SHORT FILMS SHOWN PRIOR TO FEATURE FILMS

PRESENTED with HEAR ME OUT
ESQUIRE IMAX THEATRE
Sunday, June 5, 2022 – 3:15pm

PALISSADE by Pierrick Chopin - 2022 - Mood Films - 17 minutes - FICTION
Jeanne has recently left the city for an isolated house on the edge of a forest. When a wild boar keeps wrecking her fence, Jeanne fires at him with a shotgun, nearly killing a group of hikers. A wildlife mediator is then sent to the scene to resolve this strange neighborhood quarrel.

PRESENTED with THE DIVIDE
ESQUIRE IMAX THEATRE
Sunday, June 5, 2022 – 5:30pm

MONDO DOMINO by Suki - 2021- UTOPI - 6 minutes - ANIMATION
A contemporary cartoon satire in the form of a burlesque action musical tragi-comedy, leads us into a delirious whirlwind of chain reactions as chaotic as they are grotesque.

PRESENTED with EUGENIE GRANDET
CREST THEATRE
Saturday, June 11, 2022 – 1:00pm

SOLAR ECLIPSE by Alireza Ghasemi & Raha Amirfazli - 2021 - White Star - 14 minutes - FICTION
Iran. After school, Saaghi and her two friends have come to a gathering in Tehran's largest park to watch a solar eclipse. Playful and rebellious, they steal a camera stand, lie to their parents, and discuss boys and an upcoming party. Their wanderings lead them to a remote part of the park where Saaghi witnesses something that will change her world.

PRESENTED with
HARD SHELL, SOFT SHELL
CREST THEATRE
Saturday, June 11, 2022 – 3:30pm

HOT ROD (BOLIDE) by Juliette Gilot- 2022 - White Star - 16 minutes - FICTION
Summer 2031, 104°. Gasoline cars have been banned due to the pollution and there are only a few electric cars around. Saadia, 16, realizes that attending mechanic school will lead her nowhere. To cheer her up, her friends joke about getting a horse! Saadia likes the idea and swaps her electric scooter for a massive workhorse named Bolide (Hot Rod), bringing him back to her housing project.

PRESENTED with THE HEROICS
CREST THEATRE
Saturday, June 11, 2022 – 6:30pm

TRACES by Stéphanie Vasseur - 2022 - 8 minutes - DOCUMENTARY
This experimental documentary beautifully explores the old advertisements painted on the walls of French towns and villages, like traces of our past, slowly disappearing. Sensual voiceover by the great French actress Fanny Ardant.

PRESENTED with SINGING JAILBIRDS
CREST THEATRE
Sunday, June 12, 2022 – 12:30pm

CRÈME BRÛLÉE by Dawn Spinella- 2019 - Jupiter Monkeys Production - 10 minutes - FICTION
An insecure woman realizes the value of true love when she's caught lying to the woman of her dreams. Produced in Sacramento, this fun romantic comedy won the Audience Prize at the A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival and traveled to festivals all over the world! You may recognize writer and star Judi Price, a regular patron of the Sacramento French Film Festival. She will attend our screening at the Crest Theatre.

PRESENTED with FULL TIME
CREST THEATRE
Sunday, June 12, 2022 – 3:00pm

PIECEFUL DAY (TRAIT CALME) by Gabrielle Mouret - 2021 - ISCID - 6 minutes - ANIMATION
A man wakes up and is carried away by his daily morning routine.