Emilia Perez [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mareike Engelhardt
scheda film] by Mareike Engelhard and Somewhere In Love by Morgan Simon, as well as the 13 North-American premieres for Cannes titles The Most Precious of Cargoes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michel Hazanavicius
scheda film] by Michel Hazanavicius, Jim’s Story [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud e Jean-Marie Larrieu
scheda film] by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Dog on Trial [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laetitia Dosch
scheda film] by Laetitia Dosch (distributed in the US by Quiver), The Marching Band [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuel Courcol
scheda film] by Emmanuel Courcol, Being Maria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jessica Palud
scheda film] by Jessica Palud and The Balconettes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Noémie Merlant
scheda film] by Noémie Merlant (distributed by Forge Entertainment), and for Venice titles Three Friends [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Emmanuel Mouret and The Ties that Bind Us [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Carine Tardieu
scheda film] by Carine Tardieu, for Berlin winner The Empire [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bruno Dumont
scheda film] by Bruno Dumont (US distribution by Kino Lorber), but also for Saint-Ex [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Pablo Agüero, A Good Jewish Boy [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Boris Lojkine
scheda film] by Boris Lojkine and Boléro [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Anne Fontaine, while West side premieres are planned for The Second Act [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Quentin Dupieux, Through the Night [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Delphine Girard
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Agathe Riedinger
scheda film] by Agathe Riedinger (Strand Releasing) and Holy Cow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Louise Courvoisier
scheda film] by Louise Courvoisier (Zeitgeist Films). Finally, a special screening will be dedicated to Le Royaume [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Julien Colonna
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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. [+leggi anche:
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scheda series] 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).