SCI-FI – The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:14:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD ../../../until-the-end-of-the-world/ ../../../until-the-end-of-the-world/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:06:27 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=23231

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD


| 1991 – 150′ – A Germany/France/USA/Australia Co-Production. Drama, Sci-Fi, Classic, Co-Produced by France.
Written by: Michael Almereyda, Peter Carey, Solveig Dommartin, Wim Wenders.
Directed by: Wim Wenders.
Starring: Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Jeanne Moreau, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, Adelle Lutz, Ernie Dingo, Max Von Sydow.
In English.
A The Criterion Collection release. |


Conceived as the ultimate road movie, Wim Wenders’ magnum opus–a decades-in-the-making science-fiction epic starring Solveig Dommartin and William Hurt–follows the restless Claire Tourneur across continents as she pursues a mysterious stranger in possession of a device that can make the blind see and bring dream images to waking life. Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers, who befriend and enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way she runs into another fugitive from the law (Hurt), an American who is being chased by the CIA. The charges are false, he says, that they want to confiscate a device his father has invented which allows you to record your dreams and vision. On the run from the bank robbers and the CIA, they span the globe, ending up in Australia at the research facility of his father (von Sydow), where they hope to be able to play back the recordings Hurt has made to his blind mother.

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FAHRENHEIT 451 ../../../fahrenheit-451/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:32:40 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=23021

FAHRENHEIT 451

| 1966  – 102′ – Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Classic, Films & Literature.
Written by: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, David Rudkin, Helen Scott.
Based on the Book by: Ray Bradbury.
Directed by: François Truffaut.
Starring: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spencer, Bee Duffell, Michael Balfour, Anna Palk.
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 1966.
In English.
A Universal Pictures release. |

Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom. Truffaut’s first English language production is an eerie fable where mankind becomes the ultimate evil.

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HIGH LIFE ../../../high-life/ ../../../high-life/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:52:00 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=22882 HIGH LIFE

| 2019  – 110′ – A Germany/France Co-Production. Sci-Fi, Women Directors.
Written by: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Goeff Cox.
Directed by: Claire Denis.
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Lars Eidinger, Agata Buzek, Claire Tran, Gloria Obianyo, Ewan Mitchell.
Official Selections Toronto International Film Festival 2018, San Sebastian International Film Festival 2018, New York Film Festival 2018.
In English.
A A24 Studio release.|

Deep space. Beyond our solar system. Monte and his infant daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A solitary man, whose strict self-discipline is a protection against desire – his own and that of others – Monte fathered the girl against his will. His sperm was used to inseminate Boyse, the young woman who gave birth to her. They were members of a crew of prisoners: space convicts, death row inmates. Guinea pigs sent on a mission to the black hole closest to Earth. Now only Monte and Willow remain. And Monte is changed. Through his daughter, for the first time, he experiences the birth of an all-powerful love. Willow grows, becoming a young girl, then a young woman. Together, alone, father and daughter approach their destination – the black hole in which all time and space cease to exist.

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INTO THE WONDERWOODS ../../../into-the-wonderwoods/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:17:35 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=22879

INTO THE WONDERWOODS

| 2025  – 84′ – Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Family 10+.
Written by: Vincent Paronaud.
Directed by: Vincent Paronaud, Alexis Ducord.
Starring (French Voices): Yolande Moreau, Philippe Katerine, José Garcia, Marie Nonnenmacher, Emmanuel Garijo, Antoine Tomé, Boris Rehlinger, Augustin Jacob.
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 2024, Annecy International Film Festival 2024.
In English or in French with English subtitles.
A Shout! Factory release. |

10-year-old Angelo dreams of becoming an explorer and a zoologist. When he hits the road with his family to visit his beloved granny, his distracted parents leave him behind at a rest stop. Left to his own devices, Angelo decides to cut through the forest in search of his family. He enters a dark and mysterious world inhabited by strange creatures, some friendlier than others.

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RESURRECTION ../../../resurrection/ Sat, 07 Jun 2025 19:03:51 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=22287

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RESURRECTION

| 2025 – 150′ – Drama, Sci-Fi, Crime. A China/France Co-Production.
Written by: Bi Gan.
Directed by: Bi Gan.
Starring: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Jue Huang, Chen Yongzhong.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2025 (Winner Special Prize).
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
A Janus Films release. |

 

In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see—until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what they truly are, she chooses to enter the monster’s dreams, determined to uncover the truth that lies hidden within.

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ALPHAVILLE ../../../alphaville/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:02:16 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=21491

ALPHAVILLE

| 1965 – 99′ – Drama, Crime, Sci-Fi, Classic, Film & Literature.
Written by: Jean-Luc Godard.
Based on the Book by: Paul Eluard.
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard.
Starring: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Howard Vernon, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Louis Comolli, Jean-Andre Fieschi.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 1965 (Winner Golden Bear).
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |

 

From Jean-Luc Godard, the influential director of “Breathless”, “Contempt”, “Band of Outsiders” and “Pierrot Le Fou”. American secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine,”Attack of the Robots”) is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60. Anna Karina (“The Nun”) and Akim Tamiroff (“After the Fox”) co-star in this cockeyed fusion of science-fiction with pulp characters and surrealist poetry. Godard’s irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by Raoul Coutard (“Jules and Jim”, “First Name: Carmen”).

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ACID

| 2023 – 99′ – Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Nature & Environment.
Written by: Just Philippot, Yacine Badday.
Directed by: Just Philippot.
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Laetitia Dosch, Patience Munchenbach, Marie Jung, Martin Verset, Suliane Brahim, Clément Bresson, Pascal Parmentier, Soufiane Menouni, Michaël Perez.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2023.
In French with English subtitles.
A Under The Milky Way release. |

 

During a heatwave, strange clouds start pouring down acid rain, wreaking devastation and panic throughout France. In a world teetering on the edge, a girl and her divorced parents must join forces to confront and try to escape this climate catastrophe.

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THE SHROUDS ../../../the-shrouds/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:31:50 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=21274

THE SHROUDS

| 2025 – 119′ – A Canada/France Co-Production, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-fi, Horror.
Written by: David Cronenberg.
Directed by: David Cronenberg.
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Eric Weinthal, Jeff Yung.
Official Competition Cannes International Film Festival 2024.
In English.
A Side Show / Janus Films release. |

Karsh, 50, is a prominent businessman. Inconsolable since the death of his wife, he invents GraveTech, a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed corpses as they decay in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated. Karsh sets out to track down the perpetrators.

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DEATH WATCH ../../../death-watch/ ../../../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 ../../../oxygen/ ../../../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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