FRENCH FILM NEWS IN SACRAMENTO

Kirikou and the Sorceress, Saturday May 6, Children admitted FREE

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Sacramento Black Film Festival Will Feature Kirikou and the Sorceress on Saturday May 6, Children admitted FREE

Les Belles Artes Club, Inc., with funding by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, present the 2nd Sacramento Black Film Festival.

On May 6, 2006, at 2:00 PM, "Kirikou and the Sorceress", a French feature length animated film, will be shown at the Guild Theater. Children are admitted free. Festival passes are $15.00, individual tickets are $6.00

Location:
The Guild Theater
2828 35th Street, Sacramento

Trailer & synopsis: http://www.kirikou.net/synopsis.html

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From Script to Screen: Conversations on Contemporary French Cinema, May 9 & 11

Conversations on Contemporary French Cinema at Stanford University, La Faute à Voltaire (Poetical Refugee) and L'Esquive (Games of Love and Chance)

The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at Stanford and TV5 Monde present:
From Script to Screen: Conversations on Contemporary French Cinema

A French Film Festival with screenings and discussions with:

Actress Élodie Bouchez
Jean-Michel Frodon, Editor in Chief Cahiers du Cinema

Tuesday, May 9
La Faute à Voltaire ( Poetical Refugee), by Abdel Kechiche. Screening and discussion with ACTRESS ÉLODIE BOUCHEZ and Jean-Michel Frodon, Editor in Chief of the Cahiers du Cinéma.

5-6 p.m., Interview with ÉLODIE BOUCHEZ and Jean-Michel Frodon by Cécile Alduy, Cubberley Auditorium.
6-9 p.m., Screening and discussion, Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford campus

Thursday, May 11
L'Esquive ( Games of Love and Chance).
Screening and discussion with Cécile Alduy (French and Italian Department, Stanford).
6-9 p.m., Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford campus

For more information visit http://dlcl.stanford.edu/research/frenchfilm.html .
Or contact :
Cécile Alduy, Assistant Professor, French and Italian Department, alduy@stanford.edu , or
Marie-Pierre Ulloa, mpulloa@stanford.edu

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Festival Preparations in Full Swing...

Sunday, April 02, 2006

The Festival staff and volunteers are hard at work lining up an excellent selection of features and shorts for you this year and recruiting talented caterers and restaurants for the opening and closing receptions.

We are also in full swing recruiting new sponsors, both corporate and individuals. Help the Festival bring you the best of new and classic French cinema by becoming a corporate or individual sponsor!

Advance passes will be on sale in June but you can get your Festival passes now - at a discount price - by becoming a sponsor of the Festival. Every year our fabulous opening night reception sells out. This is your opportunity to guarantee that you will have access to the event which will be limited to 200 tickets offered to the public.

Our individual sponsors contributions help us better estimate our budget and allow us to book even more top quality films and potentially request the latest films directly from France, providing you with the unique opportunity to be among the first to see these films in the United States.

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