The 6th Sacramento French Film Festival will open on Friday July 20th at 6pm with a fabulous opening reception, followed at 8:30pm by the acclaimed deeply moving and astonishing drama by Andre Techine, THE WITNESSES (Les Temoins), starring Emmanuelle Beart and Michel Blanc.

The Festival will close on Sunday July 29th with DANS PARIS, the witty comedy in homage to Paris and the New Wave by up-and-coming director Christophe Honore; followed by a champagne party.

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THE SELECTION OF PREMIERES WILL INCLUDE 5 OTHER FEATURES:

-PRIVATE FEAR IN PUBLIC PLACES (Coeurs) the latest film by veteran Alain Resnais, winner of the Silver Lion at the 2006 Venice Film Festival - nominated Best Film of the Year by the legendary magazine Les Cahiers du Cinema and the French Syndicate of Film Critics.
-MY BEST FRIEND (Mon Meilleur Ami), the latest comedy by Patrice Leconte, one of France's most renowned writer-directors, a wonderful story on love and friendship;
-FLANDERS (Flandres), the unconventional and challenging latest film by Bruno Dumont, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
-LADY CHATTERLEY by Pascale Ferran, winner of the Cesar (French Academy Award) for Best Film and Best Actress in 2007 (for leading lady Marina Hands);
-THE MAN OF MY LIFE (L Homme de ma vie), the seductive second feature of Zabou Breitman who enchanted the Festival goers with Try to remember in 2004.

OUR INFAMOUS MIDNIGHT MOVIES WILL CELEBRATE EROTICISM WITH:

-On Saturday July 21st, the quintessential erotic film, EMMANUELLE (1974)
-On Saturday July 28th, EXTERMINATING ANGELS (Les Anges exterminateurs), the latest film by Jean-Claude Brisseau, French cinema's bad boy.

THE SFFF WILL PRESENT 4 DIVERSE CLASSICS:

-ARMY OF SHADOW (L Armee des Ombres, 1969), the historical drama and masterpiece by Jean-Pierre Melville that had never been released in the U.S. before this year and was voted Best Film of the Year by several influential American film critics.
-MY UNCLE (Mon Oncle, 1958), the comedy by Jacques Tati, starring Monsieur Hulot. An excellent choice for children of all ages, very little dialog and subtitles.
-FANFAN LA TULIPE (1952) an adventure film by Christian Jaque, starring Gerard Philipe. A favorite hero of French children!
-THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (La cite des enfants perdus, 1995), a surprising sci-fi movie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (the director of Amelie) and Marc Caro.

TWO SHORT FILM PROGRAMS, COMPRISING AWARD-WINNING FRENCH SHORT FILMS AND LOCAL SHORT FILMS with a French flavor, complete the 2007 program.

For more information about the films, show times and to watch movie trailers

OTHER EVENTS include free breakfasts following the midnight screenings; an exhibition of original artworks by Sacramento artists in the lobby of the Crest; and a raffle for a chance to win two round-trip tickets to Paris on Air France and two trips for two at the Grand Re- Opening of Club Med in Ixtapa, Mexico!

This year the Festival will feature 4 great and very diverse classics including two films suitable for the whole family.

Jacques Tati aka Monsieur Hulot is back in the hilarious comedy Mon Oncle. An excellent choice for children of all ages, very little dialog and subtitles.

Fanfan la Tulipe an adventure film by Christian Jaque, starring Gerard Philipe. A favorite hero of French children!

The City of Lost Children a sci-fi movie by the always inventive Jean-Pierre Jeunet (director of Amelie) and Marc Caro.

And last but not least, Army of Shadows the historical drama and masterpiece by Jean-Pierre Melville, a film the Festival has endeavored to bring to Sacramento since 2002! Originally released in France in 1969, it was only released in the United States in 2006 when it was voted Best film of the year by several influential American film critics.

More on these classic films when the entire program is announced.

The new 30 second TV commercial for the Sacramento French Film Festival created by Mark Herzig, SFFF Short Film Program Director. Look for it on Comcast Cable TV.

The Festival is extremely excited to present this year's Poster photographed by the talented Kent Lacin who has created all six of the Festival posters. Did you answer the casting call for the poster? Maybe you can find yourself somewhere in the crowd! Here is a link to a larger image of the poster.

Our Midnight movies will be erotic this year and conclude with coffee and pastries from Coffee Works. In addition to the classic, Emmanuelle shown on Saturday, July 21st, Exterminating Angels (Les Anges exterminateurs, 2006) the latest film by Jean-Claude Brisseau, French cinema's bad boy, will be shown on Saturday, July 28th. More information on this film when the entire program is announced.