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American French Film Festival Lineup Features Int’l Oscar Contenders, “Cinema of Resistance”

The 30th anniversary edition includes 31 fiction features, 11 series, four documentaries and 14 shorts, many of which are getting their North American or U.S. premieres.

The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary with a lineup featuring Academy Award contenders. The festival revealed the full schedule, which includes 31 feature films, 11 series, four documentaries, and 14 short films. Countries participating in the Best International Feature category include Japan, Belgium, Romania, and Morocco, with their respective entries "All of a Sudden," "Coward," "Fjord," and "Strawberries" set to premiere at the event.

The festival will open with Netflix's animated adaptation of AJ Dungo's graphic novel, "In Waves," directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen. Festival organizers, including director Taylor Hackford, emphasize the significance of this milestone event, which marks TAFFF as the second oldest film festival in Hollywood.

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