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2016 FESTIVAL PROGRAM   

CLICK on the TITLE or PHOTO of the FILMS to GET ACCESS to SYNOPSIS, TRAILER and REVIEWS.

 

Show Times
Print the 2016 SFFF schedule
(pdf)

ALWAYS WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES!

Go here for TICKET & PASSES info, and to purchase your passes in advance!

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CREST THEATRE
1013 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

ESQUIRE IMAX THEATRE
1211 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

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Friday, June 17

Opening Night

7pm FATIMA
(doors open at 6pm)
Allow around 20 minutes for opening speeches. Film will start around 7:30pm.

9pm OPENING RECEPTION
At the Grand Capitol Plaza Ballroom.

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Saturday, June 18

11:00am READ MY LIPS

1:35pm COME WHAT MAY

4:10pm THE SWEET ESCAPE

6:35pm DHEEPAN

9:10pm SUMMERTIME

11:30pm FRENCH BLOOD
Followed by coffee & pastries provided by Coffee Works.

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Sunday, June 19

AT THE CREST THEATRE

11:00am DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR

1:30pm SUMMERTIME

AT THE ESQUIRE IMAX THEATRE

4:00pm ONE MAN AND HIS COW

6:10pm TOMORROW

8:50pm MUCH LOVED

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Friday, June 24

6:00pm STANDING TALL

8:40pm MY KING

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Saturday, June 25

10:30am Petit Déjeuner (coffee & pastries) - Lobby of the Crest Theatre. FREE with Port of Shadows admission.

11:00am PORT OF SHADOWS
Followed by a Q&A with Charles Zigman

1:40pm MY KING

4:25pm MADE IN FRANCE

6:40pm PAPA OU MAMAN

8:45pm STANDING TALL

11:20pm JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS
Followed by coffee & pastries provided by Coffee Works.

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Sunday, June 26

11:00amTWO MEN IN TOWN
Followed by a Q&A with Charles Zigman

1:50pm DON'T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD

4:45pm PAPA OU MAMAN

Closing Night

7:00pm MARGUERITE

Followed by our Closing Night Champagne & Dessert Party.

Print the 2016 SFFF schedule
(pdf)

TICKET and PASS INFORMATION HERE!

 
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OPENING NIGHT FILM AND RECEPTION - FRIDAY, JUNE 17
LET'S CELEBRATE OUR 15th ANNIVERSARY IN STYLE!
Crest Doors open at 6pm.
Screening starts at 7pm
Opening Reception at the Silver Room (Capitol Plaza Ballrooms) will immediately follow the film.

 
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fatima

FATIMA (79 min)
2015 - Philippe Faucon
Friday, June 17 - 7:00pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
WINNER OF THE 2016 CÉSAR FOR BEST FILM!
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.

 
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  Silver room   Opening Night Reception
Immediately after the screening at the Capitol Plaza Ballroom - Silver Room 1025 9th Street (a block away from the Crest Theatre)
Open Bar: Wine by Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, French Beer, Solerno Blood Orange Liquor, Pastis (provided by Simply Recipes), Water by Perrier, Café by Coffee Works.
Catering: Brasserie Capitale, Café Rolle, Coffee Works, Dos Coyotes, Hawks Public House, Kru, The Melting Pot, Morants Old Fashioned Sausage Kitchen, Shady Lady Saloon & Veg. Bread by Boudin Bakery.
Seasoned with music by: DJ Roger Carpio.
      TICKET and PASS INFORMATION HERE!   
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM AND CHAMPAGNE PARTY - SUNDAY, JUNE 26

 
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  marguerite  

MARGUERITE (127 min)
2015 - Xavier Giannoli
Sunday, June 26 - 7:00pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 
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  closing  

Closing Night Party Champagne & Dessert Party in the lobby of the Crest Theatre, immediately following the closing film.
Anniversary Cake by Whole Foods.
Bubbly by Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Water by Perrier, Café by Coffee Works.
Live Music by The Jazz Report.

 
       
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  PREMIERES: 1st WEEKEND - JUNE 18-19  
      TICKET and PASS INFORMATION HERE!  
      AT THE CREST THEATRE  
  En mai fais ce qu'il te plait  

COME WHAT MAY (En mai fais ce qu'il te plait, 114 min)
2015 - Christian Carion
Saturday, June 18 - 1:35pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.

 
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  Comme un avion  

THE SWEET ESCAPE (Comme un avion, 105 min)
2015 - Bruno Podalydès
Saturday, June 18 - 4:10pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 
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  Dheepan  

DHEEPAN (115 min)
2015 - Jacques Audiard
Saturday, June 18 - 6:35pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.

 
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  la belle saison  

SUMMERTIME (La Belle Saison, 105 min)
2015 - Catherine Corsini
Saturday, June 18 - 9:10pm & Sunday, June 19 - 1:30pm
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the Sunday screening.

 
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  La vache  

ONE MAN AND HIS COW (La Vache, 91 min)
2015 - Mohamed Hamidi
Sunday, June 19 - 4:00pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 
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  Demain  

TOMORROW (Demain, 118 min)
2015 - Cyril Dion & Mélanie Laurent
Sunday, June 19 - 6:10pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 
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  Much loved  

MUCH LOVED (104 min)
2015 - Nabil Ayouch
Sunday, June 19 - 8:50pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 
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  PREMIERES: 2nd WEEKEND - JUNE 24-26  
      TICKET and PASS INFORMATION HERE!  
      AT THE CREST THEATRE  
  La tete haute  

STANDING TALL (La Tête haute, 120 min)
2015 - Emmanuelle Bercot
Friday, June 24 - 6:00pm & Saturday, June 25 - 8:45pm
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screenings.

 
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  Mon roi  

MY KING (Mon roi, 125 min)
2015 - Maïwenn
Friday, June 24 8:40pm & Saturday, June 25 - 1:40pm

 
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  Made in france  

MADE IN FRANCE (94 min)
2015 - Nicolas Boukhrief
Saturday, June 25 - 4:25pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.

 
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  Papa ou maman  

PAPA OU MAMAN (85 min)
2015 - Martin Bourboulon
Saturday, June 25 - 6:40pm & Sunday, June 26 - 4:45pm

 
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  Une histoire de fou  

DON'T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD (Une histoire de fou, 134 min)
2015 - Robert Guédiguian
Sunday, June 26 - 1:50pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.

 
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  THE 11am CLASSIC SERIES
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      AT THE CREST THEATRE  
  sur mes levres  

READ MY LIPS (Sur mes lèvres, 115 min)
2001 - Jacques Audiard
Saturday, June 18 - 11:00am - SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY SCREENING - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob after the screening.

 
         
  La folie des grandeurs  

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR (La Folie des grandeurs, 110 min)
1971 - Gérard Oury
Sunday, June 19 - 11:00am - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 
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image     Port of Shadows is preceded at 10:30am by a Petit Déjeuner (Coffee & Pastries) in the Lobby of the Crest Theatre. (FREE with Port of Shadows admission).  
 

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PORT OF SHADOWS (Le Quai des Brumes, 91 min)
1938 - Marcel Carné
Saturday, June 25 - 11:00am - ONE SCREENING ONLY
Preceded at 10:30am by a Petit Déjeuner (Coffee & Pastries). FREE with screening admission.
Rendez-vous with Chuck Zigman after the screening.

 
         
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TWO MEN IN TOWN (Deux hommes dans la ville, 100 min)
1973 - José Giovanni
Sunday, June 26 - 11:00am - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Rendez-vous with Chuck Zigman after the screening.

 
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  LATE NIGHT SCREENINGS - SATURDAY, JUNE 18 & 25
 

Last year you told us that our Late Night films were too mellow... We are glad to tell you that, per your request, our 2016 Late Night Screenings features plenty of violence (June 18) & sex (June 25)!
After the films, discussions around comforting café and pastries provided by Coffee Works will help you ease back into your regular life...

 
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      AT THE CREST THEATRE  
  Un francais  

FRENCH BLOOD (Un Français, 98 min)
2015 - Diastème
Saturday, June 18 - 11:30pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Rendez-vous with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob, around coffee and pastries, after the screening.

 
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  je t'aime  

JE T'AIME MOI NON PLUS (89 min)
1976 - Serge Gainsbourg
Saturday, June 25 - 11:20pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!
Discussion around coffee and pastries follows the screening.

 
     

 

 
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SHORT FILMS

 
 

The Sacramento French Film Festival is proud to present a selection of shorts from France, in collaboration with Unifrance.

 
         
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SHORT FILMS SHOWN PRIOR TO FEATURE FILMS

 
         
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  GUEST
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  Chuck Zigman   CHARLES ZIGMAN, who lives in Los Angeles, is the author of WORLD'S COOLEST MOVIE STAR, an exhaustive and fascinating two-volume biography and filmography of French movie legend Jean Gabin (www.jeangabinbook.com) whose long career spanned from 1931 till his death in 1976. WORLD'S COOLEST MOVIE STAR was one of critic Leonard Maltin's picks for Best Film Book of 2009.
Zigman has taught film and television classes at Augusta State University, Georgia, and at the New York Film Academy. Zigman will introduce and conduct the post screening discussion after PORT OF SHADOWS (1938) and TWO MEN IN TOWN (1973), both starring the world's coolest movie star, Jean Gabin!
 
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