*** DID YOU MISS IT AT TAFFF 2024? *** "AUCTION", IS NOW PLAYING IN US THEATERS (and OPENS IN LA TOMORROW (11/21) !!!) *** "AUCTION" a comedy/drama co-written and directed by Pascal Bonitzer, starring Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Nora Hamzawi, Louise Chevillotte, Arcadi Radeff, Laurence Côte.
Official Selections: Rendezvous With French Cinema in New York 2024. Official Competition TAFFF 2024. In French with English subtitles. A Menemsha Films release. Now playing in select US theaters (Check your local calendar). Opening in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Royal) and in Encino (Laemmle 5 Tower Center)
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*** Watch the Official US trailer: youtu.be/AeqBwlBihQY?si=ATPMzxs1U1w5-SPo .
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(An auctioneer is like a plastic surgeon. You have to put your trust in him.” So begins Pascal Bonitzer‘s exquisite jewel of a film, Auction. Like a fine-cut diamond, with sharp, clean edges and meticulously-crafted from every angle, the film plunges us into the slick art world of the City of Light. Celebrated auctioneer and modern art specialist André Masson receives a letter stating that a painting — potentially by Egon Schiele — has been found in the dreary French city of Mulhouse, on the border of Germany. The masterwork has been missing since 1939, when it was confiscated by the Nazis, and has been stumbled upon in the home of young factory worker Martin Keller and his ailing mother. Based on a true story, that discovery upends the lives of both men. Brilliantly written, brought to life with elegant precision by a superb cast, and packing an enormous emotional punch at its climax, Auction may just turn out to be Bonitzer’s masterwork, as well.)
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*** All French Films now playing in US theaters (or coming soon) are listed here: theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/.../coming-soon/
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*** TAFFF LIBRARY is your online guide to watch French programs in US theaters and at home, with 1000+ titles available or soon available, including 300+ films and series premiered at THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (daily updates): theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema/
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* TAFFF LIBRARY is brought to you by The AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (TAFFF), a Week of French Films and Series Premieres and Awards taking place annually at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Presented by the French American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, Sacem, Writers Guild of America West in association with CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in partnership with Unifrance Villa Albertine with the support of Air Tahiti Nui ELMA - European Languages & Movies in America Variety Champagne Louis Roederer TV5MONDE USA .
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*** DID YOU MISS IT AT TAFFF 2025? *** NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS *** OFFICIAL LOS ANGELES PREMIERE TAFFF 2025: "PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK", a documentary Written and directed by Sepideh Farsi, starring Fatma Hassona & Sepideh Farsi. Official Selection Cannes Acid 2025. Official Competition and West Coast Premiere at The American French Film Festival 2025. In English. A Kino Lorber release. Now playing in a theater near you before a digital release on December 16.
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* Watch the Official US trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Eco0kWHK8
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("PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK" offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and Fatma Hassona, who was tragically killed with her family in a targeted Israeli airstrike on her home on April 16, 2025 just one day after the film’s Cannes selection was announced. Combining raw immediacy with deep humanity, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk portrays daily life during the conflict through the eyes of a generation caught in an endless cycle of war and living under siege.)
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*** All French Films now playing in US theaters (or coming soon) are listed here: theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/.../coming-soon/
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*** TAFFF LIBRARY is your online guide to watch French programs in US theaters and at home, with 1000+ titles available or soon available, including 300+ films and series premiered at THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (daily updates): theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema/
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* TAFFF LIBRARY is brought to you by The AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (TAFFF), a Week of French Films and Series Premieres and Awards taking place annually at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Presented by the French American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, Sacem, Writers Guild of America West in association with CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in partnership with Unifrance Villa Albertine with the support of Air Tahiti Nui ELMA - European Languages & Movies in America Variety Champagne Louis Roederer TV5MONDE USA . ... See MoreSee Less

*** DID YOU MISS IT AT TAFFF 2025? *** NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS & ON NETFLIX *** OFFICIAL LOS ANGELES PREMIERE TAFFF 2025 (Winner American Students Award): "NOUVELLE VAGUE", a comedy co-written and directed by Richard Linklater , starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Bruno Dreyfürst, Benjamin Cléry, Matthieu Penchinat, Pauline Belle, Blaise Pettebone, Benoît Bouthors, Paolo Luka-Noé, Adrien Rouyard, Jodie Ruth. Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2025, The American French Film festival 2025. In French with English subtitles. Now playing in select US theaters (Check your local calendar) and on Netflix.
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*** Watch the Official US trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UufRzKVFseg .
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(This is the story of Godard making “Breathless”, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made “Breathless”. Nouvelle Vague reconstructs the story behind Jean-Luc Godard’s cinema classic about a doomed love affair between an idealistic Frenchman and his U.S. lover. French actor Guillaume Marbeck portrays Godard, Zoey Deutch plays Jean Seberg, and newcomer Aubry Dullin portrays Jean Paul Belmondo. Characters in the movie also include cinema legends Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Eric Rohmer, Agnes Varda and Jacques Rivette.)
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*** All French Films now playing in US theaters (or coming soon) are listed here: theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/.../coming-soon/
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*** TAFFF LIBRARY is your online guide to watch French programs in US theaters and at home, with 1000+ titles available or soon available, including 300+ films and series premiered at THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (daily updates): theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema/
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* TAFFF LIBRARY is brought to you by The AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (TAFFF), a Week of French Films and Series Premieres and Awards taking place annually at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Presented by the French American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, Sacem, Writers Guild of America West in association with CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in partnership with Unifrance Villa Albertine with the support of Air Tahiti Nui ELMA - European Languages & Movies in America Variety Champagne Louis Roederer TV5MONDE USA . VISTA Theater Hollywood ... See MoreSee Less

*** NOW PLAYING IN US THEATERS (Since 11/14): "ARCO"
An Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family 12+, co-written & directed by Ugo Bienvenu. Starring (French voices) Swann Arlaud, Alma Jodorowsky, Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Tresanini, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel, William Lebghil, Oxmo Puccino.
Official Selections Cannes International Film Festival 2025, Annecy International Film Festival 2025 (Winner Cristal Price, Best Film). In English and in French with English subtitles.
A NEON release. Now playing in select US theaters (Check your local calendar). Coming next to Digital.
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* Watch the official US trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNUkW6ywV-c
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(In 2075, a ten year old girl, Iris, witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. It’s Arco. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. Iris shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.)
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*** All French Films now playing in US theaters (or coming soon) are listed here: theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/.../coming-soon/
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*** TAFFF LIBRARY is your online guide to watch French programs in US theaters and at home, with 1000+ titles available or soon available, including 300+ films and series premiered at THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (daily updates): theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema/
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* TAFFF LIBRARY is brought to you by The AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (www.tafff.org), a Week of French Films and Series Premieres and Awards taking place annually at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Presented by the French American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, Sacem, Writers Guild of America West in association with CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in partnership with Unifrance Villa Albertine with the support of Air Tahiti Nui ELMA - European Languages & Movies in America Variety Champagne Louis Roederer TV5MONDE USA.

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*** DID YOU MISS IT AT TAFFF 2024? *** "AUCTION", IS NOW PLAYING IN US THEATERS (Opening in Los Angeles on November 21) *** "AUCTION" a comedy/drama co-written and directed by Pascal Bonitzer, starring Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Nora Hamzawi, Louise Chevillotte, Arcadi Radeff, Laurence Côte.
Official Selections: Rendezvous With French Cinema in New York 2024. Official Competition TAFFF 2024. In French with English subtitles. A Menemsha Films release. Now playing in select US theaters (Check your local calendar).
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*** Watch the Official US trailer: youtu.be/AeqBwlBihQY?si=ATPMzxs1U1w5-SPo .
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(An auctioneer is like a plastic surgeon. You have to put your trust in him.” So begins Pascal Bonitzer‘s exquisite jewel of a film, Auction. Like a fine-cut diamond, with sharp, clean edges and meticulously-crafted from every angle, the film plunges us into the slick art world of the City of Light. Celebrated auctioneer and modern art specialist André Masson receives a letter stating that a painting — potentially by Egon Schiele — has been found in the dreary French city of Mulhouse, on the border of Germany. The masterwork has been missing since 1939, when it was confiscated by the Nazis, and has been stumbled upon in the home of young factory worker Martin Keller and his ailing mother. Based on a true story, that discovery upends the lives of both men. Brilliantly written, brought to life with elegant precision by a superb cast, and packing an enormous emotional punch at its climax, Auction may just turn out to be Bonitzer’s masterwork, as well.)
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*** All French Films now playing in US theaters (or coming soon) are listed here: theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema/coming-soon/
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*** TAFFF LIBRARY is your online guide to watch French programs in US theaters and at home, with 1000+ titles available or soon available, including 300+ films and series premiered at THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (daily updates): theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/virtual-cinema/
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* TAFFF LIBRARY is brought to you by The AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (TAFFF), a Week of French Films and Series Premieres and Awards taking place annually at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Presented by the French American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, Sacem, Writers Guild of America West in association with CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in partnership with Unifrance Villa Albertine with the support of Air Tahiti Nui ELMA - European Languages & Movies in America Variety Champagne Louis Roederer TV5MONDE USA .
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Thank you to our 14,000 attendees ! Among them: Didier Allouch, Cédric Anger, MPA Europe Representative and FACF member Emilie Anthonis, Margaux Audouin, Anthony Azizi, Michael Barker, Enya Baroux, Simon Barrett, Rod Barr, Nicolas Bary, Hugo Becker, Academy Awards winner Sean Becker, Wassim Béji, Shaz Bennett, Kevin Bernhardt, Anne Berest, Romane Bohringer, Anissa Bonnefont, Élodie Bouchez, Alexandre Bougja, Ted Braun, Uta Briesewitz, CNC President Gaëtan Bruel, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Frederic Cassidy, Audrey Clinet, Robin Couderc (ROB), Eva Deakin, Raphaëlle Delauche, Zoey Deutch, Ahmed Dendane, Paul Dichter, Valérie Donzelli, Aubry Dullin, Philip Eisner, Unifrance Director Daniela Elstner, Ryan Fleck, Academy Awards winner Jodie Foster, Claire Franzoni, Consul General of France Adrien Frier, Consul General of Spain Riego González, Yann Gozlan, Academy Award winner & FACF member Taylor Hackford, Michèle Halberstadt, WGA ad FACF member Dante Harper, SACEM and FACF member Louis Hallonet, Samantha Jacobert, Martin Jauvat, Jeremy Kagan, Cédric Klapish, Thierry Klifa, Vicky Krieps, Karyn Kusama, Bruno Lévy, Academy Award nominee Richard Linklater, Pauline Loquès, Alex Lutz, Delphine Malausséna, Academy Awards nominee & FACF member Michael Mann, Guillaume Marbeck, Héloïse Martin, Holt McCallany, Nadia Melliti, Hélène Merlin, Jonathan Mostow, Eric Neveux, Unifrance President Gilles Pelisson, FACF President and SACEM Director Cécile Rap Veber, Camille Razat, Academy Awards nominee Jason Reitman, MPA President Charles Rivkin, WGA and FACF member Howard Rodman, Guillaume Roussel, DGA Executive Director & FACF member Russell Hollander, Nicolas Sanfaute, Ted Sarandos, Ken Scott, Michael Sucsy, Chloé Thévenin, Capucine Valmary, Luc Walpoth, Myriam Weil, Miranda Yousef, Roschdy Zem, Rebecca Zlotowski… See you all in 2026 at the Directors Guild of America to celebrate our 30th anniversary! ... See MoreSee Less