Rebecca Zlotowski's A Private Life [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (to be distributed in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics) will open the 29th edition of The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) today. The event, organised by the Franco-American Cultural Fund (a partnership between the DGA, MPA, SACEM and WGAW), will run until 3 November on Sunset Boulevard at the Director's Guild of America in Hollywood, and will close with the world premiere of Guru by Yann Gozlan (starring Pierre Niney).

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Among the 42 feature films in the programme, special screenings include the Venice competition entry The Stranger [+leggi anche:
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intervista: François Ozon
scheda film] by François Ozon (American distributor: Music Box Films), the Cannes Palme d'Or winner and French candidate for the 2026 Oscar for Best International Feature Film, It Was Just an Accident [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jafar Panahi
scheda film] by Iranian director Jafar Panahi (American distributor: Neon), the animated film A Magnificent Life [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sylvain Chomet
scheda film] by Sylvain Chomet (Sony Pictures Classics), Silent Rebellion [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Switzerland's Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, and the French co-production Sirāt [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Óliver Laxe
scheda film] by Spain's Óliver Laxe (his country's Oscar nominee, distributed in the United States by Neon).

In addition, there will be one film making its international premiere (L’Épreuve du feu by Aurélien Peyre) and nine making their North American premiere, including Berlin competition entry Ari [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Léonor Serraille
scheda film] by Léonor Seraille and eight titles discovered at Cannes:  13 Days, 13 Nights [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Martin Bourboulon (distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films), The Richest Woman in the World [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Thierry Klifa
scheda film] by Thierry Klifa, Love Me Tender [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anna Cazenave Cambet
scheda film] by Anna Cazenave Cambet, The Wonderers by Joséphine Japy, Drifting Laurent by Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon, Dalloway [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Yann Gozlan, Connemara [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alex Lutz
scheda film] by Alex Lutz and Cassandre by Hélène Merlin.

The American premieres line-up includes the award-winning Venetian film At Work [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Valérie Donzelli
scheda film] by Valérie Donzelli, Bon Voyage, Marie by Enya Baroux, and five feature films unveiled at Cannes: Nino [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pauline Loquès
scheda film] by Pauline Loquès, Enzo [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Robin Campillo
scheda film] by Robin Campillo, Dog 51 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Cédric Jimenez, Colours of Time [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Cédric Klapisch
scheda film] by Cédric Klapisch, and Baise-en-ville [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Martin Jauvat.

The films making their West Coast premieres are The Piano Incident [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Quentin Dupieux
scheda film] by Quentin Dupieux, The Fence [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Denis
scheda film] by Claire Denis, The Girls in the Snow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Louise Hémon
scheda film] by Louise Hémon and Once Upon My Mother [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Ken Scott.

Finally, four other Cannes films are premiering in Los Angeles: the award-winning The Little Sister [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hafsia Herzi
scheda film] by Hafsia Herzi (distributor: Strand Releasing), the competitor New Wave [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Richard Linklater (Netflix), The Party's Over! [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Antony Cordier
scheda film] by Antony Cordier and Summer Beats [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret
scheda film] by the duo Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret.

It should be noted that two new sections enrich the programme's great diversity: New Wave Spotlight for first and second films, and New Horizons for daring creations.

The programme also includes six documentaries, nine series and four TV films, 17 short films, meetings with filmmakers and debates (including one focusing on composer Guillaume Roussel and another on French special effects with the companies Mac Guff, Buf and MPC).