THE OPENING NIGHT FILM MAY BE ATTENDED WITHOUT ATTENDING THE RECEPTION.
Doors open at 8:00pm for patrons who are attending the film but not the reception.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro, 107 min)
2011 - Robert Guédiguian
8:30pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY.

Polisse (127 min)
2011 - Maïwenn
Sunday 24 - 7:45pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY. 

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

A View of Love (Un balcon sur la mer, 95 min)
2010 - Nicole Garcia
Saturday June 16 - 6:10pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY.

Hollywoo (107 min)
2011 - Frédéric Berthe & Pascal Serieis
Saturday June 16 - 8:30pm & Sunday June 17 - 3:55pm

I Am A No Man's Land (Je suis un no man's land, 92 min)
2010 - Thierry Jousse
Sunday June 17 - 6:20pm & Thursday June 21 - 5:30pm

Rebellion (L'Ordre et la morale, 136 min)
2011 - Mathieu Kassovitz
Thursday June 21 - 7:45pm & Saturday June 23 - 1:05pm

The Day I Saw Your Heart (Et soudain tout le monde me manque, 98 min)
2010 - Jennifer Devoldère
Saturday June 23 - 4pm & Sunday June 24 - 5:20pm
Co-presented with the Sacramento Jewish Film Festival.

Declaration of War (La guerre est déclarée, 100 min)
2011 - Valérie Donzelli
Saturday 23 - 6:20pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY.

38 Witnesses (38 Témoins, 95 min)
2012 - Lucas Belvaux
Saturday June 23 - 8:40pm & Sunday June 24 - 11am

Hôtel du Nord (102 min)
1938 - Marcel Carné
Saturday June 16 - 11am & Sunday, June 17 - 8:30pm

Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis, 190 min + a 20-minute intermission)
1945 - Marcel Carné
Sunday June 24 - 1:25pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY.

A tribute to French actresses by film critic Mick LaSalle.
On the occasion of the release of his latest book, The Beauty of the Real: What Hollywood Can Learn about Contemporary French Actresses, the SFFF has invited LaSalle to choose and present two recent French films starring two of his favorite French actresses: Valéria Bruni Tedeschi and Isabelle Carré.

Empty Days (Rien à faire, 105 min)
1999 - Marion Vernoux
Saturday June 16 - 3:15pm & Sunday June 17 - 11am

Romantics Anonymous (Les Emotifs anonymes, 80 min)
2010 - Jean-Pierre Améris
Saturday June 16 - 1:15pm & Sunday June 17 - 1:25pm

Too outrageous, over the top or sexy for the timid, our ex-midnight movies become LATE NIGHT MOVIES this year! They will start an hour earlier, at 11pm, in the main auditorium of the Crest Theatre! After the films, discussions around coffee and pastries provided by Coffee Works will help you ease back into your regular life!

House of Pleasures (L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close, 122 min)
2011 - Bertrand Bonello
Saturday 16 - 11pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY.

Outside Satan (Hors Satan, 110 min)
2011 - Bruno Dumont
Saturday 23 - 11pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY.

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

Short Film Screening (107 min)
Saturday 23 - 10:30am - ONE SCREENING ONLY.

The short Film Program is preceded by a PETIT DEJEUNER (French Breakfast) with French filmmaker Michaël Barocas, director of Guet Apens (Trapped) & Sacramento filmmaker Raphaël Hitzke, director of the short film Bee - Lobby of the Crest Theatre.
Saturday 23 - 10am- FREE with Short Film Screening admission!

Short films Shown Prior to Feature Films

César nominated screenwriter JEAN-LOUIS MILESI will present his latest feature co-written with director Robert Guédiguian, The Snows of Kilimanjaro (opening night, Friday, June 15). Milesi, who is also a director, currently lives in Berkeley where he is working on his first English speaking feature, Don’t Give Up the Ghost.

Milesi is the screenwriter of most of director Robert Guédiguian’s classics, including the joyful working class comedy Marius and Jeannette (Marius et Jeannette, 1997) presented at the SFFF in 2011, and the insightful social drama The Town is Quiet (La Ville est Tranquille, 2000) presented at the first SFFF in 2002. Jean-Louis Milesi also directed several short films and the sensitive feature Lino (2008) presented in 2011 at the SFFF.

MICK LASALLE has been the film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2002. On the occasion of the release of his latest book, The Beauty of the Real: What Hollywood Can Learn about Contemporary French Actresses, the SFFF has invited LaSalle to choose and present two recent French films starring two of his favorite French actresses: Valéria Bruni Tedeschi (Empty Days) and Isabelle Carré (Romantics Anonymous) both presented on Saturday, June 16 & Sunday, June 17.

MICHAËL BAROCAS is an award winning director of short films, commercials, music videos and documentaries. His previous short, The Bed by the Window, was selected in over 60 festivals, including the SFFF (2009), and has won many awards. This year we are happy to present his latest short Guet Apens (Trapped). Barocas is currently working on his first feature film.

RAPHAËL HITZKE is an award winning filmmaker living in Folsom.  You may have seen his previous shorts at the SFFF:  Jacques, Just a Little Tenderness (2005) and Vive La Food! (2008.) His latest one, Bee, presented this year on Saturday, June 23, won the Best Dramatic Short Award at the 2012 Sonoma International Film Festival. Hitzke is a member of the SFFF Planning Committee.