The Sacramento French Film Festival is an annual

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

founded in 2001 held on the last two weekends of June at the

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. It celebrates the present as well as the rich history of

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featuring new releases and rarely seen classics. It is the only festival dedicated to French cinema in Northern California and one of only two on the West coast. It was described in the ''

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'' in July 2003, as “the Cinematic Highlight of Sacramento's Summer”. The SFFF opens each year on a Friday night with a catered reception followed by the opening film. Films continue all day long Saturday and Sunday for two consecutive weekends. Midnight movies are presented on Saturdays for mature audiences. The Festival ends on a Sunday night with an informal champagne cocktail following the closing film. All films are presented in French with English subtitles. Each film is shown either once or twice. The Festival also has a short film program of French and locally made films. The festival posters are created by local

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photographer, Kent Lacin.

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Sacramento French Film Festival

Alliance française de Sacramento
Cinema of France Film festivals in California Culture of Sacramento, California Summer festivals France–United States relations Tourist attractions in Sacramento, California Film festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area {{US-film-festival-stub