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[FrenchFilmNews] Our French guests have arrived in Sacramento ! The 2nd weekend of the 17th Sacramento French Film Festival can start - June 22-24 - Crest Theatre
by Cécile Downs 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

*To view this email as a web page, go here <http://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/email/index.htm>- HOME <http://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org>* [image: 2018 SFFF] [image: French Film News] *17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL June 15-24, 2018 CREST THEATRE * *"THE REGION'S PREMIER FILM EVENT" Carla Meyer - Sacramento Bee* *THE 17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND JUNE 22-24 - CREST THEATRE* *The 17th SFFF continues this weekend, starting Friday June 22 with a special "BEST OF THE 2018 CESAR AWARDS" Night, and continuing till Sunday, June 24: with three special guests, more films -long and short- more discussions, and last but not least, more (pink) Champagne!* Directors Guillaume Caramelle & Antony Cordier have arrived in Sacramento. Come watch their films this weekend! *Listen to Guillaume Caramelle on Insight <http://www.capradio.org/news/insight/>, Capital Public Radio, on Friday, June 22 - 9am (rerun at 7pm).* [image: Cordier Caramelle] In front of the Crest Theatre! Guillaume Caramelle - director of the short film *ONE NIGHT* <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_shortfilmsfeature.htm> & Antony Cordier - director of the feature *GASPARD AT THE WEDDING* <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm>, presented at the SFFF in its U.S. Premiere! *THE TEN FEATURE FILMS PLAYING ON OUR 2nd WEEKEND, AND WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH THEM ALL...* *Best of the 2018 César Awards Night! FRIDAY, JUNE 22 - 6:15pm **BLOODY MILK <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_petit-paysan.htm>*(Petit Paysan) by Hubert Charuel *Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.* [image: Petit Paysan] BLOODY MILK by Hubert Charuel A compelling and unconventional thriller telling the tale of a young dedicated farmer trying to save his cows and his farm from the deadly bovine epidemic that threatens his herd. Nominated for eight *César Awards*, *Bloody Milk* won three of them: *Best Actor* (Swann Arlaud), *Best Supporting Actress* (Sara Giraudeau) and *Best First Feature*. *Best of the 2018 César Awards Night!* *FRIDAY, JUNE 22 - 8:20pm BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_BPM.htm>*(120 Battements par minute) by Robin Campillo *Screening followed by Q&A with Chris Narloch, film critic at Outword, and Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.* [image: BPM] BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_BPM.htm>by Robin Campillo This deeply affecting drama is both a beautiful love story and a document about the beginnings of the French chapter of ACT UP in the early 1990s, as a group of activists goes to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS. *BPM* was nominated for no less than thirteen *César Awards *and won six of them: *Best Film*, *Best Supporting Actor* (Antoine Reinartz), *Most Promising Actor *(Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), Best Original Screenplay, *Best Editing* and *Best Original Music*. It received awards and prizes all over the world. We are very proud to bring *BPM* for you to enjoy as it should be: on the big screen! *Classic Series! **S**ATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 11:am* *CONTEMPT <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_le-mepris.htm>* (Le Mépris - 1963) by Jean-Luc Godard *Rendez-vous with film historian J. Greenberg after the screening.* [image: Contempt] CONTEMPT by Jean-Luc Godard Starring the sexiest French star, Brigitte Bardot, *Contempt* is probably one of Godard's most beloved film (although not by him)! *Contempt* portrays the end of a marriage, but it is also an examination of the position of the filmmaker in commercial cinema. This was a very personal issue for Godard who, with *Contempt*, was, for the first time in in his career, working with a big budget under legendary Italian producer Carlo Ponti's supervision, and with a star of Bardot's magnitude. *Contempt* is the perfect companion to the following film on our program, *Godard Mon Amour <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_redoutable.htm>*, Michel Hazanavicius' tongue-in-cheek portrait of Godard. * Both screenings will be followed by a rendez-vous with film historian J. Greenberg.* *Comedy!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23* - 1:20pm <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_redoutable.htm>*GODARD MON AMOUR* (Le Redoutable) by Michel Hazanavicius *Rendez-vous with film historian J. Greenberg after the screening.* [image: Godard mon amour] GODARD MON AMOUR by Michel Hazanavicius This hilarious biopic is not only a tribute to the troubled genius who is Jean-Luc Godard, as well as the chronicle of the end of a marriage, but also an homage to the spirit of May 1968 of which we celebrate this year the 50th anniversary. As he did with his Oscar winning film *The Artist* and the *OSS 117* series (SFFF 2008 and 2010), director Michel Hazanavicius delivers another tribute to classic cinema, wildly funny yet deeply engaging. Godard has said that this movie was "a stupid, stupid idea". Why don't you come and find out for yourself? *Favorite pick!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 3:45pm SUNDAY, JUNE 24 - 4:45pm* *THE HOUSE BY THE SEA <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_la-villa.htm> *(La Villa) by Robert Guédiguian *Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the Saturday screening.* [image: La Villa] LA VILLA by Robert Guédiguian At the SFFF, we LOVE Robert Guédiguian and we are really pleased to to bring you his latest and -of course- magnificent drama, *The House by the Sea*. Three sibblings reunite after their father had a stroke, in the picturesque villa built and owned by the old man. The chemistry between the three leads, all part of Guediguian’s longtime screen family, is effortless, and it is always a pleasure to see them perform together. With *The House by the Sea*, Guédiguian (a regular of the SFFF, from *The Town is Quiet*, part of our orignal line-up in 2002, to most recently *Don't tell Me the Boy Was Mad* - SFFF 2016) tells one of his favorite stories: a group of everyday people trying to get by as they grapple with whatever life has thrown their way, reminiscing about the past, anxious about the present, dreaming about the future, all teh while trying to be good people. *U.S. Premiere & Special Guest!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 6:10pm* * GASPARD AT THE WEDDING* <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm> (Gaspard va au mariage) by Antony Cordier *Screening followed by Q&A with director Antony Cordier <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>.* [image: Gaspard at the wedding] GASPARD AT THE WEDDING by Antony Cordier On the train to his father's wedding, Gaspard (France's new heartthrob Félix Moati, also starring in* Some Like it Veiled <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_cherchez-la-femme.htm>*) meets an eccentric young woman who agrees to accompany him as his pretend girlfriend. With her beside him, he feels ready to set foot again in the zoo owned by his very peculiar family, itself some sort of a zoo... Daring, refreshing and original, *Gaspard at the Wedding* is a hybrid film zigzagging between genres, simultaneously feeling like a crazy comedy, a romance and a family drama about inheritance, emotional ties, and ultimately the end of childhood, all with a hint of a fairy tale. *Comedy! SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 9pm SUNDAY, JUNE 24 - 12pm* *SOME LIKE IT VEILED* <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_cherchez-la-femme.htm> (Cherchez la femme) by Sou Abadi [image: Some Like it Veiled] SOME LIKE IT VEILED by Sou Abadi Armand (France's new heartthrob Félix Moati, also starring in* Gaspard at the Wedding <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm>*) and Leila (French pop star Camélia Jordana) are in love. But when Leila's big brother returns from a trip to Yemen as a full-blown Islamist with a desire to quell his sister's profane Western ways by keeping her prisoner in their apartment, Armand must find a way to free Leila... *Some Like It Veiled *takes the cross-dressing concept of the Billy Wilder classic *Some Like It Hot* and brings it to the age of Islamic fundamentalism. The result: an extremely funny, laughing-out-loud, politically-incorrect -but always respectful- French farce. Writer/director Sou Abadi was born in Iran and moved to France with her family, at the age of 15, following the Iranian Revolution. *Some Like It Veiled* is her first narrative feature. *Late Night Series!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 11:05pm* * DOUBLE LOVER <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_amant-double.htm>* (L'Amant double, 107 min) by François Ozon *Screening followed by Q&A with Sionann O’Neill <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>, official English-language translator of François Ozon.* [image: Double Lover] DOUBLE LOVER by François Ozon François Ozon's tribute to David Cronenberg and Brian de Palma is an elegant and erotic psychological thriller, with twins and a few twists. Crafting a deliriously cinematic web of suspense, shock, eroticism, and power dynamics, writer/director Ozon (*Frantz *- Mini Fest 2016, *Young & Beautiful *- SFFF 2014, *In the House* - SFFF 2013) invites us to enter the intense story of a woman venturing into dangerous romance. *First Feature!* * SUNDAY, JUNE 24 - 2:05pm * *LUNA <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_luna.htm>* by Elsa Diringer *Screening followed by Q&A with Sionann O'Neill <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>* [image: Luna] LUNA by Elsa Diringer *Luna *is a luminous film about choices, and the importance of making the right ones! Sixteen-year-old Luna is a happy-go-lucky kind of girl. She also hangs out with the wrong crowd and is head-over-heels in love with bad boy Ruben. For him, she would do anything, including participating in the gratuitous and brutal assault on Alex (the adorable Rod Paradot, *Standing Tall *- SFFF 2016) a young graffiti artist and trumpeter. Elsa Diringer’s sensitive first feature delves into the question of violence, individual responsibility in the face of heinous collective behavior, and second chances. *Closing Night! SUNDAY, JUNE 24 – 7:15pm* *CUSTODY <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_custody.htm>* (Jusqu'à la garde) by Xavier Legrand *Screening followed by Q&A with Guillaume Caramelle <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>, director of the short film One Night.* *The CLOSING NIGHT "PINK CHAMPAGNE AND DESSERT" PARTY will start immediately after the film. With Live Music by the Jazz Report & DJ Christophe.* [image: Custody] CUSTODY by Xavier Legrand After the shock created by his powerful Oscar-nominated short film, *Just Before Losing Everything* (SFFF 2013), Xavier Legrand's first feature, *Custody*, was one of the most awaited films of 2018. And it doesn't disappoint! We are proud to close the 17th Sacramento French Film Festival with Legrand's masterpiece of suspense and tension, a timely and gripping thriller about a woman’s battle to get rid of her abusive ex-husband who uses their young son as a pawn to manipulate her. It is always an exciting feeling to witness the birth of a new talent and we hope you'll be as blown away as we were by *Custody*! *GET TO KNOW OUR OUR 2nd WEEKEND GUESTS.* [image: Antony Cordier] *ANTONY CORDIER* Antony Cordier was born in Tours in a working-class family to whom he dedicated his first feature film, the documentary Beau comme un camion (As Beautiful as a Truck). He studied cinema at La Fémis, in the editing department. His first feature fiction film, Douches Froides (Cold Showers), premiered at the Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2005, and won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film and major awards at Verona and Taiwan film festivals. His second feature film, Happy Few (Four Lovers), starring Marina Foïs, Roschdy Zem, Elodie Bouchez and Nicolas Duvauchelle, was selected in competition at the Venice International Film Festival in 2010. Gaspard at the Wedding, presented this year at the SFFF in its U.S. PREMIERE, is his third feature film. *GASPARD AT THE WEDDING <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm> will be shown in its U.S. PREMIERE on Saturday, June 23 at 6:10pm.* [image: Sionann O'Neill] *SIONANN O'NEILL* Sionann O’Neill was born in the Bay Area and grew up in Quincy, a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Sacramento. After graduating from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, she worked for three years to save money, then left for Europe in 1988. She settled in France and began studying cinema at the Sorbonne, where she formulated a desire to do subtitles. A stroke of good fortune led her to meet then-fledgling filmmaker François Ozon, who needed someone to subtitle his shorts. She has gone on to translate all of Mr. Ozon’s films, and has been working for Agnès Varda and a host of emerging young directors in France. For several years, she supervised the French subtitling team for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She also works as an interpreter for actors and directors at the Cannes Film Festival. She currently lives in Normandy. *Sionann will be providing her insights in Q&As following the screenings of DOUBLE LOVER <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_amant-double.htm> (Saturday, June 23 - 11:05pm) and LUNA <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_luna.htm> (Sunday, June 24 – 2:05pm).* [image: Guillaume Caramelle] *GUILLAUME CARAMELLE* Guillaume Caramelle is a young director (short films and advertisements) and screenwriter who scrutinizes society to translate it into images. His films tell his story, but more generally that of a dissolute youth in search of identity. Caramelle's goal is not only to observe, but to probe the woes of our society and explore its limits in a decidedly modern tone that alternates between sarcasm and solemnity. At 25, he directed his first short film, Au Souvenir d'une lune, which follows a young graduate anxious about his future. His second film, Nikki Marianne, a humorous teenage short, was selected in many festivals in Europe and the United States and bought by OCS and Short TV. In his third and latest short film, One Night, presented this year at the SFFF, he tackles in less than four minutes the themes of disability and prostitution. *ONE NIGHT <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_shortfilmsfeature.htm> will be shown on closing night, Sunday, June 24 at 7:15pm, prior to the closing feature, CUSTODY <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_custody.htm>.* *THE SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK IN ITS 17th YEAR. FROM JUNE 15-24, 2018, LET'S MAKE SACRAMENTO FRENCH AGAIN!* *TICKETING* *SINGLE TICKETS* (SOLD AT THE DOOR AND IN ADVANCE) *REGULAR SCREENINGS* - $12 General Audience - $11 Discount (Students & Seniors with ID; and members of the following organizations: Alliance Française, Club Français, EFSac, Sacramento Jewish Film Festival - with membership card) PURCHASE HERE <https://squareup.com/store/sac-french-film-festival/> *CLOSING NIGHT* (includes film and Closing Night Party) - $17 General Audience - $16 Discount PURCHASE HERE <https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1710383> *PASSES* (SOLD AT THE DOOR AND IN ADVANCE) *SECOND WEEKEND PASS* = $50 Access to all film screenings + Closing Party. Valid June 22-24. PURCHASE HERE <https://squareup.com/store/sac-french-film-festival/item/rouge-second-weeke…> *GENERAL INFO* - CLOSING SCREENING Tickets are sold at the DOOR & ONLINE *through the Crest website *(COMING SOON). - SINGLE TICKETS & PASSES are sold at the DOOR & ONLINE *through our website*: When purchasing tickets or passes through Square, you will receive an email confirmation of your order, but not actual printable tickets/passes. You will need to stop at Will Call when you arrive at the theatre to pick up your order. Please print your order confirmation or have it available on your electronic device when you arrive in case it is needed to verify your order. - SALES AT THE DOOR incur NO ADDITIONAL FEE. - All Passes are NON TRANSFERABLE. - Passes & Tickets are NON REFUNDABLE. - Sales at the door are CASH & CREDIT CARD ONLY. Please NO CHECKS *CLOSING WEEKEND - JUNE 22-24, 2018: FEATURE FILM PROGRAM* To find out more about each film (synopsis, reviews, trailers, showtimes,...), click on the film posters. Or find the entire Feature Film Program HERE <http://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm>. *SECOND WEEKEND: JUNE 22-24 9 PREMIERES & 1 CLASSIC* [image: Bloody Milk] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_petit-paysan.htm> [image: BPM] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_BPM.htm> [image: Le Mepris] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_le-mepris.htm> [image: Le redoutable] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_redoutable.htm> [image: La Villa] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_la-villa.htm> [image: Gaspard va au mariage] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm> [image: Cherchez la femme] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_cherchez-la-femme.htm> [image: L'Amant double] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_amant-double.htm> [image: Luna] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_luna.htm> [image: Jusqu'a la garde] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_custody.htm> *FIND THE 2018 PROGRAM HERE! <http://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm>* *SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE FILM FESTIVAL!* [image: donate] [image: DONATE] [image: donate][image: DONATE][image: donate] [image: DONATE] *We offer two options to donate: Square or Paypal.* - * DONATE *through* SQUARE HERE! <https://squareup.com/market/sac-french-film-festival/donation>* - *DONATE *through *PAYPAL HERE! <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/contribute.htm> (Click on the yellow DONATE button). * * TOGETHER, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN! 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[FrenchFilmNews] 17th SFFF - Find out more about the TEN FEATURE FILMS playing on our 2nd-WEEKEND, and WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH THEM ALL + all about our GUESTS - Crest Theatre - June 22-24, 2018.
by Cécile Downs 19 Jun '18

19 Jun '18

*To view this email as a web page, go here <http://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/email/index.htm>- HOME <http://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org>* [image: 2018 SFFF] [image: French Film News] *17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL June 15-24, 2018 CREST THEATRE * *"THE REGION'S PREMIER FILM EVENT" Carla Meyer - Sacramento Bee* *THE 17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND JUNE 22-24 - CREST THEATRE* *The 17th SFFF continues this weekend (Friday June 22 to Sunday, June 24) with more films, more discussions, more (pink) Champagne, and more guests... * *THE TEN FEATURE FILMS PLAYING ON OUR 2nd WEEKEND, AND WHY YOU SHOULD NOT MISSED THEM...* *Best of the 2018 César Awards Night! FRIDAY, JUNE 22 - 6:15pm **BLOODY MILK <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_petit-paysan.htm>*(Petit Paysan) by Hubert Charuel *Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.* [image: Petit Paysan] BLOODY MILK by Hubert Charuel A compelling and unconventional thriller telling the tale of a young dedicated farmer trying to save his cows and his farm from the deadly bovine epidemic that threatens his herd. Nominated for eight *César Awards*, *Bloody Milk* won three of them: *Best Actor* (Swann Arlaud), *Best Supporting Actress* (Sara Giraudeau) and *Best First Feature*. *Best of the 2018 César Awards Night!* *FRIDAY, JUNE 22 - 8:20pm BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_BPM.htm>*(120 Battements par minute) by Robin Campillo *Screening followed by Q&A with Chris Narloch, film critic at Outword, and Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.* [image: BPM] BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) by Robin Campillo This deeply affecting drama is both a beautiful love story and a document about the beginnings of the French chapter of ACT UP in the early 1990s, as a group of activists goes to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS. *BPM* was nominated for no less than thirteen *César Awards *and won six of them: *Best Film*, *Best Supporting Actor* (Antoine Reinartz), *Most Promising Actor *(Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), Best Original Screenplay, *Best Editing* and *Best Original Music*. It received awards and prizes all over the world. We are very proud to bring *BPM* for you to enjoy as it should be: on the big screen! *Classic Series! **S**ATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 11:am* *CONTEMPT <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_le-mepris.htm>* (Le Mépris - 1963) by Jean-Luc Godard *Rendez-vous with film historian J. Greenberg after the screening.* [image: Contempt] CONTEMPT by Jean-Luc Godard Starring the sexiest French star, Brigitte Bardot, *Contempt* is probably one of Godard's most beloved film (although not by him)! *Contempt* portrays the end of a marriage, but it is also an examination of the position of the filmmaker in commercial cinema. This was a very personal issue for Godard who, with *Contempt*, was, for the first time in in his career, working with a big budget under legendary Italian producer Carlo Ponti's supervision, and with a star of Bardot's magnitude. *Contempt* is the perfect companion to the following film on our program, *Godard Mon Amour <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_redoutable.htm>*, Michel Hazanavicius' tongue-in-cheek portrait of Godard. * Both screenings will be followed by a rendez-vous with film historian J. Greenberg.* *Comedy!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23* - 1:20pm *GODARD MON AMOUR* (Le Redoutable) by Michel Hazanavicius *Rendez-vous with film historian J. Greenberg after the screening.* [image: Godard mon amour] GODARD MON AMOUR by Michel Hazanavicius This hilarious biopic is not only a tribute to the troubled genius who is Jean-Luc Godard, as well as the chronicle of the end of a marriage, but also an homage to the spirit of May 1968 of which we celebrate this year the 50th anniversary. As he did with his Oscar winning film *The Artist* and the *OSS 117* series (SFFF 2008 and 2010), director Michel Hazanavicius delivers another tribute to classic cinema, wildly funny yet deeply engaging. Godard has said that this movie was "a stupid, stupid idea". Why don't you come and find out for yourself? *Favorite pick!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 3:45pm SUNDAY, JUNE 24 - 4:45pm* *THE HOUSE BY THE SEA <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_la-villa.htm> *(La Villa) by Robert Guédiguian *Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the Saturday screening.* [image: La Villa] LA VILLA by Robert Guédiguian At the SFFF, we LOVE Robert Guédiguian and we are really pleased to to bring you his latest and -of course- magnificent drama, *The House by the Sea*. Three sibblings reunite after their father had a stroke, in the picturesque villa built and owned by the old man. The chemistry between the three leads, all part of Guediguian’s longtime screen family, is effortless, and it is always a pleasure to see them perform together. With *The House by the Sea*, Guédiguian (a regular of the SFFF, from *The Town is Quiet*, part of our orignal line-up in 2002, to most recently *Don't tell Me the Boy Was Mad* - SFFF 2016) tells one of his favorite stories: a group of everyday people trying to get by as they grapple with whatever life has thrown their way, reminiscing about the past, anxious about the present, dreaming about the future, all teh while trying to be good people. *U.S. Premiere & Special Guest!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 6:10pm* * GASPARD AT THE WEDDING* <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm> (Gaspard va au mariage) by Antony Cordier *Screening followed by Q&A with director Antony Cordier <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>.* [image: Gaspard at the wedding] GASPARD AT THE WEDDING by Antony Cordier On the train to his father's wedding, Gaspard (France's new heartthrob Félix Moati, also starring in* Some Like it Veiled <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_cherchez-la-femme.htm>*) meets an eccentric young woman who agrees to accompany him as his pretend girlfriend. With her beside him, he feels ready to set foot again in the zoo owned by his very peculiar family, itself some sort of a zoo... Daring, refreshing and original, *Gaspard at the Wedding* is a hybrid film zigzagging between genres, simultaneously feeling like a crazy comedy, a romance and a family drama about inheritance, emotional ties, and ultimately the end of childhood, all with a hint of a fairy tale. *Comedy! SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 9pm SUNDAY, JUNE 24 - 12pm* *SOME LIKE IT VEILED* <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_cherchez-la-femme.htm> (Cherchez la femme) by Sou Abadi [image: Some Like it Veiled] SOME LIKE IT VEILED by Sou Abadi Armand (France's new heartthrob Félix Moati, also starring in* Gaspard at the Wedding <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm>*) and Leila (French pop star Camélia Jordana) are in love. But when Leila's big brother returns from a trip to Yemen as a full-blown Islamist with a desire to quell his sister's profane Western ways by keeping her prisoner in their apartment, Armand must find a way to free Leila... *Some Like It Veiled *takes the cross-dressing concept of the Billy Wilder classic *Some Like It Hot* and brings it to the age of Islamic fundamentalism. The result: an extremely funny, laughing-out-loud, politically-incorrect -but always respectful- French farce. Writer/director Sou Abadi was born in Iran and moved to France with her family, at the age of 15, following the Iranian Revolution. *Some Like It Veiled* is her first narrative feature. *Late Night Series!* *SATURDAY, JUNE 23 - 11:05pm* * DOUBLE LOVER <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_amant-double.htm>* <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_amant-double.htm>(L'Amant double, 107 min) by François Ozon - ONE SCREENING ONLY! *Screening followed by Q&A with Sionann O’Neill <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>, official English-language translator of François Ozon.* [image: Double Lover] DOUBLE LOVER by François Ozon François Ozon's tribute to David Cronenberg and Brian de Palma is an elegant and erotic psychological thriller, with twins and a few twists. Crafting a deliriously cinematic web of suspense, shock, eroticism, and power dynamics, writer/director Ozon (*Frantz *- Mini Fest 2016, *Young & Beautiful *- SFFF 2014, *In the House* - SFFF 2013) invites us to enter the intense story of a woman venturing into dangerous romance. *First Feature!* * SUNDAY, JUNE 24 - 2:05pm * *LUNA <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_luna.htm>* by Elsa Diringer *Screening followed by Q&A with Sionann O'Neill <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>* [image: Luna] LUNA by Elsa Diringer *Luna *is a luminous film about choices, and the importance of making the right ones! Sixteen-year-old Luna is a happy-go-lucky kind of girl. She also hangs out with the wrong crowd and is head-over-heels in love with bad boy Ruben. For him, she would do anything, including participating in the gratuitous and brutal assault on Alex (the adorable Rod Paradot, *Standing Tall *- SFFF 2016) a young graffiti artist and trumpeter. Elsa Diringer’s sensitive first feature delves into the question of violence, individual responsibility in the face of heinous collective behavior, and second chances. *Closing Night! SUNDAY, JUNE 24 – 7:15pm* *CUSTODY <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_custody.htm>* (Jusqu'à la garde) by Xavier Legrand *Screening followed by Q&A with Guillaume Caramelle <https://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm#guests>, director of the short film One Night that will precede the feature.* *The CLOSING NIGHT "PINK CHAMPAGNE AND DESSERT" PARTY will start immediately after the film. With Live Music by the Jazz Report & DJ Christophe.* [image: Custody] CUSTODY by Xavier Legrand After the shock created by his powerful Oscar-nominated short film, *Just Before Losing Everything* (SFFF 2013), Xavier Legrand's first feature, *Custody*, was one of the most awaited films of 2018. And it doesn't disappoint! We are proud to close the 17th Sacramento French Film Festival with Legrand's masterpiece of suspense and tension, a timely and gripping thriller about a woman’s battle to get rid of her abusive ex-husband who uses their young son as a pawn to manipulate her. It is always an exciting feeling to witness the birth of a new talent and we hope you'll be as blown away as we were by *Custody*! *GET TO KNOW OUR OUR 2nd WEEKEND SPECIAL GUESTS...* [image: Antony Cordier] *ANTONY CORDIER* Antony Cordier was born in Tours in a working-class family to whom he dedicated his first feature film, the documentary Beau comme un camion (As Beautiful as a Truck). He studied cinema at La Fémis, in the editing department. His first feature fiction film, Douches Froides (Cold Showers), premiered at the Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2005, and won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film and major awards at Verona and Taiwan film festivals. His second feature film, Happy Few (Four Lovers), starring Marina Foïs, Roschdy Zem, Elodie Bouchez and Nicolas Duvauchelle, was selected in competition at the Venice International Film Festival in 2010. Gaspard at the Wedding, presented this year at the SFFF in its U.S. PREMIERE, is his third feature film. *GASPARD AT THE WEDDING <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm> will be shown in its U.S. PREMIERE on Saturday, June 23 at 6:10pm*. [image: Sionann O'Neill] *SIONANN O'NEILL* Sionann O’Neill was born in the Bay Area and grew up in Quincy, a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Sacramento. After graduating from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, she worked for three years to save money, then left for Europe in 1988. She settled in France and began studying cinema at the Sorbonne, where she formulated a desire to do subtitles. A stroke of good fortune led her to meet then-fledgling filmmaker François Ozon, who needed someone to subtitle his shorts. She has gone on to translate all of Mr. Ozon’s films, and has been working for Agnès Varda and a host of emerging young directors in France. For several years, she supervised the French subtitling team for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She also works as an interpreter for actors and directors at the Cannes Film Festival. She currently lives in Normandy. *Sionann will be providing her insights in Q&As following the screenings of DOUBLE LOVER <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_amant-double.htm> (Saturday, June 23 - 11:05pm) and LUNA <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_luna.htm> (Sunday, June 24 – 2:05pm).* [image: Guillaume Caramelle] *GUILLAUME CARAMELLE* Guillaume Caramelle is a young director (short films and advertisements) and screenwriter who scrutinizes society to translate it into images. His films tell his story, but more generally that of a dissolute youth in search of identity. Caramelle's goal is not only to observe, but to probe the woes of our society and explore its limits in a decidedly modern tone that alternates between sarcasm and solemnity. At 25, he directed his first short film, Au Souvenir d'une lune, which follows a young graduate anxious about his future. His second film, Nikki Marianne, a humorous teenage short, was selected in many festivals in Europe and the United States and bought by OCS and Short TV. In his third and latest short film, One Night, presented this year at the SFFF, he tackles in less than four minutes the themes of disability and prostitution. *ONE NIGHT <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_shortfilmsfeature.htm> will be shown on closing night, Sunday, June 24 at 7:15pm, prior to the closing feature, CUSTODY <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_custody.htm>.* *THE SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK IN ITS 17th YEAR. LET'S MAKE SACRAMENTO FRENCH AGAIN!* *TICKETING* *SINGLE TICKETS* (SOLD AT THE DOOR AND IN ADVANCE) *REGULAR SCREENINGS* - $12 General Audience - $11 Discount (Students & Seniors with ID; and members of the following organizations: Alliance Française, Club Français, EFSac, Sacramento Jewish Film Festival - with membership card) PURCHASE HERE <https://squareup.com/store/sac-french-film-festival/> *CLOSING NIGHT* (includes film and Closing Night Party) - $17 General Audience - $16 Discount PURCHASE HERE <https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1710383> *PASSES* (SOLD AT THE DOOR AND IN ADVANCE) *SECOND WEEKEND PASS* (Access to all film screenings + Closing Party. Valid June 22-24) - $50 PURCHASE HERE <https://squareup.com/store/sac-french-film-festival/item/rouge-second-weeke…> *GENERAL INFO* - CLOSING SCREENING Tickets are sold at the DOOR & ONLINE *through the Crest website *(COMING SOON). - SINGLE TICKETS & PASSES are sold at the DOOR & ONLINE *through our website*: When purchasing tickets or passes through Square, you will receive an email confirmation of your order, but not actual printable tickets/passes. You will need to stop at Will Call when you arrive at the theatre to pick up your order. Please print your order confirmation or have it available on your electronic device when you arrive in case it is needed to verify your order. - SALES AT THE DOOR incur NO ADDITIONAL FEE. - All Passes are NON TRANSFERABLE. - Passes & Tickets are NON REFUNDABLE. - Sales at the door are CASH & CREDIT CARD ONLY. Please NO CHECKS *CLOSING WEEKEND - JUNE 22-24, 2018: FEATURE FILM PROGRAM* To find out more about each film (synopsis, reviews, trailers, showtimes,...), click on the film posters. *SECOND WEEKEND: JUNE 22-24 9 PREMIERES & 1 CLASSIC* [image: Bloody Milk] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_petit-paysan.htm> [image: BPM] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_BPM.htm> [image: Le Mepris] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_le-mepris.htm> [image: Le redoutable] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_redoutable.htm> [image: La Villa] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_la-villa.htm> [image: Gaspard va au mariage] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_gaspard.htm> [image: Cherchez la femme] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_cherchez-la-femme.htm> [image: L'Amant double] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_amant-double.htm> [image: Luna] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_luna.htm> [image: Jusqu'a la garde] <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/movie2018_custody.htm> *FIND THE 2018 PROGRAM HERE! <http://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/program.htm>* *SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE FILM FESTIVAL!* [image: donate] [image: DONATE] [image: donate][image: DONATE][image: donate] [image: DONATE] *We offer two options to donate: Square or Paypal.* - * DONATE *through* SQUARE HERE! <https://squareup.com/market/sac-french-film-festival/donation>* - *DONATE *through *PAYPAL HERE! <https://www.sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/contribute.htm> (Click on the yellow DONATE button). * * TOGETHER, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN! 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[FrenchFilmNews] The 17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND at the CREST THEATRE - JUNE 22-24 - FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR 2nd-WEEKEND GUESTS !
by Cécile Downs 18 Jun '18

18 Jun '18

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[FrenchFilmNews] TONIGHT! OPENING NIGHT of the 17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL - 7:30pm THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, followed by our Opening Champagne & Dessert Party! See you at the Crest Theatre...
by Cécile Downs 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

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[FrenchFilmNews] THE 17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL STARTS TOMORROW, FRIDAY, JUNE 15 - Find out more about the NINE FEATURE FILMS playing on the FIRST WEEKEND, and WHY THEY ARE NOT TO BE MISSED...
by Cécile Downs 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

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[FrenchFilmNews] 17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: let's talk about women! June 15-24 - Crest Theatre
by Cécile Downs 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

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[FrenchFilmNews] 17th SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: the 11am SATURDAY CLASSIC SERIES: June 16 & 23, 2018 - Crest Theatre
by Cécile Downs 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

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[FrenchFilmNews] HIGHLIGHTING THE COMEDIES (and three of our five SPECIAL GUESTS) playing at the upcoming 17th SFFF: June 15-24 - Crest Theatre
by Cécile Downs 09 Jun '18

09 Jun '18

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[FrenchFilmNews] SFFF 2018: TICKETS to OPENING & CLOSING NIGHTS are NOW on SALE - FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR OPENING & CLOSING EVENINGS!
by Cécile Downs 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

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[FrenchFilmNews] Here it is, the FILM PROGRAM of the 17th Sacramento French Film Festival. June 15-24, 2018 - Crest Theatre!
by Cécile Downs 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

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