TAFFF Awards Winners – The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org The American French Film Festival in Los Angeles Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:48:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 COLORS OF TIME ../../../colors-of-time-2/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:30:38 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=25379

COMING SOON TO THEATERS BEFORE A DIGITAL RELEASE.

COLORS OF TIME

| 2026 – 126′ –  Drama, Romance, Paris, Films & Arts, Period & History, TAFFF Awards Winners.
Written by: Cédric Klapisch, Santiago Amigorena.
Directed by: Cédric Klapisch.
Starring: Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul Kircher, Vassili Schneider, Sara Giraudeau, Cécile de France, François Berléand, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Olivier Gourmet, Raïka Hazanavicius.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2025. 3 nominations César Awards 2026.
Official Competition TAFFF 2025 (US Premiere, Winner Audience Award 2025)
In French with English subtitles.
A Distrib Films US release. |

A group of strangers, all descendants of a woman named Adèle Meunier, are gathered in Normandy. The town would like to purchase her long-abandoned property, and four “cousins” are tasked with overseeing the transaction. Thus begins a genealogical journey into the past, taking us to 1895 Paris, with the City of Light on the brink of an industrial and cultural revolution. Aptly entitled “The Coming of the Future” in French, Colors of Time literally plunges us into a moment in time when Parisian creativity is at its apex… when not only electricity and technology, but photography and Impressionism in painting and music are creating a spark that’s about to erupt into a movement far beyond anyone’s expectations. Cédric Klapisch‘s endearing new comedy is nothing less than a soul-stirring, time-traveling – at times, hallucinogenic – trip for lovers of the arts everywhere.

 

 

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THE MARCHING BAND ../../../the-marching-band-2/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 16:42:47 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=23619 IN THEATERS IN SPRING 2026, FOLLOWED BY A DIGITAL RELEASE.

THE MARCHING BAND

| 2026 – 103′ – Drama, Comedy, Family 14+, Music & Dance, TAFFF Awards Winner.
Written by: Emmanuel Courcol, Irène Muscari.
Directed by: Emmanuel Courcol.
Starring: Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco, Jacques Bonnaffé, Anne Loiret, Martine Courcol-Rozès, Yvon Martin, Isabelle Zanotti.
Official Selections Cannes International Film Festival 2024, San Sebastian International Film Festival (Winner Audience Award). 7 César Award Nominations including Best Film.
Official Competition TAFFF 2024 (Winner Audience Award).
In French with English subtitles.
A Greenwich Entertainment release. |

Thibaut, an internationally renowned orchestra conductor, is diagnosed with leukemia and desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant. His search for a donor leads him to discover, at 37, that he was, in fact, adopted… and actually has a biological brother somewhere in France. Their lives may be worlds apart — Thibaut was raised in a posh Parisian suburb and has a seemingly charmed life, while Jimmy lives in a small working-class town, slings hash in a cafeteria and plays trombone in the local marching band. But blood runs thicker than water and it turns out that, each in his own way, they share a profound connection to music. Actors Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin bring them to life with all of their longings, resentments and complexes intact, in Emmanuel Courcol‘s heartfelt ode to the power of music and brotherly love.

 

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WELCOME

| 2019  – 110′ – Drama, Romance.
Written by: Philippe Lioret, Emmanuel Courcol, Olivier Adam.
Directed by: Philippe Lioret.
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Fırat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Derya Ayverdi, Patrick Ligardes, Thierry Godard, Fırat Çelik, Selim Akgül, Olivier Rabourdin.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2009. 10 César Awards nominations 2010, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Vincent Lindon), Best Original Screenplay.
Official Competition COLCOA 2009 (Winner Audience Award).
In French with English subtitles.
A France Channel release. |

Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish youth, has traveled through the Middle East and Europe to join his girlfriend, who has recently emigrated to England with her family. But his journey comes to an abrupt end when he is stopped on the French side of the Channel.Having decided to swim across, Bilal goes to the local swimming pool to train. There he meets Simon, a swimming instructor in the midst of a divorce. To impress his wife and win back her heart, Simon decides to risk everything by taking Bilal under his wing.

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NOUVELLE VAGUE

| 2025 – 105′ – Comedy, Films About Cinema.
Written by: Vince Palmo, Holly Gent Palmo, Michèle Halberstadt, Laetitia Masson.
Directed by: Richard Linklater.
Starring: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Bruno Dreyfürst, Benjamin Cléry, Matthieu Penchinat, Pauline Belle, Blaise Pettebone, Benoît Bouthors, Paolo Luka-Noé, Adrien Rouyard, Jodie Ruth.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2025. Golden Globes 2026 Nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical & Comedy. 10 nominations César Awards 2026 including: Best Film, Best Director, Best Promising Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography.
Official Competition TAFFF 2025 (Official Los Angeles Premiere – Winner American students Award)
In French with English subtitles.
A Netflix release. |

This is the story of Godard making “Breathless”, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made “Breathless”. Nouvelle Vague reconstructs the story behind Jean-Luc Godard’s cinema classic about a doomed love affair between an idealistic Frenchman and his U.S. lover. French actor Guillaume Marbeck portrays Godard, Zoey Deutch plays Jean Seberg, and newcomer Aubry Dullin portrays Jean Paul Belmondo. Characters in the movie also include cinema legends Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Eric Rohmer, Agnes Varda and Jacques Rivette.

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TURNING TIDE

| 2014 – 96′ –  DRAMA, SPORT, BIOPIC, ADVENTURE, ACTION, TAFFF AWARDS WINNER.
Written by: Jean Cottin, Pierre Marcel, Christophe Offenstein, Frédéric Petitjean.
Directed by: Christophe Offenstein.
Starring: François Cluzet, Samy Seghir, Virginie Efira, Guillaume Canet, Karine Vanasse, Arly Jover, Dana Prigent, José Coronado, Jean-Paul Rouve, Guillaume Nicloux, François Jerosme, Emmanuelle Bercot.
Official Competition COLCOA 2014 (Winner Audience Award).
In French with English subtitles.
A France Channel / Gaumont release. |

Sailor Yann Kermadec has always dreamed of competing in the prestigious Vendée Globe round-the-world solo yacht race. When a star skipper is injured in an accident at the last minute, he gets his shot. Determined to make the most of his golden opportunity, Kermadec fearlessly weathers storms like the seadog he is and seizes the early lead. Just when it looks like nothing, even a broken rudder, can keep him from victory, Kermadec discovers something hidden on his boat. Something that’s not supposed to be there at all – another person. His mysterious passenger appears sickly, but if discovered, it will mean his immediate disqualification, his golden opportunity squandered. Kermadec decides to do what anyone would do – continue the race.

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INFERNO

| 2010 – 94′ – DOCUMENTARY, FILMS ABOUT CINEMA, TAFFF AWARDS WINNER.
Written by: Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea.
Directed by: Serge Bromberg.
Starring: Romy Schneider, Serge Reggiani, Bérénice Bejo, Catherine Allegret, Bernard Stora, Costa-Gavras, Gilbert Amy, Jean-Louis Ducarme, Thi Lan Nguyen, Jacques Gamblin, Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2009, New York International Film Festival 2009. César Awards 2010 (Winner Best Documentary).
Official Competition COLCOA 2010 (Winner Critics Award).
In French with English subtitles.
A Flicker Alley release. |

One of the great, unfinished works in film history, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno was an audaciously experimental film with a virtually unlimited budget that was stopped only three weeks into production.

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SOULEYMANE’S STORY ../../../souleymanes-story/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:58:06 +0000 https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/?p=21841 SOULEYMANE’S STORY

| 2025 – 93′ – Drama.
Written by: Delphine Agut, Boris Lojkine.
Directed by: Boris Lojkine.
Starring: Abou Sangare, Nina Meurisse, Alpha Oumar Sow, Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Dialo, Ghislain Mahan, Mamadou Barry, Yaya Dialo.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2024 (Un Certain Regard. Winner Best Actor and Jury’s Prize). Winner 4 César Awards 2025 including Best Promising Actor and Best Original Screenplay).
Official Competition TAFFF 2024 (US Premiere, Winner Critics Award).
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber Films release. |

Director Boris Lojkine takes us on a very visceral ride through the streets of Paris, depicting the harsh reality of a recent Guinean immigrant named Souleymane. The young man crisscrosses the metropolis at top speed on his bike, racing through traffic and racing against the clock, because every minute counts when you’re trying to make a buck by delivering restaurant meals, yet getting scammed left and right by the guys who are supposedly helping you. But what Souleymane is really fixated on is his political asylum application interview in two days, which will determine whether or not he will attain legal residency in France, and the “story” everyone insists he must memorize and recount by rote if he wants a positive verdict… even if it’s a story that totally baffles him and bears no resemblance whatsoever to the truth.

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HUNTING AND GATHERING

| 2007 – 93′ – Comedy, Drama, Film & Literature.
Written by: Claude Berri, Anna Gavalda.
Based on the Book by: Anna Gavalda.
Directed by: Claude Berri.
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Guillaume Canet, Laurent Stocker, Françoise Bertin, Firmine Richard, Hélène Surgère, Daniele Lebrun.
Official Competition COLCOA 2007.
In French with English subtitles.
A Under The Milky Way release.|


Franck (Guillaume Canet), a boisterous restaurant chef, shares a large Paris apartment with Philibert (Laurent Stocker), a postcard salesman who prefers to keep the world at arm’s length. Then one day, their neighbor, Camille (Audrey Tautou), becomes seriously ill, so Philibert invites her to stay with them. She initially clashes with the temperamental Franck, who is juggling work and taking care of his grandmother (Françoise Bertin). But soon the four are living together happily — almost.

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L’OPÉRA

| 2021 – 8 x 45′ – Season 1 – Series – Drama, Music & Dance.
Created by: Cécile Ducrocq, Benjamin Adams.
Written by: Cécile Ducrocq, Benjamin Adams, Simon Jablonka.
Directed by:Stéphane Demoustier, Cécile Ducrocq, Inti Calfat, Dirk Verheye, Laïla Marrakchi.
Starring: Ariane Labed, Suzy Bemba, Raphaël Personnaz, Damien Chapelle, Loris Freeman, Audrey Gorlenko, Maud Jurez, Sarah Le Picard, Brigitte Sy.
Official Competition COLCOA 2021 (Winner Best Series Award).
In French with English subtitles.
A Sundance Now / AMC+ release. |

L’Opéra plunges us into the ultra-romantic universe of the Opéra de Paris, that mythic temple of classical dance ensconced in the glittering Palais Garnier.  But this behind-the-scenes intrigue goes far beyond tutus and stardust, to reveal the dark underbelly of that monolithic icon, as we follow the paths of three of its protagonists — Zoé, an aging prima ballerina with a decadent lifestyle, who is suddenly threatened with expulsion; Flora, an aspiring young Black dancer eager to break into that venerable, often-impenetrable, universe; and Sébastien, the company’s ruthlessly ambitious new Dance Director, desperate to prove himself.  With equal parts sumptuous homage and social commentary, The Opera takes a deep dive into the cut-throat politics behind a major cultural institution.

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A WOMAN’S LIFE

| 2017 – 125′ – Drama, Film & Literature.
Written by: Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon.
Based on the Novel by: Guy de Montpassant.
Directed by: Stéphane Brizé.
Starring: Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau, Swann Arlaud, Clotilde Hesme.
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2016. Winner Louis-Delluc Prize 2016.
Official Competition COLCOA 2017.
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |

Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis-Delluc for 2016, A Woman’s Life brings a formalistic rigor to Guy de Maupassant’s essential French novel Une Vie; the result is a rare costume drama that refuses to romanticize the world it depicts. Spanning the life of the aristocratic but essentially powerless Baroness Jeanne Le Perthius des Vauds, the saga begins in Normandy 1819, when Jeanne is leaving the convent where she has been raised and educated. Jeanne’s sheltered and idyllic upbringing sets her up for a lifetime of bitter disappointments beginning with an arranged marriage to Julien de Lamare. Her imagined prince charming quickly turns into a philandering ne’er-do-well after he gains control of Jeanne’s inheritance. Tight framing, elliptical scenes, and shifting timelines lend immediacy to this moving depiction of a woman boxed in by a repressive society organized first and foremost to preserve the privilege of a few highborn men. Judith Chemla’s meticulous performance as Jeanne earned a nomination for a 2017 Best Actress César Award.

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