Opening night at 3rd i South Asian Film Festival with director Lawrence Valin
Villa Albertine is excited to announce its support of the U.S. premiere of French director, Lawrence Valin’s Little Jaffna at the opening night of the 3rd I Film Festival.
Join Villa Albertine SF and director, actor, and screenwriter Lawrence Valin, live, in person, for the Bay Area premiere of Little Jaffna, followed by a special Q&A with the director.
Little Jaffna, 2024
Layered with nuanced socio-political underpinnings, this gripping French crime thriller is an impressive debut feature that explores identity and belonging within the Tamil Community of Paris while skillfully blending stylistic elements of epic Western crime thrillers with the vibrant aesthetics of South Indian Cinema. Having shown at the prestigious Critics’ Week of the Venice Film Festival, Bay Area audiences now have the exclusive opportunity to see the film, which has been described as dynamic, memorable, and impressive by critics.
Screening to be followed by an in-person Q&A session between Lawrence Valin and UC Berkeley professor Debarati Sanyal.
Lawrence Valin
Lawrence Valin grew up in Paris and graduated from La Fémis with the La Résidence program. In 2020, his medium-length film The Loyal Man was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand Festival, where he received the Best Actor Award and was nominated for the César Award for Best Short Film 2021. His first feature film, Little Jaffna, won the Gan Foundation Award and received the Grand Prix du Scénario 2023.
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Offer expires 9/27