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11 October 2008 10:30 PM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news
A French film festival in San Francisco has been long overdue and highly anticipated, as was proven in force by the capacity audience for the San Francisco Film Society’s French Cinema Now ("Fcn") opening night screening of Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noël) at San Francisco’s Clay Theater in the Upper Fillmore.
After acknowledging the festival’s sponsors, Graham Leggat—Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society ("Sffs")—then generously shouted out to loyal Sffs members Netta and Mike Fedor for celebrating their 30th anniversary at the opening night of Fcn. “What could be more romantic than an evening of French cinema?” Leggat beamed.
“Over the next five days,” Leggat continued, “you will see entries from all sorts of genres addressing all aspects of the human condition.” Encouraging Fcn’s opening night audience to come back during the course of the festival to
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Michael Guillen
1 article from 2008