THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — ENZO
On the closing evening of The American French Film Festival 2025, join Élodie Bouchez for the American premiere of ENZO, a film by Laurent Cantet, directed by Robin Campillo.
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — NINO
Losing the keys to his apartment after receiving a devastating medical diagnosis, the title character of NINO (Théodore Pellerin) would probably rather just stay in bed. Instead he is forced into the streets of Paris, encountering friends and strangers alike
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — LOVE ME TENDER
This week at The American French Film Festival 2025, writer-director Anna Cazenave Cambet presents the North American Premiere of LOVE ME TENDER, based on the book by Constance Debré.
CHRISTINE ANGOT — A FAMILY
In one of the most poignant scenes from her debut documentary A FAMILY, writer Christine Angot looks at a black and white photograph of herself as a teenager. “I remember this photo, this moment in my life. I wasn’t in
EMILIA PÉREZ
EMILIA PÉREZ is a sui generis achievement, an uncanny blend of crime thriller and full-blown musical that rarely devolves into camp. The song and dance numbers appear as integral parts of a whole rather than mere sketches. Performing original compositions
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — THE BALCONETTES
With their original story THE BALCONETTES—a blend of farce, gender-politics, and full blown gore—filmmakers Noémie Merlant and Céline Sciamma have conjured the perfect comedic horror confection for a Halloween night screening at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF).
LOUIS GARREL — THE INNOCENT
For Louis Garrel, “real” memories and cinema memories form a narrative weave and the basis of his work as a director. When he was five years old he walked in on his mother in bed with a man who wasn't
OLIVIER PEYON — LIE WITH ME
Given the biases and elisions of memory, perhaps it's just as well that Philippe Besson’s almost-memoir “Arrête avec tes mensonges” carries the description "novel" on its cover. Published in English as “Lie With Me”—three words that add an extra layer
RODEO — LOLA QUIVORON AND ANTONIA BURESI IN CONVERSATION
This week, Lola Quivoron brings her Cannes Un Certain Regard jury prize winner RODEO—her feature follow-up to the bike culture doc Dreaming of Baltimore—to The American French Film Festival for its Los Angeles premiere. Join the writer-director and her co-writer
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE RESTORATION
A durational examination of the weight of history on the private lives of three Parisians, post-’68, Jean Eustache's 1973 drama THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE stars Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Lebrun, and Jean-Pierre Léaud, the latter playing an ideological stand-in for