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2024 American French Film Festival

In its 28th edition, the American French Film Festival (TAFFF), returned to the DGA building in Los Angeles from October 29 - November 3. Presented by the Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF), the annual celebration of French films, formerly known as COLCOA, featured an exclusive program with more than 50 films competing for the 2024 Awards in three categories: Cinema, Television and Short Films; North American, International and World Premieres; panel discussions; and an educational program that presented screenings to hundreds of students from local high schools. All screenings were free to DGA members.

This year’s festival featured screenings with  DGA Director-members moderating conversations with French Directors, and sometimes their casts and teams, such as Taylor Hackford speaking with Jacques Audiard on the festival’s opening film, Emilia PĂ©rez; Floria Sigismondi with Anne Fontaine on Bolero; Jon Amiel with Julien Colonna on The Kingdom; Nisha Ganatra with Agathe Riedinger on Wild Diamond; Jeremy Kagan with Marc Fitoussi on Ça, C’est Paris!; and Jonathan Mostow with Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière on the festival’s closing film, The Count of Monte Cristo.

The week also included a workshop in the Guild’s Los Angeles Boardroom with DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter and Directors Taylor Hackford and Steven Zaillian; as well as a “Happy Hour Talk” panel discussion featuring DGA Board member Jon Avnet.

On October 31 at the French Consulate in Los Angeles, former DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth was presented with a special TAFFF Award for his vision and long-standing service as a founder of the FACF, his lifetime dedication to cinema, and his efforts to build strong relationships between American and French filmmakers.


About the Franco-American Cultural Fund

The Franco-American Cultural Fund (FACF) was founded in 1996 to foster cultural exchange between American and French filmmakers through a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM), and the Writers Guild of America, West. The American French Film Festival, a program of the FACF, is produced in association with France’s Writers, Directors and Producers Association (L’ARP), the Los Angeles Film and TV Office of the French Embassy, and Unifrance.

Pictures

photos by Philip Guerette courtesy TAFFF

L-R: François Besson (SACEM), DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander, FACF President Cecile Rap Veber (SACEM), Director Michael Mann, Howard A. Rodman (WGA), Emilie Anthonis (MPA), DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter and DGA Past President Taylor Hackford attend the opening night ceremonies.
Former DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth receives the special TAFFF award at the French Consulate in Los Angeles.
Consul General Adrien Frier, former DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, and FACF President Cecile Rap Veber attend the ceremony at the French Consulate honoring Roth.
FACF President Cecile Rap Veber, Director Michael Mann, former DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, Rodman and DGA Past President Taylor Hackford attend the ceremony at the French Consulate honoring Roth.
DGA Past President Taylor Hackford (left) moderates the conversation with Director Jacques Audiard and cast on the festival’s opening film, Emilia Pérez.
Director Nisha Ganatra (left) moderates the conversation on Director Agathe Riedinger’s Wild Diamond.
Director Jon Amiel (left) moderates a conversation on Director Julien Colonna’s The Kingdom.
Director Floria Sigismondi (left) moderates the conversation on Director Anne Fontaine’s Bolero
Director Jeremy Kagan (left) moderates the conversation on Marc Fitoussi’s Ça, C’est Paris!
Director Jonathan Mostow (left) moderates the conversation with Directors Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière on the festival’s closing film, The Count of Monte Cristo.
DGA Board Member Jon Avnet participates in the “Happy Hour Talk” panel discussion.
DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter, Past President Taylor Hackford and Director Steven Zaillian lead a workshop for French Directors in the Guild’s Los Angeles Boardoom.

Calendar

7/25/2025 - 7/31/2025

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2022 American French Film Festival
Presented by the Franco-American Cultural Fund
2021 COLCOA French Film Festival
Presented by the Franco-American Cultural Fund
2019 COLCOA French Film Festival
Presented by the Franco-American Cultural Fund
2018 COLCOA French Film Festival
Presented by the Franco-American Cultural Fund

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