INVISIBLES (Les Invisibles, 102 min)
2019 - Louis-Julien Petit
Friday, June 21 - 7:00pm
Screening followed by Q&A with David Andre, Street Theatre Spectactor & Suzanne Hastings, Local freelance writer

OPENING NIGHT BUBBLY PARTY!
Featuring Champagne, Beer & Dessert
Immediately after the screening in the lobby of the Crest Theatre.
Dessert by Melting Pot.
Bubbly by Gruet, Beer by Sudwerk & Café by Coffee Works.
Seasoned with Pop Music by DJ Christophe & DJ Roger.

IN SAFE HANDS (Pupille, 107 min)
2018 - Jeanne Herry
Sunday, June 30 - 6:30pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

CLOSING NIGHT BUBBLY PARTY!
Featuring Champagne, Beer & Dessert
Immediately after the screening in the lobby of the Crest Theatre.
Dessert by Amour de Patisserie.
Bubbly by DSV, Beer by Sudwerk & Café by Coffee Works.
With Live Music by The Jazz Report.

MOTHERS' INSTINCT (Duelles, 97 min)
2019 - Olivier Masset-Depasse
Saturday, June 22 - 1:25pm

AT WAR (En guerre, 113 min)
2018 - Stéphane Brizé
Saturday, June 22 - 3:45pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

THE TROUBLE WITH YOU (En liberté !, 108 min)
2018 - Pierre Salvadori
Saturday, June 22 - 6:35pm

GUY (101 min)
2018 - Alex Lutz
Saturday, June 22 - 9:00pm
Screening followed by coffee & pastries provided by Coffee Works.

PROMISE AT DAWN (La Promesse de l'aube, 131 min)
2017 - Eric Barbier
Sunday, June 23 - 11:00am
Presented in partnership with the SACRAMENTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL.
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

AMIN (91 min)
2018 - Philippe Faucon
Sunday, June 23 - 2:00pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Benjamin Serero, Director of the short film Esperança.

A FAITHFUL MAN (L'Homme fidèle, 75 min)
2018 - Louis Garrel
Sunday, June 23 - 4:30pm

AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE (Un amour impossible, 135 min)
2018 - Catherine Corsini
Sunday, June 23 - 6:30pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

A PLACE IN THE SUN (J'veux du soleil, 76 min)
2019 - François Ruffin & Gilles Perret
Friday, June 28 - 6:00pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

CONVICTION (Une intime conviction, 110 min)
2019 - Antoine Raimbault
Friday, June 28 - 8:15pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

THE FRESHMEN (Première année, 92 min)
2018 - Thomas Lilti
Saturday, June 29 - 1:25pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

OUR STRUGGLES (Nos batailles, 98 min)
2018 - Guillaume Senez
Saturday, June 29 - 3:40pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Le Professeur Kevin Elstob.

IN THE MOVE FOR LOVE (L'Amour flou, 97 min)
2018 - Romane Bohringer & Philippe Rebbot
Saturday, June 29 - 6:10pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Director & Star Romane Bohringer.

SURPRISE SCREENING TO BE ANNOUNCED –  BEST OF THE FIRST WEEKEND The film will be selected based on audience voting from the films shown during the First Weekend.
Saturday, June 29 - 9:00pm
Screening followed by coffee & pastries provided by Coffee Works.

DILILI IN PARIS (Dilili à Paris, 95 min)
2018 - Michel Ocelot
Sunday, June 30 - 11:00am

BREATH OF LIFE (L'Ordre des médecins, 93 min)
2018 - David Roux
Sunday, June 30 - 1:20pm
Presented in partnership with the SACRAMENTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL.
Screening followed by Q&A with Director David Roux.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY REVOLUTION (Tout ce qu'il me reste de la révolution, 88 min)
2018 - Judith Davis
Sunday, June 30 - 4:10pm

CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7, 90 min)
1962 - Agnès Varda
Saturday, June 22 - 11:00am
Screening followed by Q&A with Richard St. Ofle, SCC Professor & Film Scholar

PEPPERMINT SODA (Diabolo menthe, 101 min)
1977 - Diane Kurys
Saturday, June 29 - 11:00am

The Sacramento French Film Festival is proud to present a selection of 20 shorts from France, in collaboration with Unifrance.

SHORT FILMS

BENJAMIN SERERO, Director of Esperança.

Born in 1975, Benjamin Serero is a graduate of the prestigious FEMIS School (Image Department). He started his career as a director of photography, then created his production company, BEPPIE FILMS, in order to direct and produce his own films, and those of others.
He is particularly interested in documentary forms and social topics. His work frequently deals with immigration and integration. After hearing stories of immigrant teenagers when he was visiting a classroom, he got the idea for a collection of animated films, including Esperança, which gave him the opportunity to work with animators Cécile Rousset and Jeanne Paturle.
ESPERANÇA - Sunday, June 23 - 2:00pm (prior to AMIN)

ROMANE BOHRINGER, Director & Star of In the Move for Love.

Born in 1973, actress Romane Bohringer made her theatrical debut in 1991 when she performed under the direction of famed stage director Peter Brook in Shakespeare's The Tempest. The following year, she achieved instant fame with two films: The Accompanist (L’Accompagnatrice) by Claude Miller, and especially Savage Nights (Les Nuits Fauves) by Cyril Collard, for which she won the César for Best New Actress (the film won the César for Best Film).
She has made about 30 films so far and is equally comfortable in dramatic roles as she is in comedies. She was recently seen in Yann Gonzalez's Knife + Heart (Un Couteau dans le Coeur) in official competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Lately, she has gone back to her first love and mainly spends her time on stage. She has performed under the direction of Pierre Pradinas, Michel Didym, Hans Peter Cloos, and Irina Brook; exploring texts as exhilarating as those of Shakespeare, Brecht, Hugo, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov, Labiche, Ionesco, Gabor Rassov, Lina Prosa , and Annie Ernaux.
In 2018, she co-directed her first film, In the Move for Love (L'Amour Flou), with Philippe Rebbot (actor, screenwriter, and father of her two children). The two of them also star in this comedy inspired by their happy separation. The film was a critical and box office success and was nominated for a 2019 César in the Best First Feature Film category. Made with a small budget, it was named "The most profitable film of 2018” by the trade magazine Le Film Français.
IN THE MOVE FOR LOVE - Saturday, June 29 - 6:10pm

DAVID ROUX, Director of Breath of Life.

David Roux was born in 1977 in Paris. A theater critic for 15 years, he was also assistant director and literary manager of a film development company, Initiative Film, before he started writing and directing short films: Leur jeunesse (Their Youth) in 2012 and Repetitions in 2014. Breath of Life is his first feature film.
BREATH OF LIFE - Sunday, June 30 - 1:20pm.

ARTS EXHIBIT: JERMAINE TILSON.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT: Hello, my name is Jermaine Tilson. I am an abstract artist, and I am from many different places, but to me, home is California. I've been an artist since the age of 6, and I am self-taught. In my life I have never taken an art class to get me where I'm at. I’ve put in hard work, sweat, and tears, coming from a very hard background. Through it all I’ve put my heart and emotions into my artwork to perfect it. I shape my art and it puts me where I need to be. I've grown up in foster care, and I use my life experience to craft a healthy lifestyle to live a life where things are clearer and woke. The type of art I do is mixed media abstract art. I intend to make a positive impact on foster youth and former foster youth. I want to give them a positive influence and inspiration, as well as teach them that there are other ways to make it out and live positively, even when things are hard. You have to hustle hard to make your dreams a reality. I'm currently living in Sacramento, California, in a transitional housing program for aged out foster youth. I was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but raised 12 years of my life in Providence. I've been around a lot of different places, but my dream goal is to travel on tour around the world with my art. Find out more here.