{"id":6159978,"date":"2025-10-23T17:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=6159978"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:37:22","slug":"vasfarabfilmfest25-littlesister","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/vasfarabfilmfest25-littlesister\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa Albertine San Francisco Co-Presents The Little Sister at the 29th Annual Arab Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The flagship event of the Arab Film and Media Institute, the Arab Film Festival is the largest and longest running independent festival of its kind in North America. Villa Albertine San Francisco is proud to co-present <em>The LIttle Sister (La Petite Derniere),<\/em> by Hafsia Herzi, adopted from the acclaimed novel by Fatima Daas, as part of the festival\u2019s 29<sup>th<\/sup> edition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one\u2019s identity feels impossible?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fourth film by Herzi was nominated for the Palme d\u2019Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and won\u00a0the Queer Palm. Hailed as a \u201clow key stunner,\u201d by the Hollywood Reporter, and praised by the Toronto International Film Festival for its\u2019 poetic sensibility and\u00a0 actress Nadia Melliti\u2019s transfixing performances, the film offers an intimate and quietly powerful portrait of identity, family, and self-acceptance.\u00a0<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/media.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6160367\" style=\"width:803px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/media.webp 660w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/media-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtesy the Arab Film and Media Institute <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6160311,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[],"app_city_tax":[],"app_event_type":[],"class_list":["post-6159978","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Villa Albertine San Francisco Co-Presents The Little Sister at the 29th Annual Arab Film Festival - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Villa Albertine San Francisco is proud to co-present The LIttle Sister (La Petite Derniere), by Hafsia Herzi, adopted from the acclaimed novel by Fatima Daas, as part of the festival\u2019s 29th edition.\u00a0Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. 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