Take a 7 day cinematic trip to France with us! 11 new French films will play from July 12 - 18, 2024 at SBIFF's Riviera Theatre.
Scroll down for film info. Showtimes will be announced once all 11 films have been announced.
Patron Pass ~ $333
• Reserved Seating
• Access to ALL Film Screenings
• Access to the opening night reception
--- Friday, July 12th @ 5:00pm
• 10% Discount on Popcorn and Soda
• Recognition on screen before each film
• $160 tax deductible
Cinephile Pass ~ $120
• Access to one screening of each Film (11 admissions total)
• Access to the opening night reception
--- Friday, July 12th @ 5:00pm
Individual Tickets (Available once films & showtimes are announced)
• General Admission $12
• Senior/Student $9
• Member $7
All Your Faces
Showtimes TBA
Restorative justice programs offer a safe space for dialogue between offenders and victims - supported by professionals and volunteers. Among the participants are Chloé, a victim of sexual assault; Grégoire, Nawelle, and Sabine, victims of burglary and snatching; while Nassim, Issa, and Thomas are offenders, convicted of violent robberies. In this emotional and difficult journey, they must overcome resentment to find solace and forgiveness. And perhaps, at the end of the road, some of them might even find healing.
Directed by Jeanne Herry
Written by Jeanne Herry
Starring Adèle Exarchopoulos, Dali Benssalah, Leïla Bekhti, Élodie Bouchez, Gilles Lellouche, Miou-Miou, Suliane Brahim
Runtime - 1h 58m
Awards:
César Award Winner for Best Supporting Actress (Adèle Exarchopoulos)
César Award Nominee for Best Film, Director, Supporting Actress (Leïla Bekhti, Élodie Bouchez, and Miou-Miou), Original Screenplay, Sound, Editing
Banel & Adama
Showtimes TBA
In a rural village in Senegal, Banel (Khady Mane) is happily married to Adama (Mamadou Diallo), the younger brother of her deceased first husband. Though their love is passionate, the relationship is tested by pressures from the community, which expects Banel to assume traditionally feminine domestic responsibilities, while her husband is meant to inherit the role of village chief from his late brother. Both young adults resist the mandate to fill these assigned duties, incurring disapproval from those around them—and possibly triggering supernatural repercussions.
Directed by Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Written by Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Starring Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo
Runtime - 1h 27m
Awards:
Senegalese Oscar submission
Festivals:
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection - TIFF
Official Selection - BFI London Film Festival
Daaaaaali!
Showtimes TBA
A French journalist meets the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí on several occasions for a documentary project that never came to be.
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Written by Quentin Dupieux
Starring Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Édouard Baer, Jonathan Cohen, Pio Marmaï, Didier Flamand, Romain Duris
Runtime - 1h 19m
Festivals:
Official Selection - Venice Film Festival
Official Selection - BFI London Film Festival
The Goldman Case
Showtimes TBA
In 1975, Pierre Goldman, a fiery and controversial figure of revolutionary left-wing activism, was put on trial in France. Accused of multiple crimes including two murders, Goldman proclaims his innocence. Twenty years before the O.J. Simpson case, the Goldman trial reflects the political, ideological and racial tensions that marked the 1970s in France and Europe. Considered to be the trial of the century, it divided an entire country and widened the gap between the conservative right and left-wing intellectuals.
Directed by Cédric Kahn
Written by Cédric Kahn, Nathalie Hertzberg
Starring Arieh Worthalter, Arthur Harari
Runtime - 1h 55m
Awards:
César Award Winner for Best Actor
César Award Nominee for Best Film, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Sound, Cinematography, Editing
Festivals:
Official Selection - Cannes Director's Fortnight
Official Selection - BFI London Film Festival
Out of Season (Hors-Saison)
Showtimes TBA
Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor, about to turn fifty. She is a piano teacher in her forties. They were in love fifteen years ago, then separated. Time has passed. They each went their ways and slowly healed. When Mathieu goes try to overcome his melancholia in a thermal spa, he stumbles upon Alice.
Directed by Stéphane Brizé
Written by Marie Drucker, Stéphane Brizé
Starring Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher
Runtime - 1h 55m
Festivals:
Official Selection - Venice Film Festival
Red Island
Showtimes TBA
Robin Campillo's new film after "BPM" (2017 Cannes Grand Prix, Winner of Best Film at the 2018 César Awards)
At the beginning of the 70s, in Madagascar, a few armed forces and their families live in one of the last French military bases abroad, a relic of the ending French colonial empire. Influenced by his reading of the intrepid comic book heroine Fantômette, Thomas, a ten-year-old boy, sweeps with a curious glance what surrounds him. Beneath the carefree expatriate life, his eyes are gradually opening to another reality.
Directed by Robin Campillo
Written by Robin Campillo and Gilles Marchand
Starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutiérrez, Charlie Vauselle
Runtime - 1h 54m
Festivals:
Official Selection - San Sebastián International Film Festival
Official Selection - BFI London Film Festival