Emilia Perez [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Jacques Audiard, doubly awarded in Cannes, the French candidate at the upcoming Oscars and distributed in the United-States by Netflix, which opens the 29th edition of the American French Film Festival today, Tuesday 29 October. The event, organised by the Franco-American Cultural Fund (which brings together the DGA, the MPA, the SACEM and the WGAW) will unfold until 3 November in the screening rooms of the Director’s Guild of America in Hollywood, and will close with The Count of Monte-Cristo [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière (distributed in the United-States by Samuel Goldwyn Films).

Standing out amongst the 27 fiction feature films in the programme are the international premieres of Rabia [+lee también:
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entrevista: Michel Hazanavicius
ficha de la película] by Michel Hazanavicius, Jim’s Story [+lee también:
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entrevista: Arnaud y Jean-Marie Larrieu
ficha de la película] by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Dog on Trial [+lee también:
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entrevista: Laetitia Dosch
ficha de la película] by Laetitia Dosch (distributed in the US by Quiver), The Marching Band [+lee también:
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entrevista: Emmanuel Courcol
ficha de la película] by Emmanuel Courcol, Being Maria [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jessica Palud
ficha de la película] by Jessica Palud and The Balconettes [+lee también:
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entrevista: Noémie Merlant
ficha de la película] by Noémie Merlant (distributed by Forge Entertainment), and for Venice titles Three Friends [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Emmanuel Mouret and The Ties that Bind Us [+lee también:
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entrevista: Carine Tardieu
ficha de la película] by Carine Tardieu, for Berlin winner The Empire [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bruno Dumont
ficha de la película] by Bruno Dumont (US distribution by Kino Lorber), but also for Saint-Ex [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Pablo Agüero, A Good Jewish Boy [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Noé Debré (US distribution by Film Movement), Survive by Frédéric Jardin (Samuel Goldwyn Films) and In The Sub For Love by Lucas Bernard.

Having their American premieres are Cannes winner The Story of Souleymane [+lee también:
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entrevista: Boris Lojkine
ficha de la película] by Boris Lojkine and Boléro [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Anne Fontaine, while West side premieres are planned for The Second Act [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Quentin Dupieux, Through the Night [+lee también:
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entrevista: Delphine Girard
ficha de la película] by Delphine Girard and the comedy Maybe More by Oliver Ducray and Wilfred Méance. Also premiering in Los Angeles are Auction by Pascal Bonitzer (US distribution by Menemsha Films) and Cannes discoveries Wild Diamond [+lee también:
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entrevista: Agathe Riedinger
ficha de la película] by Agathe Riedinger (Strand Releasing) and Holy Cow [+lee también:
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entrevista: Louise Courvoisier
ficha de la película] by Louise Courvoisier (Zeitgeist Films). Finally, a special screening will be dedicated to Le Royaume [+lee también:
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entrevista: Julien Colonna
ficha de la película] by Julien Colonna (Metrograph).

Five documentaries are also screening, including Cannes-selected titles Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand by David Herzog-Dessistes and My Way by Thierry Teston and Liza Azuelos and Berlin title A Family [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Christine Angot, but also The Man with a Thousand Faces by Sonia Kronlund and Tehachapi by JR.

The very vast programme (which will give rise to audience, critics and youth jury awards) also includes 14 short-films, 3 television films and 11 series. The latter are In the Shadows by Pierre Schoeller, The Trigger by Ziad Doueiri, The Confidante by Just Philippot, Samber by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Ça c’est Paris by Marc Fitoussi, The Disappearance of Kimmy Diore by Sébastien Marnier, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld by Audrey Estrougo and Jérôme Salle, Zorro de Jean-Baptiste Saurel and Émilie Noblet, Extra. [+lee también:
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ficha de la serie] by Jonathan Hazan and Matthieu Bernard, A Dangerous Friendship by Alain Tasma and Day One Escaping Ukraine by Jean-Philippe Amar.

Finally, it is also worth noting that the American French Film Festival will, for the first time, give the TAFFF Impact Award (a prize recognising an American professional for their contribution to French cinema), to distributor Richard Lorber (Kino Lorber) and that The Count of Monte-Cristo will be at the heart of the High School Screenings Program (which will reach 3,000 students in 60 schools).