The American French Film Fest Posts Line-Up With Alain Delon Tribute; ‘Saint-Exupéry’, ‘The Balconettes’ & “A Nice Jewish Boy’ Among N. American Premieres

Melanie Goodfellow
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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.

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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 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

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