Schedule

Thursday, March 26

• HIS NAME WAS RODA (On l’appelait Roda)
  by Charlotte Silvera
  Presentation by and discussion with director Charlotte Silvera
  4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
• Marthe (Marthe)
  by Jean-Loup Hubert
  Presentation by and discussion with director Jean-Loup Hubert and VCU English Departement Chair Dr. Catherine Ingressia
  6:45 PM - 9:00 PM
• TWO HOURS FROM PARIS (A deux heures de Paris)
  by Virginie Verrier
  Presentation by and discussion with director Virginie Verrier
  9:25 PM - 12:00 AM

Friday, March 27

• Back from Raqqa (Exfiltrés)
  by Emmanuel Hamon
  Presentation by and discussion with director Emmanuel Hamon and music composer Armand Amar
  4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
• Johnny's silences (les Silences de Johnny)
  by Pierre-William Glenn
  Presentation by and discussion with director Pierre-William Glenn and producer Viviane Mikhalkov
  6:25 PM - 8:00 PM
• French Twist (Gazon Maudit)
  by Josiane Balasko
  Presentation by and discussion with director and actress Josiane Balasko
  Jean Segner (Diversity Richmond) and Stephanie Merlo (Virginia Pride)
  8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
• A bigger World (Un Monde plus Grand)
  by Fabienne Berthaud
  10:25 PM - 12:25 AM

Saturday, March 28

• THE PRINCE’S VOYAGE (Le Voyage du Prince)
  by Jean-François Laguionie and Xavier Picard
  Presentation by and discussion with music composer Christophe Héral
  10:10 AM - 11:45 AM
• SPREAD YOUR WINGS (Donne-moi des ailes)
  by Nicolas Vanier
  Presentation by and discussion with actress Mélanie Doutey and music composer Armand Amar
  12:05 PM - 2:00 PM
• THE FATHER FIGURE (L’Esprit de famille)
  by Eric Besnard
  Presentation by and discussion with director Eric Besnard, with actress Josiane Balasko and producers Vincent Roget, Thierry Wong, Pierre Forette
  2:40 PM - 4:30 PM
• THREE DAYS AND A LIFE (Trois jours et une vie)
  by Nicolas Boukhrief
  Presentation by and discussion with actor Philippe Torreton
  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
• ALICE AND THE MAYOR (Alice et le Maire)
  by Nicolas Pariser
  8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
• BACK HOME (Revenir)
  by Jessica Palud
  
  9:45 PM - 11:45 PM

Sunday, March 29

• THE IDEAL PALACE (L’Incroyable Histoire du Facteur Cheval)
  by Nils Tavernier
  Presentation by and discussion with film editor Marion Monestier and Folk Art Society Executive Director Ann Oppenhimer
  10:35 AM - 12:30 PM
• AN IRREPRESSIBLE WOMAN (Je ne rêve que de vous)
  by Laurent Heynemann
  Presentation by and discussion with director & screenwriter Laurent Heynemann, actor Philippe Torreton and film editor Marion Monestier
  1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
• BY THE GRACE OF GOD (Grâce à Dieu)
  by François Ozon
  Presentation by and discussion with actress Josiane Balasko and Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut (Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies at VCU)
  3:20 PM - 5:30 PM
• THE SPECIALS (Hors normes)
  by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
  6:35 PM - 8:30 PM
• ALICE AND THE MAYOR (Alice et le Maire)
  by Nicolas Pariser
  8:50 PM - 10:50 PM

Thursday, March 26

• Master Class and Screening with Eyak specialist Guillaume Leduey & director Vincent Bonnay, Laureen Laboret and screening of their film Sur le bout de la langue
  9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
• Master Class with Baptiste Heynemann
  10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
• Master Class, Homage & Screening with film directors and authors David Maltese & Pascal Galopin and screening of their film Claude Pinoteau, par amour du cinéma in the presence of Karine Pinoteau
  1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
• Master Class music composer Christophe Héral
  2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Friday, March 27

• Master Class & Homage music composer Armand Amar
  10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
• Master Class & Homage actor Philippe Torreton
  1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
• Master Class & Homage screenwriter, director and actress Josiane Balasko
  2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, March 28

• First Short Film Series ESPERANÇA by Cécile Rousset, Jeanne Paturle and Benjamin Serero
  LES CHIENS ABOIENT by Gregory Montel
  ROBERTO LE CANARI by Nathalie Saugeon
  HORS CHAMP by Artem Gutkowski
  EN SORTIR by Thierry Machard
  
  Presentation by and discussion with directors, screenwriters, and actors Philippe Torreton, Gregory Montel, Marine Danaux, David Kammenos, Stephan Manas, Thierry Machard
  8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Sunday, March 29

• Second Short Film Series PARENTHÈSE by Denis Larzillière
  GRENOUILLE DE CRISTAL by Slony Sow
  BACHA POSH by Katia Scarton-Kim
  AVANTI by Mélanie Doutey
  LA PARCELLE by Michaël Guerraz
  GENET A TANGER by Guillaume de Sardes
  CHIEN BLEU by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh
  
  Presentation by and discussion with directors, screenwriters, and actors Katia Scarton-Kim, Guillaume de Sardes, Philippe Torreton, Virgile Bramly, Denis Larzillière, Slony Sow, Eriko Takeda and Mariam Baradji
  8:00 AM - 10:20 AM