SCI-FI – The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:51:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 DEATH WATCH https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/death-watch/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/death-watch/#comments Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:07:29 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=17648

DEATH WATCH

| 1980 – 128′ –  Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Classic.
Written by: Bertrand Tavernier, David Rayfield.
Based on the Book by: David Compton.
Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier.
Starring: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max Von Sydow, Thérèse Liotard,Robbie Coltrane.
Official selection Berlin International Film Festival 1980. Five César Awards Nominations including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
In English, in French and German with English subtitles.
A Shout! Factory release. |

 

In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman (Romy Schneider) becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.

 

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OXYGEN https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/oxygen/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/oxygen/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:27:32 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=17421

OXYGEN

| 2021 – 101′ – Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror.
Written by: Christie LeBlanc.
Directed by: Alexandre Aja.
Starring: Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi, Marc Saez, Laura Boujenah, Cathy Cerda, Eric Herson-Macarel, Lyah Valade, Pascal Germain.
In French with English subtitles.
A Netflix release. |

 

Liz (Mélanie Laurent) wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.

 

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DELICATESSEN https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/delicatessen/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/delicatessen/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:35:15 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=17208

DELICATESSEN

| 2012 – 100′ – Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Classic.
Written by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro, Gilles Adrien.
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro.
Starring: Dominique Pinon, Karin Viard, Ticky Holgado, Anne-Marie Pisani, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Rufus, Chick Ortega.
Ten César Awards Nominations. Four César Awards winner including Best First Feature and Best Screenplay.
In French with English subtitles.
A Lionsgate release. |

 

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher’s daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie, The City of Lost Children) deftly combines horror, sci-fi, and humor in his first feature, Delicatessen, a morbid comedy set in a visually ravishing futuristic dystopia.

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MEANWHILE ON EARTH https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/meanwhile-on-earth/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/meanwhile-on-earth/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 15:30:24 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=17205

MEANWHILE ON EARTH

| 2024 – 89′ – Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy.
Written by: Jérémy Clapin.
Directed by: Jérémy Clapin.
>Starring: Megan Northam, Sofia Lesaffre, Catherine Salée, Sam Louwyck, Roman Williams, Nicolas Avinée, Yoan Germain Le Mat, Yoann Thibaut Mathias.
Official Selection: Berlin International Film Festival 2024.
In French with English subtitles.
A Metrograph Pictures release. |

Meanwhile on Earth follows Elsa (Megan Northam), a young woman who is struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her brother, an astronaut who vanished during his first mission. Stargazing one night, she is shocked to receive contact from him, but her joy is short-lived when she learns of the dark and troubling forces behind his reappearance, forcing her to confront the lengths she will go for the brother she once feared was gone forever. The  first live-action feature for Clapin after his 2019 Oscar-nominated, Netflix-acquired animated movie I Lost My Body (Also winner of the Audience Award and Critics Award at COLCOA 2019).

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THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-city-of-lost-children/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-city-of-lost-children/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:51:40 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=17188

THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN

| 1995 – 112′ – Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Classic.
Written by: Gilles Adrien, Marc Caro, Guillaume Laurant.
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro.
Starring: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Geneviève Brunet, Odile Mallet, Rufus, Ticky Holgado.
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 2015. 4 César Awards 2016 nominations (Winner Best Production Design).
In French with English subtitles.
A Sony Pictures Classic release. |

 

Old and decrepit Krank (Daniel Emilfork) has lost his capacity for dreaming and is attempting to fight death by stealing the dreams of children. Krank’s cadre of cloned henchmen (Dominique Pinon) snatch 5-year-old Denree  to subject him to the horrific dream-retrieval process. The boy’s father, One (Ron Perlman), the hulking strongman of a traveling circus, and his precocious 9-year-old friend, Miette , join forces to defeat Krank’s minions and save Denree.

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UFOs https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/ufos/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/ufos/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:04:39 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=17168

UFOS

| 2021~2022 – 24 x 26′ – Seasons 1 & 2 – Series – Comedy, SCI-Fi.
Created by: Clémence Dargent, Martin Douaire.
Written by: Clémence Dargent, Martin Douaire, Julien Anscutter, Raphaëlle Richet, Marie Eynard, Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat, Raphaëlle Richet, Martin Douaire, Maxime Berthemy.
Directed by: Anthony Cordier.
Starring:Melvil Poupaud, Michel Vuillermoz, Géraldine Pailhas, Quentin Dolmaire, Daphné Patakia, Jonathan Lambert, Alice Taglioni, Laurent Poitrenaux, Olivier Broche, Capucine Valmary, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Charles Clichet, Allessandro Moncuso, Sharif Andoura.
In French with English subtitles.
A Mhz Choice release. |

In the 70’s, European Space Agency engineer Didier Mathure (Melvil Poupaud) watches his rocket explode after takeoff. His career at rock bottom, Mathure is sidelined as the head of GEPAN, the agency’s mysterious research department dedicated to the scientific study of unexplained aerial phenomena. Supported by the department’s eccentric staff, he must lead the search for evidence of paranormal and extraterrestrial life in France.

 

 

 

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APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/april-and-the-extraordinary-world/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/april-and-the-extraordinary-world/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:04:10 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=17017

APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD

| 2016 – 105′ – Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi, Paris.
Written by: Franck Ekinci, Christian Desmares.
Based on the Work by: Jacques Tardy.
Directed by: Franck Ekinci, Christian Desmares.
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Tony Hale, Susan Sarandon and J.K. Simmons (English voices). Academy Award®-winner Marion Cotillard, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort, Bouli Lanners, Olivier Gourmet, Anne Coesens, Marc-André Grondin, Macha Grenon (French voices).
Official Selection: Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2015 (Winner Crystal Award), César Award Nomination 2016 (Best Animated Feature).
In English or in French with English subtitles.
A Gkids Films release. |

From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Persepolis and the mind of renowned graphic novelist Jacques Tardi comes a riveting sci-fi adventure set in an alternate steampunk universe. Paris, 1941. A family of scientists is on the brink of discovering a powerful longevity serum when all of a sudden a mysterious force abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Ten years later, April (voiced by Academy Award® nominee Marion Cotillard) lives alone with her dear cat, Darwin, and carries on her family’s research in secret. But she soon finds herself at the center of a shadowy and far-reaching conspiracy, and on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered dirigibles and cyborg rat spies. Also features a new English dub with the voices of Paul Giamatti, Tony Hale, Susan Sarandon and J.K. Simmons!

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THE FIFTH ELEMENT https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-fifth-element/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-fifth-element/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:57:40 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=16106

THE FIFTH ELEMENT

| 1997 – 107′ – Sci-fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy. A France-USA co-production.
Written by: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen.
Directed by: Luc Besson.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Brion James, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr.
In English.
A Sony Pictures release. |

In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world. Together with Father Vito Cornelius (Ian Holm) and zany broadcaster Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker), Dallas must race against time and the wicked industrialist Zorg (Gary Oldman) to save humanity.

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THE EMPIRE https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-empire-2/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/the-empire-2/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:35:02 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=16048

COMING TO US THEATRES ON MARCH  7, 2025,  BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE.

THE EMPIRE

| 2024 – 110′ – Sci-fi, Comedy.
Written by: Bruno Dumont.
Directed by: Bruno Dumont.
Starring: Brandon Vlieghe, Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, Julien Manier, Fabrice Luchini, Bernard Pruvost, Philippe Jore.
Official Selection Berlin International Festival 2024. Winner Silver Bear Award.
Official Competition TAFFF 2024
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |

It’s the age-old battle of good vs. evil — or perhaps church vs. monarchy  — in Bruno Dumont‘s off-the-wall Star Wars parody, The Empire. Set in the quaint seaside town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the plot revolves around a “very special” toddler named Freddy, his lobsterman father (who’s serving the dark side), a beach bunny beauty (who serves the light), a jovial “Darth Vader” surrogate in a court-jester get-up, an ethereal Queen in a hovering hologram… and a colossal invasion of aliens plotting an imminent Armageddon. Complete with space ships, light sabers, intergalactic battles and CGI architectural monuments, The Empire delves even deeper into the twisted jocularity of its auteur filmmaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SHE IS CONANN https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/she-is-conann/ https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/she-is-conann/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:56:26 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=15658

SHE IS CONANN

| 2024 – 105′ – Sci-Fi, Fantasy, LGBTQ+
Written by: Bertrand Mandico.
Directed by: Bertrand Mandico.
Starring: Elina Löwensohn, Christa Theret, Julia Riedler, Claire Duburcq, Sandra Parfait, Agata Buzek, Nathalie Richard, Françoise Brion, Audrey Bonnet, Christophe Bier.
Official Selection Directors’ Fortnight Cannes 2023.
In English, in French and German with English subtitles.
An Altered Innocence release. |

In a barbaric fantasy sci-fi trip through time, sword-and-sorcery mythology is bent, fractured, and gender-swapped by master visionary Bertrand Mandico in his third feature epic. Six lives, six eras, and six deaths mark Conann’s poetic journey through different incarnations and lesbian loves. Guiding Conann through her many epic lives is Elina Löwensohn as Rainer, a Cerberus of many otherworldly dimensions whose paparazzi camera sees all. The perversity of The Wild Boys and the hero’s journey of After Blue come together in this even greater handmade homage as Mandico ropes in influences as lush as Fellini Satyricon, The Night Porter, The Hunger, and Fassbinder’s entire oeuvre to craft a moving portrait of a warrior trying to find her place while outside of space, time, and meaning. 

 

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