COLCOA French Film Festival

#COLCOA French Film Festival * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Opening in France and in the U.S. exclusively on Netflix this Friday (October 30): "BRONX", a thriller-drama written and directed by Olivier Marchal ("CARBON", "A GANG STORY", "36"), starring Lannick Gautry, Stanislas Merhar, Kaaris, Patrick Catalifo, Jean Reno, Catherine Marchal, Erika Sainte, David Belle, Gérard Lanvin. Produced by Gaumont. World opening (including France and the U.S.) on Netflix ...on October 30. . * Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5LckR1IjLc . (Marseille - France. Everything begins with carnage worthy of the killing of the Bar du Telephone, caused by the men of the Orsoni clan. Richard Vronski, a cop of the anti-gang brigade with unorthodox methods, finds himself in charge of the investigation, facing his rivals of the BRB, commanded by Costa, a police major in the troubled actions.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary.) See more

#COLCOA Cinema * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Opening in the U.S. on October 30: "MADRE", a Spanish-French drama written and directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, starring Marta Nieto, Jules Porier, Alex Brendemühl, Anne Consigny. Winner Best Actress Venice IFF 2019 (Marta Nieto) . Released in France on July 22, 2020. A Strand Releasing film. Opening on VIRTUAL CNEMA and on Streaming (Apple, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Vudu) in the U.S. on October 30 . Available o...n DVD on December 8. . * See the film on VIRTUAL CINEMA & Trailer. Click on: https://strandreleasing.com/films/madre/ . (It has been ten years since Elena received a telephone call from her six-year old son, Ivan, telling her that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn’t find his father. That was the last Elena ever heard of her only child. Now Elena lives near that same beach, working at a nearby restaurant, and is finally emerging from the darkness her life has been shrouded in for so many years. But everything is thrown into the air again when Elena meets Jean, a French adolescent who reminds her a great deal of her own missing son. Together, Elena and Jean embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and suspicion in all those around them.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA French Film Festival 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary.) See more

#COLCOA Cinema * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* The Seattle International Film festival FRENCH CINEMA NOW Exclusive Selection is now available everywhere in the U.S. thanks to TV5 Monde Cinema on Demand and Sling, including the US Premiere of: "PARTICLES", a drama written and directed by Blaise Harrisson, starring Thomas Daloz, Néa Lüders, Salvatore Ferro. Watch the film at home on TV5 Monde Cinema On Demand and Sling in the U.S.. Click on: https://www.sling....com/movies/les-particules (Presented with English Subtitles) . * Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/452322879 . (Pays de Gex, on the French-Swiss border. P.A. and his homies are in their last year of high school. One hundred metres beneath their feet, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator in the world is crashing protons into each other to recreate the energic conditions of the big bang and detect previously unknown particles. As winter sets in and P.A. sees the world shifting around him, he starts to observe strange phenomena in the environment. The changes are imperceptible at first, but gradually his whole world seems to be on the brink.) . Other new French films premiering in the program FRENCH CINEMA NOW: . *"THE DAZZLED" (2019 - English ST - International Premiere COLCOA French Film Festival 2019. After her parents force their family to join a religious community, Camille worries only grow witnessing the group's cultish behavior. She vows to do anything to protect her siblings. Director: Sarah Suco . * "LITTLE BALLERINAS" (2020 - English ST) Follow the lives of three young girls, ranging in age from 6 to 11, who are growing up in the intensely competitive world of professional dance. Director: Anne-Claire Dolivet . *"THE MIDDLE OF THE HORIZON" (2019 - English ST) During the summer of 1976, as Europe experiences an extreme heatwave and its worst drought in recent history, a young boy watches the tensions within his own family reach a boiling point. Director: Delphine Lehericey . * TOWARDS THE BATTLE" (2020 - English ST) Louis, a photographer, crosses the Atlantic in 1860 planning to capture images of the ongoing Mexican Revolution, but his destiny changes when he meets a local peasant. Director: Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux . * "THE HOLLY FAMILY" (2019 - English ST) Jean, a renowned academic, suddenly decides to become the Minister of Family, despite having no clue how to handle the own dysfunction within his own family. Director: Louis-Do De Lencquesaing . * "A COUCH IN TUNIS" (2019 - English ST) After practicing for years in France, Selma decides to try and start her psychoanalysis practice in the suburbs of Tunis, but the colorful residents present new and interesting challenges. Director: Manele Labidi See more

#COLCOA Classics * Watch French cinema and series at home!* Now available on Virtual Cinema in the U.S. * 25th anniversary - 4K Digital Restoration: "LA HAINE" (1995), a drama written and directed by Mathieu Kasovitz, starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui. Official Selection CANNES IFF 2015 (Winner Best Directing for Mathieu Kasovitz ). Now Playing in VIRTUAL CINEMA in the U.S. . * HOW TO WATCH THE FILM IN VIRTUAL CINEMA. Watch the film at home from anyw...here in the U.S. and support a U.S. theatre during the pandemic. Here are different platforms/theatres you can go to and watch the film: https://www.laemmle.com/film/haine https://musicboxtheatre.com/films/la-haine https://www.filmlinc.org/films/la-haine/ https://virtual.ourscreen.com//33b5e128-27cd-4cd2-8061-2dc https://www.bam.org/film/2020/lfb-la-haine . * Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKwcXt3JIaU . (This explosive tale of simmering unrest on the margins of Paris tracks 24 hours in the lives of three young menthe Jewish Vinz, the black Hubert, and the Arab Saïdas their rage at an act of police brutality threatens to boil over into violence. A bravura feat of visceral filmmaking, now celebrating its 25th anniversary in a brand new 4K restoration, La Haine is a still-stunning look at the deep-rooted racial and economic injustices of French society) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary.) See more

#COLCOA Cinema * New French cinema and series available in the U.S. * Opening this weekend in select AMC theatres, coming soon to home video: "MERMAID IN PARIS", a drama/fantasy written and directed by Mathias Malzieu, starring Nicolas Duvauchelle, Marilyn Lima, Rossy de Palma, Romane Bohringer. A Sony Pictures Release. Now playing in AMC theaters (since October 16) in Alexendria, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Huston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Orange. Other cities to fol...low. Coming soon to Home Video. . * Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R64B0opDIN0&feature=emb_logo. . (A broken-hearted crooner, Gaspard had promised himself he'd never fall in love again. As for Lula, a pretty mermaid, she only has her song to defend herself from men, by making their hearts race until they explode. When the flooded Seine deposits Lula at the foot of the Flowerburger, the cabaret barge where Gaspard sings, it creates a mini-tsunami that turns their lives upside down. He, the man who has suffered from having loved too much, and she, the creature who has never known love, will learn to get to know each other. And to sing with a single voice.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary) See more

#COLCOA Cinema * New French cinema and series soon available in the U.S. * Released in France in 2021. Coming next to US theaters and on home video (end of 2021): "ANNETTE", a Franco-American musical written by Ron and Russell Mael (Sparks) (Story and songs), directed by Leos Carax ("HOLY MOTORS", "POLA X", "THE LOVERS ON THE PONT-NEUF", "BAD BLOOD", "BOY MEETS GIRL"), starring Academy Award winner Adam Driver, Academy Awards winner Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Verona Ve...rbakel, Angele. A Music Amazon Studios Film. Coming next to U.S. theatres and on home video (end of 2021). . (A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a 2 year old daughter with a surprising gift.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary. See more

#COLCOA Television * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Opening in the U.S. on October 29: "JOSEPHINE BAKER: STORY OF AN AWAKING", a documentary written and directed by Ilana Navaro. U.S. Premiere on CINEMOI platform on October 29, 2020. Also available on streaming on Fios, Sling, Xfinity, Frontier, Apple TV Through CINEMOI App. How to watch the film: https://cinemoi.tv/josephine-baker/ . * Trailer: https://cinemoi.tv/josephine-baker/#trailerjosephinebaker . (How ...did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family The Rainbow Tribe, adopting twelve children from four corners of the world? This is the fabulous story of the first black superstar, Josephine Baker. Rare and unprecedented archives will resolve the puzzle of Josephine’s fascinating fifty-year-long headline-grabbing career. Josephine Baker made three trips back home (1936, 1948, 1951), each time she experienced everyday racism, despite her worldwide fame. Each tragic experience triggered her life-changing decisions. Gradually the battle for Civil Rights became her own, up until 1963, when she was the only woman who spoke on stage besides Martin Luther King during the famous March in Washington. From then on, she uses her fame to serve her political utopia until the end of her life. This is the journey of a superstar’s awakening from the banana dancer to a humanist fighter. But can fame change the world? ) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary.) See more

#COLCOA Cinema * New French cinema and series soon available in the U.S. * Released in France on July 14, 2020. Coming soon to US theaters and on home video: "SUMMER OF 85", a drama written and directed by Francois Ozon ("BY THE GRACE OF GOD", "FRANZ", "THE NEW GIRLFRIEND", "8 WOMEN"), starring Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. Official selection: 2020 Cannes Film Festival, 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, 2020 San Sebastián... International Film Festival. US. Premiere at Chicago International Film Festival 2020. A Music Box Films release. Coming soon to U.S. theatres and on home video (dates TBA). . * Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJd4BuS44Bk * More info: https://www.musicboxfilms.com/film/summer-of-85/ . (When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams. But will the dream last for more than one summer? The summer of 85.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary. See more

#COLCOA Television * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Opening in France on October 21 on France 2, soon available in the U.S. on Netflix (end of 2020): "CALL MY AGENT- SEASON 4", a comedy-drama created and produced by Dominique Besnehard, co-written by Victor Rodenback and Vianney Lebasque, co-directed by Antoine Garceau and Marc Fitoussi , starring Camille Cottin, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Liliane Rovere, Fanny Sidney, Nicolas Maury, Laure C...alami, Stefi Celma and... Charlotte Gainsbourg, Frank Dubosc, Sigourney Weaver, Jose Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain. Opening in France on France 2 on October 21. Coming soon to the U.S. on Netflix (end of 2020). (Presented with English Subtitles). Also available on Netflix: "CALL MY AGENT - Seasons 1, 2 and 3" . (The ultime season of the famous French TV series. Your favorite artistic agents are back with new real stars playing their own role...) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary.) See more

#COLCOA Cinema * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Did you miss it at COLCOA 2019? Now Available in the U.S. on TV5 Monde Cinema on Demand Platform as part of the FRENCH CINEMA NOW series, presented by the Seattle International Film Festival: "THE DAZZLED", a drama co-written and directed by Sarah Suco, starring Camille Cottin ("CALL MY AGENT"), Céleste Brunnquell, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Eric Caravaca. International Premiere COLCOA French Film Festival 2019....Continue reading

#COLCOA French Film Festival * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Available soon on Virtual Cinema (10/30) and on digital: "FIRE WILL COME", a drama written and directed by Olivier Laxe, starring Amador Arias, Benedicta Sánchez, Inazio Abrao. Official Selection CANNES IFF 2019 (Winner Jury's Prize Un Certain Regard Competition.) A KimStim Films release. Coming to VIRTUAL CINEMA in the U.S. on October 30 including New York (Metrograph) and Los Angeles on 11/06 (A...cropolis). Coming soon to DVD and Streaming. . * HOW TO WATCH THE FILM IN VIRTUAL CINEMA. Watch the film at home from anywhere in the U.S. and support a U.S. theatre during the pandemic. Starting on October 30: Click on https://www.kimstim.com/film/fire-will-come/. Then on "Metrograph". Buy ticket and watch the film with friends. . * Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch . (Amador Coro has been condemned for having provoked a fire. When he gets out of prison, nobody is waiting for him. He returns to his home town, a small village hidden in the mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his mother, Benedicta, and their three cows. Life goes by slowly, following the rhythm of nature. Until one night when a fire starts to devastate the region.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary.) See more

#COLCOA French Film Festival * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Opening in France on October 28, Available soon in the U.S. exclusively on Netflix: "DNA", a Franco-Algerian drama co-written by Maïwenn and Mathieu Demy directed by Maïwenn ("POLISSE"~ COLCOA 2012; "MY KING"~ COLCOA 2016), starring Louis Garrel, Fanny Ardant, Marine Vacth, Dylan Robert, Maiwenn. Official Selection CANNES IFF 2020. A Netflix release. Available soon in the U.S. . * Official Traile...r: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wue0kjEr8n0 (No subtitles available yet) . (Summer in Paris, and the city is deserted. Neige regularly visits her beloved Algerian grandfather in his retirement home. It was Emir who raised her, and who offered protection from her toxic parents. She is surrounded by her extended family brothers, sister, aunt, mother. Relations between them are difficult, rife with resentment and bitterness. Emir’s death will escalate family tensions and trigger a profound identity crisis for Neige.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021 (25th anniversary.) See more

#COLCOA French Film Festival * Did you miss it at COLCOA ? * Watch New French Cinema at home from anywhere in the U.S. ! * Now playing on the CINÉMOI Channel: "WOMAN", a documentary written by Anastasia Mikova and directed by Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Official Selection Venice IFF 2019. North American Premiere at COLCOA 2019 in Association with BNP Paribas / Bank of the West. Now available on CINÉMOI Channel. https://cinemoi.tv/about-cinemoi/. . * Trailer: ht...tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltk69wNlzOA * More info: https://archive.colcoa.org//colcoa-docume/woman/index.html * Interview Anastasia Mikova #COLCOA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn0KHzi_MfI . (WOMAN is a worldwide project giving a voice to 2000 women across 50 different countries. Despite its very large scale, the film offers an intimate portrait of those who constitute half of humanity. It is an opportunity to shed light on the injustices women are subjected to all over the world, but what WOMan would like to underline most is the inner strength of women and their capacity to change the world despite all the difficulties they are facing. In this new era where women’s voices resonate more and more, the aim of the film is not only to call for rights or focus on problems, but to find solutions and try to reconcile the two genders. The project deals with topics such as motherhood, education, marriage or financial independence but also menstruation or sexuality.) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about new French Cinema coming in the U.S.: Like the COLCOA page on Facebook * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of America theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021. See more

#COLCOA French Film Festival * Watch new French cinema and series at home !* Did you miss it at COLCOA? Available this Friday on VIRTUAL CINEMA in the U.S.: "CONVICTION", a drama thriller, co-written and directed by Antoine Raimbault, based on a true story, starring Marina Foïs, Olivier Gourmet, Laurent Lucas, Jean Benguigui. Official Competition COLCOA 2019. A Distrib Films US release. Available in the U.S. on VIRTUAL CINEMA on September 25, 2020. including Laemmle Theate...rs in Los Angeles. . * HOW TO WATCH THE FILM IN VIRTUAL CINEMA. Watch the film at home from anywhere in the U.S. and support a U.S. theatre during the pandemic. Starting on September 25: Click on https://www.laemmle.com/film/conviction-0. Buy ticket and watch the film with friends. Other place to watch the film: https://www.sling.com/movies/une-intime-conviction * Official Trailer: http://www.distribfilmsus.com//conviction-available-for-v/ * More info about the film: https://archive.colcoa.org//colcoa-c/conviction/index.html (First-time director Antoine Raimbault melds fact and a little bit of fiction in this exhilarating courtroom drama recounting the real-life second trial of Jacques Viguier, a Toulouse law professor accused of murdering a wife who had simply vanished into thin air ten years earlier. The film’s tight, compelling screenplay literally leaps off the page, thanks to a powerhouse cast Marina Foïs as the obsessed family friend convinced of Jacques’ innocence, Olivier Gourmet as his formidable defense attorney, and Laurent Lucas as the taciturn, almost opaque, defendant. Together, with a keen sense of rhythm, intelligent direction and a script that puts the entire French judicial system on trial, they knock this spellbinding legal thriller out of the park!) . * More about COLCOA French Film Festival: www.colcoa.org * More about about upcoming new French films and series in the U.S.: "Like" the COLCOA French Film Festival page on Facebook. . * COLCOA 2021 "A Week of French Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood" will take place at the Directors Guild of Americs theatre complex on September 20-26, 2021.