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The festival showcase 100+ feature length and 50+ short bold and exciting new films by emerging and veteran filmmakers representing more than 100 cultures from around the globe including a bouquet of films from France and selected titles from our\u00a0Young French Cinema Program<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n

THE BLACK PHARAOH, THE SAVAGE, AND THE PRINCESS<\/a><\/strong>
\nRecommended ages 9+
\nTake a trip through time with exquisite animation from Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress, Dilili in Paris<\/em>). Three magical tales celebrate the power of love and ingenuity, featuring a Sudanese nobleman, a mysterious orphan living in the wild, and a young beignet-maker doing all he can to meet the Rose Princess. \u2013Deb Girdwood<\/p>\n

THE DAMNED DON’T CRY<\/a><\/strong>
\nAfter his well-received feature debut\u00a0Lynn + Lucy<\/em>, Fyzal Boulifa, a UK director of Moroccan heritage, combines melodrama, neo-realism and sexual frankness to compelling effect in the story of a single mother and her teen son on the fringes of society.\u00a0Winner, New Voices New Visions, Palm Springs Film Festival<\/em>\u00a0\u2013Alissa Simon<\/p>\n

FALCON LAKE<\/a><\/strong>
\nA thrilling and lush coming-of-age tale of first crushes, heartbreaks, and loss. Thirteen-year-old Bastien gets paired up with a reluctant Chlo\u00e9 (16) when their families come together for a summer holiday in a cabin by the lake. But with teenage hormones and ghost stories in the mix, lines get crossed. \u2013Alissa Simon<\/p>\n

HOURIA<\/a><\/strong>
\nFrom Mounia Meddour, the director of the international, Cesar-award-winning\u00a0Papicha<\/em>\u00a0(2019) comes\u00a0Houria<\/em>, featuring an astonishing performance from Lyna Khoudri as a dancer who must fight a devastating injury to join Algeria\u2019s National Ballet.<\/p>\n

LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThis bold, disquieting and psychologically complex drama follows a 12-year-old girl suddenly freed from years of captivity and sexual abuse at the hands of her father, who kept her home-schooled and hidden from society.\u00a0One evening, the police storms into their home and takes her into foster care. As Dalva befriends her new roommate Samia and social worker Jayden, she gradually comes to understand the love she shared with her father was not what she thought. With their help, Dalva will learn to become a child again.\u00a0This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of Unifrance and Villa Albertine.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH<\/a><\/strong>
\nFrench auteur Dominik Moll\u2019s newest thriller debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and mesmerized audiences. Based on a true story,\u00a0The Night of the 12th<\/em>\u00a0is a powerful police procedural that will haunt you for days.<\/p>\n

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL<\/a><\/strong>
\nDo you miss Claude Chabrol\u2019s sly, twisty thrillers? Then you will love this suspenseful, blackly funny tale of family fortunes and squabbling relatives where nothing is as it originally seems.\u00a0Call My Agent\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Laure Calamy is the first among equals in a powerhouse cast. \u2013Alissa Simon<\/p>\n

OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN<\/a><\/strong>
\nWhen dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it\u2019s not long before she also falls for his 4-year-old daughter Leila. Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including the looming presence of Ali\u2019s ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroanni) or strike out again on her own.\u00a0Other People\u2019s Children<\/em>\u00a0becomes a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging.<\/p>\n

REVOIR PARIS<\/a><\/strong>
\nAfter an idyllic date night full of red wine and a late-night motorcycle ride home, Mia (Virginie Efira) stops at a Parisian bistro to take shelter from a downpour. Her reprieve is shattered when a gunman opens fire. Inspired by her brother\u2019s surviving the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, director Alice Winocour\u2019s moving and meditative\u00a0Revoir Paris<\/em>\u00a0is a moving meditation on grief, healing, and the importance of connections forged in tragedy.<\/p>\n

SEE YOU FRIDAY, ROBINSON<\/a><\/strong>
\nFaced with a setback on one of her own films, Mitra Farahani works as a sort-of cinematic matchmaker, orchestrating a correspondence between beloved Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan and the legendary Jean-Luc Godard. \u201cLike a drink with an old friend who never stopped thinking onscreen.\u201d \u2013Nicolas Rapold,\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>. This film is part of Young French Cinema, a program of Unifrance and Villa Albertine.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

TORI AND LOKITA<\/strong><\/a>
\nEleven-year-old Tori and 16-year-old Lokita are vulnerable African migrants, trying to make their way In contemporary Belgium, but their already precarious circumstances grow more complicated when the government refuses to give Lokita residence papers.\u00a0Winner, 75 th Anniversary Prize, Cannes Film Festival<\/em>. \u2013Alissa Simon<\/p>\n

TWO TICKETS TO GREECE<\/a><\/strong>
\nThree of international cinema\u2019s greatest actresses\u2013Laure Calamy, Olivia C\u00f4te and Oscar-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas\u2013unite for this crowd-pleasing tale of friends taking the trip of a lifetime, which doesn\u2019t go at all as planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHERE LIFE BEGINS<\/a><\/strong>
\nA group of ultra-Orthodox Jews from Aix-les-Bains travel to Calabria to harvest citrons for their Sukkot celebrations. 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