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New French Shorts TWO - (French Cinema Day)
Presented by the SAN JOAQUIN FILM SOCIETY
www.SJIFF.org
FRENCH CINEMA DAY - August 30, 2009
NEW FRENCH SHORTS Programme Two
In this captivating and illuminating collection of short films from up-and-coming filmmakers, we find: a wife reliving her first moment of her husband's love every Sunday; a woman experiencing nostalgia after the death of her husband; a young woman discovering a 1960's riot in Paris and the secret life of her father; and two mothers experiencing the most beautiful and most tragic moments of their lives. (total running time: 76 minutes)
- ABOUT THE FILMS
FORGET ME NOT (Ne m'oublie pas)
17 min | France | 2008 | Narrative Short Film
French with English Subtitles
Director: Katia Grivot
Clover and Maggie Award at Cleveland International Film Festival: "Day after day, Max, a 70-year-old java dancer, looses memory. He's suffering from a memory disease. To help him remember scattered things, his wife puts "memos" on his path. And each Sunday, for the love of her life who does not remember it, she sets up again and again their very first meeting and their love at first sight."
NOUS DEUX ENCORE (Encore Screening)
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. (official site)
LAST ILLUSIONS (Les Paradis Perdus)
30 min | France | 2008 | Narrative Short Film
French with English Subtitles
Director: Hlien Cisterne
Nominated for 2009 Csar Award and Winner of Prix Jean Vigo 2008: "One night in May 1968, high school student Isabelle comes home shaken. Her worried parents decide to take her to the country to escape the riots in Paris. Though she doesn't now it yet, she's on her way to an entirely different place."
BABY BLUES (D'une vie l'autre)
12 min | France | 2008 | Narrative Short Film
French with English Subtitles
Director: Alice Mitterrand
Starring Cecile de France: "In a maternity ward, two women experience the most beautiful and the most tragic moment of their lives. Mille has lost her child at birth. She's desperate. When she's about to leave the maternity ward, she steals a baby. When the mother of the baby wakes up, the nightmare begins for her."
- 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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