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Event
New French Shorts ONE - (French Cinema Day)
Presented by the SAN JOAQUIN FILM SOCIETY
www.SJIFF.org
FRENCH CINEMA DAY - August 30, 2009
NEW FRENCH SHORTS Programme One
In this vibrant collection of new works from dynamic and talent French filmmakers, we find stories of two unlikely people discovering the power of love, a man needing to pay his restaurant bill, a woman experiencing nostalgia after the death of her husband, a boy bringing medicine and love to his ailing grandmother, and a man with big ears finding love the hard way. (total running time: 78 minutes)
- ABOUT THE FILMS
FRENCH ROAST
8 min | France | 2008 | Animated Short
Director: Fabrice O. Joubert
Audience Award Winner at Festival Voix d'Etoiles: "In a fancy Parisian caf, an uptight businessman is about to pay the check when he finds out that he's lost his wallet. To save time, he decides to order more coffee...
ALTER EGO
20 min | France | 2008 | Narrative Short Film
French with English Subtitles
Director: Cdric Prevost
Official Selection at Clermont-Ferrand among over 25 other festivals around the world: "A cross-cultural story packed with a power message of love. In a park in Paris, Esther and Nadir come across each other, having apparently very little in common Apparently...
NOUS DEUX ENCORE
17 min | USA, France | 2009 | Documentary Short Film
French with English Subtitles
Director: Heather Harlow
Winner of Best Short Film at Portland Int'l Film Festival: "Twenty two years after the sudden death of her Greek husband, Maxie, a former French television journalist, takes us into the soul of the love affair that changed her life forever. Captured visually through many of the countless photos he snapped over the years, this piercing portrait of one couples' passion for life and each other will touch even the most disenchanted hearts.
GUYANE
13 min | France | 2008 | Narrative Short Film
Hmong and French with English Subtitles
Director: Imanou Petit
Official Selection of Festival International de Clermont-Ferrand: "Village Hmong de Cacao, French Guiana. When his grandmother gets sick, Ying, a ten year old, is in charge of going to get back medicines in Cayenne. Ying promenades in alleys empty of the city. When he decides to come back, the night already fell. Along the way, an extraordinary event happen: in a deafening noise, a ball of fire rises in the sky..."
TONY ZOREIL
20 min | France | 2007 | Narrative Short Film
French with English Subtitles
Director: Valentin Potier
Winner of Best Short Film at the 2008 Rome International Film Festival and Official Selection at 2008 Venice International Film Festival: "Tony is a 28 year-old single who inherited from an remarkable physical particularity. He has like the rest of his family very big ears and suffers from an extreme sensitivity to the slightest noise. In everyday life, he always goes out with his hat to hide his difference and he uses custom made ear plugs to temper surrounding sounds. In private, his apartment looks like a safe room isolated from the ceiling to the walls. The phone's ring tone and the doorbell have been replaced by flashing lights to avoid a too high level of noise which would generate unbearable suffering. Looking for love, he collects failures with women who reject his difference. His life has thus become a true nightmare. Unlike him, his parents are very proud of their 'oversized' ears they inherit one generation after the other. They hardly can bear their son's celibacy and they insist despite his complaints that he meets Elizabeth, a young and pretty big-eared Canadian girl. Tony reluctantly agrees..."
- ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The San Joaquin Film Society presents French Cinema Day, an SJFS Global Cinema Series, featuring new, celebrated, and award-winning works from French and international filmmakers sharing contemporary experiences, historical events, insightful perspectives and innovative creations.
French Film Day will: showcase the majestic cinematic novel "A Secret" by legendary French director Claude Miller; screen a rare collection of new and innovative short films from up-and-coming directors, featuring the Venice Film Festival-selected "Tony Zoreil" and the Csar Award-nominated "Last Illusions"; and close with a special presentation of the supremely-intelligent autobiographical Spotlight Film "The Beaches of Agns" the 2009 French Academy Award Best Documentary Film.
www.sjiff.org/fcd09
- ABOUT THE SJFS
The San Joaquin Film Society, Inc. (SJFS), home of the San Joaquin International Film Festival, celebrates cinema arts, multi-cultural appreciation, and global outreach through year-round productions of festivals, films, and educational programs. For 2009, in addition to the international film festival in May, SJFS launched an ambitious year of events that includes the 1st San Joaquin Children's Film Festival in January, the 1st California International Documentary Film Festival in October, year-round cinema programs, special events, and educational programs. SJFS is dedicated to celebrating the artistry, diversity, and power of filmmaking; and to bringing the world of cinema to the culturally-rich Central Valley audiences.
Official Website: www.sjiff.org
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LocationStockton Empire Theatre
1825 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95204
United States
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