY (REMI SANS FAMILLE) – 105 min This is the adaptation of Hector Malot’s French novel Sans famille (1878). The adventures of the young Rémi, an orphan, collected by the gentle Madam Barberin. At the age of 10 years, he is snatched from his...
THREE DAYS AND A LIFE / TROIS JOURS ET UNE VIE
THREE DAYS AND A LIFE (TROIS JOURS ET UNE VIE) – 120 min Master crime writer Pierre Lemaitre’s own adaptation of his haunting novel. It’s Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be...
THE ORCHESTRA CLASS (France)
WEST COAST PREMIERE When violinist Simon Daoud is hired to teach the violin to a class of unruly junior high school students in an immigrant suburb of Paris, his first instinct is to run back to his rarefied world of classical string quartets. His mission to teach...
SINK OR SWIM (France/Belgium)
With buoyant energy, Gilles Lellouche choreographs and directs a stellar ensemble in pursuit of grace and discarded dreams—that is, a group of varyingly coordinated middle-aged men who find an outlet in synchronized swimming. Bertrand (Mathieu Amalric, soulful yet...
GASPARD AT THE WEDDING (France/Belgium)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE Shortly after their chance meeting, Gaspard asks Laura if she will accompany him to his family home and pose as his girlfriend at his father’s second wedding. At this point, viewers will probably assume they’re dealing with a familiar and...
MY POLISH HONEYMOON (France)
Anna and Adam, a young Parisian couple with Jewish origins, are about to travel to Poland for the first time. Technically speaking this will be their honeymoon. They will attend a ceremony in memory of the Jewish community in the village of Adam’s grandfather,...
DYING FOR A CHILD (France)
US PREMIERE The body of Florence Varthy, daughter of a well-known entrepreneur, is found dead in her garage. Over the last few months, Florence and her partner, unable to have a child of their own, had faked her pregnancy and arranged for a surrogate mother, which is...
DEATH IN THE SOUL (France)
A hideous crime, an even worse truth. Marc Lagnier confesses to the murder of his adored son, but refuses to explain. He’s guilty and that’s that: no need to look any further for a culprit. Tristan Delmas, an ambitious young lawyer, is appointed to defend...
ME AGAINST THE WORLD (France)
Unemployed Audrey is not a fighter. She lives alone with her 16 year-old-son, Enzo, a smart young boy in sport studies. One day he finds himself fighting for his life after taking a certain medication. While the doctors refuse to confirm the link between the drug and...
HER WORD AGAINST HIS (France)
Laura has a promising career as a young auctioneer, but her life looks set to fall apart when she’s the victim of a rape. The rapist is a well-known and respected gallery owner, and the assault takes place after a cocktail party. Laura knows it’s unlikely...Donate Today!
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