The heavy toll of COVID-19 has impacted all of us, and we especially extend our thoughts to all those who have lost love-ones.  On cultural and economic fronts, the pandemic is devastating cinemas around the world.  In solidarity with French filmmakers and artist-technicians, our Festival will bring France’s newest films to the US and, yes, still show them on the big screen.    Yes, correct, the 29th Festival will not be a « virtual » Festival and yet there will be no physical contact between film viewers beyond one’s own self-identified secured circle of family/friends.  The Festival will announce shortly how this will be possible while completely respecting, and even going beyond, social-distancing protocols.  So get ready to enjoy French films again the way their creators intended for you to see them: on the big silver screen.    For everyone who purchased passes for the 28th Festival, you will be able to inform our office if you prefer to hang on to your 28th Festival pass for the back-to-normal 30thth anniversary of the Festival in March 2022 or if you want to use your 28th pass for admission to all the films at the special 29th Festival format this year in April.  More information about the program, passes, tickets and the safe-viewers-format for this year’s Festival will be posted in February.  Yes, of course, all films will have English subtitles.