The American French Film Festival
Ongoing Series
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (formerly COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL) was created in 1997 by the Franco- American Cultural Fund (FACF), a unique partnership between the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, la SACEM and the Writers Guild of America West. For the last 27 years, the event has been committed to promoting the best new French films and series in the U.S. and to showcasing in Hollywood the vitality and the diversity of French cinema, television, and shorts.
The American French Film Festival
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Mark your calendar for these amazing events.
Love Me Tender
DGA Theater
Writer/director Anna Cazenave Cambet
At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to defend her right to be a mother and a woman – free to make her own choices.
Scrub and Rub
DGA Theater
Exploited, mistreated and scammed by their shady employers, a feisty group of chambermaids at a Lille hotel decide to go on strike. Based on a true story and armed with a terrific cast, the four-part miniseries SCRUB AND RUB deftly blends social realism and comic moments.
The Little Sister
DGA Theater
Star Nadia Melliti
Queer Palm winner!
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
The Seduction
DGA Theater
Composer Delphine Malaussena
To be the hero of your own story, you sometimes have to be the villain in others’. Marquise de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, embarks on a daring journey to become Paris’ leading courtesan. Freely adapted from the novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
The Stranger
DGA Theater
Out French provocatuer Francois Ozon adapts the classic existentialist novel by Albert Camus.
Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother’s funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. He quickly slips back into his usual routine. However, his daily life is soon about to be disrupted by his neighbor, Raymond Sintès, who draws Meursault into his shady dealings. Until one blisteringly hot day, a tragic event occurs on a beach…
The American French Film Festival
PAST SCREENINGS
A Dangerous Friendship
DGA Theater
Join the American French Film Festival for a free screening of episodes 1 and 2 of A Dangerous Friendship, adapted from Juliette Benzoni’s historical romance novels following Anne of Austria, Queen of France and former wife of Louis XIII, and the free-spirited Marie de Rohan.
Becoming Karl Langerfeld
DGA Theater
Actor Arnaud Valois
This biopic series, set in the 1970s fashion scene in Paris, follows the rivalries and romances of a young Karl Langerfeld as he establishes himself as an iconic designer known around the world. Free screening of episodes 1 & 2; no RSVP required.
Emilia Pérez
DGA Theater
Writer/director Jacques Audiard
Karla Sofía Gascón became the first Trans actor to win a major prize at Cannes, thanks to this extravagant musical about a Mexican drug lord who hires a lawyer to help stage her death and flee the country, in order to transition and live her true life abroad.
Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.
The Balconettes
DGA Theater
Actress Sanda Codreanu
This gory horror-comedy, which competed for the Queer Palm at Cannes this year, is the second feature directed by actress Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tár), and is co-written by Merlant and Queer auteur Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tomboy).
This gory horror-comedy, which competed for the Queer Palm at Cannes this year, is the second feature directed by actress Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tár), and is co-written by Merlant and Queer auteur Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tomboy).
As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighbourhood to the boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbours from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair.
